Bob Bergman has written “One If By Land”, a set of free wargames rules for the American War of Independence on a 1:10 scale. The rules use a card activation system, movement is randomized with a die to reflect the uneven nature of terrain, and fire and melee combat are resolved by rolling a d10 and consulting a table. A nice touch is that the figures are based according to the popular “Age of Reason” rules set. I have a large collection of 15mm American Revolution figures and I’m going to give these a try.
Pictoral History of Costume
Braun and Schneider’s “History of Costume” was published from 1861-1880 in Munich. This website has the translated text and the original color plates, with more than 500 costumes. This is a great miniatures painting guide, especially for the “contemporary” (i.e., 1880s) plates of peoples in Europe, Africa and Asia.
AWI Figure Comparison
Dan Foley has a review and comparison of wargaming figures from several miniature manufacturers’ American War of Independence lines.
Metallics Painting Tutorial
Who needs that crazy non-metal metallic (NMM) miniatures painting style. Slave to Paint studios has this tutorial on painting metallics on your wargaming miniatures the traditional way: with metallic paint.
Scratch-Building Wargames Terrain
Chris Brantley has a page with advice on scratch-building wargames terrain. It’s aimed at newbies in general, and DBA players in particular.