Crossfire House Rules
Crossfire is one of the more innovative — and more enjoyable miniatures games I’ve played. But everyone who plays it seems to have their own house rules. Tim Marshall has a set of house rules that have...
View ArticleA Terrible Resolve Midway Rules
Matt Fritz has these free wargames rules for gaming the Battle of Midway. The rules are designed for 1/700 ship and airplanes models but Matt also provides paper counters and airplanes.
View ArticleAxis History Factbook
The owner of the Axis History site cautions: “This is an apolitical site dedicated to the history of the Third Reich and its allies. This is not a Nazi site, and I am not a Nazi.” Its a good warning,...
View ArticleBattle for Norway
Robert Martensson has created a nice site describing a rarely-touched aspect of WWII: The Battle for Norway.
View ArticleUniforms of WWII by Andrew Mollo
There was a discussion over at the Miniatures Page about a good WWII painting resouce. I don’t normally do posts about commercial products, but you can consider this a public service review. For my...
View ArticleAxis and Allies Miniatures Rules
Wizards of the Coast releases its Axis and Allies game today. The rules are available for free. You can get the quickstart guide or the advanced rules.
View ArticleA Drop Too Many
A Drop Too Many is an interactive storytelling game by Jim Wallman. It’s truly a unique concept, and worth taking a long look.
View ArticleTank Craft: Panther Tanks. German Army and Waffen-SS, Normandy Campaign 1944...
Tank Craft: Panther Tanks. German Army and Waffen-SS. Defense of the West 1945 Buy directly from the publisher.Buy from Amazon. One of a series of books in Pen and Sword’s Tank Craft books, Panther...
View ArticleTank Craft: Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks – Book Review
Tank Craft: Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen SS The Last Battles In The West 1945Buy Directly from the PublisherBuy From Amazon Tank Craft: Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks is part of a...
View ArticleHans Und Panzer WWII Rules
Hans Und Panzer is a set of free wargames rules for WWII tank combat. The author writes: Hans in Panzer is a game of tank combat in World War II. Using small scale soldiers and vehicles, you can...
View ArticlePainting Wargaming Figures: WWII In The Desert – Book Review
Painting Wargaming Figures: WWII In The Desertby Andy SingletonPublisher’s SiteBuy It On Amazon As the title suggests, Painting Wargaming Figures: WWII In The Desert is a guide to painting the armies...
View ArticleClose Little World Wars Rules
Based in part on Donald Featherstone’s Close Wars, Close Little World Wars focuses on WWII Platoon level games.
View ArticleThe Few: Battle of britain Fast And Easy Rules For Students
Matt Unsworth offers a set of free wargames rules called The Few that he uses with his students to simulate the Battle of Britain.
View ArticleKwik Kursk Fast Play WWII Rules
Kwik Kursk is Matt Unsworth’s name for his fast play rules for recreating the pivotal battle of Kursk — the largest armor battle in the history of the world. The game also includes links to paper tank...
View ArticleBand of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
In this classic oral history, Stephen Ambrose follows Easy Company of the 506th Airborne from their training to the end of World War II. It’s an easy-to-read, compelling account of men at war. I came...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
The Forgotten Soldier is Guy Sajer’s memoir of his life as a young soldier on the eastern front in World War II. A member of the famed Gross deutschland division, Sajer fought in most of the major...
View ArticleBand of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose
In this classic oral history, Stephen Ambrose follows Easy Company of the 506th Airborne from their training to the end of World War II. It’s an easy-to-read, compelling account of men at war. I came...
View ArticleWWII Air War Campaigns
JD Burgess’ site has a list of major WWII air war campaigns. For each, he has lists of the planes that participated, with links to photos and information.
View ArticleAssault Gun World War II Operational Level Rules
Assault Gun is a set of free wargames rules by David Kershaw. David writes: This rule set is designed to allow players to simulate large actions of the Second World War using miniature models. Each...
View ArticleMicro Armor Devastation
Micro Armor Devastation is a set of fast play miniatures rules for land and air combat from World War II onward. They’re very nicely done in a pdf format.
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