Members Pages

• Sholto of Scheltrum Miniatures.
• Duncan
• Angus' Fire & Shadow Studio

Other Clubs

• Aberdeen Modellers Society
• Aberdeen University Role-playing Association
• Angus Wargames Club in Forfar.
• The Bengal Club - fun-looking wargames club from Los Angeles.
• Bracknell And District Wargamers virtual home.
• Danish Miniature Wargaming Society's home page - mainly in Danish, but visit their gallery even if you can't read Danish.
• Darkfire Wargames Club - out of Perth.
• Durham Vth Militia Wargames Club - specialise in 15mm Ancient Wargames and military board/card games, micro tanks and fleet actions.
• Durham Wargames Group - famed for their annual show. UPDATED LINK
• Edinburgh Wargames - by Angus Konstam, including rules and journals. NEW LINK
• Glasgow & District Wargaming Society - been running since 1969, and based in Crossmyloof, Glasgow.
• Grimsby Wargames Society - updated site from the gamers in Grimsby. UPDATED
• The Ilkley Lads - of West Yorkshire.
• Iron Brigade - also in the North East of Scotland.
• Kapiti Fusiliers - from New Zealand.
• Kirriemuir Wargames Club
• League of Augsburg - dedicated painters, a site with lots of advice. Also Augsburger, David Imrie's site.
• Loughton Strike Force - from Essex, these boys take very good photographs of their games.
• Norwich Rearguard - miniature and board wargaming in Norwich.
• Phoenix Wargames Club - based in Glasgow.
• South East Scotland Wargames Club - organisers of the Claymore show.
• Wasatch Front Historical Gaming Society - fresh-looking club site.
• Wellington Warlords - check out the back issues of their newsletter. Their "Battle of Guildford Courthouse" game is inspirational.

Local Links

• Archaeolink prehistory park at Oyne, Aberdeenshire.
• DrakCon is an annual roleplaying, games and S.F. convention held every July in Aberdeen.
• Gordon Highlanders Museum - St Lukes, Viewfield Road, Aberdeen.

Favourite Links

• "Red Star Thrust" - bulletin of the US Opposing Force (OPFOR) Training Program.
• Generic wargaming
  • Colonel Marbles Miniatures Masterworks - part of the 'Frothers Unite' site.
  • Doctor Faust's painting clinic.
  • Gary Chalk
  • Mike Siggins' web-pages at Czapska.com [including his work for Wargames Illustrated].
  • Newsgroup: rec.games.miniatures.historical
  • Gamer's Haven - news and reviews.
  • Imagine Image Multimedia - retail wargames media and free printouts (including the Stupid General table).
  • Junior General - using wargames in history lessons.
  • Orbats - orders of battles for a variety of historical battles and campaigns.
  • Plastic Soldier Review - they review 1:72 [20mm] figures. Simple but effective.
  • Craig's Slapping Paint hints and tips site.
  • SpaceStation4's links to free paper buildings. NEW LINK
  • TerraGenesis - terrain-building advice.
  • Total Model - showcase for various manufacturers.
  • United States Military Academy Library's Digital Collections - West Point's map collection! (Plug-in required) NEW LINK
  • WarFactory - Aidan's personal site (yet another wargaming architect).
  • Wargamers Tavern - collection of articles.
  • Wizards of the Coast - an article and links on print-and-make paper models.
  • Warfare section: Probert Encyclopedia - alphabetical listing of military terms and equipment.
• Modern(ish)
  • 1/76 and 1/72 scale AFV museum - Patrick Storto's online model armour museum.
  • 9th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment - history, gallery, including the text of "Tank Tracks".
  • Armor Foto - photographs of AFVs.
  • Foreign Military Studies Office - including bulletins of the Special Warfare Center and Opposing Force (OPFOR). Also, the 1998 edition of the OPFOR battlebook.
  • JED - military equipment directory.
  • John Inglis McDonald - WW2 photo diary. Served with the Royal Armoured Corps.
  • ModelWarships.com - nautical modelling tips and galleries.
  • Russian Battlefields - Soviet AFV's in WW2.
  • Sir Garnet's colonial wargames page - maps, articles etc.
  • Steve Winter's "The Colonial Angle" includes the "Fire & Sword in the Sudan" campaign pages. Also photos from Red Cloud's War.
  • Strategy Page - modern news and articles. Includes "The complete wargames handbook".
  • Track-Link - AFV modelling tips and galleries.
  • Urban Fredriksson's Color Reference Charts - a good painting guide for aircraft. NEW LINK
  • World War II Vehicles - history and photographs of land WW2 vehicles.
• Figure Painters used by club members
• Bob Hornsby from Essex.
• TNK Models.com out of Enniskillen. NEW LINK
• Other fun stuff
• Larry Leadhead - wargaming cartoon.
• American Civil War Action Figures - Custom 12" Civil War and Colonial American Uniforms.
• Vintage 20mil - dedicated to metal 20mm figures from the early years of British table-top wargaming.
• "You are a Leadite if....." by Donald Effinger and Jeff Jonas.

Societies

• British Historical Games Society - also has rules clarifications and notes.
• Lance & Longbow Society
• Napoleonic Wargaming Society Inc. - their resources page has lots of useful links.
• Naval Wargames Society - for those interested in, well, naval wargaming.
• Pike and Shot Society
• Society of Ancients
• Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers
• Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers
• US Pike & Shot Federation

Wargame Tools

• Counters for Wargames - a brilliant idea from Derek Hodge.
• Strategic Map Simulator - a rather good wargaming map tool (free download).
• WarFlags - free-to-use flag library.
• Wargames Map Sketcher - online java mapping tool.

PodCasts NEW Section

• All About Miniatures - John and Dan's monthly podcasts (also on iTunes). << Duncan says - Listen to this, it is excellent.
• Goblin - Gaming Broadcast Network
• Military Gamer Radio - samples by Mark in Wisconsin.
• Military History Podcast - anecdotes and event from military history - sponsored by Armchair General Magazine.
• Point2Point - Two mates discuss boardgames, focussing in on wargames.
• Tales of the Old West - with "Doc" Hal Hickman.

Blogs and vJournals NEW Section

• General de Brigade Blog - Blogging support for Dave Brown's rules.
• Little Lead Heroes - Andy's blog about miniature gaming.
• Miniature General - John Martin of the All About Miniatures PodCasts .
• Shrimproll - Martin's blog on collecting, painting and even gaming with top quality wargame figures.

Wargames Retailers

• UK Magazines
  • BattleGames - new British wargames magazine. Huzzah. NEW LINK
  • Miniature Wargames - an online index is available from Caliver
  • View From The Trenches - ASL magazine, download in PDF format for free.
  • Wargames Illustrated
  • Wargames Journal - online magazine. Now with free subscription.
• Other magazines
  • Dadi & Piombo - English-language pages of the Italian wargames magazine "Dice & Lead". If required, pages can be translated via Google's language tools.
  • IPMS Stockholm - plastic modelling fanzine.
• Portals and directories
  • Online Wargames Superstore - one stop shop.
  • RottenLead - news, forum and gallery site to support wargamers and roleplayers.
  • Miniatures Atlas - mapping miniatures from around the world.
  • The Miniatures Page - a web-magazine for miniature wargamers.
  • Wargames.co.uk
  • Wargame Reviews - review of wargames products.
  • Wargames Directory - listing of traders, rules, etc per wargames period. Sadly 'dead' in June 06. UPDATED LINK
  • Wargames World - online rules/figures store.
  • WarWeb - American site.
• Books and rules
  • Caliver Books - as well as books, they also sell figures, rules and paints.
  • Chelifer Books - secondhand, antiquarian and new military books.
  • Helion - retailer of military books.
  • Hersants Military Books
  • Ken Trotman Military Books
  • Leisure Games - rules, rpgs, etc.
  • Lost Books - book dealer of antiquarian and used books, specialising in military and general history, exploration and travel.
  • Spirit Games - wargames and rpg rules.
• Figures and scenery
  • 1st Corps
  • 15mm.co.uk - specialises in 15mm figures for sci-fi (including Laserburn), ACW, fantasy, dark ages, etc.
  • A & A Miniatures - 25mm figures.
  • AB Figures
  • Accurate Armour - detailed kits of armour and accessories, out of Inverclyde.
  • Adler Miniatures - 6mm figures.
  • Agema Publications - wargames figures, rules, PBM and PC games. UPDATED LINK
  • Ainsty
  • Amazon Miniatures - old QT, Dixons and other ranges.
  • Amera - sells plastic moulded terrain.
  • Aquilifer - specialising in 15mm figures for the 7YW.
  • Arcane Miniatures - stockists of Confrontation, Warmachine, Dark Age, Dark Sword, Wargods.
  • Armortek - for big armour. 1/6th scale specialists.
  • Artizan Designs
  • The Assault Group - 28mm Samurai and modern figures.
  • Asylum Books & Games - Adelphi, Aberdeen.
  • Athena Books - they also stock the LifeColor range of paints.
  • Baccus 6mm
  • Baueda - makes polyurethane resin terrain & buildings.
  • Battlefield Miniatures - range of 20mm World War II figures.
  • Battle Heaven - sci-fi/fantasy figures, plus terrain. NEW LINK
  • Battle Honours - who also stock Old Glory 15mm and FAA.
  • Battle-Scape - rubber stuff for wargamers.
  • BB Wargames - 1/72 & 1/76 A.F.V`s, aircraft, boats, boardwargames or 20mm plastic figures.
  • B&B Miniatures
  • Bear's Den Miniatures - 25/28mm miniatures, initially specialising in the Spanish discovery of the America's. Based in Glasgow.
  • Bicorne Miniatures
  • Black Tree - fantasy and historical.
  • Bolt Action miniatures - 28mm WWII specialists.
  • Brigade Models - sci-fi and Aeronef models and rules.
  • Britannia Miniatures - 20 & 28mm figures.
  • Caliver Books - as well as books, they also sell figures, rules and paints.
  • Cannon Fodder Miniatures - an American manufacturer, but has some free flags and rules, and a good gallery.
  • Chariot Miniatures
  • Chelgames.com - discounted wargaming supplies (inc GW stuff).
  • Chiltern Miniatures - UK suppliers of GHQ Models, amongst others.
  • Copplestone Castings
  • Corvus Belli - Spanish company selling 15mm and 28mm figures.
  • C-P Models - 1/76 lead WW2 models.
  • Crocodile Games - Wargods of Aegyptus range.
  • Cromwell Models
  • Crusader Miniatures
  • Curteys Miniatures - 28mm Mongol and Sung figures.
  • Demonworld - 15mm fantasy figures from Germany.
  • Dixon Miniatures
  • Donnington Miniatures
  • East Riding Miniatures and LKM Direct Ltd (including QRF)
  • EC Scenics
  • Ellerburn Armies
  • EM4Miniatures - modern skirmish figures, Vallejo paints, dice, etc.
  • Essex Miniatures
  • FAA - see Stonewall Figures and Battle Honours.
  • Falcata Miniatures UK agent, Cartography Services - 1/72nd metal Napoleonics.
  • F and S Scale Models - plastic kits, tools, terrain, etc.
  • Fantascene - wargames terrain. NEW LINK
  • Fantassin Miniatures - Spanish figure retailer, including Napoleonic, Cuban and Carlists.
  • Feudal Castings - 15mm and 25mm figures.
  • Fieldworks - scenic items from Telford.
  • Fighting 15s - stockists of the Eureka range.
  • Figures in Comfort - foam carrying cases for figures.
  • Fire & Shadow Studio - painting service and online shop.
  • Freikorps 15
  • Frontier Miniatures (UK)
  • Frontline Wargaming - ranges of 15mm, 20mm and 25mm terrain, buildings and vehicles.
  • Front Rank
  • GameBox Shop - games shop in Edinburgh, stocking fantasy and historical miniatures.
  • Game Mart - selling lots of different ranges. NEW LINK
  • Games Workshop - they have a good terrain-building feature here.
  • Gaugemaster - online model railway shop.
  • Gladiator Games
  • GTi Models - Baker Street, Aberdeen.
  • Grand Manner - resin models.
  • Griffin Miniatures - 28mm historical figures.
  • Gripping Beast - there is a graphic-intensive catalogue at the London Gamers site.
  • Ground Zero Games - miniatures, rules and accessories for science-fiction gaming.
  • Hallmark Figures
  • Hannants - online model shop.
  • Harfields Military Figures - range of both 1:72 and 1:32 plastic toy soldiers and accessories.
  • Hasslefree Miniatures - manufacture 28mm scale fantasy and sci-fi figures.
  • HäT Industries - makers of plastic figures.
  • Heroics & Ros
  • Hetzerdog Trading Company - seller of fantasy and historical figures and supplies.
  • Hinds Figures - second hand wargames figures, books, games and accessories.
  • Hirst Arts - moulds for making buildings.
  • Hobbiton - Essex shop which sells a wide range of gaming stock.
  • The Honourable Lead Boiler Suit Company
  • Hovels - scale buildings.
  • i-Kore - supplies models and rules for Void, Celtos and Xyston.
  • Irregular Miniatures
  • IT Miniatures - 20mm Great War, Arab Revolt and Russian Civil war ranges.
  • JPW Wargames - suppliers of the castle-maker system, magnaflex and transfers.
  • Kallistra - sci-fi and fantasy figures.
  • Kremlin Miniatures
  • Lancashire Games
  • Langton Miniatures
  • Liberation - 20mm moderns and sub-moderns. Also supplies Bandera's SCW.
  • Little Big Man Studios - lots of transfers for shields and flags.
  • Little Green Man Models
  • Lost Books - stockist of military and historical books.
  • Mainly Miniatures - wargames and diorama accessories.
  • Mainly Trains - includes terrain items wargamers may find useful. NEW LINK
  • Mammoth, Denizen & Asylum Miniatures
  • Matador Models
  • Milicast Models
  • MiniFigs
  • Mirliton Miniatures - Italian company. Vexillia are their UK stockists.
  • MJ Figures - 15mm Afghanistan and sci-fi - and Worms!
  • MMS Models
  • Model Makers Resource
  • Mongrel Miniatures - 28mm Moderns.
  • Monolith Designs - includes Jim Bowen's "Graven Images" and Kev Adams' "From Beyond" ranges.
  • Museum Miniatures
  • M.Y. Miniatures - mainly 15mm figures by Mick Yarrow.
  • Navigator Miniatures - 15mm and 25/28mm ancients.
  • NavWar
  • Newbold World - fantasy figures and other media.
  • Newline Designs
  • North Star Figures - also sell stock from a pile of manufacturers too.
  • Old Crow - 25/15/6mm scale sci-fi models.
  • Old Glory (UK) - site with well-illustrated catalogue. [US site has more photographs]
  • Osprey Military History books.
  • Outpost Wargame Services
  • Parabellum - stockists of military kit, aircraft & figures in various scales.
  • Parkfield Miniatures - 25mm and 15mm Wargame figures and accessories.
  • Patrick's Cardboard Warriors - cardboard figures.
  • Pendraken Miniatures
  • Perry Miniatures
  • Peter Pig
  • Pig Iron Productions - 28mm futuristic vehicles.
  • Platoon 20
  • PMC - stockists of TSS terrain board and steam-punk vehicles.
  • POP Enterprises - second hand figures and rules.
  • Prince August - figures and moulds.
  • Pulp Figures - 28mm figures from Canada. Includes free rules download.
  • Purbeck Terrain Systems - makers of terrain boards.
  • Quick Reaction Force
  • Q-Workshop - big dice store. NEW LINK
  • Redoubt
  • Renegade Miniatures
  • Roman Seas - pay to download and print-out Roman ships and rules by Eric Hotz. NEW LINK
  • Scale Model Accessories - makers of model vehicles.
  • Scheltrum Miniatures - a variety of 15/25/28mm figs from nautical to sci-fi.
  • Scotia Grendel - yes, there is something else of note in Inverbervie besides the chip-shop.
  • Second City - from gangsters to Mad Max, this Eastborne-based company sells lots of things.
  • SHQ - WW2, Vietnam, Gulf War ranges.
  • Simple Miniature Games - alternative 28mm Sci-fi and fantasy wargames, scenery and more.
  • Skytrex
  • Sloppy Jalopy - makers of 1/48th scale vehicles to suit 25mm figures.
  • SnapDragon Studios - 28mm resin buildings and terrain features.
  • Steve Barber Models
  • Stonewall Figures - buildings, figures (including FAA range), flags, etc.
  • Stratagem Publications - rules and Wargames Illustrated.
  • Strategia e Tattica - modellismo, giochi di carte e di ruolo, wargames - 25/42mm Italian Colonial Wars, 28mm WW2 Italian. Site in Italian.
  • Stronghold Miniatures - based in East Lothian, supplies Village Green and SDD too.
  • TableScape - 25/28mm sci-fi/fantasy terrain.
  • TBA Scenics - scenic items.
  • Terrain Warehouse - scenery, tools, plastic kits and other modeling products.
  • Testudo
  • The Scene - suppliers of wargames terrain.
  • Tiger Terrain - 15/20mm buildings and other terrain features and paints.
  • Time Cast - model buildings.
  • TimeLine Miniatures - SE Asian Medieval and 1866 Austro-Prussian ranges. NEW LINK
  • Tin Soldier - 15 & 25mm figures.
  • Tiranti's Sculptors' Tools - modelling tools and materials.
  • The One Tree Miniatures - selling 15mm Napoleonic Ottomans, flags, bases. NEW LINK
  • The Scene - hand-made terrain.
  • TM Terrain - terrain-building and painting service.
  • Trux Models
  • Under the Bed Enterprises - stockists of 1/76th Frontline Resin Models.
  • Vendel Miniatures - historical and fantasy figures.
  • Venexia Miniatures - Italian company making 15mm figures.
  • Veni Vidi Vici - wargames transfers.
  • Vexillia - UK stockists of the Mirliton range. Updated LINK
  • Wargames Emporium - mail order from shop in Sheffield.
  • Wargames Foundry
  • Wargames Workshop - terrain, Warhammer, i-Kore, paints, etc etc [look for the 10.5" tall figures].
  • WarGameStore - UK based wargaming website and offer discounted Warhammer, 40K and Lord Of The Rings products.
  • Warrior Miniatures
  • West Wind Productions
  • White Ensign Models - 1/700 and above scale naval models.

Rules

• AlienStar - a variety of free wargames rules covering many periods (including the ancient set, "Phalanx").
• Battlegroup Panzer Grenadier - David Brown's WW2 ruleset.
• Crossfire - WW2 rules by Arty Conliffe.
• DBx
  • De Bellis Homepagius - DBA/DBM/DBR/HOTT.
  • DB Plastic - DBx Wargaming with 20mm Soft Plastic Figures.
  • Phil Barker's site - with updates of DBA and Horse, Foot, Guns.
  • Fanaticus - on-line club promoting DBA and the DBx-family of rules.
  • Nunawading Wargames Association dedicated to De Bellis Multitudinis and associated DBx family of games.
  • The dbmlist DBM Army List FAQ on the Irish Wargaming website.
  • Nik Gaukroger's DBX Page.
• Bill Gray's Napoleonic and Lace variants for Fire & Fury - copies in the 'files' section of the YahooGroup.
• FreeWargamesRules.co.uk
• Gå På - wargames rules for the era of Marlborough, Eugene, Charles XII and Peter the Great.
• General de Brigade - David Brown's Napoleonic rules. Site includes discussions on the "British Grenadier" AWI variant.
• Grand Armée - Napoleonic rules.
  • k.k. Armee - John Crouch's Grand Armée site.
• Maximilian! support site. [dead link - I'll keep looking around for another one]
• Megablitz - ops level 20th C rules.
• Perfect Captain - home to a number of free rule (including the Russian Civil War set, "Red Actions").
• Principles of War
• Rapid Fire
  • Rapid Fire UK - official site.
  • Makourian's pages - scenarios and photos.
  • Mark Piper's Rapid Fire site with scenarios, amendments and the whole 9-yards.
• Rules for the Common Man (AK47, Bayonets and Ideology , Men of Company B, Hammerin Iron, Poor Bloody Infantry, Square Bashing).
  • Sold via Peter Pig.
  • RFCM Yahoo Group - files have amendments, varients and photographs.
• Spearhead - WW2 rules.
• Two Fat Lardies - a variety of rules and also the free scenario-of-the-month.
• Two Hour Wargames - rules for games that take about 120 minutes to play.
• Vis Bellica - rules for wargaming the ancient period. Written by Robert Avery, and featured in Wargames Illustrated nr185. The site has various downloads, hints and tips.
• Volley and Bayonet
• Warhammer/GW rules
  • Games Workshop
  • The Old Sage's Warhammer Ancient Battles - lists, articles, etc.
  • Project Necromunda - all things related to Necromunda.
  • Warhammer Ancient Battles - WHAB official site.
  • Warhammer Players Society - news and information.
  • Warhammer Skirmish rules.
  • WAB YahooGroup - mailing list.