Sci-Fi skirmish rules for Metamorphosis Alpha

[Davros]

      I am working on a Metamorphosis Alpha campaign an during the curse of the campaign I planning on planning on having some large skirmish battles and I have several things that need to be covered in the rules:

                    1. 1 character = 1 model
                    2. Rules for robots
                    3. Excellent selection of weapons
                    4. Rules for powers/mutations and psionic
                    5. Decent rules for vehicles.
                    6. RPG-lite rules.

       Please feel free to post your recommendations.

David

[BlackWidowPilot]

     I am working on a Metamorphosis Alpha campaign an during the curse of the campaign I planning on planning on having some large skirmish battles and I have several things that need to be covered in the rules:

                    1. 1 character = 1 model
                    2. Rules for robots
                    3. Excellent selection of weapons
                    4. Rules for powers/mutations and psionic
                    5. Decent rules for vehicles.
                    6. RPG-lite rules.

       Please feel free to post your recommendations.

David

A noble undertaking. Am I right in guessing that you don't own a copy of Fan-Tac Game's Space Marines originally published in 1977? There was a set of conversion rules for Metamorphosis Alpha in the appendices...

[Davros]

     Leland:

    Thank for sharing that information, I did not know that.   I have forgotten about Space Marine.



     David

[tnjrp]

6. RPG-lite rules

Not quite sure what you mean by this. Character/unit quality progression inside a campaign?

[YPU]

Savage worlds showdown might do for you?

[Hobby Services]

Scott Pyle's Goalsystem engine delivers on all points, with Supersystem 4E or Blasters & Bulkheads or some combination of the two probably being the easiest to make fit.  You'll have to accept a relatively low level of detail/differentiation (ie SS4 vehicles work very much like "regular" supers) but there isn't much those rules can't do.

Alternate choice would be Shock Force/GWAR, if you can find a copy of one or the other.  Little light on the "RPG lite" element, assuming that means character advancement.

[twrchtrwyth]

Mutants and Death Ray Guns, but you'd have to use the vehicle rule from Flying Lead, if that's possible.

[Davros]

   During the course of the campaign, I am planning to have some larger battles and I am trying to find a set a rulea set that would fit in.

[skink]

I'd suggest Fivecore from Nordic Weasel Games. It's playable with as few as 5 minis per side and provides vehicle rules and a good, rpg-ish character generation tool. Also, it offers a great way to organize and play a campaign. The Fivecore basic rules don't specifically mention robots, but maybe you can find some more sci-fi material in the expansion "Five Parsecs from home".

[BlackWidowPilot]

     Leland:

    Thank for sharing that information, I did not know that.   I have forgotten about Space Marine.



     David

Space Marines. predates "Games Sweatshop's" game Space Marine by a decade IIRC. If I shoot a photo of the pages covering the conversion would that be of help to you in developing your project?