“The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) began when the King of Spain died without an heir. King Louis XIV of France and Emperor Leopold I of Austrian both claimed the throne, and Spain's territory. England and the Netherlands sided with Austria, while Bavaria joined the French." "At the start of the war the French army had a reputation as the best...
Fast and Dirty was designed to provide a quick, uncomplicated, yet realistic game system for small unit modern day, near future and sci-fi skirmish combat. By building upon basic military principles that have not changed much over time, such as troop morale, motivation, and experience, these rules are an attempt to create a system that will serve just as...
WW2 coastal warfare rules During the Second World War there was a trend away from engagements between conventional battle fleets. No where was this trend more evident than in the field of Coastal Warfare. Each night the stillness of the ocean dark would be shattered by the roar of engines as in every theater Patrol Boats began their deadly game of cat and...
From the Introduction "In recent years, the war on the "Narrow Sea" has grown steadily in popularity, with several commercial rules sets being available, along with a wide variety of high quality models, mainly in 1:600 scale. However, being an awkward sort, I'm not happy with the rules currently available. The main reason for this is the scale at which...
A system of simple map, movement, and command rules designed to be used with any skirmish miniatures rules. The designer says: "FGS is a simple system to be used as a support for skirmish miniature rules. The idea is quite simple: to provide a mechanism to make it possible to move your figures without any ruler while keeping the special 'feeling' of the...
From the Introduction "Last year I promised to present for discussion a set of rules covering the Armada period of naval warfare. Here are those rules, or rather a fast play version of the Channel Wargames Group's current set. "The philosophy behind them is both to make an attempt to make a set of rules that give a good flavour of the period and the...
These rules are based on a version of Fast Play Napoleonic Naval Rules that appeared in the first printed edition of the 'Wargames Journal' magazine several years ago. They have been adapted and amended since then to reflect new interpretations of combat in 'the Age of Sail' and to learn from other rule systems. These rules do not claim to be an original...
"The Army Lists in this booklet have primarily been compiled for use with the Fast Play Ancient Warfare Rules published by Newbury Rules. They may also be used in conjunction with other rules including our own 'Warfare in the Ancient World', though some amendment of the troop descriptions and figure points values will be required. The novel format of the...
"The Great Northern War (1700 - 1721) was a military struggle between Sweden on one side, and Russia, Denmark, and Saxony-Poland on the other." "In 1708 Charles XII launched an invasion of Russia, determined to capture Moscow and force the Tsar to accept a peace treaty that favored Sweden. Peter the Great ordered a 'scorched earth' policy to deny supplies...
“The War of the Roses (1455 - 1487) was an English civil war fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster." "The Yorkists won a major victory at the Battle of Towton. Fought on Palm Sunday, 29th April 1461, this battle confirmed the newly crowned Edward IV, son of Richard Duke of York, as king. Many of the important Lancastrian nobles either...