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WRG have now put up version 2 of their HOTT rules.

A set for fantasy wargaming in which magic is not all-powerful but merely one part of the action. The army lists in these rules were based “mainsteam fantasy authors and current fantasy wargaming practice, myths, legends and traditional epics, and on fictional equivalents of historical armies”. One unexpected result was the use of the “Napoleonic Semi-Historical” for light-hearted Napoleonic games. However there are some omissions - since the fantasy authors own the copyright on the characters in their books, it was only possible to include armies whose authors who gave permission. A second edition of HOTT, with minor changes to the rules and still more armies in the lists, was published in April 2002.

Some time in 2009, these rules went out-of-print and the copyright reverted to the three authors. They are now unavailable from any supplier I have been able to find. I have consulted Phil and Richard and we are agreed that until it is possible to publish a new edition of HOTT, we will make it available at this website.

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Many years ago I had fun playing Tunnels and Trolls by Flying Buffalo Games. The other day I picked up a cheap second hand copy on Amazon, boy did it bring back some memories.

A short version of the rules as a taster are free from RPGnow.com.

There are another free version of the rules based on the 4th edition and many other goodies from freedungeons.

If you like RPG dungeon games give them a go they are a fun set of rules (any only use D6’s).

WRG have put lots of their out of print rules free on their website including:

Ancients 1st to 5th Editions.
1925 - 1950 Armour and Infantry
1685 - 1845

Unfortunately the DBA link is broken.

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Following on from the Battle of Britain rules David Child-Dennis has now sent me the latest set of Airwar rules. These cover the Korean conflict.

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Scotia Grendel are now offering their Sci Fi ruleset Kryomek and Hivestone add on free in PDF format from their website. The bad news to get them you have to add them to your shopping cart and then hand over your personal details. There’s no option to simply download them as you can do with the Stargrunt rules from the Ground Zero Games website.

Kryomek Downloads

Mongoose publishing have released their new Judge Dredd rules free on their website:

These rules are, and always will be free to download. Judge Dredd is a 28mm skirmish game designed to be quick, easy to learn, and capable of handling the madness that is Mega-City One, from the powerful judges to the lowliest punk or mutant.

Their Gangs of Mega City One rules were criticised for being too much like a Necromunda type game, so hopefully this will give a better Dredd type game.

Judge Dredd Miniatures game

Simon McDowall has updated his rules for the Wars of the Spanish Succession

The main focus of these wargames rules is European warfare from roughly 1700-1720. It was a period of military history that bridged the gap from the ‘pike and shot’ armies of the preceding century to the familiar ‘horse and musket’ armies that saw their full development in the latter half of the 18th Century.

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He also has a new scenario for Blenheim on his site too.