Baccus 6mm has a good painting guide for the English Civil War. There’s also information on flags.
Panzer War rules
In 1979, Steve Lorenz published Panzer War, a set of miniature wargaming rules for World War II microarmor. It was moderately successful, and in 1981, the second edition, Panzer War II was published. Having long since sold out, Steve has elected to offer these successful wargames rules free as a download.
Steve describes his set:
Panzer War is a set of war game rules simulating World War II armor warfare that will eventually use a variety of scaled miniatures. Currently it is scaled for 1/285 scaled models. Each player can assume the command of a platoon or company of troops. Panzer War includes rules covering weapons, vehicles and troops used during the conflict from 1938 through 1945. Warfare on and over the battlefield is simulated in a detailed and realistic manner. The scale being one vehicle model for one real vehicle and one infantry stand per infantry squad. The game may seem complicated at first once the basic rules are understood and experience is gained they will become second nature to the players. After familiarizing themselves with the basic rules players should move on to more advanced rules one step at a time.
And yes, there are a lot of charts and tables.
Basic Game For Toy Soldiers
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