Looking for 28mm Sci-Fi Skirmish Rules 30 - 40 Figures a side plus vehicles

[Dean]

Have you looked at Rogue Hammer or Renegade Scout from Nordic Weasel?

[Rick]

Yassss, Battletroops Alpha-Strike would definitely be in order!
 
Also a pity that Frank Chadwick never revisited Striker after he levelled up his design skills with Command Decision several years later.

Well, Striker II was based on the Command Decision rules rather than the original Striker rules but I'm unclear as to how much involvement Frank Chadwick had at that point, with them being released for the Traveller TNE rules - they seemed more of an rpg add-on than a proper standalone wargame though.

[Pijlie]

If you look for a quick and easy game of that size, Xenos Rampant is really hard to beat.

If you look for more layered and challenging gameplay, I'd go for Tomorrows War or its current incarnation The Next War. See my review here: https://pijlieblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-next-war-by-ambush-alley-review.html

[Maniac]

Fistful of Lead:  Bigger Battles works great for 30-40 models a side.  I haven't used vehicles yet (gearing up to use some Clone Wars vehicles), but for everything else I've had no issues. 

I've used it to play Clone Wars (with my son, in 32mm scale, 5 man clone squads vs 8 man battledroid squads), the Northern Crusades (Crusaders vs Oesel pagans, with my gaming group), and Samurai (several times, with my gaming group).

We've used mounted, melee, and shooting units. 

Personally I like the activation system vs say Hail Caesar or Warmaster style all or nothing turns.  The cards can still lead to one side really being up, but you always get to go (assuming it survives).  It might be interesting to mix it and Battletech Alphastrike's shooting.  Cards to go and affect units, but all shooting happens at the same time.

[pixelgeek]

Well, about 10 years ago a friend and I tried playing 40k with CoC rules.

I really wish they made a sci-fi variant of those rules.

[armchairgeneral]

If you look for a quick and easy game of that size, Xenos Rampant is really hard to beat.

Re-read my Xenos Rampant again and I think it will be fine for now.

Really great to hear about all the other rulesets out there so thanks to all for your contributions