A Recreation of Charles Sweet’s Ancients Rules

“Gonsalvo,” who played with legendary gamer Charles Sweet, has attempted to recreate Sweet’s Ancients rules. A little background on Sweet from the blog post:

Charlie was one of the true Old Guard of our Miniature Wargaming hobby. He was one of the original fifty or so subscribers to Jack Scruby’s pioneering wargames magazine, Wargames Digest, first published in 1957. Charlie was a frequent contributor to the magazine, but never published any commercial rules sets. He holds an extremely important place in the history of our hobby none the less. In 1965, Sports Illustrated published an article “A Little War can be a lot of Fun”, covering the hobby and Charlie’s games with his brother. This was the first ever national exposure for the hobby, and was followed by additional coverage, including a spot on the television show, “Sixty Minutes”. Charlie brought our hobby out into the open (at least in the US), and made it both visible and respectable.

Making Sangars — Loose Rock Defensive Positions

Here’a a new word for me: Sangars. It refers to defensive positions made from loose rock. And here’s a tutorial on making the sangars.

Dark Age Scots Banner

Sagas in Miniature blog offers three free download-and-print Dark Ages Scot banners.

Modeling Eastern Front Wooden Gates

From the Miniatures and Terrain blog comes a tutorial on modeling an eastern european gate. Part 1. Part 2.

Krampus Race Board Game

Krampus is essentially Santa’s evil twin, a beastlike creature who punishes naughty children. Here’s a free board game based on the creature:

A mini Holiday board game!

The legend of the Krampus goes back ages. While Santa Claus brought presents and candy to all the good little boys and girls of the World, The Krampus took care of the naughty ones. Sometimes a companion of Santa and his nemesis other times, Krampus collected all the bad children in his sack and took them off to be punished!

Your Krampuses (or is it Krampi) are racing their way to the top of the board while collecting as many bad kids as the can on the way.