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Lost Minis Wiki

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:20:49 +0000

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 or even a non-player character. A verbal description may or may not be enough, but if an illustration is unavailable, it will have to suffice unless there is or was a miniature created of the being in question. You needn’t own the miniature itself. All you need to do is print the image or, if you use a laptop computer at your gaming table, save the image or bookmark the page and display it during the encounter. It can also be used by players who like to inform others that “my character looks like this” when the actual miniature is lacking.

I learned of this site upon reading this entry of Jeff’s Gameblog.

The Lost Minis Wiki has been added to the Game Reference links page at Fudgery.net.

Miniature Review

Gordon Cooper — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:05:47 +0000

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

Dispatch War Rocket AJAX

Gordon Cooper — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:00:22 +0000

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 record keeping!” No paper record keeping? Fascinating.

The miniatures are beautiful, and if the rules deliver their promise of “fast-paced miniature space combat,” War Rocket may become one of my favorite miniature war games.

Stepping upon the Field of Glory

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:45:18 +0000

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. The former is the new addiction, the latter is one that was lying dormant. The problem with satisfying the latter (other than the cost) is the limited availability of historical miniatures, at least in my locale. I realize ordering is the solution, but it’s also a more expensive solution when shipping costs are considered. It will be a long time before I can afford to field armies of pewter miniatures, and I do not want to wait that long before playing, but I might be able to buy some plastic historical miniatures for less. I believe Airfix made a number of 15 mm plastic armies that will suffice in the meantime. As for the availability of those, I’ll have to look into it.

N.B. I was just made aware of a special Field of Glory Web site apart from the Osprey Publishing site: www.fieldofglory.com.

War and Fudge

Gordon Cooper — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:11:48 +0000

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 soldiers themselves and my memory of playing with them as a young lad.) Fudge, I realize, is not combat rules-heavy, but I think it is flexible enough and powerful enough to support a fast-paced and tactically interesting war game (or skirmish game, to be more precise). Details will follow.

War of 1812 Battlefield to Become War Zone, Figuratively Speaking

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:20:06 +0000

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 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 price includes the miniature war gaming and the museum. All new games this year!

Fort Meigs 2008 Event Schedule

Alas, I shall probably miss this event for the second year in a row because I am scheduled to work that day. We shall see. Meanwhile, I’ll try to do a better job of reporting these events sufficiently in advance.

Monsterpocalypse

Gordon Cooper — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:58:06 +0000

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. I am very curious about the rules.

Play War Games at a War of 1812 Battlefield

Gordon Cooper — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:36:10 +0000

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 price includes the miniature war gaming and the museum.

Fort Meigs 2007 Special Events Schedule

Charles B. Crain III, 1951-2007

Gordon Cooper — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:54:05 +0000

Chuck Crain of Ral Partha has passed away.

SF War Games in the Works

Gordon Cooper — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:03:08 +0000

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 development by Wessex Games. Astronef, like its predecessor Aeronef, is set in the Redcoats on Mars universe, but it will focus on space combat rather than aerial combat. I have neither played nor read anything produced by Wessex Games since they do not have a North American distributor, but I plan to buy the rules for this series of games, and eventually the miniatures. How can I not?