This is a set of rules specifically designed to complement the paper models available on the Ships page of this site. They are designed to allow players to refight the naval battles on the Great Lakes during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The best part is, they're FREE! Download them here. The zipped archive contains the rules, and graphics for all of the necessary markers.
(Note: it was brought to my attention that the rules link above did not include the markers. This has been corrected as of 21 July 2010. If you downloaded the rules before this date, you're missing some important stuff, so go back to the link and download them again. Sorry.)
Ship Display Sheets for "Away, Boarders!"
A selection of ship display sheets from the squadrons that fought on Lake Champlain in 1776 is here.
I also have some display sheets for selected ships that fought on Lake Ontario in 1756, during the French and Indian War. Some of the same models from Lake Champlain can be used to represent these ships on the game table. Get them here.
Ship display sheets for Lake Erie 1813 are now available for download: The American Squadron The British Squadron
Free Flats and Counters for playing "Away, Boarders!"
You can't fight a naval battle without ships . . . if you haven't got any models of Great Lakes gunboats, or haven't built any of mine yet, I have just the solution: a collection of flats and counters you can put together quickly, and get started playing right away!
Get them here.
A free Print and Play wargame of frigate duels in the Goldan Age of Fighting Sail
If you're interested in the theory behind this design, you can read my explanation here.
The rules and printable components are here.
A fully illustrated sample game is here.
A list of updates to the rules is here. (These updates have been incorporated into the rules. Last update: 20 January 2018.)
A free print-and-play game, primarily for use with miniatures (although flats or counters will work, as well). As the title suggests, the mechanics of this game are simple enough for a single player to command dozens of ships, while exploring the challenges faced by commanders in controlling a fleet of sailing warships in battle.
A game of "Admirals" in progress, using my 1:900 scale eighteenth-century ship models and my "sea-o-morphic" ocean tiles:
A zip archive with the rules and printable components is here.
Important Notice:
The page with the game charts was (embarrassingly) left out of the .zip archive!
You can either copy this image (enlarge it first, with the button in the lower right corner):
or download this full-page version which, printed and folded in half, will give you four copies of the charts - "Admirals" charts.
Now Available for purchase!
If you are considering purchasing "NapComII", please Read This First.
Check out a Brief Introduction to NapComII here.
Now Available for purchase!
If you are considering purchasing "Rifle Wars", please Read This First.
Check out a Brief Introduction to "Rifle Wars" here.
Just about every wargamer is a rules author too, and I'm no exception. I designed my first wargame back in 1970 . . . a boardgame that bore a remarkable resemblance to what would later be known as Axis and Allies.
Since then I've written dozens of them, and even had a few published. Here I offer some of my recent work, for your edification and entertainment.
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