Links

Samurai Wargames Rules

Killer Katanas by Brian Bradford and Robert Fyvie. Site no longer gets updated but still has useful information on the rules and some good links.

Chrysanthemum Throne by Chipco Games. Reviewed on this site by Kent Reuber.

Taiko! by Flagship Games. Information on the rules, quick reference sheets and a couple of battle reports including a refight of Nagashino.

The Water Margin Only have a few figures? Or fancy a change of pace? Here is a fine set of oriental (with emphasis on samurai) skirmish rules now available as a free download from author Stephen Irwin's web site.

Katana To Yari Free set of skirmish rules by Jim Wallman. Uses a hex based system. Contains useful information especially on some of the more interesting oriental weapons.

Age of Battles - Shogun by Zvezda. Link to the Age of Battles msn group where the rules can be downloaded. You'll need the Shogun game for the troop stats but most of them can be obtained from examples in the rules.

Bushido Rules from Fabrizio Passatempi, inspired by the "Command and Colors" system. Currently in Italian with an English version in the works. Very professional looking project.

Samurai Resources

The Samurai Archive A samurai history site with the emphasis on military subjects. Lots of information on famous samurai warriors, campaigns and battles. Some great maps too.

Stephen Turnbull Recognised authority on samurai and author of several excellent books on the subject. Details of all his publications and articles as well as news of his current projects.

Osprey Samurai Osprey Publications site with several articles, mainly by Stephen Turnbull.

Gekokujo Yahoo Group for Samurai Wargaming. Bushi and Japanese Art of War rules available from files section. Also has samurai army lists for Warhammer Ancient Battle.

AsianWar Yahoo Group Similar to Gekokujo above.

Sengoku Jidai Campaign A DBA (Renaissance) campaign run by Neil Hughes. Lots of battle reports, photos and maps. Great stuff!

Non-Samurai Wargames Sites

The Perfect Captain The Captain has several miniatures rules sets and board games available for free download including medieval and renaissance periods. All products have game aids with excellent graphics to print out. Brilliant.

DBA Fanaticus A great site for all things related to WRG's DBA Ancient rules. Campaigns, battles, army notes, variants, painting and modelling guides...It's all here.

Solo Wargamers Association Official page of the SWA. Get information on this great organisation and it's quarterly magazine Lone Warrior. Blame editor Kenn Hart for rekindling my interest in Feudal Japan!

Free Wargames Rules Looking for some free wargames rules? Then this should be your next stop. Rules for all periods catered for including a set of samurai skirmish rules.

Wargames Journal Large archive of previous articles and rule sets. Yume no Bushi samurai skirmish rules are available for download here and includes a (useful?) list of Japanese insults!