Getting started in VSF - skirmish rules?

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

It’s hardly a hijack…more an expansion and clarification.

[The_Beast]

It’s hardly a hijack…more an expansion and clarification.

Have to agree here; while it might be an invitation to a broader discussion, it stands as an excellent question for the OP.

We oft have to gauge original intent, such as 'does 50 per side indicate by individuals or units?'

Thanks for reading!

I do mention the Gothic book at the end. 

Have read many on the site, thanks for sharing.

Fair dinkem. At university, the profs seldom could get me to rigorously search footnotes.

Doug

[BaronVonJ]

Back to the original question. Wiley Games will soon be releasing our VSF title. Using our tried and true mechanics, this volume will allow you to game anything from small groups of 5-8 miniatures with 2-8 players to massive games with dozens of units and contraptions. Completely scalable. You want your hero to take on a whole unit of Martian hill tribesmen, easy. Aeronef dropping bombs on the unsuspecting natives, very doable.
We'll have rules for underwater battles, Fleet scale air battles, dino hunts, all using the same mechanics.
Technically you don't have to wait til luanch. The small skirmish rules are based on Galactic Heroes while the largr Battles use the Bigger Battles rule, mentioned by a few others previously.

[has.been]

Interesting, very interesting, BUT when can we get the VSF rules?

[Malamute]

Interesting, very interesting, BUT when can we get the VSF rules?

You’re not a patient man are you?

The man said soon and all good things come to those who wait.

[has.been]

You’re not a patient man are you?

Dear Lord, give everyone the gift of patience,
but I want my gift...RIGHT NOW !!!!!!

 

[Easy E]

I want my rules right now!

.... but I will paint the models for it tomorrow.


 

[FifteensAway]

Fistful of Lead - for the win.  Just played in a game today, three players, 25 figures all told, took just a bit over two hours.  Fun game for me - and I got waxed.  Now that is a sure sign of a good set of rules when getting your butt handed to you is still fun.

If anything alarms me about FFOL it is having too many variations out there, maybe going forward all that is really needed is modest supplements to adapt already existing rules to a given arena - like VSF.   I know, I know, how dare I interfere.  But, heck, the rules already cover the gamut - Bigger Battles can cover from Stone Age to Star Wars and everything in between.  Or so say I! 

[Spinal Tap]

I think the variety of different books is more 'nice to have' than 'must have'.

Saying that, I've got a few, plus a couple of lovely decks of cards.

It doesn't look like you can get printed copies in the UK now which is a shame.

[OSHIROmodels]

Caliver Books sell the FFoL range in the UK.

[Spinal Tap]

Caliver Books sell the FFoL range in the UK.

Wow. Thank you.

I got all my stuff from you a few years past and thought they were no longer available.

[BaronVonJ]

If anything alarms me about FFOL it is having too many variations out there, maybe going forward all that is really needed is modest supplements to adapt already existing rules to a given arena - like VSF.   I know, I know, how dare I interfere.  But, heck, the rules already cover the gamut - Bigger Battles can cover from Stone Age to Star Wars and everything in between.  Or so say I! 

I keep making variations because I keep getting asked to. It seems there is a distinct lack of imagination out there. The rules all work from the same core mechanics and people can't seem to grasp the traits work for any setting. "Eagle Eye" for example could be good eyesight, a futuristic scope on your mk. V blaster or a cybernetic eye. So I'll keep taking money from people who haven't figured it out yet.

[FifteensAway]

Baron,

More power to you if people would prefer their money in your pocket! 

But my concern is people getting confused by so many variants.  Though I admit to having many of the variants myself - the simplicity of PDFs and a 'shopping spree' on your rules!  Just realized with Bigger Battles, they really aren't needed. 

Of course, I've been accused, more than once - a lot more than once, of having a pretty vivid imagination.  So, maybe I am one of the 'odd men out'? 

 

[Aethelflaeda was framed]

The variants of FFol are hardly in conflict with each other.  It’s all basically the same game.

[BaronVonJ]

It’s all basically the same game.

sssshhhhhhh don't tell anyone.