Miniatures Rules

Wandering Star Science Fiction Rules

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Wandering Star is a set of free wargames rules for science fiction games with a Star Wars or Firefly vibe. From the author:

The design philosophy behind the rules is grounded in the idea that we want our sci fi games to feel like episodes of Star Wars or Firefly. This means that I deliberately tried to keep away from mechanics that model modern warfare. For example, weapon ranges are rather short (even though I know about the discussions surrounding this topic and would chose a different approach for historical games). Wandering Star is not supposed to force you to adopt modern small unit tactics, but to force you to behave like heroic rebel commandos in Star Wars!

Icarus Project Preview Rules

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Icarus Miniatures offers a set of preview rules for their Icarus Project science fiction rules.

There are also some starter paper miniatures and unit cards for the downloading.

Senator Arjun’s Star Wars Rules

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Senator Arjun’s rules are for games in the Star Wars Universe. Each player controls a squad or more of figures. There also are rules for jedi, droids and various villians

Into The Dark – Dark Ages Mass Combat Rules

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Into The Dark is a set of free wargames rules for mass combat in the Dark Ages / Medieval era. From the author’s introduction:

I’m aware that there are plenty of rule sets on the market for the medieval period. However, many of those rules are actually designed for skirmish fighting. Even some of the better known rules for mass combat are really just skirmish rules done on a giant scale. Into The Dark is designed for battles between armies, similar to those found in history or heroic literature. Large scale battles ‘look’ like large scale battles, and yet can still be fought to a conclusion in a reasonable amount of time.

These rules were originally designed for 25mm/30mm figures, although they can easily be used for 15mm by dividing all ranges in half, or by using centimetres instead of inches. Don’t be put off by the size of the rules, they actually play very fast and easy. Try only the basic rules until you are comfortable with play, then add whatever optional rules you like. The section on game preparation takes up a lot of room, but is only needed when first creating your army. In fact you could skip it if you’re just checking out how the rules work. Come back to it only if you decide to give them a try.

Cap’n Arjun’s Starship Rules

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Cap’n Arjun’s rules are a generic set of free wargames rules for starship combat.

It looks as though the entire rules set could fit on one piece of paper, so if one page rules are your thing …