Here is some additional 'Addendum' for this:

http://www.grognard.com/errata/bfm.txt

Wow, I can understand what he typed!

$20 per set... note that there are MANY sets. (At least six...)

This game no longer appears to be available for free. The above link is dead, and DVG is publishing/has published an updated version, Modern Naval Battles - Global Warfare.

The link should be
http://www.relativerange.com/Relative_Range/Cold_War_Naval_B...

Still have this in the attic. Cute little game of two scenarios. One you'll win the othe ryou'll lose. Power armour v's primitives.

Actually, Metagaming's Ogre came first... The success of Ogre encouraged other publishers to try the microgame format, and the Dwarfstar games were one of the competing microgame lines.

We liked Grav Armor better than Ogre. There were more interesting units.

This on's in the attic too! Turn based combat allows you to slaughter your opponent's with ease.

Three now - one for the Falklands, one for Vietnam and the final one for WW2 Normandy.

Downloads:
http://www.locknloadgame.com/lnl_download5.htm

Apparently link has changed:

http://www.locknloadgame.com/_store/download.asp?Category=11

Heh...I hear this game is unbalanced.

As of today the game is not available via the download link on the "corrected" page. I have the impression that there is now some sort of $$$ requirement to have access to their "free" downloads.

Sorry about that, They have been moving some stuff around.

This should work:
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?p=2425&page=1

I heard it unbalanced too. No matter how hard americans try they will never win.

NEVER is a mighty strong word there Matias... and if we never 'win' not it is not for lack of military might.

Yeah, the Americans can never win.

Military might ain't everything in a guerrilla war. Remember Viet Nam? Remember the might of the Empire in Star Wars?

are the planes in the picture available to buy or are they someones homemade effort?

Most big model makers sell them (Testors and Revill two name two) you can get them for about $10 and then paint them

Actually they were hand-built by BGG member Hawk. Send him a private message, I'm sure he'd be delighted to share how he built them.

By the way if you live close to the Ottawa, Ontario area, feel free to join us at our bi-weekly Canvas Eagles game. We usually have 8-16 players (including players who trek in from Kingston and New York!). Msg me for details if you are interested.

Aha!! I recognize the Battle Masters hex mats in the image gallery. Check that out Grog!

Wings of War - Miniatures work real well! The bases are homemade but can be purchased at multiple sites. I use ones made of steel hexstock - smaller than the wood and plexi ones (which allows you to easily put 2 or 3 planes in each 4" hex and never tip over. Great system for WWI air battles! I know, I know - I suck at pictures....

The current free game rules are now posted on BGG in this game's entry, along with data cards and scenarios.

Interested in fairly realistic feeling air combat gaming, check it out. See what the alleged shilling is all about.

Cheers, J.D.

Don't ya just love how, if a game is fantastic, especially in a niche within a niche genre (tactical flight combat within wargaming), and the players rate it highly, it must be schilling!?

Quite simply, those that wouldn't *already* be interested in this extremely detailed game-style, aren't going to plunk down $80 to "test the waters." I think there are enough caveats on the game's BGG page, that people who think Puerto Rico is complicated will continue to say away, even if the game is highky ranked. That means there won't be as many ratings whining,
it's too hard,
it's too slow,
I have to Thiiiiiiink
and rating it a 1.

This doesn't make it schilling! To the contrary it helps the folks who *are* looking for this kind of complex, realistic, and yet tense, simulation, find what they're looking for. And if you like flying games and are willing to sacrifice speed of play for detail and realism, and you can handle games that are intellectually complex, you will love this game.

Best part is, you can go try the quickstart rules for free! I'd recommend playing via email at first (there's info to lead you to the yahoo group at the BGG page I think), unless you can find a local experienced player to show you the ropes. If it's your cup of tea, go buy the full game and you'll probably come back and give it the same high ratings all the rest of us "schills" are giving it.

I cannot recommend it enough, it is the most fun I've had in wargaming!

3W games, by and large, are the beer and pretzel variety with little historical depth. This game is bland and cannot compare to the GMT ancient warfare series.

You can also still buy the original here: http://www.secondchancegames.com

The "GMT" version is known as the "Simple Great Battles of History" series and does require owning yet another from the first of those "Great Battles of History", in order to implement this. That may have changed more recently if they produced something JUST for such, so does anybody KNOW for certain?

The URL doesn't seem to work for me. Does anyone know an alternative link?

http://www.relativerange.com/Relative_Range/Ancient_Battles_...

Here's the updated link.

Well worth the effort. The graphics quality is high, and the rules are elegant. Very nice system.

Be very careful, I printed this out, and now have three boxed PG games and am looking for the next one.

What kind of demented soul came up with this?

To paraphrase Ben Franklin:

Peeps are proof that God loves us and wants us to have tooth decay.

Great game!!!

Anyone got a color copy of the counters? the ones on the site are B&W and in the rules it says that they are suposed to be colored

Sorry Jorgen, you have to colour the counters yourself with pencil crayons or markers. The unit manifest at the end of the rules tells you which counters belong to what force.

However, if anyone wanted to colourize the B&W download and post it, I wouldn't mind....

Grarg! Spent a half hour colorizing the counters, thinking, "Woohoo! Geekgold!" and only THEN did I look to see if anyone else had already had this GREAT idea.

Upload them anyways, People like to have choices.

Now charging $3 for download.

This is the fourth edition and out of print. I was lucky enough to find a cheap, unsused one in a hobby shop.The intro rules lack some key points that are familiar to even Mechwarrior fans, such as heat, building your own Mech, and the like.

Fanpro and Wizkids Games have re-released the old Battletech system as Classic Battletech. In the link above you can order the new boxed set. It's almost identical to the 4th Edition Fasa release, with just a few minor changes here and there. There are also new editions of some Technical Readouts, and Iron Wind Metals is making new miniatures for the game.

The good ol' battletech is far from dead, my friends

They have made the game available for $5 S&H on there website, I posted a link in the "General Articles" forum on the game page.

i ordered my copy

pretty wargame!

http://gluttoncreeper.com/page3.html

Gluttoncreeper is putting out a D20 version of Fallout. They ran into a bit of trouble when it turned out that Interplay didn't turn over the licensing paperwork to make the paper and pencil version to Bethesda, the software company making Fallout 3, and now production is delayed, albeit temporarily.

The "free" version of the RPG (made by a fan) can be found here:

http://www.pamedia.com/rpgames/rpg/falloutpnp

Me fail English!??! That's unpossible!!

What is with d20? Has there ever been a WORSE RPG rules set? Even the die they chose for the name is a bad idea.