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Crusader (Crusader Miniatures, 2007) [1] De Bellis Antiquitatis (Wargames Research Group, 1990) [1] De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (Caliver Books, 2007) [1] De Bellis Multitudinis (Wargames Research Group, 1993) [1] Fast Play Rules for Ancient Warfare (Newbury Rules, 1985) Field of Glory (Osprey Publishing, 2008) [1] Gordian Knot (Agema ...
Alternative Armies - Scottish company; Archive Miniatures & Game Systems - Early producer of miniatures for role-playing games [1] Asgard Miniatures - Early British company based in Nottingham [2] Chronicle Figures - Early British company that produced role-playing game miniatures [3] Black Powder Red Earth - Produces Modern war game miniatures ...
The Wargames Research Group (WRG) is a British publisher of rules and reference material for miniature wargaming.Founded in 1969 they were the premier publisher of tabletop rules during the seventies and eighties, publishing rules for periods ranging from ancient times to modern armoured warfare, and reference books which are still considered standard works for amateur researchers and wargamers.
One of the oldest and most popular miniatures game genres is that of war games, where figures are arranged into competing "armies", with figures that represent ranks of troops or individual combatants. Naval wargaming is a variation of play where figures represents ships and do battle on the seas.
A possible reason was the two World Wars, which de-glamorized war and caused shortages of tin and lead that made model soldiers expensive. [30] [31] Another reason may have been the lack of magazines or clubs dedicated to miniature wargames. Miniature wargaming was seen as a niche within the larger hobby of making and collecting model soldiers.
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In miniature wargaming, players enact simulated battles using scale models called miniature models, which can be anywhere from 2 to 54 mm in height, to represent warriors, vehicles, artillery, buildings, and terrain. These models are colloquially referred to as miniatures or minis. Miniature models are commonly made of metal, plastic, or paper.
De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) (English: Of the Wars of the Multitude) is a ruleset for table-top miniatures wargames for the period 3000 BC to 1485 AD. It is the big battle development of De Bellis Antiquitatis. [1] As its name implies, it is aimed primarily at simulating large battles.