Basic Game For Toy Soldiers is a buckets-o-dice game designed by the author to play with his five year old nephew. That it was written fora five year old does not necessarily make it a bad thing, however.
Modeling Sewer Pipes and Grates
Here’s a method for quickly and cheaply modeling sewer pipes and grates.
Evidence of Large Scale Bronze Age Battle In Northern Europe
Archaeologists have encountered evidence of a large scale bronze age battle in Northern Europe. Accounts of epic battles (if not necessarily evidence) are common around the Mediterranean and throughout the Middle East, but there has been little noting such battles north of the Alps. Now there is evidence …
There’s some great thought for wargaming the bronze age in the article
MEST – Adventures in Matter, Energy, Space and Time
MEST – Adventures In Matter, Energy, Space and Time is a set of free wargames rules for cinematic skirmish games. The authors write:
Matter. Energy. Space. Time. The MEST Narrative miniatures rules system is designed to be a flexible light-weight set of features that can work with numerous genres such as Swords & Sandals, Medieval, Swashbuckler, Wild West, Horror, Victorian Adventure, Pulp Heroes, Modern Battles, Future War, Sci-Fi, or Superheroes.
With these rules two or more players can simulate the last exciting minutes of derring-do, harrowing deeds, and heart-stopping acts of courage of any small-scale engagement pulled from any number of genres; from penny novels, serials, and otherwise. Will the dastardly villains win? Will the heroes prevail? Who lives? Who dies? The answers to these questions and more await your decision!
Archipelago of Gold
Archipelago of Gold is a set of free wargames rules for use with the constructable, collectable Pirates of the Spanish Main ships from WizKids. From the BGG description:
These rules use the Pirates of the Spanish Main and a hex map to allow you to explore wild islands for gold, build large fleets, settlements, cities, forts, and train your crews to become superior gun crews. Get more gold back to your settlement, and you can build more than your opponents.