MiniatureWargaming dot Com Reaches Two Milestones

MiniatureWargaming dot Com, a blog about the Miniature Wargaming hobby has reached 1,000 posts and half a million hits. With several thousand daily hits and a PR rating of 6, MiniatureWargaming is the premier resource site for the hobby.

(PRWEB) May 17, 2005 -- MiniatureWargaming dot Com ( http://www.miniaturewargaming.com ) simultaneously reaches two milestones this week: one thousand posts, and 500,000 hits.

MiniatureWargaming is a blog about the miniature wargaming hobby, with links to, and posts about, free miniature wargaming resources: free rules, terrain and painting tips, paper figures and terrain, reviews and more. With more than 1,000 posts, it is the largest human-edited collection of links about the miniature wargaming hobby.

Each of the 1,000 posts includes a link to a useful miniature wargaming resource, and a brief description of the site. The posts have been categorized and are fully searchable.

New posts are being added on a daily basis. Webmasters and readers are encouraged to contact the MiniatureWargaming editor with suggestions and tips.

In addition to the main blog, the MiniatureWargaming site features a websites directory, to which webmasters can add a listing for their miniatures related site; a section for downloading miniatures related files, including free rules sets; a photo gallery; a live feed from Ebay for miniatures related auctions; and the Bazaar, in which manufacturers and retailers can announce new products and sales.

The site has reached half a million hits in just over a year of operation. The different sections of the site now are averaging more than 2,000 hits a day.

The miniature wargaming hobby is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes role playing and board games.

Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. It's a hobby that's been around for a long time: the first commercially available set of rules for playing battle games with miniatures was "Little Wars", written by H.G. Wells (of "War of the Worlds" fame) in the early 1900s.

The most popular branch of the hobby focuses on fantasy and science fiction games. But there also is a strong historical miniatures segment; among these, Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and World War II probably are the most popular periods. There also is a very strong group that focuses on playing ancients, such as Romans or Greeks.

But there's more to the hobby than just playing with miniatures. Hobbyists -- especially the historical gamers -- spend countless hours researching historical periods and painting their tiny soldiers in historically accurate uniforms. Others apply their research to developing "realistic" miniatures rules set for playing battle games. Gamers also spend their time building highly realistic scale battlefield terrain using techniques borrowed from model railroaders and plastic modelers. The sculpting and painting of figures has become a fine art form.

Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures.

For more information, visit the MiniatureWargaming website at http://www.miniaturewargaming.com or contact the editor at editor@miniaturewargaming.com.

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