Welcome to the library

Info Desk

The Wargame Library exists to preserve, organize, and share the best free wargaming material. We seek to host files directly, ensuring long-term access with the express permission of the original publishers.

The Wargame Library is a living collection, and like any good library, it improves with its readers. We welcome submissions, ideas, and corrections.

Hosting Policy

Only materials that are public domain, or submitted with permission of the author/publisher are hosted. Copywrite holders may request removal at any time.

REVIEW
POLICY

The Wargame Library is a curated public resource, which means all submissions or recommendations undergo an internal review process.

Joining the staff

Help us locate old material, playtest submissions, and write review entries for games and magazines. Join the Discord group to volunteer!

The Bulletin Board

Grand Opening!

There's never been a better time to be a miniature wargamer...and yet, finding great games has never been more difficult. In the age of self publishing and internet distribution, thousands of game systems jockey for our limited attention and hobby time. Hundreds of those games are shared freely by generous authors and publishers. Some have become household names, while most quietly fade into obscurity thanks to dead blogs, broken links, or the constant churn of new games bein

Etienne Michot

The Wargame Library Speaker Series continues with Etienne Michot, author of Unterseeboot, as well as Ducks in the Pond, D-Day Solitaire, and more. To learn more about his games, check his profile at Board Game Geek. What inspired you to enter the BGG solo design contest? We are talking 2016. A fellow designer by the name of Pete Belli was putting out his "One-Minute" wargame series at the time — One-Minute Bulge, One-Minute Waterloo, One-Minute Little Bighorn, etc. These we

Valerio

The Wargame Library Speaker Series continues with Valerio of Alkedo Miniatures, author of Oi Navarcoi! To learn more about the game and follow the latest updates, visit his official page. Ancient battles are popular on the tabletop, but ancient naval is less played. Why? I see both gameplay and aesthetic reasons. Land combat requires the combined use of at least heavy and light infantry and cavalry, and possibly also specialized shooting units such as archers, etc. so it has