Free Miniatures Games

Freely available print-and-play miniatures games


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Freely available miniatures games, listed alphabetically (click on the game's entry for more info)

[A]

  • [Afriboria] - Miniatures rules to simulate warfare in colonial Africa using color-coded units and taking into consideration the vast difference in quality of weapons used by imperialists and natives.
  • [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!
  • [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.
  • [Axles and Alloys] - A free miniatures game about futuristic vehicular combat. Build your car, then send it out to combat other players to see who the King of the Road really is...

[B]

  • [Barbarian Prince] - Barbarian Prince is a solitaire game of heroic adventure in a forgotten age of barbarism and sorcery.
  • [BrickMech] - BrickMech is a d6-based game where Mechs built of LEGO® bricks vie for ultimate control of the battlefield.
  • [BrickQuest] - BrickQuest is a game of small-scale fantasy combat, played with LEGO® bricks, similar to HeroQuest, Warhammer Quest, or MageKnight Dungeons.
  • [BrikWars] - BrikWars is a miniatures wargame, which means that players pit miniature models of military units in simulated combat against each other. Unlike more serious wargames, BrikWars is intended for battles between toys, and especially plastic building bricks and other construction toys.
  • [Bugs!] - An easy to play miniatures game where the bugs are big with an attitude and it's your job to turn them into pink mist before they slice and dice you. Man against bug at the personal level.

[C]

  • [Canvas Eagles] - Canvas Eagles is a multi-player air combat game set in the time of World War One 1914-1918.
  • [Chain Reaction] - Whether you're patrolling the front lines, leading a gang of survivors in a "dark future" Wasteland, or rooting out Zombies, yes, Zombies, Chain Reaction provides the rules. Any combat that involves modern weapons can now be recreated in a realistic manner.
  • [Cyber Clash] - Cyber Clash takes place in a virtual world of computer generated tank combat. A multi-player game of up to six people, you must gain upgrades and ammo to destroy your opponents and dominate the Game Grid.

[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.
  • [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]

  • [ElfBall] - A fantasy miniatures sports simulation that is rich in tactical stimulation, but streamlined in play. It's the kind of game for those nights when you'd like to play something, but don't want to commit to a traditional fantasy sports simulation.
  • [Evil Stevie's Pirate Game] - This is a game, involving elements of both roleplaying and tactical combat, in which grown men and women sit on the floor and push toy pirate ships around, going 'Arrrr!'

[F]

  • [Fallout Warfare] - Fallout Warfare is a small scale skirmish wargame with roleplay elements and character/unit customization.
  • [Feudal Warfare] - 1:5 scale Feudal-era rules for 25mm size miniatures intended for use at conventions (simple set of rules, a referee running the event, traditional 2-sided linear battle.)

[G]

  • [Garden Gnome Wars] - A scirmish-level, 'miniatures' wargame played with.... garden gnomes. This game is designed to get gamers outside the house to get some fresh air and engage in some physical activity.
  • [Generic Space Combat 2] - GSCII is a miniatures game that allows players to design their own ships, from the tiniest star fighter to the largest dreadnought.
  • [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.
  • [Gorilla Warfare] - Gorilla Warfare is a primal game of explosive jungle combat. Every player controls a team of four gorillas; armed with bulging muscles, bad tempers, and explosive Banana Grenades. The object? To be the king of the jungle, of course.

[I]

  • [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.

[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]

  • [Little Fantasy Wars] - A miniatures wargame inspired by H.G. Wells' 'Little Wars' that doesn't use dice or use random events.

[M]

  • [The M8 Map System] - Modular hex maps for creating almost any land or land/sea map you can think of.
  • [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.

[O]

  • [Ogre Lite] - OGRE is a tactical ground combat games set in the not-so-distant future.

[P]

  • [The Pod Racer Miniatures Game] - This game lets you use miniature figures of Star Wars Pod Racers to run your own pod races.
  • [Project: Utopia] - The concept itself is still under design, but the game engine is ready to play. Basically, a race known only as 'Metal Demons' have invaded the surface of a typical fantasy world.

[R]

  • [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.

[S]

  • [Silent Dark] - A traditional miniatures wargame set in the 25th Century with an extremely flexible rules system that is easily converted to many genres, from Super Heroes combat to Fantasy..
  • [StarMarines] - If you've ever been intrigued by that game of futuristic land combat by a company whose name rhymes with 'Hames Nerkslop,' but were put off by the cost of figures or the time and skill needed to paint them, this game might be just the ticket.

[T]

  • [To A Pulp] - Fast-playing, simple pulp-gaming rules that use free downloadable paper counters and four kinds of map sets (included).
  • [Turn or Burn] - Turn or Burn is a fast-paced game of space fighter combat for 2 to 8 players.

[U]

  • [Universal Combat System] - The Universal Combat System is an expandable miniatures battle system. The UCS is a system of combat rules meant for any number of players in an infinite amount of settings.

[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.

[X]

  • [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.

[Z]


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