page_title: List of miniature wargames
section_title: Ancients
hierarchical_section_title: List of miniature wargames / Ancients
caption_attribution_description: English: A wargame being played using the Field of Glory ruleset. It is between a Greek Hoplite army and a Persian army - both 800 points. The game was part of the 2009 Society of Ancients competition
context_page_description: Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia. The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles. The games may reflect historical situations and armies, or may be futuristic or fantasy-based.
  This list compiles published miniature wargames categorized by their subject matter, genre, or time period covered in their rules.
  Where known, the publisher is given, as well as the date of first publication.
context_section_description: A Fistfull of Miniatures (North Shore Press, 1986; Precis Intermedia Gaming, 2009)
  Age of Battles (Zvezda, 2007)
  Age of Hannibal (Little Wars TV, 2018)
  Age of Heroes - Biblical Era V 6 (Computer Moderated Miniature Wargame Rules) (Computer Strategies, 2007)
  Ancient & Medieval Wargaming (Sutton Publishing, 2007)
  Ancient Empires (The Emperor's Press, 1991)
  Ancient Warfare (Milgamex, 1975)
  Ancient Warfare (A to Z Rules, 1997)
  Ancient Warfare (Saga Publishing, 1998)
  Arcane Warfare (Jerboa Development Team, 2002)
  Armati (Quantum Printing, 1994)
  Basic Impetus (Dadi & Piombo, 2006)
  Battlestandard Ancient Rules (Battlestandard Miniatures and Games, 2004)
  Clash of Empires (Great Escape Games, 2011)
  Classical Hack (LMW Works Publications, 2002)
  Classic Warfare (Tactical Studies Rules, 1975)
  Conquerors and Kings (Peter Pig, 1999)
  Crusader (Crusader Miniatures, 2007)
  De Bellis Antiquitatis (Wargames Research Group, 1990)
  De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (Caliver Books, 2007)
  De Bellis Multitudinis (Wargames Research Group, 1993)
  Fast Play Rules for Ancient Warfare (Newbury Rules, 1985)
  Field of Glory (Osprey Publishing, 2008)
  Gordian Knot (Agema Publications, 2007)
  Greek Naval Warfare (London Wargames Section, 1972)
  Hail Caesar (Warlord Games, 2011)
  Hex Command Ancients (Imagine Image Multimedia, 2000)
  Holy Hack First Edition (LMW Works, 1996)
  Holy Hack Second Edition (LMW Works, 2007)
  Homeric Hack (LMW Works, 2004))
  Hoplon (Nicolas A. Protonotarios, 2003)
  Impetus (Dadi & Piombo, 2008)
  In Death Ground (Ruga-Ruga Publications, 2010)
  Justified Ancients (Amazon Miniatures, 2005)
  King David (Signifer Club Vicenza, 2004)
  L'Art de la Guerre (Onyx éditions, 2008)
  Legion (Fantasy Games Unlimited, 1976)
  Lost Battles  (Philip Sabin, 2008)
  Macedon and Rome V 6 (Computer Moderated Miniature Wargame Rules) (Computer Strategies, 2007)
  Melees Gloriosus (David P. Gundt, 1999)
  Might of Arms (Colonnade Publishing, 1996)
  Mortem et Gloriam (SHALL Enterprises Ltd, 2016)
  Peltast and Pila (Tony Bath, Tabletop Warfare Limited, 1976)
  PMG Ancients (Jeff Hunt, Portsmouth Miniatures and Games, 1997)
  Salamis Ad Actium (David Manley, 2005)
  Shieldbearer (Michel J Young)
  Swordpoint (Gripping Beast, 2016)
  Tactica (Quantum Printing, 1989)
  The Art of War (Doug Larsen & Rocky Russo, 2005)
  The Shock of Impact (Tabletop Games, 1981)
  To the Strongest! (BigRedBat Ventures, 2014)
  Vis Bellica (Ordered Flexibility, 2002)
  War & Conquest (Scarab Miniatures, 2011)
  Warfare in the Ancient World (Newbury Rules, 1980)
  War Games Rules 1000 B.C to 500 A.D (Ancient War Games Research Group, 1969)
  War Games Rules 1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. (War Games Research Group, 1971)
  War Games Rules 3000 B.C - 1250 A.D (Wargames Research Group, 1976)
  War Games Rules 3000 BC to 1485 AD (Wargames Research Group, 1980)
  Wargames Rules - Ancient Period (480 B.C. - A.D. 61) (Athena, 1986)
  Warhammer Ancient Battles (Warhammer Historical Wargames, 1998)
  Warlord (Partizan Press, 2007)
  Warmaster Ancients (Warhammer Historical Wargames, 2005)
  Warrior (Four Horsemen Enterprises, 2002)
  Warrior Kings (Two Hour Wargames, 1998)
  Wars Ancient (Magni Games, 2010)
caption: A game in play using the Field of Glory ruleset
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