Gaddis Gaming Launches “Shattered Crown” WWI Kickstarter

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via Gaddis Gaming:

They were the first American unit to go into battle in WWI, earning universal renown for their fighting spirit and for never giving up an inch of ground, or losing a man to capture. They were the Harlem HellFighters — first African American regiment to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Great War, and to acknowledge these courageous and long-neglected men who paved the way for future black soldiers, game developer Gaddis Gaming is launching a KickStarter campaign seeking support from gamers to bring their new “Shattered Crown” skirmish game to market.

“Shattered Crown” is the first WWI game to combine history, science fiction and fantasy with a complete line of 28mm miniatures — including the Allies, Germans, Japanese, Russians — putting it on the frontline of gaming’s “Weird” genre while transporting gamers to a thrilling battlefield. The world of “Shattered Crown” definitely delivers the Weird, re-imagining history to set the game just after Earth’s victory over the Martian invasion, with the different factions now finding themselves — wonderfully weirdly — on the eve of WWI.

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Retro Tank Paper Model

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Here’s a beautiful free paper model of a retro tank. It looks like a lot like some of the tin tanks that my grandparents had stored in their attic — they belonged to my uncles. This would be useful for a variety of early 20th century pulp games.

Painting Stubble

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The painting geniuses at Slave to Paint have this guide to painting a five o’clock shadow. I wouldn’t go to all of this trouble on my wargames miniatures, but I also have on occasion painted individual role playing figures for sale on EBay. This would be a good painting technique for such “character” figures.

Paranoia: Troubleshooters Card Game

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Paranoia: Troubleshooters is a set of free rules for a card game based on the West End Games’ Paranoia RPG.

Raging Empires WWI Rules

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Raging Empires is a set of free wargames rules for WWI actions.

The authors write:

The Raging Empires rule system has been developed by WW1 enthusiasts to create a fast flowing game which captures the feel and flavour of this fascinating conflict.

This draft version of the rules contains all the game mechanics necessary to re-fight historical battles in all theatres and phases of the First World War, from the war of movement of 1914 to the major battles of 1916. This will be extended to cover 1917-18 in the full set of Raging Empires due for Autumn release.

One A4 Quick Reference Sheet is sufficient to contain all the information necessary to play. The main rules need only be consulted when players are learning the rules, and occasionally thereafter, to clarify situations as they arise.

Raging Empires is designed to be used for very large battles as well as relatively small encounters. The precision of the movement system and the speed and efficiency of combat makes the game flows quickly and even a closely fought battle of a moderate size can be concluded within 2 hours.

The game is designed to be played on modular hex terrain which can accommodate a range of different terrain features, e.g. open ground, trenches, strong points, hills and slopes, rivers, woods, impenetrable terrain etc.