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Offline Arundel

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2018, 09:36:06 PM »
Isn't FUBAR really for larger skirmishes and battles?

Great news on Galactic Heroes! J, will you be making a card deck for it like you did for FFoL?

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2018, 11:23:09 PM »
Isn't FUBAR really for larger skirmishes and battles?

I can't say I've found that but I'm no expert.  I've used it in both small scale single squad skirmishes and larger scale battles... both in 54mm like your planning and in 28mm.  The cards available bring special skills into play for characters and vehicles... which I like... and it isn't heavy with pre-planning and equipment selection.  This works for me and who I game with since we are always crunched for time.... but like I said that's just my opinion. 

That said, I am definitely going to have to try out some of the other options suggested in this thread.



« Last Edit: September 04, 2018, 11:27:29 PM by KONNOC »

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2018, 06:19:54 AM »

Great news on Galactic Heroes! J, will you be making a card deck for it like you did for FFoL?

There was a kickstarter earlier in the year and there was a deck in a similar vein to the Old West one.

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2018, 10:46:57 AM »
Have you considered Imperial Assault? It has a skirmish game within it. I have played it a few times. It is pretty good.

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #20 on: September 05, 2018, 11:29:22 AM »
I wonder how much faster than Legion your friend wants to play?

I've played a few games now, and even the first two, basically being familiarizing games, were both done in well under an hour. It's a pretty quick game I'd say; especially movement of units is very simple, where just the unit leader is measured and the rest is placed within a certain range.

But obviously, YMMV ;)

As an aside; before the current blooming of Star Wars miniature games by FFG, I had originally planned to port the Infinity rules to a Star Wars setting. Which would be just about the opposite of what your friend is after! lol

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #21 on: September 05, 2018, 01:12:43 PM »
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great news on Galactic Heroes! J, will you be making a card deck for it like you did for FFoL?

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #22 on: September 05, 2018, 01:58:07 PM »
Oh, those look very nice. I have a weakness for custom card sets...  :D

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #23 on: September 06, 2018, 12:12:11 AM »
Baron, too late to get in on the KS stuff? Sent a PM in hopes! :)

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #24 on: September 06, 2018, 04:28:47 AM »
Galactic Heroes sounds very interesting. I'll be watching Wiley Games for its release!
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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #25 on: September 06, 2018, 05:21:56 AM »
I really like AE: Bounty. Only a few miniatures, between 4 - 20. Easy to pick up rules and it can easily cater for Star Wars as far as I recall.


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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2018, 04:23:45 PM »
Pulp Alley is my go-to for star wars gaming, it's perfect for it as-is with no modification. You can download the preview rules which is actually the full ruleset without the character cration to give it a look.

https://www.pulpalley.com/index.html

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Re: Good Skirmish Systems for Star Wars?
« Reply #27 on: September 19, 2018, 05:52:02 PM »
I also have used Pulp Alley for small SF games. Works great!