Wargames Set In Lebanon

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Given the recent unpleasantness in the Levant, it might be interesting to game a battle between the IDF and Hezbo terrorists — err, militia. Andrew Thompson has a page on gaming battles in Lebanon, including a painting guide, some VERY nice photos and a simple set of rules for playing the conflict.

It would be interesting to know readers’ reaction to this page. While wargamers have no compunction about gaming wars, a good many seem to draw the line at the more modern stuff … too close to home … too recent. Others, however, think that this is the most interesting thing to do, precisely because it is so immediate.

Turning Pringles Cans Into Storage Containers

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I don’t like Pringles chips. As far as I am concerned, they taste like cardboard. But the cans are massively useful for miniature wargaming purposes. Here’s a link to s a site that tells you how to turn those tubes into storage containers for your miniature wargaming terrain.

Blasted Planets Science Fiction Skirmish Rules

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Blasted Planets is Lance Runolfsson’s set of free science fiction skirmish rules to support his line of miniatures. Lance writes:

Blasted Planets Skirmish, is basically a set of house rules a few friends and I use to play games with my Sci-Fi figures. I am not trying to model a “Hard” Sci-Fi environment here. I’m borrowing as much from Horror and Fantasy as I am from Sci-Fi. I mean how serious can you be. When you have, Dog headed, Gator men chasing an Elephant guy around an Omni Field generating White rabbit? There is enough “real” world framework here that basic tactics work (most of the time). But enough of a fantastical element that you really can’t count on the idea that the Fin headed alien with the pin gun is going to nail the cave man with the rock every time.

The Battle of Lepanto Rules

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The Junior General offers a set of rules — and paper ships — for the 1571 battle of Lepanto.

Mexicanski 36 Spanish Civil War Rules

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Mexicanski 36 is a free rules variant of Peter Pig’s excellent AK47 rules. The rules focus on the Spanish Civil War.