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Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on 13 November 2006, 01:58:56 PM

I'm searching for some good fantasy skirmish rules.
I enjoyed Mordheim but I'm searching something different (preferably non-GW).
It should...
...allow 5 - 10 miniatures each player.
...not be tied to a certain background.
...not keep to fixed army lists.
...allow free character construction and equipment.

Please help me, I'm searching desperately.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Operator5 on 13 November 2006, 02:08:33 PM

If only you had asked a few months from now.  :wink:

On the drawing board is Broadsword Adventures.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: abbot_amaury on 13 November 2006, 02:09:45 PM

You could give GSF (Goal System Fantasy) a try. Same engine as 'Chaos in Cairo' and 'SuperSystem'. Availabe as PDF-download from
  http://www.sabersedge.com/ or http://wargamedownloads.com/ for 3 US-$. Very basic though, but if you already own CiC and/or SuperSystem...

Gruß,
Hagen

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: KeyanSark on 13 November 2006, 02:36:29 PM

Quote from: "Operator5"

On the drawing board is Broadsword Adventures.

Rich, you are going to lead us all to bankrupcy  :lol:  :lol:

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: PeteMurray on 13 November 2006, 02:38:27 PM

Not bankruptcy, world domination!  :mrgreen:

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Poliorketes on 13 November 2006, 03:42:23 PM

try gloire

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: PeteMurray on 13 November 2006, 04:23:06 PM

Quote from: "Poliorketes"

try gloire

Yes! Do!  :lol:  :)

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Grimm on 13 November 2006, 05:49:56 PM

God wants it  :mrgreen: WitchfinderGeneral!!!!! or the Grim is on you  :mrgreen:

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on 03 December 2006, 06:18:57 PM

Allright, this thread's now running a few days, so here's my conclusion:
1. waiting for Broadsword Adventures
2. at the same time continue work on my Chronopia conversion




... and trying Gloire ;-)

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Fortescue-Smythe on 21 December 2006, 01:12:41 PM

Sorry to revive an old thread, but here's something I got and like: http://www.mj12games.com/ares/
Nice to try out, as it has a demo that's free to download. I tried it out with my Confrontation minis, and it works nicely.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: nervisfr on 12 January 2007, 09:31:03 AM

I use my own version of  Lord of the rings of GW. There is little work to make this rules work for other fantasy worlds.  :lol:

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: LeadAsbestos on 12 January 2007, 11:06:20 AM

How about Age of Blood, free on the Wargames Journal site. Re-worked LOTR for Vikings, but w/ everything a fantasy player would need included.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: WitchfinderGeneral on 20 February 2007, 10:19:02 AM

Quote from: "WitchfinderGeneral"

It should...
...not keep to fixed army lists.
...allow free character construction and equipment.

I'm dead sure in this conversions I have to pick the troops -like in every GW game- from a stupid army list.
And every figure's stats are almost the same, no chance for some fine-tuning.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Mike D. Mc Brice on 20 February 2007, 10:30:00 AM

I second goalsystem fantasy.

Title: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Brimshack on 15 March 2007, 07:50:00 PM

This is still in Beta Testing and I can see lots of stuff that needs editing.I do think the basic mechanics are in place now, and we've had a lot of fun trying them out. It was designed for use with our own line, and allows some character building in the advanced version. It would be easy enough to ignore a restriction or two and build characters from other lines using the same system.

Since our setting is in development, it is pretty much without a setting at the moment.

http://crunch-waffle.com/skirmish_game.htm

Title: Re: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Faust23 on 21 March 2011, 04:21:52 AM

Quote from: WitchfinderGeneral on 13 November 2006, 01:58:56 PM

I'm searching for some good fantasy skirmish rules.
I enjoyed Mordheim but I'm searching something different (preferably non-GW).
It should...
...allow 5 - 10 miniatures each player.
...not be tied to a certain background.
...not keep to fixed army lists.
...allow free character construction and equipment.

Please help me, I'm searching desperately.

My game Strike Force Commander is exactly what you have listed above.  However, the retail ruleset won't be out until sometime in October.  Straight on its heels will be the sci-fi/fantasy expansion Epic Heroes.

I just posted some pics on my blog showing a 500 Supply Point campaign game between me and my friend Drew.  He used his Wood Elf minis to make the Wind Song Harmony force, and I used my Dark Elf scouts to make the Skulltakers Sacrifice.  You can see a few pics here at http://4sparta.blogspot.com/

Title: Re: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: Delaney on 21 March 2011, 10:01:19 AM

Skulldred.  Written for that in mind.

http://daveking.com.au/articles/skirmish/skulldred_beta_latest.pdf (http://daveking.com.au/articles/skirmish/skulldred_beta_latest.pdf)

Title: Re: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: BaronVonJ on 21 March 2011, 01:05:57 PM

Can't believe no one's mentioned Song of Blades and Heroes.
-J

Title: Re: Fantasy Skirmish
Post by: dijit on 21 March 2011, 01:49:27 PM

Quote from: BaronVonJ on 21 March 2011, 01:05:57 PM

Can't believe no one's mentioned Song of Blades and Heroes.
-J

Well this thread was started back in 2006, so well you get the idea...