Anyone done the Forever War in miniature?

[Davros]

I would like to know if anyone has ever created the armies based on the Forever War novel by Joe Haldeman?

I know that Starship Troopers well represented, but what about the Forever War? What scale, manufacturers, and rulesets have been used?

Mayfair Games produced a boardgame on The Forever War in 1983.


 David

[zizi666]

There's a 3 part comic of that novel by Marvano if you're after images.



I've got the Hardback version. (bought in times when you didn't have to sell an arm and a leg for such items)

[Davros]

     Thank you for information .

[The_Beast]

Been a long time since I read the book; I have this image of the 'enemy' as being non-humanoid, almost slug-like with a proboscis, but may be confusing with the Footfall invaders, which were sort of elephantine.

Are they humanoid in the Marvano's? Google image search isn't giving me a 'clear picture.'

Doug

Edit: Of course, the whole point of the original novel was it was hopeless for humans as the aliens reproduced so fast as to make it impossible to keep up. Hard sell in a game, usually. Never saw the sequel, though.

[Predatorpt]

Been a long time since I read the book; I have this image of the 'enemy' as being non-humanoid, almost slug-like with a proboscis, but may be confusing with the Footfall invaders, which were sort of elephantine.

Are they humanoid in the Marvano's? Google image search isn't giving me a 'clear picture.'

Doug

Edit: Of course, the whole point of the original novel was it was hopeless for humans as the aliens reproduced so fast as to make it impossible to keep up. Hard sell in a game, usually. Never saw the sequel, though.

In Marvano's version, they are Humanoid (the guy with black helmets):



And hey, I love Footfall! The Portuguese cover of the novel makes them look like elephants

[The_Beast]

In Marvano's version, they are Humanoid (the guy with black helmets):

Gotcha. My French is non-existant, and, seeing that panel in my search, I thought they were robots, and that was part of training.  

And hey, I love Footfall! The Portuguese cover of the novel makes them look like elephants

So did at least some of the American covers; I have the book, but never read. Felt more than a bit disappointed in the Mote series, and the characters seeming to have as much depth as Doc Smith's, and never got the courage to try.

Now there IS a creature somewhere in sci-fi art with a similar head, but slug-like body. Probably will NEVER find.

Doug

Edit: Then I remembered these, close, if not the source of my foggy memory.

[SBRPearce]

The Fith'p* from Footfall were described as looking almost exactly like baby elephants, with some differences:

Broad clawed feet
short paddle-like tail (that they used in their ground cars to control the accelerator-pedal)
the trunk that split into eight 'digits' that were about the thickness of a human thumb at the tips

I'd love to find/make some Fith'p figures for a Tomorrow's War scenario, though early in the book the invaders really have the upper hand in terms of orbital artillery & laser support. In the chapter "The Jayhawk War", an armored cav column of the Kansas National Guard is almost entirely wiped out about thirty seconds after they make contact...