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An RPG set in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy would be amazing, if handled properly.

A tapletop skirmish game (although considering the characters involved, skirmish might not be the appropriate word) set in the world of Mark Waid's and Alex Ross' Kingdom Come would also be all kinds of incredible.

A skirmish game based off of Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei franchise could also have a lot of potential. Not only are there already a myriad of demons designed for it already (for those not in the know, SMT was kind of like Pokemon before Pokemon came around, except instead of summoning cute little monsters to fight for you, you summoned Satan), but the videogames themselves have always favoured party-based combat, which would transfer over well to a skirmish based game. Likewise, implementing a system like the Press Turn System would be a very unique and interesting one for a tabletop game.

Daston wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Star Wars. But an actual TT wargame where you can assemble, paint and field a lot of ground units to your hearts content. Maybe 15 mm?

This x9000

I would buy the gak out of a 15mm starwars tabletop game. The could almost do a flames of war style system with old republic, galactic empire, New republic time periods.

Plenty of unit types to keep collectors and gamers happy.

Weren't there rumours of FFG (makers of X-Wing) doing a tabletop version of Star Wars?

Command and conquer tiberian sun firestorm TT
fallout 2 style TT (Factions)
Star Trek boarding Skirmish style game. Small scale, but with a bit of complexity.

War of the worlds modern style.

Team fortress 2, co op against the robot horde!

Magic the Gathering.
Brothers' War would produce endless amount of material. Just imagine seeing Mishra's War Machine etc. in model form!

I'll second Wheel of Time and A Song of Ice and Fire.

Though not really a franchise, it'd be cool if someone could make a tabletop version of the Iliad and related epics such as the Aeneid and the Odyssey. So you could have Trojans and Amazons and Achaeans and all that good stuff, with the addition of divine intervention. Plus, it'd be cool to have Hector and Achilles in miniature form.

 ExNoctemNacimur wrote:
I'll second Wheel of Time and A Song of Ice and Fire.

Though not really a franchise, it'd be cool if someone could make a tabletop version of the Iliad and related epics such as the Aeneid and the Odyssey. So you could have Trojans and Amazons and Achaeans and all that good stuff, with the addition of divine intervention. Plus, it'd be cool to have Hector and Achilles in miniature form.

Have you looked at Crocodile Games WarGod's of Olympus?

X-Com, according to those who have played both is alive and well under the name Deadzone. Not sure how accurate that is, but many on here have said they're almost a perfect match. I'd enjoy seeing Halo, with a handful of elite individual Spartans verse a horde of flood or covenant.

Gauntlet: the Tabletop game. Screaming out "elf needs food, dammit" would make an afternoon.

A Monty Python miniatures games

The Wheel of Time.

Sooooo many opportunities right there!!

Iron_Captain wrote:Yea, this should be moved to OT.

In any case, I think A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) really deserves a good tabletop miniatures game.

Jimsolo wrote:Brian Jacques' Redwall series. I would buy the crap out of that.

Can't agree more

 thepowerfulwill wrote:
Maybe this is the wrong section for this post, but what franchises would make a good war game? Just wondering what people think.

Harry Potter and Counter Strike.
Just kidding.

Song of Ice and Fire, of course.

It would be nice to have a Star Wars wargame on a different scale : ground battles, or epic scale with huge fleets moving across the galaxy.
An Alien skirmish game could be a beautiful idea too. Command and Conquer and Red Alert would also be very nice.

Starcraft already has its boardgame with very nice minis, but having a "true wargame" would be awesome too.

Nobody mentionned Dune, or any Sid Meyer's game. That's just sad.

Dawn of war! Oh wait...

Redwall. That'd be epic.

Fallout (hey, there are already folks doing the miniatures... just no rules, yet....)

X-Com (the original, not the pale imitation currently being peddled).

Minecraft can be simulated on the tabletop with a box of Lego and some firecrackers....


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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - The sheer amount of awesome vehicles would make the game fun to play, nevermind the bad-ass themed armies you could make (B.A.T.S. led by Overkill, Tiger Force, Python Patrol, Crimson Guard led by Tomax and Xamot, ect.).

Fallout - There are a number of great factions that could be fleshed out, as well as making all of the fun creatures and wildlife that exist int he wastes.

Raymond E. Feist's Midkemia would be awesome.

Shadowrun. Could be mission based between 2 or more shadowrun teams or the corporate opposition. Full of tech and magic.

 Vash108 wrote:
Shadowrun. Could be mission based between 2 or more shadowrun teams or the corporate opposition. Full of tech and magic.

There's apparently plans for one. Not that Catalyst can make a release date to save their lives...

Backfire wrote:
Magic the Gathering.
Brothers' War would produce endless amount of material. Just imagine seeing Mishra's War Machine etc. in model form!

This would also be dope. So long as it was REAL minis and not clix, and so long as they got good sculptors, this would be amazing. If you limited army construction to a single color affiliation, it would allow unique factions while still allowing for a massive amount of diversity!

Mass Effect

The wargame I'm making started as a substitute for tabletop mass effect. The industry needs a bright and colorful future sci-fi game on the market.

Other than Infinity?

Firefly.

Unreal Tournament

Squad based tournament, struggle your way to victory with over the top weapons and axecrobatic skills. If succesful expand into the Unreal World outside the tournament.

Shame Epic drove the Unreal franchise into the ground like a red headed stepchild.

A song of fire and ice
battlestar galactica
Doctor who

 Vertrucio wrote:
Mass Effect

The wargame I'm making started as a substitute for tabletop mass effect. The industry needs a bright and colorful future sci-fi game on the market.

Think you can get it pretty close with Infinity. At least, it seems a pretty popular idea with people painting their stuff

Starship troopers' needs a revamp, I'm sure I'm alone in this, but I'd love to see a game based around ant combat. Ants as in insects.

Red wizard shot the food.
Gauntlet seconded.

 Llamahead wrote:
Other than Infinity?

Heh, give it a rest guys. I like the game despite its flaws, but the level of Infinity preaching can get to the point where you drive away players by annoyance.

It doesn't have mass battle, or even platoon level rules that play fast, and the anime aesthetic of most models and game art might not appeal to as many people. Mass Effect has more of a Sid Mead vibe than the anime derivatives of Shirow. So yes, the industry is still missing that game.

Not sure of Gauntlet could be made into a miniatures game, but it could definitely become a board game.

SST is sadly gone, but not without reason. The license is completely off the market as well in any form. But that doesn't stop many games from trying to emulate that feel.

I kinda stopped wanting franchises as miniature wargames because I know that any such game could never happen, be only a clix game through licensing loopholes, or just be short lived. All I want now is for people to create games in the spirit of those franchises for me to buy. But who knows, Fantasy Flight has done something crazy with X-Wing.

cmurphy96 wrote:

Doctor who

I don't think so. The Doctor would only have like 6 people on his side. Vs 80 cybermen or 30 Daleks. And the player who was the Doctor would still win. A Doctor Who wargame would not work well.

 Overlord Thraka wrote:

cmurphy96 wrote:

Doctor who

I don't think so. The Doctor would only have like 6 people on his side. Vs 80 cybermen or 30 Daleks. And the player who was the Doctor would still win. A Doctor Who wargame would not work well.

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