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Wargaming Links

General Links

Armchair General magazine

Naval Warfare Simulations         Naval games publisher and military gaming store.

The Wargamer

Wargamer’s Ring                     A webring for wargaming sites.

Web-Grognards                     The world’s largest directory of wargame sites. With a                                                 particular emphasis on board gaming.

 

Computer Gaming

AGEOD                               Historical strategy and war games. Website available in                                             both English and French.

Armored Brigade                   Website for the free wargame Armored Brigade.

Battlefront.com                   War and strategy games.

CombatACE                         Air combat simulations news and forum.

Combatsim.com                   A combat simulation and strategy game site.

DOSBox                               A free DOS emulator which can be used to play old DOS                                              games on newer computers.

Field of Strategy                   FoS.  A free computer wargame system.

FileFront.com                       Game downloads, patches and demos.

HPS Simulations                   Computer games for wargamers.

Hoplites                             A free computer card game based upon GMT’s SPQR.

John Tiller Games                 John Tiller’s website.  Information about his games.

Matrix Games                     A wide range of strategy and war games.  Large forum.

My Favourite Games             A fansite dedicated to various free and ‘classic’ games.

Out of Eight                       James Allen’s PC game review blog.

Paradox Interactive             Strategy games. The home of Europa Universalis.

PC 4 War                           French computer wargames magazine. In French.

Shockwave Productions         Air combat simulations.

Shrapnel Games                 Publisher of war and strategy games.

SimHQ                             Air, land and sea combat simulations.

Slitherine Software             Strategy and war games.

Storm Eagle Studios           Naval wargames.  The home of Distant Guns and Jutland.

Strategy First                     Computer games company. Several genres.

Subsim.com                       Naval and submarine games and simulations.

The Patches Scrolls             A site for game patches and upgrades.

Third Wire                         Producer of air combat simulations.

TotalWar.com                   The official home of the Total War series of games.

Total War Center               A community site for the Total War series of games.

Tricorne Games                 A blog by the developers of an upcoming free game called                                           Charge and Volley.

Ubisoft                             Computer games company.

 

Board Gaming

Against the Odds               Military history and board game magazine.

Avalanche Press                 Historical board games company.

Battle for Moscow               A website for a free board game designed to introduce                                               people to wargaming: Battle for Moscow.

Battle-Market                     A quarterly board game and history magazine which                                                   comes with games.

Clash of Arms                     Board games company.

Columbia Games                 Historical board games and Harn roleplaying.

Compass Games                   Board game publisher.

ConsimWorld.com                 Board game news and forum.

Dan Verssen Games               DVG.  Board game publisher.

CyberBoard                         A free PBEM board gaming system for Windows.

Decision Games                   Publisher of the Strategy & Tactics game magazine.

Firefight Games                   Board game designers and publishers.

GMT Games                         Board game publisher.

HexWar.com                       A place to play SPI game classics online.

Launch Fighters!                   A free downloadable sci-fi / spaceship wargame.

L2 Design Group                   Board game publisher.

Lock ‘n Load Publishing         Board game publisher. Some downloadable games.

Lou Coatner                       Lou Coatner’s home page and free games.

LPD Games                         Board game publisher.

Multi-Man Publishing           “MMP”. The publisher of Advanced Squad Leader and                                                   other wargames. 

Opposing Force Games         Mike DeSanto’s home page and free games.

Vae Victis                           Publisher of the French Vae Victis game magazine.

Vassal                               A free game engine for building and playing online                                                     adaptations of board and card games.

Worthington Games               Board game publisher.

Zone of Influence                 Matthew Kirschenbaum’s board games blog.

ZunTzu                               A free online gaming platform for playing board games                                                live over the Internet.

 

Miniature Wargaming

AllAboutMiniatures Podcast       A podcast dedicated to miniature wargaming.

Battlegames magazine               A magazine for miniatures gamers.

Flags of the Napoleonic Wars       Great flags for miniatures.

Freewargamesrules                     Free wargames rules for miniatures.

Games Workshop                       The home of Warhammer.

IntoBattle.com                         A site dedicated to WW2 miniatures (mostly 6mm).

Landships                               An interesting site for World War 1 gamers.

Matakishi’s Tea House             A wargamer’s blog.

Meeples & Miniatures             Podcasts and articles about miniatures wargaming and                                                strategy board games.

Miniature Wargaming             A general site for miniatures gamers and a good source                                              of free wargames rules. 

Role’s Wargame Cabinet       Stunning photos of miniatures from various eras.

Society of Ancients               An international society for Ancient and Medieval                                                       wargamers.  Publishers of Slingshot magazine.

Steve the Wargamer             A miniature gamers’ personal blog.

Tarleton’s Corner                   Wargaming the American War of Independence.

The Miniatures Page             “TMP”.  A general site for miniatures gamers.

Valeur et Discipline               A French Napoleonic army in miniature.

Warflag                               Free online flags for miniatures.

Wargames Forum                   A general site with links to miniatures magazines.

Wargames Journal                   A free online miniatures wargaming magazine.

Wargames Painting & Modelling     A free online hobby magazine (pdf format).

Wargames Society Forum             A forum for wargamers.

Wargaming.info                       A miniatures gamer’s website.

 

Yahoo! Groups

Age of Rifles                     A discussion group dedicated to the classic computer                                                  game: Age of Rifles.

Ancmed                           A group for miniatures gamers interested in the ancient and                                         medieval periods up to about 1500AD.

Blood and Iron                 A group for miniatures gamers interested in European                                                 conflicts between 1815 and 1914.

ColonialWars                   A group for colonial miniatures gamers.

Crimean War Group           A group for Crimean War miniatures gamers.

Dubious-designs               A group for Ed Mueller’s free home-designed card games.

LaceWars                         A group dedicated to 18th Century miniatures gaming.

NavWarGames                   A place to discuss naval wargaming in all its forms.

WoodenWalls                     A group for gamers interested in pre-1890 naval                                                         wargames.

 

Conventions

Historicon                         Miniatures conventions in the eastern U.S.

Phalanx                           A miniatures convention in the northwest of England.

Salute                             A wargames convention held in London every Spring.

Strategicon                       A gaming convention in the western U.S.

 

Clubs

Bedford Gladiators               Bedford, England.

Grimsby Wargaming             Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England.

India Wargamers                 Bangalore, India

Newark Irregulars                 Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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