Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. Miniature wargames...
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"co-father" of modern miniature wargaming. Charles S. Roberts – Known as the "Father of modern board wargaming", designed the first modern wargame, as well as the...
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In miniature wargaming, players enact simulated battles using scale models called miniature models, which can be anywhere from 2 to 54 mm in height, to...
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Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th...
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Miniature figures may be used as: Miniature figure (gaming), in miniature wargaming and roleplaying games A collectable figurine, often an artistic, and...
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Warhammer 40,000 (category Miniature wargames)
Warhammer 40K, WH40K or 40k) is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly...
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complicate sales with customers, and rebrand the Ma.k name for the miniature wargaming world. The figures are designed and cast in Australia. They are sold...
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computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games. The modern, commercial wargaming hobby (as distinct from military exercises, or war...
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History of games (section Miniature wargaming)
make use of wargaming as a training tool. By 1889 wargaming was firmly embedded in the culture of the U.S. Navy. The first non-military wargame rules were...
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CMGs feature miniature figures. A popular theme for CMGs are strategy wargames, since games of that genre typically feature miniatures such as: soldiers...
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List of wargame publishers is an index of commercial companies that publish wargames. 3W or World Wide Wargames – publishers of the wargaming magazine...
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White Dwarf (magazine) (redirect from White Dwarf (wargaming))
content in the late 1980s. It is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially...
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tabletop wargames, which range from military wargaming to recreational wargaming. Wargames appeared on computers as early as Empire in 1972. The wargaming community...
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Warhammer (game) (category Miniature wargames)
Warhammer Fantasy Battle or just Warhammer Fantasy) is a tabletop miniature wargame with a medieval fantasy theme. The game was created by Bryan Ansell...
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making inexpensive miniature models for miniature wargames out of type metal. Scruby's major contribution to the miniature wargaming hobby was to network...
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step away from wargaming towards the more individual play and varied challenges of later RPGs. Arneson was a participant in Wesely's wargame scenarios and...
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terrain, weather, etc.). The other meaning, from miniature wargaming (a form of recreational wargaming), is physical models, i.e. sculptures of soldiers...
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individual combatants. Naval wargaming is a variation of play where figures represents ships and do battle on the seas. Early wargames were focused on faithfully...
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Citadel Miniatures was a separate company, but it has become a brand for Games Workshop miniatures. Although its models are used for the wargaming hobby...
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specialized in highly detailed, multi-part models in hard plastic for wargaming. Wargames Factory produced models mostly in the 28 millimetres (1.1 in) range...
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Scale model (redirect from Miniature model)
uptake by the wargaming community. Armies use smaller scales still. The US Army specifies models of the scale 1:285 for its sand table wargaming. There are...
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Trench Crusade is a miniature wargame and horror setting. It is a collaboration between horror artist Mike Franchina, sculptor James Sherriff, and former...
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Ogre (board game) (redirect from Ogre miniatures)
set of OGRE miniatures under license from Metagaming Concepts in 1979. OGRE Miniatures, an adaptation of the game to miniature wargaming using 1:285 scale...
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Coast own RPGA The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society promotes historical miniatures wargaming and organizes wargaming events such as Historicon SaltCON...
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Games Workshop (category Gaming miniatures companies)
Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are Warhammer...
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Field of Glory (category Miniature wargames)
personal computers. The series is based on a 2008 miniature wargame. Field of Glory is a 2008 miniature wargame for creating ancient and medieval tabletop battles...
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De Bellis Antiquitatis (category Miniature wargames)
play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1520 AD. Now in 3rd...
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been published in English unless another language is noted. List of miniature wargames "FINALISTS FOR 2004 IGA". 2004-04-26. Archived from the original on...
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known as Infinity the Game) is a complex tabletop miniature wargame with 28mm scale metal miniatures that simulates combat and special operations in a...
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Gary Gygax (category Wargame designers)
organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gaming convention. In 1971, he co-developed Chainmail, a miniatures wargame based on medieval...
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