Giant Spiders From Outer Space is a set of free wargames rules for reliving your favorite 1950s sci fi movies:
This is game is inspired by those Science Fiction movies of the 1950’-1970’s that we all love. A metorite hits the countryside somewhere and reveals to be the egg of a giant Spider. You are in command of an Army unit with a vital mission: kill it…. and save the Earth!
ACP offers Valkyrie, a set of free wargames rules for science fiction company level games.
Ancients D6 is a very nice looking set of Ancients rules. They also have extensive army lists. From the introduction:
Gone are our days of playing complicated simulations. Most of my friends and I do not have nearly the time to play long and complicated rules systems. I love Ancient and Medieval warfare and was looking for the perfect game. I have bought and tried many of the games on the market and found different things:
· Games were needlessly complicated.
· Games were so simple that they were not very rewarding.
· Games were not well thought out.When playing some games, a certain amount of math is required. Simple math done over and over again for hours at a time can be quite tiring. Too many modifiers will wear a person out in no time at all. So our challenge was to:
· Design a game that can be played in 1 or 2 hours
· Provide simple game mechanics to minimize the math calculations
· Provide an easy to follow game turn
· Allow for the nuances the different armies of antiquity
Eagles and Emperors is a set of free wargames rules for the Napoleonic period based on a set of Civil War rules called The Blue, The Grey and the Butternut.
Richard Bradley’s State of War ACW Skirmish Rules are available at the Tyneside Wargames Club site.