Fantasy Skirmish Rules

[thebinmann]

Hi

I'm looking for a set of rules to play some small scale skirmish in 28mm, using shattered island figs and some old citadel.

I'd like something:

Quick but with varied stats etc, magic is not important.

I also like using the whole ra,ge of dice!

Thanks for any advice

[Funghy-Fipps]

If you want something quick then Song of Blades and Heroes is a fairly safe bet.  Magic is present, but not overly powerful or complex rules-wise. Mordheim/WH skirmish also sounds like it might fight the bill.  Both use only d6, though!

[thebinmann]

If you want something quick then Song of Blades and Heroes is a fairly safe bet.  Magic is present, but not overly powerful or complex rules-wise. Mordheim/WH skirmish also sounds like it might fight the bill.  Both use only d6, though!

Yeah, I like dice and I didn't really like LotoW which is based on mordenhiem (?)

[blackstone]

Yeah I like dice too... the full range !!! Seems a shame that most games these days only use a d6... why not use all those lovely dice we bought for d&d?

Despite using only d6 SoBaH is a simple fun game. I think it suffers from lack of range in terms of representing different fantasy creatures. It can't handle the difference between a goblin and a frost giant for example. Now you could argue whether you need that range of power in a skirmish game. The strenght of SoBaH is the way it handles player turns... nice and variable... also pure luck. But the quirks of the dice do make a fun game

[Pentaro]

I think SBH can handle very different creatures just changing the two stats and giving them special rules. Magic and shooting aren't the best part of the game, though. I've been using it for Tolkien or samurai with no changes at all, #1 fantasy skirmish game IMHO.

Mordheim is a bit clunky but I like the background and the campaigns.

I think ARES had a free demo and used different dice, but I don't know how is it like: http://mj12games.com/ares/

[thebinmann]

Yeah I like dice too... the full range !!! Seems a shame that most games these days only use a d6... why not use all those lovely dice we bought for d&d?

I got buckets of dice to play battlesystem with 6mm, and I mean buckets = rolling one per fig in a 25 vs 25 charge is just the best! YIPPIE K-I-A

[assi]

Maybe D&D 4e without the big Charaktersheets: Just use the small Monster Sheets from the Monster Manuals?!

[dijit]

Yeah there seems to be missing some good fantasy rules somewhere between SBH on the one hand, which is great for quick exciting games and AD&D which can get overly complex and demand a little too much. I've contemplated trying to write something myself, but the amount of work that as gone into Crimson Dust sort of puts me off trying something again.

[Ruarigh]

What about Broadsword Adventures? It only uses d10s but it does provide detailed characters. It is aimed for a more Conan-esque game though, without the usual glut of fantasy races. It should not be too hard to create those for it if you wish though. There are rules for creating the monsters, even though the elves and dwarves are missing from the main rules.

[thebinmann]

Goi this from alink below:

 Fantasy Skirmish
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2007, 08:50:00 PM » Quote 

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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

So I'll have a read, if not I might go for the goal system or braodsword, I seem to remember having an old copy of battlesystem and the skirmish game but can't remember much about them (except that I had a shed load of dice

[Onebigriver]

Yeah, I like dice and I didn't really like LotoW which is based on mordenhiem (?)

LOTOW is based on the Lord of the Rings SBG.

I also recommend SBH

[thebinmann]

Ah yes I forgot to mention that it is for mostly solo, which I see Songs fits

[thebinmann]

But is also says:

NO WEIRD DICE: standard six-sided dice only;

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Perhaps not

[thebinmann]

Andinally can I put these downloaded pdf files on an ereader (if I get one?)

[Onebigriver]

Might be a ruleset that requires different dice here:

http://www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/index.php?page=fantasy

I wonder if there is a technical term for a dice fetishist?