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Lost Minis Wiki

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

The Lost Minis Wiki is an “open resource for identifying and cataloguing fantasy miniatures.” This is an excellent resource for collectors and admirers of miniature sculpture, but it could also be used as a practical resource for fantasy role-playing. Consider, if you will, a situation in which a GM is attempting to describe a monster [...]

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Miniature Review

Monday, October 11, 2010

Miniature Review is a Web log with news and interviews pertaining to miniatures and miniature war games. Photographs are plentiful. Enjoy.

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Dispatch War Rocket AJAX

Saturday, October 9, 2010

According to a Starship Combat News update from 14 August, Hydra Miniatures has released the rulebook for their retro-futurist spaceship war game, War Rocket. The product description states, “You can play a game of War Rocket with fleets of 10-20 ships in less than 90 minutes with minimal use of tokens and absolutely no paper [...]

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Stepping upon the Field of Glory

Thursday, April 16, 2009

I neglected to mention this earlier, but I finally purchased Field of Glory and subsequently ordered and purchased two expansions, Rise of Rome: Republican Rome at War and Legions Triumphant: Imperial Rome at War. And so another addiction is added to my maladies, or rather two addictions: Field of Glory expansion books and historical miniatures. [...]

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War and Fudge

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I have neglected to mention this here before, but one of my projects is a modern-ish miniature war game utilizing plastic soldiers and Fudge. Yes, those plastic soldiers. (Perhaps my favorite of all console games is Army Men 3D, which is fully half the inspiration for this project — the other half being the plastic [...]

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War of 1812 Battlefield to Become War Zone, Figuratively Speaking

Thursday, October 30, 2008

The World at War: Miniature War Gaming Day will be held again at Fort Meigs on 1 November 2008, co-sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society Great Lakes Chapter: Come fight the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II all in one room! Miniature war gaming experts help you play more than [...]

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Monsterpocalypse

Friday, November 16, 2007

I just learned in this Dr. Rotwang article that Privateer Press will be releasing a collectible miniatures game inspired by Japanese giant monster movies: Monsterpocalypse. I do not ordinarily have any interest in collectible miniature games (preferring to know exactly what I am spending my meager earnings on), but I must confess this looks tempting. [...]

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Play War Games at a War of 1812 Battlefield

Monday, September 24, 2007

Fort Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio will be hosting The World at War: Miniature War Gaming Day on 3 November 2007: Miniature war gaming experts help you play more than 16 different war games and learn about this family friendly hobby. No experience is required and kids are welcome. Food will be available on site. Admission [...]

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Charles B. Crain III, 1951-2007

Friday, August 31, 2007

Chuck Crain of Ral Partha has passed away.

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SF War Games in the Works

Thursday, April 26, 2007

I still don’t have (and haven’t played) Attack Vector by Ad Astra Games, but I’m eager to get a look at it at Origins this year. Now I learn that they have another game in development that looks very interesting: Squadron Strike. It sounds truly magnificent. A Victorian science fiction war game is currently in [...]

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