LMW Works, LLC publishes historical tabletop wargame rules and educational games, historical and spiritual non-fiction, and consumer catalogues. At this time, LMW Works, LLC does not publish fiction. The company headquarters is in Hanceville, Alabama.!

Philip J. and Lynne Viverito are co-owners of LMW Works, LLC and have been publishing manuscripts and catalogs since 1998. They started the business near Buffalo, NY, but moved production to Alabama in 2013. The company currently has an offering of over one dozen titles and is now accepting manuscripts.

LMW Works is best known for its Classical Hack series, through which tabletop gamers can learn the tactics used by some of the greatest military leaders of the ancient world. The Classical Hack series spans more than 4,000 years of military history, from the campaigns of the Old Testament through The Crusades and the rise of Feudalism.

Our Catalog

Holy Hack, Hacking by the Book, explores the battles that shaped the pre-Christian world from the times of the great Egyptian dynasties through the rise of the Babylonian Empire. Homeric Hack examines the individual struggles and major military campaigns during the times Homer and the Trojan War. Classical Hack: Second Edition delves into the conflicts and conquests that helped shaped civilization from 600 BC to 600 AD, as illustrated by the cover art of Alexander Crossing the Granicus River by Peter Connolly, F.A.S. Classical Hack: Scenarios Rome focuses specifically on Roman military campaigns, from 750 B.C. to 250 A.D. Hack in the Dark ushers in the Dark Ages from the fall of the Roman Empire through the rise of the legend of King Arthur, and Knight Hack delves deeper into the Middle Ages as Great Britain and France rise as formidable European military powers.

Moving forward on the historical timeline, LMW Works enters 16th Century England with Pike Hack: the Road to Dunbar. This volume explores the three civil wars that reshaped the political and economic structures of Great Britain in the age of Cromwell. Eagles, Swords, & Bayonets closes out the 16th Century by revisiting the Napoleonic era and the battles that made France an imperialist power.

What collection of gaming systems

What collection of gaming systems would be complete without a foray into the American Civil War? LMW Works and author Scott Monsour capture the battles that marked the bloodiest conflict in American history in Rally 'Round the Flag. This fast paced, easy-to-grasp game system teaches authentic military strategies used by the North and the South between the years 1861 and 1865.

Gamers can recreate modern and futuristic warfare with three LMW Works' titles: Panzer Truppe (by Chris Pagano), Snipers! Duck, Dodge, & Shoot (by James Birdseye), and Hyperspace Hack (by Russ Lockwood). In Panzer Truppe, gamers can recreate the legendary tank battles that marked World War II as the first truly technological war. Snipers! Duck, Dodge, & Shoot places gamers in the rugged Italian countryside to fend off encroaching German forces. Part of the challenge is trying to engage troops under brutal weather conditions and conducting skirmishes in formidable Apennine Mountains. Hyperspace Hack looks to the future of aerial warfare by putting the gamer in charge of an armada of 50 or more interstellar fighters, complete with three-sided battles, crew promotions, and planet-killing lasers!

LMW Works product list

Classical Hack Series

Holy Hack

Knight Hack

Classical Hack

Scenarios Rome

Hack in the Dark

Scenarios Macedonia

Age of Enlightenment

Pike Hack

Eagles, Swords & Bayonets

Civil War Era

Rally 'Round the Flag

Modern Warfare

Panzer Truppe

Hyperspace Hack

Snipers! Duck, Dodge, & Shoot

LMW Authors

Jim Birdseye

Chris Pagano

Russ Lockwood

Scott Monsour

Philip J. Viverito

Richard Kolhbacher

LMW Distributors

Noble Knight Games

On Military Matters

Golden Distribution

Military Miniatures USA

Old Glory 25s

Scale Specialties

Brookhurst Hobbies

Majestic Twelve Games is a leading independent publisher of tabletop adventure games.

Majestic Twelve Games was founded in 1788 by a portly Viennese shopkeeper who little suspected the juggernaut into which his wenig Liebhaberei would develop. Initial forays into the infant Kriegspiel market were disappointing: witness the violently negative response to MJ12's first product, Wars of the Swedish Impressionists, which resulted in the company's warehouse being put to the torch.

While this was regarded as a minor inconvenience by the excessively-optimistic MJ12, it unfortunately resulted in a 200-year hiatus before the company's next release. In 1994, Starmada was unveiled to the general public as a "freeware" game via the rec.games.design Usenet board. As this event triggered neither widespread rioting nor arson, MJ12 considered it a resounding success.

Since then, MJ12 has shown itself to be a leader in the small-press wargaming community. Starmada is regularly cited as a favorite among starship combat gamers, and games such as Defiance, Grand Fieets, and Iron Stars have carved out sizeable niches among discriminating leadheads.

Majestic Twelve Games is a sole proprietorship, currently doing business in Castle Rock, Colorado.

If you want to know more about who we're not, follow this link, if you dare.

My real Name is Paul Ward, I was born in 1961, (I share my birthday with Nelson), I'm married with one daughter and five cats. I live in Woking in the south of England, the town where the Martians landed in War of the Worlds.

I work as a Teaching Assistant in a local School, a job I really enjoy as I get lots of time off and don’t have to work weekends. It’s also a fairly worthwhile thing to do, teaching the young. I get all the fun of being a teacher and none of the boring planning and marking stuff.

Previously I’ve had many jobs. I’ve been the manager of both a bookshop and a comic shop, I’ve worked as an illustrator and designer for many years and owned my own games shop. I’ve worked in factories and on building sites and for the software industry as a game designer.

My interests include games (obviously), not just wargaming but RPGs board games and video games too. I read a lot, mostly history for the factual stuff, I like first hand accounts especially; and a mixture of genres for fiction. I used to collect comics but nowadays I can’t be bothered. I occasionally buy a couple that look interesting but my collection has shrunk to include mainly the ones I read in the 60s and 70s when I was starting to read them and everything was new and exciting.
There are a few later gems and quite a lot of European stuff left in too.

I like films and have a fairly large collection of Blu-Rays and dvds.

I bought my first miniature in 1978, the Death Dealer figure by Ral Partha, and my lead addiction started from then. Previously I had owned many plastic Cowboys, Indians and US Cavalry made by Timpo and Britons and their like. I also had a well used set of 1/32 Airfix WWII figures. I'm currently rebuilding all these old collections in lead. Updates on my progress will appear on this site regularly of course.

I began Matakishi's Tea House in January 2006 as a way to chronicle my projects and it quickly grew in size and popularity with over 4.5 million visitors in it's 11 years of existence. Now, in 2017, It's got a new home here with a new hosting service and new ways to present my work.

Minden designs are crafted to emphasize historicity and playability. Designs cover a wide range of subjects, scales, eras, and game systems. Our games have small footprints, but punch way beyond their size when it comes to wargaming fun. With lower production costs (you must cut out the thick-card counters, and supply your own dice; games are packaged in zip-top bags), we can pass savings along to you.

Whether you enjoy traditional hexagon games, naval miniatures, solitaire designs, abstract political simulations, or all of the above, Minden games have the mix of historical insight, strategy, and high playability that you should expect from a wargame, at the right price.

Mongoose Publishing was founded in 2001 and within 6 months became the UK’s largest publisher of role playing games. Initially concentrating on d20 based products, Mongoose Publishing's first book was the Slayers Guide to Hobgoblins. Part of the Slayers Guide series of books. Subsequent product lines followed in rapid succession with the release of the Encyclopaedia Arcane. Travellers Tales, Quintessential and Cities of Fantasy series of books.

Mongoose has earned a reputation for producing quality licensed products to sit alongside their generic fantasy ranges. And their first licensed book, the Judge Dredd roleplaying game, proved to be an instant hit. Further licensed products followed with roleplaying games based on Slaine. Babylon 5, Conan, Lone Wolf, Macho Women with Guns, Paranoia and Runequest. Mongoose's newest licenced roleplaying game. Traveller, brings back the classic science fiction roleplaying game.

In 2004 Mongoose Publishing launched it's first miniatures game. Mighty Armies, and this was quickly followed by the Origins award-winning Babylon 5 spaceship combat game. A Call to Arms. Mongoose’s first foray into plastic miniature games came in late 2004 with the innovative Gangs of Mega City One. A skirmish game based on the world of Judge Dredd. In the spring of 2005 Mongoose Publishing released the Starship Troopers miniatures game. A mass battle game in 28mm scale pitting humanity against a host of enemies in a battle for the species. Supported with a range of metal and plastic miniature releases, a year after its launch Starship Troopers had already won the Origins 'Best New Game' award and was supported by over 50 different releases.

Mongoose Publishing's miniatures games and roleplaying games continue to provide gamers with fantastic worlds in which to immerse themselves, and the company has become a recognised force in the world of hobby games.