Captains Bold is a free print-and-play game for the age of sail. It focuses on duels between frigates.
Shield Breaker Fantasy Rules
Shield Breaker is a set of free wargames rules for fantasy skirmish. The authors write:
Shield Breaker is a game about warbands battling it out in a world of legends. It is intended for use with about 6–20 miniatures in the most common 28mm scale. Buy, borrow or steal any fantasy miniatures, compose a warband and you are ready to play.
Epic Slant Press has an article on the lessons they learned from their Kickstarter game. I found it to be interesting for the insight into the game industry.
Catan Anytime
Catan Anytime is Microsoft’s new HTML based multi player Settlers of Catan. It works on any browser — computer, tablet, phone — that supports HTML 5.
Making A Battle Board
Here are some instructions for making a 2×2 foot battle board.
I find myself constantly intrigued by the concept of using battle boards as opposed to a cloth to cover tables.