WARGAMING RESOURCES

Introduction - Clubs & Societies - Wargames Companies - Military History & Research – Regimental Histories

(This section last updated 23-02-09)

Online Shops :

These are not manufacturers or publishers but shops specialising in many different aspects of wargaming.

• 247 Showroom – Display cases for your models and toy soldiers
• 4D Modelshop – All the modeling accessories you could ask for
• Central Wargaming
• Chelgames
• F&S Scale Models
• In Miniature
• Leisure Games
• The Little Grenadier – online shop run by Gary Chalk
• Miniature Wargames
• Spirit Games
• Time Portal Hobbies – US wargames store selling various miniatures ranges
• Wargames Figure Company
• Wargames Workshop
• Woodrow’s War Store – Canadian Wargames store

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Rules and Amendments :

AK47:

• AK 47 Republic
• 30-30 Carabina – AK47 rules for the Mexican Revolution
• Mexicanski 36 - An AK47 Variant for the Spanish Civil War

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Classical Hack :

• Classical Hack - Ancients Rules

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Crossfire :

• Crossfire Ideas
• Crossfire Official website
• Crossfire Q&A Site
• Incoming – Crossfire variant rules for Vietnam
• Vietnam Variant for Crossfire

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DBx :

• Age of Arthur – pdf file of rules and event cards for DBA
• Arnstein Osten’s DBA Page
• Battle of Pavia 1525 - A DBR scenario for this famous Renaissance battle
• Bronze Age / Biblical DBM
• C’est la Guerre – Medieval French DBA
• Colonial DBM
• Condensed DBM – Err, Isn’t that….DBA?
• DBA Battle Scenarios
• DBA Resource Page
• DBA Review
• DBM Down Under
• DBM Rules Interpretations and Explanations
• De Bellis Antiquitatis Armarium
• De Bellis Homepagius - Part Of the Ed's Hobby Hovel Site. Well worth a visit.
• De Bellis Middle Earth – Rules and lists
• De Bellis Middle Earthius – just one more of a whole host of Tolkien DBx listings
• De Bellis Societatis Antiquorum – The Original play test version of DBx
• De Bellis Toyus – DBA with childrens toys. (Sob!!!)
• De Bellis Zulus and Voortrekkers – DBM for South Africa
• Firefall Wargames - An excellent DBx page from New Zealand.
• Heretical Variants – Various ideas about DBx variants from Tony Stapells’ excellent ‘Discourse’ site
• HOTT Middle Earth Campaign Map
• King of Kings – Chariot Age Campaign for DBA
• Luke Ueda-Sarson's Wargaming Pages
• Magna Graecia - The Wars For Sicily
• Medieval Armies DBA Page
• Middle Earth Army Lists for DBM (1)
• Middle Earth Army Lists for DBM (2)
• New DBA Campaigns
• New Zealand Colonial Wars - DBA Variant
• Nik Gaukroger's DBx Page
• Nunawading DBx Page- A very good DBx page from Down Under (or should that be Up & Over?)
• Obsidian Throne – DBA Fantasy Campaign
• Paphlagonian Army List – From the DBA Resource Page
• Pete’s DBM Ancients Wargaming Site
• Richard Bodley Scott's Wargames Page - Co-Author of DBM. This page includes the official amendments.
• The Round Table – DBM Arthurian Campaign
• The Stronghold - A Site dedicated to Hordes of the Things.
• The Uskoks of Senj – DBR Army List
• Wargaming DBM Style
• War of Spanish Succession – DBA Variant

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Fire and Fury:

• Fire and Furia Francese – A variant of these rules for mid 19^th Century Europe.
• Fire and Fury - ACW Rules
• Online Resources for Fire and Fury

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Rapid Fire:

• Rapid Fire
• Rapid Fire Army Lists

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Spearhead:

• Spearhead

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Warhammer Ancient Battles:

• Drilled and Stubborn – Online WAB Community
• New Kingdom Egyptians WAB Army
• Vince’s Warhammer Ancient Battles

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WRG:

• WRG 7^th Edition Interpretations

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Others:

• Aeronef
• Battlefront WWII - WW2 Rules from the makers of Fire & Fury
• Battleground WWII - More WW2 Rules
• Blue Max Miniatures Rules - WW1 Air Combat Rules
• Carnage & Glory - Computer Moderated Rules for SYW, ACW, FPW & Napoleonics
• Chipco Games - Various Rules including Le Petit Empereur and The Age of Gunpowder.
• Command at Sea - WWII Naval Rules
• Command Decision - WW2 Company Level Rules
• Computer Moderated Wargames rules
• Cousin Jonathan - War of 1812 Rules
• Day of Battle II – Dark Age Battle System
• Destroy All Monsters - Fun rules for destroying cities.
• A Fistful of Games - Lots of Free Rules Sets
• Fletcher Pratt Naval Wargames – A classic 1933 rules set
• Free Wargames Rules
• General Quarters - WWI & WWII Naval Rules
• God's Acre - Medieval Rules
• Guns of Liberty - AWI Rules
• Johnny Reb III - Regimental Level ACW Rules
• Killer Katanas - Massed Battle Samurai Rules
• Linear Tactics - 18th Century Warfare Rules
• Long Road North – ACW Rules from the North Hull Wargames Club
• Napoleon's Battles - Brigade level Napoleonics Rules
• Panzer Marsch! - WW2 Rules from the North Hull Wargames Club
• The Perfect Captain – Designing distributing high quality games from the states. Well worth a look.
• Piquet
• Principles of War
• Quick and Dirty Napoleonic Naval Wars
• Richthofen’s Reign – Rules and statistical analysis of WW1 air combat
• Seekrieg - Naval Miniatures Rules
• Smoke on the Water - 1/600th or 1/1200th ACW Naval Rules
• Square Bashing Spanish Civil War Variant - Devised by Wargames Developments
• The Sword and the Flame – very nice Colonial Rules set with lots of variants
• Vis Bellica – Ancients Rules
• Volley & Bayonet
• Wild West Game Rules Page

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Hot Lead Sites:

• Aire Brush Painting Services
• The Chambers of Miniatures - An excellent display of painted lead (and plastic!).
• Cool Mini Or Not
• David Imrie’s Figure Painting – One of the trio that form the wonder that is the League of Augsberg.
• Dr Faust's Painting Clinic
• Emperor Baz – Excellent Ancients
• Lilliput - In Spanish but with an English Version under Construction
• The Miniature Collecting and Painting Centre - Mostly Fantasy and Sci-Fi related
• Mini Matters
• Miniature Painting Net
• Miniature Review – Reviewing figures from many different manufacturers
• My French Army – Very nice site from New Zealand
• Napoleonic Artillery Painting Guide
• Paintrix Miniatures – Absolutely awesome figure painting from the US.
• Rob's Miniatures Page - Excellent painting from Oz
• Steve Dean Figure Painting
• Stuff of Legends - A wonderful site full of all those figures you thought you'd never see again.
• Thomas Pope's Miniatures Page
• The Toy Soldier Gallery - Classic Toy soldiers past and present
• True Believers
• Valeur et Discipline – A Napoleonic Army in Miniature

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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Wargaming Sites:

• Attack Vector – Space Ship combat rules
• Barsoom - Gaming Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Crimson Skies
• Fantasy Wargames
• The Hive Constructors - Fantasy & Sci-Fi Scenery
• The Old Sage- A Very Good WFB Site
• Quad-S - Strategic Starship Skirmish System
• The Siege of Minas Tirith - Wargaming Tolkien
• A Sky Full of Ships – Fast and simple space ship rules
• Slammer - Sci-Fi skirmish rules
• Star Blazers Fleet Battle System
• Starship Combat News
• Star Wars Miniatures Battles Page
• The Warp
• Wizards of the Coast - Home of D&D

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Naval Wargames:

• Fire As She Bears
• Iron & Fire : Naval Warfare in the Age of the Ironclad
• Naval Wargames
• Naval Wargames Society
• Warships 1

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Other Wargames Resources:

Individuals:

• Alan Patrick's Wargames Pages
• Barry's Building Page
• Bob Beattie’s Wargames Page
• Brian's Wargame Pages - mostly Sci-Fi Wargaming oriented
• Christopher Dearlove's Homepage - Under Development
• David Cliffel's Miniatures Page
• Ed's Hobby Hovel - One of the very best wargames sites on the web
• Felix's Gaming Pages
• Gavin's Wargaming Section - Including an interesting piece on Aztec DBM
• Glen's Wargaming Compendium
• Hutch’s Wargames – an excellent site covering many aspects of our hobby.
• Jens Najewitz Model Building
• John Blow’s Wargames Pages – Very nice little site from a member of the Humberside Wargames Society.
• Ken Blackley's Medieval Wargaming Page
• Luca's Wargames Page
• Mad Dan O'Hara's Weird Wars
• Major General Tremorden Rederrings Colonial Era Wargames Page
• Mal Wright's Battles and Research Page
• Olaf’s HQ – website of Mr Phil Robinson
• Roly’s Wargames Cabinet – Mainly concerned with Horse and Musket Wargaming
• Sir Garnet’s 19^th Century Military History and Wargaming Site
• Steve's Wargames Page
• Table Top Preview
• Tales From GHQ – created by the very talented Mr Dave Bickley
• Thomo's Hole
• Tim Porters Website
• Trevor's Colonial Wargaming Page
• The Universal General
• Wargames & Wargaming - A personal view from David Manley. A good site with plenty of home grown rules sets.
• Wes Roger's Wargames Site
• Wilko's Wargaming Emporium

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General:

• AIM Online - A general site covering all aspects of wargaming.
• Being a Short Discourse on Miniature Wargaming
• Blood and Iron - Wargaming the 19th Century European Wars
• British Wargames
• Buying, Selling and Trading Historical Miniatures
• Colonial Wargaming
• The Complete Wargames Handbook
• Game Table Online
• The Garden Wargamer - See it !!!!! Believe it!!!! Just don't tell anyone we sent you.
• Great Wargames Gateway
• Grunt : Wargaming Vietnam
• A Guide to Collecting Airfix HO Figures
• Histoire et Figurines
• Historical Miniatures Wargamers Homepage
• Horse and Musket Wargaming - Yet another Part of Ed's Hobby Hovel Empire.
• The Khyber Pass - The Colonial Wargaming Section of Ed's Hobby Hovel
• 'Little Wars' by H.G.Wells
• Low Cost Wargaming - Lest we forget our plastic pals
• Military Miniatures – Looking at 1/72 Scale miniatures, mostly plastic. Lots of information on painting and conversion.
• Military Miniatures and Wargames Swap Shop - Fairly Self Explanatory
• The Miniatures Page
• Minature Worldmaker
• The Nafziger Collection - Excellent Provider of Orders of Battle
• 1/72 Scale Plastic Figures - More from our Plastic Pals
• 1/76 & 1/72 Armoured Fighting Vehicle Museum - An excellent idea
• Sculpting Miniatures - If you want to know exactly how those little masterpieces are made.
• Strategos Aristos : Ancient Wargaming resources
• TerraGenesis - A 'must see site' for anyone interested in making their own terrain
• Trailhead Graphics - ACW Battlefield maps
• Warflag
• Wargame.com
• Wargame Opponent Finder - Yet another Part of Ed's Hobby Hovel Empire.
• Wargamers Homepage - Large numbers of links to individual homepages
• The Wargamers Tavern – An excellent site with loads of great painted figures and some good commentary.
• Wargames Directory
• Wargames Forum
• Wargames Review
• The Wargames Section
• Wargaming South and Central American Conflicts
• The War Page
• Web Grognards
• Wild West Skirmish Wargames
• WW1 Modeling Page
• You and Whose Army? – Hosted by Amazon Miniatures

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Wargames Holiday Centres

• The Wargames Holiday Centre - Scarborough

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Magazines and Journals:

• Battlegames Online Wargames Magazine - Probably the best Online Wargames Magazine around.
• By Jingo! - Dedicated to Victorian and Edwardian Colonial wargaming
• Command – Military history, strategy and analysis
• First Empire - Dedicated to Napoleonic history & wargaming
• Index of Military History Magazines
• Kriegspieler – Australian Wargaming Magazine
• Magweb - A pay site with access to many military and wargaming Magazines
• Military History Magazine
• Military Miniatures Magazine
• Miniature Wargames
• SAGA – The newsletter for Ancient and Medieval Wargamers and Historians
• Savage & Soldier
• The Wargamer
• Wargames Illustrated - The Ultimate Wargames Magazine
• The War Times Journal

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Conventions, Shows and Competition Events:

The convention links now form part of the calendar section of this website and can be accessed via the sidebar

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Alternative Histories

Some interesting sources for wargaming alternative histories

• 1933 – An Alternative history of WW2

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For a few laughs:

• Dork Tower – Taking the Micky out of the hobby we know and love so well.
• Larry Leadhead – The Wargamer’s very own Comic Strip.

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Discussion sites:

The place to talk about wargames, modelling or, in some cases, whatever the hell you like. In most cases you will have to sign up to take part but it can be very worthwhile.

• Ancient and Medieval Military History Newsgroup
• Colonial Wars Newsgroup
• Italian Wars Newsgroup
• Painting Guru Newsgroup
• Wargames Clubs Newsgroup – If you run a club or a show then this is the place for you. Lots of information on wargames clubs from around the world.
• Warhammer Ancient Battles Newsgroup

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Web Rings:

If you are looking for lots of sites on a particular theme then check out these rings.

• Ancient and Medieval Wargames Ring
• Colonial Wars Webring
• Eastern Front Web Ring
• Fantasy Miniature Painting and Collecting Webring
• The History Ring
• The Military Webring
• Miniature Figure and Modelling Ring
• Miniature Figurine Painting Instruction Ring
• Miniature Painting Club Webring
• Miniature Painting Webring
• Napoleon Webring
• Wagamers Webring
• Wargames Club Web Ring

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