Renaissance

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1450-1550
1450-1550 is a Miniatures game slightly more complicated than Tactica. Report Problem

15mm Samurai Warfare Rules
Based on The Rules According to Ral game rules by Ral Partha. Report Problem

1685-1845
Popular rules by WRG in addition to the rules, the book also contained army lists for Malburian and Seven-Years-War armies as well as the campaigns in India which preceded the Napoleonic Wars. Report Problem

1683
Wargame rules for 1683 the siege of Vienna and Eastern European warfare. Report Problem

A Crown of Paper
A campaign and miniatures system for the War of the Roses. Report Problem

A Glorious Victory
A reasonably quick and easy set of wargames rules designed for the period of warfare from around the early 15th century through to the latter part of the 16th century. Report Problem

And One For All
The object of ...And One For All! is to recreate the feel of swashbuckling films such as the 1970's "Three Musketeers". It does this by encouraging you to perform swashbuckling actions about the table with your figures. Report Problem

Barbarossa
16th Century Naval Rules for Galley Warfare. These rules are designed to give a fast, rather stylised game reflecting warfare between galleys in the Mediterranean in the 16th century. Report Problem

Barded Fury
Early Renaissance Rules and Army Lists. Join the Yahoo group and they are in the files section. Report Problem

Basic Baroque
A Baroque period add on for Basic Impetvs ancient rules. Report Problem

Battle of Breitenfeld
Rules for 20mm figures for The Thirty Years War. Report Problem

Battle of Sekigahara (1600 AD)
fast play rules for fighting this Samurai battle. Report Problem

Bloodlust
A set of rules designed to create massive battles using 15 mm Historical pre-1600 castings and/or Fantasy castings. Report Problem

Border Reivers
These rules are designed to allow you to play three types of game - a standard "my army against your army" wargame; a scenario game, where the forces are very unlikely to be fair; or a simply managed campaign. Report Problem

Border Reivers Feud War Rules
Border Reiver fun game for 3-5 players. Report Problem

By The Sword and The Compass
Fast play rules for Sixteenth Century naval warfare.These rules are designed for use with fairly large fleets, and so have been kept as simple as possible. Report Problem

Capitana
A set of naval rules specifically for 16th Century galley warfare in the Mediterannean. They were written for the NLWG 2009 convention game. Report Problem

Charge Pikes
1:20 scale English Civil War rules for 25mm size figures. Playsheet Report Problem

Cliff's 1490-1690 Rules
These rules use cards and action points for movement and combat and the most popular basing system. They are designed for ease of play and, I hope, to reflect your vision of this era. Report Problem

Da Vinci Wars
Italian language rules for the Renaissance Period. Report Problem

DBA - RRR
DBA extension covering the Renaissance, reformation and restoration. Complete with army lists. Report Problem

De Bellis Jacobitis
DBA Variant for the Jacobite Rising. Report Problem

Dice For Honor
A simple set of skirmish rules suitable for fighting battles in the days of the Samurai. Report Problem

Don't Tell Them Pike, Your A Catholic
English Civil War rules with minor adjustments for the Thirty Years War. Report Problem

ECW
A set of English Civil War Rules still under development. Report Problem

Fast Play Rules for the Battle of Towton
The War of the Roses was an English civil war fought between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The Yorkists won a major victory at the Battle of Towton. Report Problem

For King or for Parliament
6mm ECW rules a completely self contained set of rules capable of dealing with small-ish skirmishes to full blown battles, whether they be historical facsimiles, or otherwise. Report Problem

For Parliament King Or Glory
A new set of ECW rules that are still very much a work in progress. Report Problem

For Parliament Or King
Rules for the English Civil War. Report Problem

Free Company
Being rules for small actions of the Hundred Years War and other fights of the longbow era. Report Problem

Fur Wars
The Age Of Conquest The Americas. When men were men, gold, silver, land & furs were wealth and your enemy's women and children were prey. Report Problem

Fyre and Sword
Fyre & Sworde is a set of Border Reiver skirmish level rules based around the OCULUS Chosen Men rules - ones of the simplest sets of rules around. The rules are intended for use with individually based 25/28mm figures. Report Problem

Galleon
A simple set of wargames rules for naval combat in and around the Spanish Armada period. Report Problem

Gold, Swashbucklers and Pirates
Rules for historical gang warfare. Pretty easy to grasp. Can be humorous in places. Report Problem

Hell Dorado
A strategic game in which the players will compose free companies of around ten members. Report Problem

Heroic Samurai
One brain cell wargame rules for small scale fighting typical of internecine clan warfare. For toy soldiers. Report Problem

In the Year of One Reed - Final Conquest of the Aztecs
In the great Aztec city of Tenochtitlan Emperor Montezuma had reason to worry. It was the year of One Reed, when the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatl would return to bring an end to Aztec civilization. Report Problem

Into Glory Ride
Fast table-top gaming with model soldiers, dice and rules covering the period 1500AD - 1900AD. Report Problem

Ironsides
ECW rules for 6mm originally published in MWAN. You have to join the yahoo group and the files can be found in the files section. Report Problem

Irregular Wars
A wargaming system for Elizabethan and Jacobite small actions. Report Problem

Italian Wars
For 6mm bases of figure/strips to provide both the visual effect as well as 'traffic' problems on the tabletop. Most calculations are based on these blocks, with the effective results of combat being expressed as the 'real-life' version. Report Problem

Japanese Art of War v1.0
Based on a core set of rules called the "Universal Skirmish Rules."The intentions of these rules are for skirmish war-gaming with heroic scale (28mm) figures. Report Problem

Katana to Yari
Figure game of samurai skirmish battles - designed to allow small groups of fighters of varying skill to interact. Designed with the Japanese sword movie in mind - a well handled skilled samurai master can hack through a group of lesser warriors. Report Problem

Kensei
These rules are for skirmish wargames using 25mm/28mm scale miniatures in a medieval Japanese setting. Based on GW The Lord of the Rings. Report Problem

Koku
Samurai rules for 25/28mm figures. Each figure represents 10 - 20 men. Report Problem

La Felicissima Armada
A Spanish Armada tactical naval game. Report Problem

Lillibulero
These rules are shamelessly adapted from the old Wargames Holiday Centre “Marlburian Rules”, with chunks lifted from Barry Hilton’s “Under the Lilly Banners”. Report Problem

Lion of the North
30 Year War rules by Michael Peters (2nd Edition). Report Problem

Lion of the North: Haiduk and Rajtar
Combat in Eastern Europe during the 17th Century. Report Problem

Lion of the North: Organisations
For Lion of the North and Haiduk and Rajtar. Report Problem

Mare Nostrum
Italian language Ancient-Renaissance Naval Wargame Rule. Report Problem

Marston Less
Very Quick English Civil War Rules. Report Problem

Muskets and Lace
Miniature rules for the recreation of land battles in the period 1688 to 1763. designed for 15mm. Report Problem

Naginta
This is a simple (and free) set of rules for fighting samurai skirmish battles. Report Problem

Pike and Plunder
Italian Wars Campaign Rules designed for 4 players. The rules are not a fully comprehensive set, more extensive notes, but most things are covered. (Free download on left side of page). There's also a RenWars yahoo group. Report Problem

Pike and Shot
English Civil War Wargames Rules by John Armatys. Report Problem

Pike and Shotte Skirmish Rules
These rules are designed to allow players to role-play officers and leaders in small skirmishes during the Pike and shot wars in the late 16th and 17th centuries. Report Problem

Pirates of Sartosa
Pirate rules. Report Problem

Renaissance Raiders
Fastplay Border Reivers Wargame Rules. Report Problem

Rough Wooing
These rules, inspired by Joseph Morschauser’s 1962 book, How to Play Wargames in Miniature, are designed for playing wargames set in the 16th Century Europe with a slight bias to the British Isles. Report Problem

Rules for a 30 Years War Wargame
Jack Scrubys rules as last printed by him in the 1971 issue of War Game Digest. Report Problem

Rupert's Very Bad Day
Fast play rules for Battle of Marston Moor (1644 AD) Report Problem

Samurai
Italian language rules for the Samurai Period. Report Problem

Samurai Fury
Samurai Rules and Army Lists. Join the Yahoo group and they are in the files section. Report Problem

Samurai Skirmish
Samurai Skirmish rules by Craig Grady. Report Problem

Samurai Skirmish(2)
Simple 1 page skirmish rules. Report Problem

Samurai Skirmish Rules
These rules are designed to allow small skirmishes using Japanese warriors and peasants in the period from the rise of the Samurai till 1868 when the honorific was banned. Report Problem

Sea Dogs Attack!
Fast play rules for The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588 AD). Report Problem

Seven Samurai Skirmish
Simple tactical skirmish rules. Based on the classic movie Seven Samurai. Report Problem

Shake Loose The Border
The Anglo-Scottish border of the 16th century was not a quiet place. Apart from the wars between the two countries during the period, there was a huge amount of cross-border raiding, feuding and general mayhem. Report Problem

Siege
The first module of a set of Renaissance rules for Battles, Campaigns and Sieges. A stand alone game of Siege warfare in the 16th Century! Report Problem

Siege of Tenochtitlan
A small army of Spanish conquistadors. They marched to Tenochtitlan, the fabulous Aztec capitol city built in the middle of a lake. These rules cover that battle. Report Problem

Simple Musket Era Rules
The rules are a return to the simple game, using playing cards instead of dice, a new way of resolving combat, and individual figures rather than groups of men on stands. Report Problem

Spanish Fury
A complete system of warfare for 16th Century Europe Including Large & Small scale land warfare modules, one for Naval warfare, a Campaign, and Siege Game! Report Problem

Spanish Fury Sail
Sail supplement for the Spanish Fury rules. Report Problem

Spanish Fury, Voyage!
A campaign game for Corsair activity in the Caribbean 1550-1585, it is a stand alone game. Report Problem

The Battle of Lepanto (1571 AD)
Fast and Easy Rules for The Holy League fleet versus the Turkish fleet near Lepanto. Report Problem

The Galleon and The Flame
A Game for Land and Small Naval Battles on the Spanish Main in the Age of Drake and Hawkins. Report Problem

The Sword And The Pike
Yet another TSATF variant, this time taking the rules set back to the Renaissance. Pikes, shot, heavy cavalry. Report Problem

The Water Margin 3rd Edition
A game of Oriental skirmishes for re-enacting your favourite Eastern Heroes movies! Samurai, Ninja, Shaolin Monks and Mysterious Masters. Report Problem

The Wolf Who Would Eat The Lion
Being an upside down set of conditions for enacting Lace Wars Wargames. Report Problem

The Wolf Who Would Eat The Lion (Alternative Version)
10mm wargame rules for conducting Renaissance Imagi-nations. Report Problem

Un Pour Tous!
An English version of Un Pour Tous ! It’s a variant of Legends of the Old West for swashbuckling adventures in the 17th century France that was written for Vae Victis. Report Problem

Very Civile Actions
An English Civil War variant for Spanish Fury also contains the Tinker Fox campaign game. Report Problem

Victory Without Quarter
A fast play set of ECW rules. The system uses a card-based turn system instead of an alternating turn sequence that adds excitement and tension to the game. All combat is stand based rather than figure based, so almost any available collection can be used with the rules. Available for free on request via e-mail. Report Problem

War of the Roses
25mm Skirmish wargaming a touch of influence from Retinue, the best of the commercial Wars Of The Roses rules. Report Problem

Wargame Rules for the 16th Century
These rules which were originally inspired by Joseph Morscahuser's How to Play Wargames in Miniature are designed for playing Rennaisance wargames. Report Problem

Warmaster: ECW
Warmaster conversion for the English Civil War. Report Problem

Warmaster Renaissance Armies
This is a nicely done set of Warmaster house rules for Renaissance armies. Report Problem

Will You Go Upon Your Death
Fast play rules for The Battle of Naseby (1645 AD). Report Problem

Winged Fury
Late Renaissance Rules and Army Lists. Join the Yahoo group and they are in the files section. Report Problem

Yume no Bushi - Dream of the Warrior
These are a set of Samurai skirmish rules that I have written primarily to work with the excellent 42mm figures released by Steve Barber. But the rules will also work with smaller scales. Report Problem