Steve's Wargames Page
This
page provides a quick overview of my miniature wargaming hobby. I've been
indulging in this enjoyable form of lunacy for the past thirty years or so. It
combines modelling, collecting, history and pretending to be a general in a
satisfying fashion.
If
you want to find out more about the hobby, and the periods I play, have a look
at the background. If you are a wargamer already, you will probably want to
look at all the free Rules and Scenarios, and possibly at the Gallery.
Hope
you enjoy the page. Last updated 9th May 2006. Steve
Burt.
In
the unlikely event that you actually use any of the rules or scenarios I've
posted here, I would appreciate hearing about it!
I
live just outside Cambridge, UK. Fellow gamers are always welcome to get in
contact.
For more info or feedback, e-mail me at steve.burt@fluffycat.co.uk
Recent Changes.
9th May 2006. Resurrected the website, with long-overdue edits, on a new host.
11th May 2009. Added 'Age of Dreadnoughts' ship data.
First,
some background on Miniature Wargames, with a list of the periods I play and
the armies I own, along with what figures they are made from (trust me -
wargamers are interested in this sort of stuff)
Next
a discussion of the various rules that I use, and also lots of rules that I've
written which you can download - I make no claims to originality, many of them
being adaptations of commercial sets (though by no means all)
Now
sundry scenarios which I've written - everything from Plataea to Peenemunde
Some
pictures showing what it all looks like. A mixture of wargames in progress on
my table, with some close-ups of troops.
People
kept asking how I made the terrain, so I've added this little explanation of
how it all works
This
is a DBM combat simulator which simulates a series of complete combats between
lines of elements. It is mainly for use in testing out rules changes, but it
also gives useful information on how well elements fight. It models shooting,
movement (of groups and elements), combat (including all overlaps, grading
factors, psiloi support, generals, supporting ranks and so on), running each
combat over a large number of iterations (1000 by default).
The
simulator will run in the command window of any Windows 95/98/NT machine with
an Intel processor. The ZIP file also contains full instructions and example
config files.
Some
historical background information. Source material which Ive ferreted out of
the library.
Ship
data for 'Age of Dreadnoughts'.
Here
are some links to other wargames sites which I've found to be good.
A site which maintains a list of wargamers' home pages (including
this one). This saves me the trouble of typing them all in here.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mlbakke1/wargamer.htm
Bob Nedwich's Bronze Age wargames site an excellent resource for
the Biblical gamer
http://members.aol.com/nedwich/index.html