The Miniatures Page
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The Miniatures Page, also known as TMP, is an online community for wargamers and miniature gamers or collectors. What began as a small miniature wargaming
internet magazine, has since evolved into what some people claim as the internet’s largest virtual community
of wargamers.
TMP was created in 1994 by Bill Armintrout, former editor-in-chief and art director at Steve Jackson Games
(GURPS
), designer and director for the Ultima VII Part II, The Serpent Isle and Pacific Strike
video games.
As of April 2008 The Miniatures Page has nearly 19,000 members from over 50 countries, with discussions taking place in 6 separate languages. As with any free to register web site the total numbers are likely to include inactive accounts and multiple accounts for some users. The site currently averages 7–8000 visitors per day .
The Miniatures Page members include gamers, painters, collectors, retailers, game designers, sculptors, authors, and historians, whose interests cover historical, fantasy, and science fiction gaming and figures. The community is dedicated to promoting the hobby
through distributing industry news, product reviews, “how to” articles, convention promotion, and historical discussion.
The Miniatures Page has been noted on the Society of Ancients
and the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
websites to be an excellent source of information on wargaming. If you want an obscure gaming related question answered quickly then a posting on TMP is very likely to get you an answer, or probably many answers.
Miniature wargaming
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming that incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain as the main components of play...
internet magazine, has since evolved into what some people claim as the internet’s largest virtual community
Virtual community
A virtual community is a social network of individuals who interact through specific media, potentially crossing geographical and political boundaries in order to pursue mutual interests or goals...
of wargamers.
TMP was created in 1994 by Bill Armintrout, former editor-in-chief and art director at Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and the gaming magazine Pyramid.-History:...
(GURPS
GURPS
The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, or GURPS, is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting...
), designer and director for the Ultima VII Part II, The Serpent Isle and Pacific Strike
Pacific Strike
Pacific Strike is a 1994 DOS computer game. Created by Origin Systems, the game follows the pattern of the Wing Commander series, although it resembles more its cousin Strike Commander, in the sense that it is set in a more or less contemporary setting and allows the player to fly actual planes.The...
video games.
As of April 2008 The Miniatures Page has nearly 19,000 members from over 50 countries, with discussions taking place in 6 separate languages. As with any free to register web site the total numbers are likely to include inactive accounts and multiple accounts for some users. The site currently averages 7–8000 visitors per day .
The Miniatures Page members include gamers, painters, collectors, retailers, game designers, sculptors, authors, and historians, whose interests cover historical, fantasy, and science fiction gaming and figures. The community is dedicated to promoting the hobby
Hobby
A hobby is a regular activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one's leisure time.- Etymology :A hobby horse is a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like a real horse...
through distributing industry news, product reviews, “how to” articles, convention promotion, and historical discussion.
The Miniatures Page has been noted on the Society of Ancients
Society of Ancients
The Society of Ancients is an international, non-profit organization based in the UK that aims to promote interest in Ancient & Medieval history and wargaming, covering the periods from 3000BC to 1500AD.-The Society:...
and the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society promotes the hobby of historical miniature wargaming as a registered non-profit charitable and educational foundation...
websites to be an excellent source of information on wargaming. If you want an obscure gaming related question answered quickly then a posting on TMP is very likely to get you an answer, or probably many answers.
See also
- WargamingWargamingA wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
- Naval wargamingNaval wargamingNaval wargaming is a branch of the wider hobby of miniature wargaming. Generally less popular than wargames set on land, naval wargaming nevertheless enjoys a degree of support around the world...
- Air wargamingAir wargamingAir wargaming, like naval wargaming, is a niche specialism within the wider miniatures wargaming hobby. Due to the relatively short time over which aerial combat has developed air wargaming periods tend to break down into three broad periods:...
- Fantasy wargameFantasy wargameA fantasy wargame is a wargame that involves a fantastical setting, and employs rules for elements such as magic and non-human intelligent creatures.- History :...
- Role-playing gameRole-playing gameA role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
- Tabletop gameTabletop gameTabletop game is a general term used to refer to board games, card games, dice games, miniatures wargames, tile-based games and other games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface...
- List of miniature wargames
- Miniature figure (gaming)
- Scale modelScale modelA scale model is a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the original object. Very often the scale model is used as a guide to making the object in...
- Grognard