Bravado is a set of free wargames rules for the horse and musket period. There are guidelines for both the American War of Independence and Napoleonic Wars for play. The rules employ an interesting mechanism where the players compete for initiative, deciding how much they will risk disaster in order to have another phase of movement or attack or time to reform their regiments.
Rules: AWI
Loose Files and American Scramble
Loose Files and American Scramble by Andy Callan was one of the first American Revolution games that I played. Originally published in Wargames Illustrated in 1987, it is a lot of fun. For thouse of you who don’t have a copy of the magazine, it’s been reprinted here.
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American War of Independence Wargames Rules
American War of Independence is a set of free wargames rules based on Neil Thomas’ Napoleonic Wargaming and Ancient and Medieval Wargaming. Interestingly, all movement is based on “base widths.”
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American War Of Independence Warhammer Variant
Jimi Tubman offers a set of free wargames rules for the American War of Independence based on the Warhammer ECW rules.
American War of Independence Rules
David Wareham offers a set of free wargames rules for the American War of Independence.