OmniWar

Brutally simple War-gaming rules

This is a home made war-gaming system designed to be played quickly, in any genre and with any scale of miniatures. It is particularly useful for company sized ‘micro’ scale battles.

Main Rules

Also available in .doc format

BattleCards

Optional playing aids (assembled in homage to the many, highly recommended Steve Jackson card games illustrated by John Kovalic).

Army Data:

• Structures- Buildings and such to add to the battlefield.
• Ancients/Biblical- Ancient armies from Biblical times.
• Iliad- Ancient Greece
• Fantasy- Similar to Warhammer Fantasy units.
• Man O’ War- Fantasy naval units.
• Conquistadores- Inca, Aztec and Cortez
• Napoleonic- Napoleon era armies.
• ACW- American Civil War.
• Battleships- Turn of the century naval units.
• War of the Worlds- Based on the H.G. Wells novel.
• Modern- U.S. forces.
• Modern (International)- List of worldwide armies.
• Vietnam- Vietnam era units (provided by Paul N. Thanks Paul!).
• Cinematic- From Sci-fi movies: Aliens, Predator & Starship Troopers.
• Monster Island- Godzilla type monsters.
• Superheroes- Generic heroes that you can customize.
• Car Wars- An adaptation of SJ GamesÔ auto-dueling system.
• Paranoia- Alpha Complex forces.
• Flash Gordon- Armies on Mongo.
• Daleks- Robots from Dr. Who.
• Futuristic- Majority of Sci-Fi units.
• Ogre- From the SJ GamesÔ miniature system.
• Battletech- Rules for Mechs, aerospace fighters and tanks.
• Star Wars- Based on the original movie trilogy.
• Dune- Based on Frank Herbert’s novels.
• Warhammer 40K & Epic (Adapted from NetEpic.)-
• Spacemarine
• Imperial
• Titan Legions
• Eldar
• Ork
• Squat
• Chaos
• Tyranid
• Eldar Pirates
• Slann & Necron
• Assassins
• Sororitas
• Water Units (Adapted from WetEpic)
• Mythological (Adapted from Encyclopedia Mythica. No religious connotations should be made.)
• Greek- Olympian Gods and mythical creatures.
• Roman- Mostly the same as Greek gods.
• Norse- Viking gods. Re-create Ragnarok.
• Judaic/Christian- Biblical powers.
• Egyptian
• Unit Creation- Blank spreadsheet for creating new units.

Links:

GURPS: My ‘Generic Universal Role Playing System’ page

GHQ: Terrain hexes can be purchased here.

Silver Eagle: Large selection of low cost miniatures.

Ebay: One of the best places for finding miniatures and terrain of all types.

BME: An easy tool for making hex maps.

Strategic Map Simulator: Software for playing wargames via e-mail.

Free Wargames Rules: Rules for other game systems.

Please send comments or requests to: matthew_vincent@yahoo.com