Sci-fi Warband driven game

[midismirnoff]

Hi scifiers,
after the great success of the large Warband-sized games (namely Saga / Lion Rampant), is there something receiving the same large consensus in the sci-fi world? Thanks in advance.

[Elbows]

I'd be more than willing to get involved in a LAF project for a version of Lion Rampant for sci-fi.  That'd be a fun project.

[Golgotha]

Likewise but what would such a game be called Alien Rampant sounds a tad naughty 

[Elbows]

Lasers Rampant.

 

[throwsFireball]

I'd prefer a translation of Otherworld Fantasy Skirmish (Outerworld Scifi Skirmish? ), personally. I don't think Lion / Dragon Rampant really suits sci-fi, since it's pretty regiment based.

[pixelgeek]

Osprey Wargames is coming out with a sci-fi skirmish game at the end of the year. Rules written by Andrea Sfiligoi.

https://ospreypublishing.com/blog/Wargames_The_Big_Reveal/

[tnjrp]

the large Warband-sized games

I live in a scifi bubble so I don't really know what that is.

The only scifi games that seem to be receiving an undisputed consensus are Games Workshop Wh40k-related ones so something from that sphere might apply... In The Emperor's Name maybe?

Infinity from Corvus Belli seems to have gained a significant following over the years so that might apply but while it definitely has what I might imagine is a warband slant it's hardly a game for large forces.

Not sure how popular Mantic's Deadzone is or if their up-and-coming large skirmish version of Warpath, Firefight, might apply.

[Shaved Dwarf]

I don't know of such a rules set, but let my think what I can gather from the back of my mind to at least give you some direction from where you could start to have a look by yourself, if you wish to. Restriction is that I haven't played one of them so can't give you more detail concerning whether they suit the large warband thing or not.

There's a classic called Stargrunt II by Ground Zero Games that has gained a following. Nowadays freely available as a download. Generic.
I've heard some praise about Urban War, but I don't know weather it's still available.
More recently Gruntz appeared (aimed at 15mm) and was received well by quite some people. Generic.
FUBAR is a two pages set of generic rules for near future and sci-fi combat a lot of supplements have been written for by fans. Free download (look for Gawd 'elp us Games).
No Limits is also generic and freely downloadable.
Warlord Games have published Beyond the Gates of Antares recently that seems to be quite original (at least it received a quite good review in Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy 82).

edit:
Forgot to mention Victory Decision: Future Combat. Generic.

[Sir_Theo]

I just got the beta of the Firefight rules by Mantic and they would certainly fit that description. They fall somewhere between Deadzone (similar rules mechanics) and older editions of 40k.

Tomorrow's War, the near future version of Force on Force, might be worth looking at too. 

[n815e]

I don't see anything receiving a large consensus in terms of people agreeing that it is the latest hotness.

In fact, there is just so much out there and much of it is good, that we are spoiled for choice. 

[eilif]

   There are plenty of Small (squad or so) Warband sized sci-fi games like In The Emperor's Name, Necromunda, Rogue Stars (coming soon from Andrea Sigliofi), etc.

However, for Platoon warband size like Rampant, I've not seen anything that has gotten traction.  I would recommend going to the yahoo group for "WarEngine". The Warengine 2.1 rules are still a very solid, generic, and easy to play set of rules that are aimed at games about the size of Rampant.  The only drawback is that it really isn't made to handle anything bigger than small walkers and light vehicles, but that's not really a drawback at the platoon level.

In the near-future, I am looking forward to the Warpath "Firefight" rules that are platoon level and will be coming out this year.  I've really enjoyed Mantic's Kings of War and Warpath 1.0, which are both easy to play, pulpy and flexible enough to pass as generic.   I've got similarly high hopes for Warpath which will have separate rulesets for both a "mass" (company) size games and the smaller platoon level "Firefight" .

[katie]

I started writing a sci-fi-rampant-clone.

Club's still assembling figures to give it a go.

[Hat Guy]

Another vote for Warpath Firefight, I've just finished reading the "test" rules and they look pretty solid. Haven't got a game in yet, though.

[Simlasa]

Stargrunt, Gruntz, and original Rogue Trader still work for me on the platoon-ish sized forces.

[Vacuumjockey]

There are some good sci-fi skirmish games out there. Clash On The Fringe, In The Emperors Name, Five Parsecs From Home, Blasters & Bulkheads, and Rogue Planet are some of the ones that I like.