D-Day Dice

D-Day Dice is a free wargame in which

players are soldiers trying to organize improvised units for an attack against the machine gun nest. Each player starts the game with a unit of a few soldiers and nothing else. As the game progresses, he will collect resources and advance on the beach, sector by sector, as his unit grows stronger and deadlier. He will succeed… or die trying.

This game is designed to be played with regular dice (d6), but can also be played with homemade specialty dice. All you need is a score sheet with a small battle map.

D-Day Dice can be played solitaire or multiplayer co-op, where all players play their turn simultaneously (and can even trade dice).

Although built around dice rolling, this game is about resource management (soldiers, specialists, items and courage) and knowing when to move your unit. Resources are kept from turn to turn, so the players can plan ahead (and help each other out).

The first Battle Map is called Bloody Omaha. Other maps include Gold Beach and Utah Beach.

Panzer Grenadier Free Downloads

Avalance Games offers the third edition of its Panzer Grenadier board game as a free download. There’s a lot of assembly, but its a good way to try it out with minimal cash investment.

Beer and Pretzels WWII Micro Armor

GHQ has a pdf of its Beer and Pretzels WWII Micro Armor, originally a commerial set, now a set of free wargames rules.

OP Art – Operational Rules For WWII Eastern Front

Op Art is a set of rules for operational level games on the Eastern Front of WWII. The author writes:

Operational Art is the term first coined by the Russians to describe the level oc fomat that falls between the tactics used on the battlefield and the strategic direction of a war. The basic units of manoeuvre are division sized formations and the decision making level is that of army commander.

The rules have been designed so that players can recreate battles fought at this level; as a result a degree of abstraction has been included in the mechanisms used and especially in the way in which combat is resolved.

Panzer Gruppe WWII Rules

Panzer Gruppe is a set of free wargames rules for corps/army sized battles in World War II.