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Freely available wargames, listed alphabetically
(click on the game's entry for more info)
[0-9]
[A]
- [Acies] -
A card game simulating a battle between two armies represented by the player's decks.
- [Age of Empires] -
Based on Microsoft's PC game Age of Empires. This is a tactical-level abstraction of epic
empire building and conquest.
- [Agincourt] -
A sneek peek at GMT's Men of Iron that lets you fight out the Battle of Agincourt between the
French and the English.
- [Airborne!] -
The rules and OPFOR from Gators!, but in this game, instead of the USMC, the 82nd Airborne drops in
for a visit.
- [Alexius 1113 A.D.] -
A short and easy to play campaign that has its own counters, map and battle rules!
- [All the Ships] -
A set of counters for naval battles. If you ever wanted to re-enact Jutland or Leyte Gulf, but your
budget for miniatures limited you to the Monitor vs the Virginia, your ships have come in!
- [Anaxis] -
A tactical space wargame, using ship counters and hex paper. It's moderate in complexity and detail
(especially when compared to some other games in the genre.)
- [Ancients] -
Ancients is a low-complexity tactical combat system, which allows players to recreate
virtually any battle from the ancient (pre-gunpowder) world.
- [Anteel] -
A rules-light but tactically serious space wargame, which is totally diceless. In fact, there are no
randomizers of any kind, resulting in a game that is all about strategy, rather than luck.
- [Apostle] -
A Christian 'war' game. Build your churches, guard them against false teachings, deal with
persecution, and raise up more workers to make more churches.
- [Armies at Lutzen] -
This game simulates the Battle of Lutzen during the 30 Years War.
- [Assault Gun WW2 Miniature Rules] -
Free wargame rules for miniature wargaming WW2 large-scale battles. In Assault Gun, one unit is
typically either an infantry regiment or a battalion, such as tanks. This means that a large, recognisable,
action of WW2 can be fought in a day with a manageable number of units.
- [Assault on Belgium] -
A free one-turn mini game featuring the German conquest of Belgium in 1940.
- [Astromachia] -
A starship combat simulation boardgame for two or more players, featuring fast, highly interactive play,
realistic Newtonian movement, and a strong sense of three-dimensionality.
- [Attack Vector] -
A game of futuristic combat between ships in space that attempts to add some realistic elements to the game,
while keeping it fun to play.
[B]
- [Barnard's Star] -
A science fiction war game of the first interstellar war.
- [Basic Fleet Combat System] -
A minimalist game of starship fleet combat, with an eye to playability.
- [Basic Starship Combat System] -
A simple, flexible starship combat system, inspired by Star Fleet Battles.
- [Battle for Moscow] -
Battle for Moscow is a historical wargame of the German Army's struggle to defeat
the Soviet Army and capture Moscow in 1941.
- [Battle for Paradise] -
A strategic board game for two players. The goal is to capture and hold cities on a contested island paradise.
Can also be used with the Budget Battlefield tabletop gaming system from Microtactix Games.
- [Battle of Berlin] -
A two player card game simulating the battle of Berlin (4/3/1945 – 5/2/1945). Players are Russian Generals
competing to be the first to capture Berlin.
- [Battle of Honey Springs] -
A wargame modeling the largest Civil War battle in the Indian Nations.
- [Battle of Marignano] -
A free wargame about the Battle of Marignano. Takes place during the Italian wars, and simulates a large
battle which took place in Italy between the French and Swiss in 1515.
- [Battle of Seattle] -
A mini-game inspired by the anti-WTO riots in Seattle November 30 - December 3, 1999.
- [Battle of Talana Hill] -
A wargame simulating the Battle of Talana Hill, the first major clash of the Second Boer War.
- [Battle Platform Antilles] -
In this solitaire game an elite squadron of Paladin Class assault ships are under
your command. Objective: Destroy an artifact battle platform while minimizing losses
to your squadron.
- [BattleFront] -
A free card game set in World War II. The players control opposite factions and face each other in a fight
for victory through five different fronts. The more you get, the better your chances of winning.
- [BB-Deathmatch] -
What do you do when you have a half dozen friends over to play a miniatures game? You could play one large
battle with most of the players bored most of the time, or you could play BB Deathmatch.
- [Beyond the River Don] -
A campaign game that takes maybe 30 minutes to create from scratch, with limitless scenarios, a different map
each and every time, and has counters representing numerous nationalities and groups.
- [Boer War] -
2 player card game simulating the Boer War 1899-1902
- [Bosconian-D] -
Solo dice game based on the arcade game Bosconian by Namco -- attack and destroy the enemy's bases. You
must also shootdown enemy missiles, space mines, and asteroids that get in your way.
- [Bridges and Boats] -
A strategic war game in which the attacker is trying to get soldiers across a major river while the enemy
tries to stop them.
- [Bushido] -
A wargame set in feudal Japan. WIll your force be victorious, or does Seppuku await you instead? (currently
available in Italian only, but an English translation is on its way.)
- [By the Walls of Constantinople] -
A game from the One Page Wars series. Four Byzantine galleys try to break through a large contingent
of Ottoman vessels and get to the Golden Horn.
[C]
- [Charge at the Alamo] -
A game portraying the Mexican assault on the Alamo. The Alamo Compound and six immediate approaches are
depicted on a map that can be adequately printed on a single 8/5 x 11-inch sheet.
- [Clash of Empires] -
A Conflict Simulation of the Battle of Magnesia in 190BC between the armies of the Roman Republic and the
Seleucid Empire.
- [Cold War Naval Battles] -
Naval card games for two to six players based on Cold War sea power with an emphasis
on action. Originally released as Modern Naval Battles.
- [Combat Operations (final beta)] -
A counter and hex based war game, using a diceless combat system. ComOps is a
somewhat generic war game system, that can be used to play many different types of
combat.
- [Congo's War 1998 to 1999] -
A wargame simulating the events that occurred between August of 1999 and November of 1999, in Central Africa,
in the conflict that is known as the great war of the African continent.
- [Cousin Jonathan] -
Being a set of rules for the late American War, 1812-1814
- [Cowboys and Indians] -
This game is designed to utilize those plastic cowboy and Indians lying around your
house and put them to use in an entry-level wargame.
- [Cro Magnon] -
Each player controls a tribe of Paleolithic Homo sapiens. The first player to advance to the Neolithic Age
and control the most Territories on the map is the winner.
[D]
- [Demonlord] -
A game of strategy for two players that vividly recreates the grand sweep of empires
in conflict in an age of sorcery and enchantment.
- [Dogfaces in Space] -
A simple individual-level battle set in the near future. Choose the size of your battle, then fight it
out.
- [Dungeons Dark and Dangerous] -
Dungeons Dark and Dangerous is a fantasy wargame where war-parties search for
adventure and treasure. The game is played with fantasy miniatures and wargame
terrain.
[E]
- [Earth Expects] -
A highly detailed set of tactical space combat rules which emphasise skill over firepower, representing battles
within the solar system between ships capable of manoeuvre at sub light speed.
- [EasyShip] -
Simple naval-battle rules for 20th-century ships. Minimal record-keeping and critical-hit-centered rules
bring large battles into the realm of possibility, while preserving most of each ship's details.
- [EasyStar] -
Starship design and tactical battle. Easy to learn, but dozens of options keep the game from becoming
predictable. Up to 20 ships per player, multiple ship sizes and weapon types, carriers, flagship advantages,
and more.
- [Edgehill] -
This is an easy, introductory game on the first battle of the English Civil War. Easy to understand and fast
playable (less than an hour), using a chit drawing leader activation procedure that makes the game different
each time you play it.
- [Epic: Warlords] -
A strategy wargame of a vast scope, dealing with the rise and fall of civilizations
over hundreds of years, and the terrible battles and wars between the races of
Elves, Goblins, Dwarves, and Man.
[F]
- [Fallout Warfare] -
Fallout Warfare is a small scale skirmish wargame with roleplay elements and
character/unit customization.
- [First Blood: The Guadalcanal Campaign] -
A wargame based on the Guadalcanal Campaign in World war II, suitable for beginners.
- [Flotilla] -
A simple startship combat game. Now you can really play fleets of 50+ ships in only a few hours.
- [The Franco Prussian War of 1870] -
The Franco Prussian War of 1870 is a 2 player card game simulating the
Franco-Prussian War.
- [Free at Last] -
Free at Last is a card driven game that simulates
the conflict between the Black civil rights movement and
the White segregationists in the South in the 1950s and 60s.
[G]
- [Gators!] -
A modern amphibious operation, with helicopters, swimming armored-personnel carriers, LCAC's, Harrier
jets, and all the other equipment a real Marine Expeditionary Unit uses. Includes rules for two
scenarios.
- [Generic Counters] -
Sheets of land-unit counters, for other people's game rules in almost any era. Heavy on infantry and
cavalry, but armor and other modern units are also represented. Seven different colors, so you can get
the armies you want.
- [Gladius et Sarissa: Cynoscephalae, 197 BC] -
A simulation of a classic battle between the Roman manipular legion and a Hellenistic force descended from
the army of Alexander the Great.
- [Glider-Pit Gladiators] -
Leonardo DaVinci's flying machines meet the Roman Coliseum.
- [Goblin] -
A fantasy game of raiding and plunder for two players. Each player takes a turn at
playing the Goblin King, leading raiders into the peaceful valley, pillaging and
burning. The other player maneuvers the farmers and the Baron's troops in a desperate
attempt to stave off the raids.
- [Godsend] -
A minuatures wargame where players take the roles of gods, competing to determine which of the is the king of
a fictitous world called The Verse.
- [Grav Armor] -
A fast-moving game of future armored warfare for 2 players.
[H]
- [Hack & Sack New Jersey] -
The alien Krylons invade the Garden State! Spaceships disgorge hordes of Cossacks and Roman-style legions;
Jerseyite biker gangs and accountants fight back.
- [Harvest the Wind] -
A microgame of tactical combat in the 19th Century American West.
- [Hidden Empires] -
Hidden Empires is a game for 2 to 6 players where each player assumes the role of
an ant colony.
- [The Highest Ground] -
A band of mercenaries from Earth have been transported by aliens to another planet to conquer the local
population that is made up of knights, Roman Legions, pony riding barbarians and Egyptian pharaohs.
- [Hoplomachia] -
Hoplomachia covers the period of the Peloponesian War through to the Theban War.
Includes Satrapal Persian armies and lists for the city states of Greece, and even
the Thracians! Totally new and innovative system geared specifically for the period.
- [Hotspots] -
A free modern wargame representing conflicts between smaller third-world nations you
can printout and use, or play others by email.
[I]
- [Imperial Ambitions] -
A simple space warfare game. The scale of the game, however, is limited only by the size of the maps the
players want to build and the number of counters they want to make.
- [Imperium Romanum Lite] -
A province based simulation of Ancient Rome and her
struggles, both internally and with surrounding foes.
- [In the Shadow of Byzantium] -
An easy to play game of the conquest and reconquest of Medieval Greece!
- [InterSpace] -
InterSpace is a space exploration & exploitation boardgame for 2 to 4 players. Each
player assumes the role of a civilization that has grown beyond its home world and
is expanding into the Universe.
- [Interstellar War] -
A science fiction strategic war game set in a universe that the players themselves could define, rather
than be forced into a setting.
- [Ironbow II] -
A new and innovative concept in miniatures gaming. Complete with Counters for
Byzantine, Turkish, Crusader, Syrian and Armenian armies. The game is now expanded to
cover all the states and expeditions in the entire eastern Mediterranean, and the
regions around the Holy Land.
- [Itty Bitty Battles] -
Itty Bitty Battles is a generic fantasy combat game that can serve as a drop in
battle simulator for your favorite RPG or just as an interesting diversion in its
own right.
[J]
- [John Bull] -
A Free set of miniatures rules for the War of 1812, representing company level
actions of roughly 150-800 men per side, provided with full colour graphics.
[L]
- [Leetown and Elkhorn Tavern] -
A detailed microgame covering the American Civil War battles of Leetown and Elkhorn
Tavern.
- [Little Fantasy Wars] -
A miniatures wargame inspired by H.G. Wells' 'Little Wars' that doesn't use dice or
use random events.
- [LNL - Laplace, Newton & Lagrange] -
A game of ship to ship combat in outer space. Using a unique movement system that
forces players to deal with momentum, and a fast and simple combat system, LNL is
a great addition to the space game genre.
- [Lock ‘n Load: Band of Heroes] -
A wargame system that features "more game and less guff" -- set in the hedgerows of Normandy. Although a
squad-based game, single men also make a difference - Leaders, heroes, medics, and even chaplains inspire
their men; leading them to feats of heroic bravery.
- [Lock 'N Load: Forgotten Heroes Vietnam] -
Designed primarily for the modern era, the series will eventually include settings
from World War II to Mark's upcoming science-fiction novel.
[M]
- [The M8 Map System] -
Modular hex maps for creating almost any land or land/sea map you can think of.
- [Malaya: V-Mail Postcard Game #1] -
This 5x8 inch postcard game recreates the Japanese invasion of Malaya -- Can you, as the British commander,
slow the Japanese advance? Or will the Japanese succeed in capturing Singapore?
- [A Master Stroke: The Battle for Meiktila, March 5-14, 1945] -
Covering the battle in Burma that resulted in the final liberation of Mandalay and Rangoon. Not a fight
in the impenetrable jungle, this was a mobile battle featuring tanks in the armor-friendly central plain
of the country.
- [Mecha Dice] -
A free Mecha Combat dice game. Each player uses special dice to represent their
M.E.C.H.A (Machine Enhanced Combat Hazard Armor).
- [MetalTalon] -
A futuristic wargame with dynamic pieces for 2, 3, 4, or 6 players. Essentially,
this is a space warfare miniatures game using pocket change in place of little
spaceships.
- [Mine-Shaft Gap] -
A game that simulates a battle for resources on, above, and under the surface of a lifeless but treacherous
planetoid. Tunnels can cave in nd market forces are unpredictable. The resource making your planet rich today
might be better off greasing the treads of your tanks tomorrow!
- [Mini-Combat] -
Mini Combat is a generic rule set for massive battles using small scale miniatures.
The rules are generic enough to play historical, fantasy and sci-fi battles. It is
also possible to play across genres.
- [Mythfire] -
Build an army of centaurs, harpies, griffons, and giants, then bash your opponents into the ground.
[N]
- [Napoleon at Chattanooga] -
Napoleon at Chattanooga (NaC) is a painstakingly-researched, meticulously accurate
simulation of Napoleon's campaign in the Tennessee Valley. It is also a two-player
game of exploration and conquest in the Solar System, which is also painstaking but
not necessarily accurate.
- [Napoleon at Waterloo] -
Napoleon at Waterloo is a simulation of the battle between the French under Napoleon
and the Anglo-Allied and Prussian forces in June 1815.
[O]
- [Ogre Lite] -
OGRE is a tactical ground combat games set in the not-so-distant future.
- [Oh No, There Goes Tokyo!] -
A multi-player combat game in which each of 2-4 players controls a segment of Tokyo
under attack by the dreaded Godran, Self-Appointed Emperor of Monsters.
- [Operation Iraqi Freedom] -
A wargame based on the the second Gulf War. Rules for solitaire and two-player play;
in the solitiare game the player represents the Coalition forces.
- [Operation Whirlwind] -
Operation Whirlwind is a historical game on street battles between Hungarian rebels
and Soviet invaders in November 1956.
- [Orbital Battle] -
Space and land war in a solar system where the planets move in their orbits, changing the game map
every turn.
- [Outpost Gamma] -
A game of science fiction combat for two players that captures the tension and
rapid-fire action of high versus low-technology combat in a hostile environment.
[P]
- [Panzer Grenadier] -
We’ve got everything you need here to play the Panzer Grenadier series, with some
(well, a lot of) assembly required.
- [Peep War] -
Lead your jellybean and marshmallow chick army to victory against one to five of
your friends in Peep War: The world’s first edible war game.
- [Polywars] -
In this light tactical wargame, the players pit forces of dice against each other in
mortal combat. There are no miniatures; the dice themselves fight their own battles.
Now they can enjoy the glory of battle and so can you!
- [Postcard from the Revolution] -
A postcard that includes the board, counters, rules and historical background of a single battle from the
American Revolution. Plus, it is perfectly legal to send through the mail.
- [Princes of the East] -
A complete campaign for the period immediately after the First Crusade! Choose a
state, build an army, a privy council, a spy ring, find loyal and mercenary generals.
It's all here.
[R]
- [Rangers!] -
The rules and OPFOR from Gators!, but this time, it's the Army Rangers' turn.
- [Red Actions] -
Miniatures rules for the Russian Civil War. The basic unit of the game is the
platoon, which is composed of somewhere between 20-50 Red Gangsters or White
Interventionist Dupes.
- [Roll Out the (Gun) Barrels] -
Well, here's a very cheap way to simulate large battles without having to deal with maps and counters and
fifteen hours per turn. Also includes variants for fantasy/medieval battles (ROtGB: Mediveval Strife)
and for space opera-style star battles (ROtGB: Star Strife).
- [The Russian Portfolio] -
A wargame involving the German's Army Groups Centre, North, & South with their intrepid Minor Allies versus
the Soviet Russians during the beginning of the Russian Campaign.
[S]
- [S.A.B.O.T.] -
Fast land battles meant for a big battlefield, with dozens of kinds of tanks, armored cars, grav tanks,
walkers, and others.
- [S.L.O.B.S. III] -
The Simple Large Outer-space Battle System - 42 spaceships on a side, 10 ship types plus fighters. Easy
rules, quick set-up, no record-keeping, large-scale mayhem.
- [Saxon Shore] -
A game that simulates the warfare and politics of Britain after the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century
AD. Two to five players struggle to become the dominant kingdom of the British Isles
- [Sharks and Jets] -
This is a tactical combat game based on the musical West Side Story (no, really). Gang members attack
by snapping their fingers, singing and performing dance moves. All combat is resolved on the Choreography
Results Table.
- [Sovereign Seas Lite] -
Sovereign Seas Lite is a nautical combat war game which simulates the period from
1860-1870.
- [Space Colony Cheeses] -
Can you build a successful dairy colony on another planet? Build barns, ice-cream warehouses, power plants
and veterinary modules.
- [Space Insurrection] -
A game of interstellar conquest. Gain the loyalty of all ten worlds or eliminate all enemy units from the
map.
- [Spanish Fury] -
A complete system of warfare for 16th Century Europe Including Large & Small scale
land warfare modules, one for Naval warfare, a Campaign, and Siege Game!
- [StapleWars] -
A game which combines action games, which involve moving parts (along the lines of
Mousetrap or Weapons of War) and strategy games, which involve building and
conquering, (like Risk or Axis and Allies) in one. All units and structures are made
out of HEAVY DUTY staples, which can be found at any hardware store.
- [Star Smuggler] -
A solitaire game of tense adventure in the far future. For each event, you, as star smuggler Duke Springer
must make the decisions which will make you huge profits -- or may cost you your life.
- [Star Viking] -
A game of interstellar raiding and plunder for two players. Using a unique system of
12 mapboard tiles to represent the various star systems in the Outrim sector, it
captures the tense uncertainty and the sudden, flashing battles of an interstellar
war.
- [Starfighter Combat] -
A game of tactics and intuition, players strive to out-maneuver and out think their opponents -- the
players may control single Star fighters or entire squadrons.
- [Steel and Crystal] -
An easy solo game of conquest on a fantasy land. You are the General of your Empire
and your mission is simple: defeat the enemies of your Emperor.
- [SuperGuys] -
Create your own 4-person team of superheroes with dozens of possible powers, then fight for the right to
defend the city!
- [Sword and Sail] -
Embark on an ancient time of political and military upheaval as great empires
struggle for world power. A game that combines civilization building, strategic
planning, wargaming, and empire building all in one!
[T]
- [Timber Wars] -
This strange war game uses bits of wood as the units. Not as crazy as it sounds!
[U]
- [Unbreakable] -
A game of futuristic ground combat for 2 players. Each player assembles a platoon, then the platoons meet
in combat where they unleash terrible powers of overwhelming destruction. But thanks to amazing leaps in
materials technology, the battlefield of the future will no longer be a dangerous place (for the
combatants).
- [Unternehmung 25: V-Mail Postcard Game #2] -
The second V-Mail Postcard Game chronicles the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Can you, as the Germans,
make a lightning-fast assault and capture Belgrade? As the Yugoslavs, can you derail the German timetable and
buy time for the Allies to react? It's all up to you.
[W]
- [Warbands] -
In the game Warbands you are represented by a hero-mage figure controlling a party of
a few or maybe a dozen characters on a battlefield. This complete party is called a
warband.
- [WarpQuest] -
An abstract game system that depicts goal driven scenarios. Each player controls a
collection of Units who are attempting to be the first to reach an objective and
bring it back to the start.
- [Warp Skirmish] -
An abstract Wargame system that utilizes a mix of board, card, dice and unit
elements to create a system with chess-like strategy, fog-of-war uncertainty and
module expandability.
- [Warriors in Antiquity] -
A strategic game where players become sovereign generals of mighty armies that fought
many centuries ago on battlefields of the ancient world. The result of the game,
whether the history would repeat or change, depends entirely on the players.
- [The Wars of David] -
Israel is a small but prosperous kingdom led by David son of Jesse, her greatest king and a skillful
warrior. Israel will need that skill, because her every border adjoins a hostile nation.
- [The Way of the Warrior] -
A solo system to simulate small tactical war operations. Is not aimed at a specific
period: the base version of the rules is set on WWII but is quite easy to introduce
new periods/themes.
- [Westminster Abbey or Glorious Victory!] -
A simulation of the The Battle of Cape St Vincent (14th February 1797)
- [Whigs & Scalps] -
A simulation of The French & Indian War (1754-1760)
- [Whistling Death] -
Whistling Death covers the entire Pacific War and primarily features aircraft from
the USN and IJN, with a few USAAF and JAAF planes for variety.
[X]
- [X-Com: Tactical] -
A tabletop war/board game based on the popular X-Com: UFO Enemy Unknown
(UFO Defence), computer game by Microprose.
- [Xenocide] -
Xenocide is a sci-fi skirmish level minature wargame. I will make it open to any
miniatures. It is entirely d10 based, and you ought to get at least 10 of them.
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