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| | Wargaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Wargaming is the play of simulated military operations in the form of games known as war games. | | | Wargames, like all games, exist in a range of complexities: some are fundamentally simple (so-called "beer-and-pretzel" games), while others (generally in an attempt to increase the 'realism' of the situation) produce rule sets that may encompass a large variety of actions (so-called "monster" games). | | | The computer gaming industry generally evolved with minimal reference to board games, or board game genres, so the term 'wargame' is generally not heard in discussions of general computer game genres. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wargame
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| | Miniature wargaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Free wargames Rules Free rules for games of all periods. | | | One of the main reasons for playing miniature wargames, in both these respects, is because it offers players more freedom of play and a more aesthetically pleasing tactical element over traditional games or computer games. | | | Free wargame rules Free rules for a variety of periods. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_wargaming
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| | Wargaming |
| | I play wargames by the company Games Workshop. | | | Wargamers collect model armies, paint them and then battle them against other players in either one off games or extended campaigns. | | | This game is at a larger scale and focuses on small skirmishes between individuals in their struggle to carry out their own agenda under a regime that demands total obedience. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/ego/rooster/wargaming.htm
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| | WD: The Wargaming FAQ |
| | Card wargaming is played using cards similar to ordinary playing cards. | | | Board, card and computer wargames have little set-up time involved so your time will be spent playing games, however, tabletop wargaming can be very time-consuming before you even begin to play games: miniatures and scenery need to be painted which can take up many hours. | | | Board wargaming is played on a board where the board itself represents the battlefield. |
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http://www.wargamesdirectory.com/html/faq
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| | All Wargames and Wargaming |
| | Wargaming: the ideal is an attractive army which is of a consistent enough size to play. | | | To the wargamer, "scale" means figures that look to be a consistent height on the playing area. | | | Likewise, many Wargaming figures are made with heads, hands or other features that are larger than normal. |
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http://www.thortrains.net/wargame/adjacent.html
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| | MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Wargaming |
| | Traditionally the most popular type of wargame was the board game. | | | There are a variety of types of wargames, but these can be broadly classified into three groupings - board games, computer simulations, and tabletop miniature gaming. | | | The growth of computer games far supplanted the popularity of board games, but new ones still are produced each year for a shrinking audience. |
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http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wargaming/history.aspx
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| | Wargaming |
| | In their peculiar vocabulary, wargaming is called "the Games Workshop Hobby". | | | Wargaming comes in a number of shapes and forms. | | | To read more about all the hilarious and ridiculous side-effect of GW marketing and game development process, which may be quite cryptic for someone not involved, have a look at the Rant section. |
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http://www.stephane.info/show.php?code=wargaming
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| | NIGHT OWL MK. II -- Wargaming |
| | he hobby of wargaming is currently having to battle for players with the emerging 500-pound gorilla of the collectable card game market. | | | I've been playing strategy games ever since my grandfather taught me how to play chess when I was about 6 years old. | | | Having a good source for mail-order purchasing of games, such as Boulder Games, helps save money while trying to maintain a collection - in addition to giving one access to numerous titles that are rarely carried in retail outlets. |
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http://www.bakkster.com/wargame.htm
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| | History of Wargaming |
| | With a historical military boardgame or computer wargame, all that is necessary is setup, a reading of the rules and off one goes to play the game. | | | By contrast, cardboard and computer wargames tend to be played solitaire most of the time. | | | Miniature games tend to be more social, group events than do other forms of commercial wargames which are often played solitaire. |
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http://www.hmgs.org/history.htm
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| | Military History and Wargaming |
| | Guildford Wargaming Club, Surrey, UK These chaps play a variety of games at the club (mostly DBM / DBR). | | | Campaign rules are catalogued with the tactical rules they relate to, but there is a master Campaign index as well. | | | Free Wargames Rules - a entire website of them. |
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http://www.balagan.org.uk/war
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| | Wargaming with Toy Soldiers |
| | I found ancient wargaming in 1979 through a local gaming group called HASA, which stood for Heart of America Society of Ancients. | | | I then upgraded to Minifig Napoleonics (I always enjoyed the painting aspect of the hobby, as much as the gaming), and we played (or should I say, attempted to play)Empire II, III. | | | At that time we played mostly Napoleonics using 15mm Napoleonique figures. |
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http://www.miniwars.com
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| | Wargaming Division, Marine Corps Warfighting Lab |
| | The second game in the USAF Title X wargame process is the Global Engagement series that is held on the even numbered years. | | | The Aerospace Future Capabilities Wargame series is played roughly twenty years in the future, on odd number years, and is focused primarily on capabilities. | | | Global Engagement is based upon anticipated/existing Service Concepts, is played roughly fifteen years in the future, and is played with capabilities that currently exist in the POR. |
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http://www.wargaming.quantico.usmc.mil/TitleX/USAF/index.asp
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| | Web-Grognards: the site for wargames on the web |
| | wargame) information, including (but not limited to) rules errata and variants, game reviews and links to relevant web sites. | | | For two free board wargames to print and play try First Blood and Battle for Moscow. | | | There are no prizes, :-(but the first person to email the answer will get their name in a winners list. |
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http://grognard.com
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| | Toward a History Based Doctrine for Wargaming |
| | Wargames have always been unpopular due to the cumbersome, time-consuming rules of adjudication. | | | During the wargame, the Japanese officers playing the American role used their limited sea surveillance assets to search for and find the Japa-nese force while it was still well out to sea. | | | Unfortunately, many in the military are simply uncomfortable with the term wargame, perhaps feeling that war is too serious to be a “game.&; This makes researching the history of wargaming challenging because wargames have been called by other names. |
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http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj00/fal00/caffrey.htm
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| | Wargaming |
| | Even non-buyers will be interested in the company's on-line newsletter Game Notes, which has particularly strong coverage of the increasingly popular "German games". | | | There's no computer opponent, but it's a handy way to carry a few games along on a trip without having to pack a bunch of boxes or risk leaving pieces behind in one's hotel room. | | | In classic fashion, it includes a game in every issue (but without die-cut counters, so "some assembly is required"). |
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http://stromata.tripod.com/id21.htm
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| | Wargaming Bibliography |
| | (U310.W26 1988) Wargame Design: The History, Production, and Use of Conflict Simulation Games, by the Staff of Strategy and Tactics Magazine. | | | Unlocking the Potential of War Games: A Look Beyond the Black Box. | | | Forced Changes of Combat Posture: Final Report, by Janice B. Fain et al. |
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http://www.carlisle.army.mil/library/bibs/wargame.htm
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| | Games, Wargaming, |
| | Wargames, RPG's, CCGs, Computer / Electronic Games, Board Games - they all (and more) are welcome here, so come in and have fun! | | | For TalonSoft's East/West Front and any follow-on games. | | | A ring for game sites of all sorts. |
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http://dir.webring.com/rw?d=Games/Wargaming
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| | Wargaming section |
| | My wargaming is heavily concentrated on the Ancient and Medieval period using the DBM rules. | | | A collection of articles on wargaming with various under various rules. | | | This is a set of notes about army doctrine, and the results from a practice game, which I put together for my doubles partner (Roger), as Roger had never played with the Aztecs: he had only played against them. |
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http://www.pearsonag.freeserve.co.uk/wargame.htm
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| | Wargaming by e-mail |
| | At present we offer 2 games, to join any of these games please go here. | | | Based on a historical set-up of 1914, with each player running an individual nation the game fights the course of an alternate First World War. | | | Wargaming by e-mail provides the opportunity to re-fight some of history's major conflicts. |
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http://www.wargaming.org.uk
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| | HOPLON Wargaming |
| | Until the appearance of the DBM game system most wargame rules had based their deployment and combat operations on the | | | What is worse of all, however, is what these very competitive rules have done to the wargamers themselves. | | | The whole effort is based on my wargaming experience from DBM, my own PANSTRATIA musket-era rules (for simultaneous movement and combat), plus some original ideas specific to these rules. |
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http://www.geocities.com/hoplongr
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| | DBx Wargaming with 20mm Soft Plastic Figures |
| | A list of battle reports of some of the DBx games that I have played. | | | The reason behind this site in the first place. | | | Wargaming With 20mm Soft Plastic Figures, where I cover the pros and fixes for plastic figures (including tips on keeping paint on them), with links to other plastic sites. |
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http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/8582/home.html
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| | Crossfire - Company Level WWII Wargaming |
| | Crossfire offers the player dozens of critical decisions to make every game, and each one may decide the battle. | | | On this website you will find lists of CROSSFIRE websites, FAQ links, hints and strategies, as well as information regarding CROSSFIRE products such as the supplement book 'Hit The Dirt'." | | | They are one of the first rule sets to use a genuine "variable length bound" that is not artificially contrived. |
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http://crossfire.wargaming.info
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| | Major General Tremorden Rederring's Colonial Wargames Page |
| | For more information on the hobby of miniature wargaming, and LINKS to other gaming pages, click on the soldier. | | | Miniature wargaming uses miniature figures and models to create a semblance of historical or fictional combat in the form of a competitive game. | | | The picture shows an actual game in progress, as the British and their native auxiliaries launch an amphibious assault on a river port in German Ouargistan. |
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http://zeitcom.com/majgen
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| | The Wargames Directory Wargaming Website |
| | BlitzkriegCommander is an exciting wargame that allows you to re-create battles of the Second World War and Spanish Civil War using miniatures on a tabletop. | | | Reply to 'In the Name of Glory - Nap rules' on the forum | | | Command anything from a company right up to a division and get a result in 2-3 hours without becoming bogged-down in detail. |
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http://www.wargamesdirectory.com
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| | Wargaming |
| | A FISTFUL OF TOWS: I have created a number of extra Orbats for countries not included in the original FFT package | | | David Manley has done some excellent historical TOandEs for South Africa and the war in Angola, click here for his wargaming page. | | | PERSIAN GULF WAR TOandEs: These were originally written to help design Modern Spearhead but provide details for any modern wargamer |
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http://members.tripod.com/collinsj/wargaming.htm
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| | Legre5's Wargaming |
| | HAWKS (Harford Area Weekly Kriegsspielers) is a non-profit wargaming club in Harford County Maryland. | | | We meet every other Thursday at St. George's Parish House (near Aberdeen, MD). |
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http://hometown.aol.com/legre5
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