Osprey Games

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Osprey games is a department of Osprey Publishing which makes historical, science fiction and fantasy games. They tend to focus on narrative games -- usually either setting-neutral, or tied to a specific genre instead of licensing a particular intellectual property. They also do publishing and distribution contracts for several indie designers.

War Game Catalogue

Note that this list is incomplete. Really, you're better off checking their catalogue.

• A Fistful of Kung Fu - Wargame in the Hong Kong action flick genre. Yakuza, Police, Cyborgs, and Demons.
• A World Aflame -
• Black Ops - Action-Thriller genre skimish game akin to James Bond and Jason Borne.
• Broken Legions -
• Chosen Men -
• Dragon Rampant - High Fantasy army scale wargame, based on Lion Rampant.
• Dux Bellorum -
• En Garde! - 16th through 18th Century swashbuckling Skirmish game. Focuses on sword fighting with a small amount of pistols.
• Fighting Sail -
• Frostgrave - Skirmish between bands of looters in a frozen lost city, each led by a wizard and its apprentice. Uses D20 and feels a lot like a dungeon crawl. Models by North Star Military Figures.
  • Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - Same as above but between a Captain (Superhero) and a Warden (crappy wizard) and their crew in islands seeking magical treasures a-la "Pirates of the Carribean."
• Gaslands - Hack up Hot Wheels and slam them together in a deathrace. Spiritual successor to Dark Future and Car Wars. Second edition, "Refuelled" is out.
• Gamma Wolves- Mecha pilots fight to control an irradiated earth. What Gaslands is to Hot Wheels, Gamma Wolves is to Gunpla and all those good looking Mech minis from long dead wargames.
• Heroes, Villains and Fiends -
• Honours of War -
• In Her Majesty's Name -
• Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse - Post-apoc skirmisher. Notable for its focus on surviving zombie attacks in-between skirmishes and keeping your team supplied and fed, not just shooting everything that moves.
• Lion Rampant - Historical Medieval wargame with an extremely divisive activation mechanic.
• Oathmark - Company-scale rank-and-flank fantasy game by the author of Frostgrave. Uses a Heroes of Might and Magic-style campaign system, where you pick territories for your kingdom that let you bring a mix of units into combat.
• Of Gods and Mortals -
• On the Seven Seas - Age of Piracy game focusing on boarding actions of ships and treasure hunting adventures on land.
• Poseidon's Warriors -
• Reality's Edge - Cyberpunk skirmish wargame by the author of This is Not a Test. Similar engine with a bunch of added rules.
• Rogue Stars - Setting-neutral science fiction skirmish game. Make your own minis.
• Ronin - Dice-pool based skirmish samurai game. Leans historical. Forces are 5-15 models, usually a minor noble and his retinue or a small sohei/ninja/Yakuza clan. Shares some elements with "En Garde!".
• Scrappers - a post apocalyptic setting where small skirmishes revolve around scrapping stuff. Doesn't have official minis
• Sleeping Dragon, Rising Sun -
• The Men Who Would Be Kings - Mid to Late 19th Century game.
• Zona Alfa - A hilariously broken STALKER-like narrative game. Skirmish-level, might as well be pointsless, requires some moderate houseruling.