Hot Trod and Red Hand is a set of free wargames rules for sixteenth century Anglo-Scottish border warfare.
Renaissance
Clockpunk Blog
Clockpunk is like Steampunk — except it’s set in the Renaissance. The science fiction sub-genre is set in a Renaissance where technology that was invented many years later comes into play. Here’s a new blog called DaVinci Automata dedicated to the genre. Plenty of ideas here — especially if you already (as many of us do) own Renaissance era figures.
I remember playing a game at a Chicago convention some years ago called DaVinci something-or-other that involved a large number of Leonardo DaVinci’s war engines. It was a lot of fun.
1450 – 1550 Renaissance Wargames Rules
1450 – 1550 is a set of free wargames rules for playing miniature games set in the renaissance. The author says it’s “slightly more complicated than Tactica.”
Into Glory Ride Wargaming Rules
Into Glory Ride is a set of free wargames rules for battles set in the Renaissance and beyond. It covers the era 1500 – 1900.