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Post by: Castiel
Hello there.
I was recently reading some of the Shadows of the Apt books by Adrian Tchaicovsky, they are really good, and have quite a unique cental basis for the characters based on insects.
Anyway, I was thinking that it would make quite a good basis for a wargame, and was wondering if anyone else had read these books, or any others, and thought that they would make a good wargame?
Happy discussing!
P.S. Not sure if theis would be better in OT or not, I'll let the mods decide!
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Post by: infinite_array
Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.
Oh wait:
Yaaaaaay!
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Post by: Avatar 720
Lord of the Rings might; as might the Hobbit...
Seriously, some of David Edding's stuff could do reasonably well. There are already pre-determined 'factions', and these 'factions' specialise in some form of something (Nyssians are assassins, Drasnians are spies, Tolnedrans are your jack-of-all-trades footmen, Mimbrate Knights are your heavy cavalry, Algars are your Horse Archers, Chereks are your fear-nothing berserkers etc. etc.), and whilst there is a sort of Good vs Evil theme, nearly all the factions could be given an excuse as to why they're fighting each other.
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Post by: Castiel
Avatar 720 wrote:Lord of the Rings might; as might the Hobbit...
Seriously, some of David Edding's stuff could do reasonably well. There are already pre-determined 'factions', and these 'factions' specialise in some form of something (Nyssians are assassins, Drasnians are spies, Tolnedrans are your jack-of-all-trades footmen, Mimbrate Knights are your heavy cavalry, Algars are your Horse Archers, Chereks are your fear-nothing berserkers etc. etc.), and whilst there is a sort of Good vs Evil theme, nearly all the factions could be given an excuse as to why they're fighting each other.
Good Shout in David Eddings, I've read The Belgariad and the Malloreon, they'd be really good. The prdetermined factions and Good vs Bad themes were what made me think Shadows of the Apt would be good. You have factions in the Insect Kindens (Mantis kinden are the elite duellists, Ants are highly organised warfare, moths are majic etc), and good vs bad in the Lowlands vs The Wasp Empire. Any others?
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Post by: Lord_Vader
Avatar 720 wrote:Lord of the Rings might; as might the Hobbit...
Seriously, some of David Edding's stuff could do reasonably well. There are already pre-determined 'factions', and these 'factions' specialise in some form of something (Nyssians are assassins, Drasnians are spies, Tolnedrans are your jack-of-all-trades footmen, Mimbrate Knights are your heavy cavalry, Algars are your Horse Archers, Chereks are your fear-nothing berserkers etc. etc.), and whilst there is a sort of Good vs Evil theme, nearly all the factions could be given an excuse as to why they're fighting each other.
Ahhh, I love David Eddings... But yeah, his races would do great for a really varied game, but you would be limited to a few styles of play with each race...
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Post by: JudgeShamgar
Perhaps a little on the "tween" side but Rick Reordan's Heroes of Olympus series might be good. You have factions made up already and a modern day/ancient Greek and Roman god theme.
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Post by: Castiel
JudgeShamgar wrote:Perhaps a little on the "tween" side but Rick Reordan's Heroes of Olympus series might be good. You have factions made up already and a modern day/ancient Greek and Roman god theme.
I'm not familiar with that series, is it any good?
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Post by: Shotgun
Erikson's Mazalan Empire stuff. You could have the various "empires" (Seven Cities, Mazalan, etc) and then throw in the various holds and warrens.
It could get quite complex actually.
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Post by: Qoppa
I'd be all over a game based on Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. Lots of fun painting opportunities with the dragons, different breeds have different abilities which could make things tactically interesting, and the different factions could be drawn from what the different European nations were up to during the Napoleonic wars.
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Post by: JudgeShamgar
Castiel wrote:
I'm not familiar with that series, is it any good?
They are very good. They are a new stories based on Greek and Roman myths. Follows the life of demi-god children and how they interact with the modern world with ancient ties to the old gods. Check out the link to learn more. I'm sure you could find both series on Amazon in the UK.
http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx
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Post by: Kyrolon
My choices:
John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldanata series.
Travis Taylor's One Day on Mars series.
Jordan's Wheel of Time world has some potential.
Goodkind's Sword of Truth series has some good battles in book 2-4.
The entire Starfist series comes to mind.
Flint's 1632 universe would make an interesting tech blend.
Mike Sheppard's Kris Longknife series is an interesting setting.
And last one on my wish list, Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series. It's almost as grimdark as 40K sometimes. 
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Post by: Castiel
Loads of good suggestions! My reading list has expanded a lot too!
Keep them coming!
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Post by: dripwelquest
Micheal Moorcock's large body of work on the Eternal Champion would make for a good wargame foundation.
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Post by: Laughing Man
Would personally love to see something done with Jim Butcher's Aleran Chronicles, although Temeraire is definitely up there. Actually, you could probably come up with something for Temeraire just by fiddling with Napoleonic rules...
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Post by: chaplaingrabthar
I'm sure it probably exists already, but something based off of George R R Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series would work pretty well. There's plenty of factions (Starks, Lannisters, Dothraki, Night Watch, The Others etc. etc.)
Also, is there a war game based on Frank Herbert's Dune mythos (Not the stuff by Brian)
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Post by: Llamahead
Had to laugh at the Eternal Champion mythos being a good source for a wargame it's been done it's called Warhammer. Temeraire is doable with combining historical models with dragons don't know about rules, 1632 likewise and theres a roleplay ruleset out for it. Check out rpgnow.com if you don't believe me.
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Post by: Hückleberry
H.G Wells' Little Wars....oh wait..
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Post by: Avatar 720
Kyrolon wrote:My choices: John Ringo's Legacy of the Aldanata series. Travis Taylor's One Day on Mars series. Jordan's Wheel of Time world has some potential. Goodkind's Sword of Truth series has some good battles in book 2-4.The entire Starfist series comes to mind. Flint's 1632 universe would make an interesting tech blend. Mike Sheppard's Kris Longknife series is an interesting setting. And last one on my wish list, Jack Campbell's Lost Fleet series. It's almost as grimdark as 40K sometimes.
Depending on where you are in the series, you may or may not want to open the spoilers (they contain information from across the series, i'd say if you're up to Phantom or Confessor then you're probably fine). The Sword of Truth could potentially work, but there aren't really large enough factions to call it a wargame. The main enemy in the books was , and that would make for a few fun games until you realise it's just you facing the same enemy time ater time. The other parts of the Midlands aren't really large enough to fuel any large engagements . Also, depending on the timeline, it wouldn't make a lot of sense.
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Post by: dripwelquest
Llamahead wrote:Had to laugh at the Eternal Champion mythos being a good source for a wargame it's been done it's called Warhammer. Temeraire is doable with combining historical models with dragons don't know about rules, 1632 likewise and theres a roleplay ruleset out for it. Check out rpgnow.com if you don't believe me.
Even funnier it that of the seven people I've loaned my copies of the books out to over the years all seven of them felt he was ripping warhammer off to greater and lesser degrees.
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Post by: CT GAMER
Werewolves. Vampires. Teen Angst.
Could be the best skirmish wargame ever...
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Post by: notprop
It's a bit far fetched on the fluff front but I hear that the Bible has some cracking fight scenes in it?
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Post by: CT GAMER
notprop wrote:It's a bit far fetched on the fluff front but I hear that the Bible has some cracking fight scenes in it?
Helldorado tried to tap this well.
It gave people in the industry cold feet...
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Post by: ArbeitsSchu
Castiel wrote:Avatar 720 wrote:Lord of the Rings might; as might the Hobbit...
Seriously, some of David Edding's stuff could do reasonably well. There are already pre-determined 'factions', and these 'factions' specialise in some form of something (Nyssians are assassins, Drasnians are spies, Tolnedrans are your jack-of-all-trades footmen, Mimbrate Knights are your heavy cavalry, Algars are your Horse Archers, Chereks are your fear-nothing berserkers etc. etc.), and whilst there is a sort of Good vs Evil theme, nearly all the factions could be given an excuse as to why they're fighting each other.
Good Shout in David Eddings, I've read The Belgariad and the Malloreon, they'd be really good.
The prdetermined factions and Good vs Bad themes were what made me think Shadows of the Apt would be good. You have factions in the Insect Kindens (Mantis kinden are the elite duellists, Ants are highly organised warfare, moths are majic etc), and good vs bad in the Lowlands vs The Wasp Empire.
Any others?
Quick Tolnedran Legion conversion: One plastic roman body, one plastic spartan head. Job done.
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Post by: Lt. Coldfire
Harry Potter. Find the deathly hallows and you win.
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Post by: AndrewC
Amtrac Wars?
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Post by: Castiel
CT GAMER wrote:*Worst suggestion ever*
Werewolves. Vampires. Teen Angst.
Could be the best skirmish wargame ever...
Fetch me my Baal Predator, its the only thing with a big enough flamer to purge this heresy! 
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Post by: CT GAMER
Castiel wrote:CT GAMER wrote:*Worst suggestion ever*
Werewolves. Vampires. Teen Angst.
Could be the best skirmish wargame ever...
Fetch me my Baal Predator, its the only thing with a big enough flamer to purge this heresy!
I saw your twlilight poster, stop pretending...
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Post by: Castiel
My only poster says "KEEP CALM AND DRINK TEA", I see no Twilight link there?
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Post by: Ouze
Well, I think it already happened, but Starship Troopers.
And, although they have board games already, I'd say Game of Thrones, and the Order of the Stick.
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Post by: StringBassKnight
DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE.
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
StringBassKnight wrote:DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE.
Would be a bit unfair.
"I'm playing Ornithopter riding Sardaukar, what are you playing?" asked guy one.
"Sandworm riding Fremen." replied guy two,
"So how can I kill your Sandworms?" queried guy one.
"You have to drown them in water." answered guy two.
"But we're on a desert planet..." said guy one.
"I know, sucks to be you right now doesn't it?" said guy two, "Oh and my army is lead by Paul Muad'dib, which means his prescience allows me to perfectly counter all your attempts to beat me as he already knows what you're going to do."
"..."
"So, you want to play or just forfeit now?"
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Post by: DarkTraveler777
Call me crazy but I always wanted to wage geometric warfare after reading Flatland.
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Post by: A Town Called Malus
Has anyone here read the Bartimaeus trilogy? It's aimed at young teens but the story is still pretty good (and Bartimaeus is a good character)
It's about magicians who use summoned Daemons as the source of their power. So you'd have an army of magicians on each side with a variety of different daemons of varying power (stronger daemons require a stronger magician to control them etc.) under their command.
However, if the magician is slain then all his summoned daemons are sent back to their home plane. Battles would be a careful mix of defending your own magicians and killing your opponents magicians or all their Daemons (though daemons would of course be tougher and harder to kill, except for the really weedy ones).
In a more traditional fantasy setting the Shannara series by Terry Brooks would be great.
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Post by: Lostchaplain
I'd love to see a mass-combat Song of Ice and Fire game.
Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt would make for a wicked cool fleet combat game. As would the Honorverse books.
An Epic-type Hammer's Slammers game would also rock.
A Emberverse wargame would also kick arse. Massed combat with semi-modern materials and styles, car-based vehicles and the like.
And a Deathlands skirmish game. Mowing down masses of stickies with warwag 1? Yes please.
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Post by: Brother SRM
AndrewC wrote:Amtrac Wars?
Atlas Shrugged?
I echo the Dune sentiment. You would just have to treat sandriders as really heavy armor so they could actually be killed. At the very least I'd like some Dune minis.
Also, a detective RPG based on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? would be pretty fun, but Shadowrun kind of covers that.
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Post by: Laughing Man
Lostchaplain wrote:Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt would make for a wicked cool fleet combat game. As would the Honorverse books.
There's already an Honorverse game.
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Post by: Castiel
A Town Called Malus wrote:Has anyone here read the Bartimaeus trilogy? It's aimed at young teens but the story is still pretty good (and Bartimaeus is a good character)
It's about magicians who use summoned Daemons as the source of their power. So you'd have an army of magicians on each side with a variety of different daemons of varying power (stronger daemons require a stronger magician to control them etc.) under their command.
However, if the magician is slain then all his summoned daemons are sent back to their home plane. Battles would be a careful mix of defending your own magicians and killing your opponents magicians or all their Daemons (though daemons would of course be tougher and harder to kill, except for the really weedy ones).
In a more traditional fantasy setting the Shannara series by Terry Brooks would be great.
I have, and it would!
I've also read some of Shannara, it might work as well.
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Post by: notprop
I thought they made Shanara, think they called it Lord of the Rings or something?
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Post by: DarkStarSabre
Sergei Lukyanenko's Night Watch books would make a very interesting basis for a RPG-esque skirmish game, simply because you have plots within plots within plots.
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Post by: StringBassKnight
Leviathan trilogy.
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Post by: Coolyo294
StringBassKnight wrote:Leviathan trilogy.
This man is smart.
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Post by: -Loki-
chaplaingrabthar wrote:I'm sure it probably exists already, but something based off of George R R Martin's A Song of Ice & Fire series would work pretty well. There's plenty of factions (Starks, Lannisters, Dothraki, Night Watch, The Others etc. etc.)
Also, is there a war game based on Frank Herbert's Dune mythos (Not the stuff by Brian)
Dark Sword miniatures have some great stuff from the books. No games, but their miniatures are fantastic.
Very NFSW though.
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Post by: Fafnir
If done properly, a skirmish game based around the premise of Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be pretty cool.
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Post by: DarkTraveler777
Fafnir wrote:If done properly, a skirmish game based around the premise of Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be pretty cool.
Oh yes!
That would be insanely fun.
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Post by: Osyr
John Carter of Mars
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Post by: Llamahead
Hammers Slammers is also available.......
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Post by: Fafnir
DarkTraveler777 wrote:Fafnir wrote:If done properly, a skirmish game based around the premise of Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be pretty cool.
Oh yes!
That would be insanely fun.
Well... I have a game theory class next semester where we have to design a board game.
Might be fun to try to put together something in a similar vein.
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Post by: alphaomega
Coolyo294 wrote:StringBassKnight wrote:Leviathan trilogy.
This man is smart.
As in by Scott Westerfeld? Yes that would make a brilliant game.
Also the Clockwork Century series by Cherie Priest. Airships, Pirates, Zombies, Steampunk and Cowboys/US Civil War. Would make a very interesting skirmish game.
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Post by: GalacticDefender
Dune? Automatically Appended Next Post: A Town Called Malus wrote:StringBassKnight wrote:DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE DUNE.
Would be a bit unfair.
"I'm playing Ornithopter riding Sardaukar, what are you playing?" asked guy one.
"Sandworm riding Fremen." replied guy two,
"So how can I kill your Sandworms?" queried guy one.
"You have to drown them in water." answered guy two.
"But we're on a desert planet..." said guy one.
"I know, sucks to be you right now doesn't it?" said guy two, "Oh and my army is lead by Paul Muad'dib, which means his prescience allows me to perfectly counter all your attempts to beat me as he already knows what you're going to do."
"..."
"So, you want to play or just forfeit now?"
It could be set during a different time period, like the big war. (The Butleran Jihad or something?)
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Post by: MeanGreenStompa
China Mieville's world of Bas-Lag, as depicted in Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council.
Masses of civilizations, city states and races all vying for power. All cool concepts.
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Post by: Grot 6
Three of them...
Legion of the Damned, by William Deitz
A scifi army of robots, cyborgs, etc. that fight aliens.
Heros in Hell series, by Jan Morris.
the Inferno series by Larry Niven.
These three books would all be good RPG's, or Tabletop games.
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Post by: Eeps
Harry Potter - Quidditch the Tabletop game - "99 problems, but a snitch aint one"
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Post by: Jag_Calle
Mutant Chronicles/Doomtroopers... Target games made some tabletop skirmish game for it, but it never really took off. Still have some ducal militia, trenchers and ashigaru collecting dust.. The minis never reached the greatness of the artwork..
Loved the imagery in the books/comics.. Especially brotherhood and bauhaus ...
Still, i'm considering using the ducal militia to make a small IG force, or convert into skiitari...
//Calle
(edit: the tabletop game was called warzone...)
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Post by: Mad4Minis
Castiel wrote:A Town Called Malus wrote:Has anyone here read the Bartimaeus trilogy? It's aimed at young teens but the story is still pretty good (and Bartimaeus is a good character)
It's about magicians who use summoned Daemons as the source of their power. So you'd have an army of magicians on each side with a variety of different daemons of varying power (stronger daemons require a stronger magician to control them etc.) under their command.
However, if the magician is slain then all his summoned daemons are sent back to their home plane. Battles would be a careful mix of defending your own magicians and killing your opponents magicians or all their Daemons (though daemons would of course be tougher and harder to kill, except for the really weedy ones).
In a more traditional fantasy setting the Shannara series by Terry Brooks would be great.
I have, and it would!
I've also read some of Shannara, it might work as well.
Hmmm...an army almost completely dependent on their magician leader, that loses most or all its fighting abilities without said leader...sounds like Warmachine/Hordes to me. Which basically means you already have the rules available...now you need fluff and minis. Automatically Appended Next Post: Jag_Calle wrote:Mutant Chronicles/Doomtroopers... Target games made some tabletop skirmish game for it, but it never really took off. Still have some ducal militia, trenchers and ashigaru collecting dust.. The minis never reached the greatness of the artwork..
Loved the imagery in the books/comics.. Especially brotherhood and bauhaus ...
Still, i'm considering using the ducal militia to make a small IG force, or convert into skiitari...
//Calle
(edit: the tabletop game was called warzone...)
I played some Warzone back in the day, had some Bauhaus troops. I liked the game, shame it never took off.
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Post by: Tzarkahn
Richard Morgan's Market Forces, It's been sort of done in other incarnations under different IPs I think, but as a sort of Road Wars type game.
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Post by: English Assassin
MeanGreenStompa wrote:China Mieville's world of Bas-Lag, as depicted in Perdido Street Station, The Scar and Iron Council.
Masses of civilizations, city states and races all vying for power. All cool concepts.
This would be fabulous. Mieville is renowned for being a big geek, so I can imagine he might be quite enthusiastic about a Bas-Lag wargame (or a board game, for that matter).
A game based upon Gene Wolfe's 'Book of the New Sun'/'Book of the Long Sun' worlds would make me very happy indeed.
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Post by: whigwam
The Mahabharata.
The Ramayana.
The Iliad.
All would have a similar appeal to 40k. Gods, spirits, monsters, and demons fighting against and alongside humanity and its numerous champions. Over-the-top powers being hurled back and forth, magic and death everywhere. I'd particularly like to stage a battle between Rama and Ravana's armies...although with Ravana's 10 heads and 20 arms, he wouldn't be very easy to paint.
P.S. The Odyssey might make a good RPG if you played fast and loose with the storyline.
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Post by: English Assassin
whigwam wrote:P.S. The Odyssey might make a good RPG if you played fast and loose with the storyline.
It would certainly make a much-loved Saturday morning cartoon... And yes, I could be tempted by a mythic ancients wargame; actually I'd be surprised if somebody hasn't already released one.
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Post by: Wolfstan
David Gemmell
Both the world that Druss inhabits as well as Jon Shannow.
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Post by: Ensis Ferrae
What about A Clockwork Orange, as a sort of skirmish game?
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Post by: bloodaxegit
Posting this for a friend: Books by David Gemmel; waylander and the like
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Post by: Trondheim
Fafnir wrote:If done properly, a skirmish game based around the premise of Neil Gaiman's American Gods could be pretty cool.
THIS! I would enjoy this very much, lord how hillarious it would be
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Post by: porkchop806
Tom Clancy's Red October "a naval warfare stratagy game"
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Post by: malfred
To all you Dune fans.
My faith in humanity is restored.
For now.
Thank you for posting.
I for one would not want the Butlerian Jihad. That story (the writing) aggravated
me. I'd just like a skirmish game dealing with kanly. Troops with ballistics, knives,
armor, etc.
And also, there is this for inspiration:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Fremen%20Army%20Pt.1
God, I love that army.
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Post by: MajorTom11
Malfred is the Quisatz Hadderach!
Dune would be great as a skirmish game. So would Game of Thrones... the usual issue will be unit variety, but it can be dealt with.
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Post by: Kyrolon
porkchop806 wrote:Tom Clancy's Red October "a naval warfare stratagy game"
Did you know that the naval sequences in Red October and Red Storm Rising were based on wargames actually played by Clancy and Larry Bond? I am not sure if they actually played one another, or how involved Bond was directly, but they were gamed using Harpoon.
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Post by: ChocolateGork
The Honorverse
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Post by: Castiel
Wow, I've been away for the weekend, and there are loads of great suggestions! Thanks!
I also had another thought. Has anyone read any of Brent Weeks' books? The Night Angel trilogy would make a great game, and his Lightbringer books look like they will be the same. Thoughts?
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Post by: English Assassin
It occurs to me that quite a few of these suggestions wouldn't require anything so drastic as a complete rulesset, just unit rules, lists and some thematic modifications to established rules.
Modifying, for instance, Kings of War's rules, to represent Michael Moorcock's or David Gemmel's universes would be a doddle, and methinks rather good fun.
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Post by: malfred
Hordes of the Things for science-fiction
http://web.archive.org/web/20061206064922/http://www.barr.karoo.net/hws/dbx/hottscifi.htm
It will take you to the Wayback Machine, but don't mind
that. Hordes of the Things is a generic Fantasy rules-set that
templates everything.
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Post by: MasticatorDeelux
GW's 'Will it Sue?", based on the manuscript of events entailing the GW/CH lawsuit. Special characters include John Cochran, Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro and many others!
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Post by: Maelstrom808
For large-scale fantasy settings, I'd like to see Raymond Feist's world of Midkemia realized into a TT game.
I absolutely love the ideas of either American Gods or Night Watch as a skirmish game.
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Post by: Mr Hyena
H.P Lovecraft's work could make a very interesting game.
Dune as well.
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Post by: frozenwastes
Mr Hyena wrote:H.P Lovecraft's work could make a very interesting game.
http://unclemikesworldwide.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1
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Post by: Ensis Ferrae
Conan the Barbarian, as a skirmish game 
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Post by: Nicorex
Melvills "Moby Dick"
Nivens "FootFall". Lack of variety since its just humans vs Elephants but there is land and space war.
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Post by: KingmanHighborn
Even though Chris Roberts created it, William Forstchen and others made it into some of the best novels out there, so Wing Commander. Withs it's tons of Terran Confederation and Kilrathi fighters and cap ships, add in the Nepehilim, and other factions like the Border Worlds and the Landreich and you got an amazing potential for a game that would blow BFG out of the water, as fighters, bombers and carriers would actually have major purposes.
It'd also be nice to paint up some Hellcats and Dralthi fighters.
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Post by: Vampirate of Sartosa
On a semi-related note, Monster Blood Tattoo would make an excellent roleplay.
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Post by: EmilCrane
A quirky skirmish game based on discworld could be fun, hell even a bigger battles one would be cool too
Semi-related: Dragon Age and Elder Scrolls, not books but still deserve wargames IMHO
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Post by: greenskin lynn
Vampirate of Sartosa wrote:On a semi-related note, Monster Blood Tattoo would make an excellent roleplay.
you could probably make a decent skirmish game also, or a board game, now that i give it some thought
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Post by: Necroagogo
How about The Day of the Triffids? A few plucky survivors against hordes of carnivorous plants.
or. you could run it like Battleships if anyone gets blinded.
The League of Extraordinary Gantlemen migth make a fun, small-scale skirmish game too.
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Post by: Fido198674
EmilCrane wrote:A quirky skirmish game based on discworld could be fun, hell even a bigger battles one would be cool too
Semi-related: Dragon Age and Elder Scrolls, not books but still deserve wargames IMHO
Have to agree with Dragon Age, I think it would pretty cool.
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
Although a movie foremost, reccent graphic novels sorta placed it in the book section as well.
Based on that, I always wanted a Skirmish or Warhammer Quest style game based on the Labyrinth. Players play characters either based on mortals trapped in the Labyrinth trying to get out via the Goblin city, or generally adventuring with in it.
On a skirmish front you could access factions based around Goblins, rag tag groups (much like the one Sarah ends up with) the Fire Gang, and various other weird denizens of the Labyrinth.
Other than that, something based around the World of Darkness would be good. Werewolf packs, either tribe based or pack, Vampires in coeteries or Clan based, perhaps a mix. Also Wyrm minions with Black Spiral Dancers, Pentex and/or Banes, could have them mixed/seperate. Plus Witch Hunters, Police Force for those who like to take on the underdog, Mages etc.
Probably work best as a Skirmish game, but that would be something I could really get my teeth into.
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Post by: Hordini
War and Peace! Oh wait....
For real though, Maelstrom808 already mentioned it, but you could do some sweet fantasy battles in Feist's Midkemia universe. Traditional medieval infantry and heavy cavalry from Midkemia vs. lacquered-armored Tsurani or Pentathians or what have you. A lot of options there.
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Post by: KingmanHighborn
Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:Although a movie foremost, reccent graphic novels sorta placed it in the book section as well.
Based on that, I always wanted a Skirmish or Warhammer Quest style game based on the Labyrinth. Players play characters either based on mortals trapped in the Labyrinth trying to get out via the Goblin city, or generally adventuring with in it.
On a skirmish front you could access factions based around Goblins, rag tag groups (much like the one Sarah ends up with) the Fire Gang, and various other weird denizens of the Labyrinth.
I could go for that just for the chance to paint a David Bowie mini, while singing 'Dance Magic Dance'
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Post by: dripwelquest
Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
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Post by: Great White
The Inheritance cycle(Eragon books) seems like a cool game of army and Dragon wars
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Post by: Balance
dripwelquest wrote:Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
"OK, your crewed battlefleet shot at my GSV. 20 shots, four hits, so It ake 4 points of shield damage. OK, my turn. my GSV launches 10 'Gangster' class ROUs, each of which has a half dozen drones that Displace over and start disabling your crew. If you manage to kill any of the ROU ships you only get half VPs as they've fully backed up their mind-state. I get sixty dice, 56 hits, so that's eleven ships uncrewed. Now for some gridfire from the GSV itself and the rest of your fleet is now debris."
"Oh, but despite tabling your entire army, I lose as the Culture is theoretically pacifists anyway and I killed too many sentients. Dang. Play again?"
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Post by: Mr. Burning
A discworld table top game would be awesome. You could probably pick and mix some current rules and come up with some pretty nifty skirmish based games for inside Ankh Morporkh and the like.
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The League of Extraordinary Gantlemen migth make a fun, small-scale skirmish game too.
Prety much any steam punk/VSF themed rulseset could amply serve.
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Post by: dripwelquest
Balance wrote:dripwelquest wrote:Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
"OK, your crewed battlefleet shot at my GSV. 20 shots, four hits, so It ake 4 points of shield damage. OK, my turn. my GSV launches 10 'Gangster' class ROUs, each of which has a half dozen drones that Displace over and start disabling your crew. If you manage to kill any of the ROU ships you only get half VPs as they've fully backed up their mind-state. I get sixty dice, 56 hits, so that's eleven ships uncrewed. Now for some gridfire from the GSV itself and the rest of your fleet is now debris."
"Oh, but despite tabling your entire army, I lose as the Culture is theoretically pacifists anyway and I killed too many sentients. Dang. Play again?"
Well every game would suck if you gave it a stupid mechanic, how fun would 40k be if having an Inquisitor allowed you to call for an exterminatus auto-win?
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Post by: Leo_the_Rat
I'm shocked that no one has suggested Glenn Cook's Black Company books. Someone published one RPG book for it but it didn't do the books justice (IMHO).
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Post by: Great White
Maybe cook books
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Post by: Avatar 720
Great White wrote:Maybe cook books
"Parsley is overpowered!"
"Don't use as much Basil then."
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Post by: dripwelquest
I hate that Thyme is an auto-include in butter dishes.
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Post by: Pipboy101
Rick Shelley's Second Commonwelth books or the Dirigent Mercenary Corps books. All written with wargaming in mind.
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Post by: Balance
dripwelquest wrote:Balance wrote:dripwelquest wrote:Iain M. Banks' series The Culture might make for a nice base.
"OK, your crewed battlefleet shot at my GSV. 20 shots, four hits, so It ake 4 points of shield damage. OK, my turn. my GSV launches 10 'Gangster' class ROUs, each of which has a half dozen drones that Displace over and start disabling your crew. If you manage to kill any of the ROU ships you only get half VPs as they've fully backed up their mind-state. I get sixty dice, 56 hits, so that's eleven ships uncrewed. Now for some gridfire from the GSV itself and the rest of your fleet is now debris."
"Oh, but despite tabling your entire army, I lose as the Culture is theoretically pacifists anyway and I killed too many sentients. Dang. Play again?"
Well every game would suck if you gave it a stupid mechanic, how fun would 40k be if having an Inquisitor allowed you to call for an exterminatus auto-win?
It was meant as a joke, but so much of the combat in Culture novels is pretty much over before it started. The Idiran war was presumably a little less one-sided, but that's a rare exception.
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Post by: DoctorZombie
Stephen Hunt's Jackelian series, without a doubt.
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Post by: Lanceradvanced
Vampirate of Sartosa wrote:On a semi-related note, Monster Blood Tattoo would make an excellent roleplay.
I second the motion.....
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