Recommendations for detailed skirmish games?

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**ghost11**

Anyone have a recommendation for a detailed skirmish game?

What I'm looking for:

* average model count 6 or less per side, playable with three or less (heroes)
* primarily fantasy (magic / psi / special abilities)
* character-based, but less than an RPG.

I've got Malifaux, but I'm wondering if there's something more swords-n-sorcery out there.

Thanks!

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

Check out the Anima tactics thread. My tournament army cost 65 bucks and is 6 members strong. Each character has the equivalent tactical options a War Machine warcaster would have. Simple rules, ridiculous amounts of strategy. Highly recommend!

**Tilean Bastard**

I suggest Warhammer: Skirmish if you're looking for a fantasy setting. To put it plainly its Warhammer but with Warhammer 40k movement-style. The rules are online but you have to do some searching, I find it much more enjoyable than standard Warhammer. Average models per force in one battle range from 10 to 15. You can still spend points on gear for troops/ characters and the gameplay is very fluid.

**frozenwastes**

Another recommendation for Anima Tactics. Definitely designed from the ground up to be a detailed skirmish game. Warhammer:Skirmish is good, but it's still just a port of the old clunky warhammer system over to skirmish gaming.

**maxdamek**

try song of blades and heroes from Ganesha Games .

http://www.ganeshagames.net/

**Scrazza**

hmmm friends of me play some role-play, but i dont know exactly what they play. i'll ask when i see them again