ZipWarz
Have you ever wanted to play a miniatures war game, but were intimidated by all the rules, rulers, and time it takes to play the game? Do you have lots of minis from other war games that you wish you could get to the table more often? Do you just want a fun game to play? Then welcome to ZipWarz.
ZipWarz is the rules-lite miniature war game rule set that you can breakout, set-up, and play quickly with your favorite opponent.
About ZipWarz
The game of ZipWarz is a great intro to war games, and is a fantastic way to play with the models you already have. Originally Kickstarted, the updated ZipWarz rules are faster and more fun than ever before. Get the Core Rules for free, and expand the game with either physical or digital expansions. Jump into different worlds with Setting books.
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ZipWarz Core Rules - FREE
ZipWarz Core Rules
Get everything you need to play the game in one book. All the rules, a Scenario to play and 2 armies are all in a full PDF book. The best part, it's free.
PDF copies are available at both TheGameCrafter.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Pick your favorite online store, and add the game to your library.
Rules Expansions
ZipWarz Create an Army
ZipWarz is a quick, rules-lite war game where you can use any miniatures in your collection to battle your friends.
Now, with ZipWarz Create an Army, you can make the army of your dreams. Create custom abilities for your armies. Create unique units based on what you have in your collection. Even make a new army roster to take to your next battle. This is the entire ZipWarz ruleset laid wide open.
Get the Core Rules to play the game for free, then use ZipWarz Create an Army to arm yourself for battle!
ZipWarz Scenarios
ZipWarz is a rules-lite war game system for you to use your own miniatures or other pieces to play. One of the critical things needed to play the game is a scenario to play between the players. While the core rules include a scenario to play, there can always be more.
This expansion includes multiple scenarios to play which gives you new experiences for your ZipWarz games.
This set includes...
6 Scenarios to play through.
6 deployment options for use with any scenario.
ZipWarz Rules Bundle
If printing PDFs is not your favorite thing to do, then get the ZipWarz Rules Bundle. This physical version contains all the core rules and essential expansions needed to enjoy everything ZipWarz has to offer.es.
In this Bundle
ZipWarz Core Rules book.
ZipWarz Create an Army book.
ZipWarz Scenarios book.
BONUS: Army Roster cards for the 2 armies in the Core Rules book.
BONUS: 6 Deployment option cards to help randomize your scenarios.
BONUS: PDFs of each book so you can get to playing while you wait for your copy to ship to you.
Welcome to the world of ZipWarz.
ZipWarz Terrain
The base game of ZipWarz uses a flat 4 x 6 grid to play on. Sometimes, though, you want more. Sometimes you want the battlefied itself to give you limits and complications. Enter ZipWarz Terrain.
With this expansion, you can now add buildings, ravines, forests, and all sorts of things to your battlefields to make them unique and complex.
In this expansion...
3 different ways to add terrain to any battlefield.
8 commmon terrain abilities.
Rules to make your own unique terrain pieces with their own abilities.
Rules to make Terrain Units that can be added to your army.
New abilities for units of any army playing games with Terrain in them.
Terrain Bundle
If you get the physical ZipWarz Terrain Bundle, you get...
The ZipWarz Terrain expansion book (with everything listed above.
32 common terrain ability cards to place in zones on the table.
24 Zone cards to set up battlefields anywhere.
A Rules-at-a-Glance booklet with the core ZipWarz rules.
PDF downloads of the physicals books so you can print and play while you wait for your physical copy to arrive.