Saturday, 26 February 2011

Time for structure

Master Chef here. Marines, take a knee...

I've been looking in detail at just what SF stuff I have and have decided that its going to be structured:
  1. 28mm - in the loft
  2. 20mm - based individually for Tomorrow War, bit heretical mentioning 20mm on a 15mm blog but well, thats life.
  3. 15mm - based as squads for Alien Squad Leader 
But there are also 15mm figures based individually....these are the problem. I have bought as the whim took me and frankly, its a bit of a mess. They have guns AND the numbers! I dont want to duplicate TW in 15mm and I'm not sure if I want go back to Laserburn; I like AE Bounty and I am going to use MDRG from Ganesha Games but I want something else - very fast play "shoot em up" rules and much as I like USEME, it's the wound tracking that puts me off. I like the idea of Traveller but the numbers won't allow it. The logical idea is that if I do a game with 3-4 a side, use Traveller or MDRG but if I want to field 16 British Drop Marines vs a shedload of pirates, the stats will sink the game. I have some rough ideas - watch this space.....

Cheers
Master Chef
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8 comments:

  1. the trojan bunny26 February 2011 at 02:16

    You could always try Rogue Trader! Perfect for some drop marines taking on pirates or whatever other random adventures come to your head.

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  2. Unknown26 February 2011 at 04:45

    15MM RPG is the true path to all happiness...

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  3. Slorm26 February 2011 at 08:18

    What is 15mm RPG?

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  4. Mark26 February 2011 at 09:01

    Might I suggest you take a gander at FUBAR by Craig Cartmell? One page modern and sci-fi rules:

    http://thegamesshed.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/fubar-one-page-sfmodern-rules/

    Yahoo group:

    http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/forgeofwar/

    Simple yet elegant rules. They fulfil all my needs when it comes to this sort of fast-play game. I love 'em!

    Cheers,
    Mark

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  5. Ruaridh26 February 2011 at 09:09

    Beamstrike (a re-implementation of Imperial Commander) would work well enough for what you want. It is designed with 20+ figures per side in mind. Alternatively, you could use Imperial Commander of you have that from your Laserburn days. I still enjoy both IC and Laserburn. Another option would be 5150 from THW, which would handle a platoon a side well enough.

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  6. Lobo26 February 2011 at 14:10

    THW rules, or Fubar in my opinion..

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  7. Mark26 February 2011 at 15:09

    LOL! Master Chef is a rules junkie. Always looking for the perfect 'fix'. I can't keep his mind on one set of rules long enough......

    Cheers
    Mark

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  8. Master Chef26 February 2011 at 17:52

    Thanks Gents; one side of A4 will do the trick. If I as much as look as Laserburn I'll be back in the very early 80s and there's a lot of that going on on Winter of 79.....

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