The Wars of Ozz Supplement has just been launched in PDF form – and what a great add-on it is! At 124 pages – it holds a LOT of Ozz goodness.
The supplement picks up where the original Wars of Ozz rules left off. Authored by two well-knowns in the worlds of wargaming and fantasy gaming, David “Zeb” Cook and John R. “Buck” Surdu. Zeb, according to Wikipedia:
Cook designed several games, wrote the Expert Set for Dungeons & Dragons, worked as lead designer of the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, and invented the Planescape setting for AD&D. He is a member of the Origins Hall of Fame.
I have known Zeb for a few years – since I have become more acquainted with the Harford Area Weekly Kriegspielers (H.A.W.K.’s) down in Maryland. He even played in one of my Wars of Ozz games last year at TotalCon 38 where he was an esteemed guest speaker on his TSR career and more. He’s a great guy.
Buck has been my good friend for around 43 years – going back to our time at West Point. He retired as a Colonel in the US Army as an Infantry officer. Waaay back, he gave me my first exposure to tabletop miniature gaming back in 1982 or 1983, along with my good friend Dave Wood. Buck has published many rules sets as described here (you should check that link out!). He was also my inspiration for starting this little blog back in 2015.
So, while I love the Wars of Ozz game, and the new supplement, I am not without a small degree of bias! But I like to think I am fair in this review. As this blog has more than regularly shown, I have been very involved with painting up miniatures for Wars of Ozz games and running them at conventions (30 games in 2024 alone). So I know the game…
So what do you get with the supplement? First, let me share a short video that will help:
Pretty impressive! And here is the Instagram Link as well.
As for written text – here we go…
You get all the Army lists, flags, player sheets,and backgrounds for all of the newer and updated factions:
- The Federation of Harvest (anthropomorphic veggies!)
- Professor Nitpik’s Robotic Sanctum (black powder robotic infantry, artillery, and even cavalry)
- The Sultanate of the Whim Whim (desert warriors with exotic mounts)
- The Kingdom of Yule (toy-maker elves, reindeer, and more)
- The Palace of Ice (or anti-Yule, the nemesis of Yule)
- The Dominion of the Nome King (underground dwarf-like dwellers with blunderbusses)
- The Unified Empire of Noland and Ix (The bickering blue and green big-headed cousins)
- A Mischief of Musculites (nationless swarms of anthropomorphic mice armed with black powder weapons)
- The Principality of Dismal (the Pollywomp Kingdom of Swamp Dwellers)
- The Island of the Impkins (creepy animated baby fighting dolls)
- Admiral Jinjur and Her Pirates (all-female pirates from every Ozz nation)
- Mola (cavemen mounted on mammoths and pterodactyls)
- The Lost Jungles of Noobi (orange-skinned and green-haired pygmy allies of the Whim Whim)
- Cuniculia (anthropomorphic rabbits with black powder weaponry)
- Quackie Barbarians (basically Viking-like ducks)
- Ratavians (scurvy anthropomorphic rat pirates)
- Salientia (anthropomorphic frogs with black powder weaponry)
- Temujicans (desert-dwelling Gillikin cousins, enemies of the Whim Whim)
Additionally, you get all the Army lists and player sheets for all of the original factions:
- Munchkins
- Winkies
- Quadlings
- Gillikins
The Wars of Ozz Supplement costs a paltry $5.99 for the PDF – it is available for download from two places:
You’ll get cool stuff like this:
Plus, EVERY player chart and EVERY Army List for EVERY faction!
OK, that’s enough I think. Remember the Wars of Ozz rules and figures are still available. There are two places to get them and to get the rules (and I have no financial interest here):
In the US Old Glory has a site – Wars of Ozz Miniatures.
In the UK go to Sally 4th.
I expect that at some point Sally 4th will publish a hard copy that will be available in both spots – but the PDF is available now as shared earlier on Drive Thru Cards and Wargame Vault.
Congrats to all involved – and let’s include the real Wizard of Ozz, Russ Dunaway!
Lastly, here is the link to the page that lists all of my Wars of Ozz posts!
More of my own OZZ stuff coming soon!
Mark A. Morin 