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Not sure if this is the right forum, but it seemed like a good place to start. Feel free to move it if there's a better place. So there are so many well-designed and rich universes out there, and only a few have war games to help us explore them. Star Wars, 40k, Runebound, Warmachine, Lord of the Rings, etc. If you could create a miniature game set in any fictional universe, what would it be? My pick? Thedas. Say what you want about Bioware's more recent games, but the world of Dragon Age is vast and incredibly well-written. It would fit perfectly into a wargame, too! Here are just a few ideas for armies:

Ferelden - Ferelden is known for strong, independent vassals who "elect" their lords. The people of Ferelden choose which lord they serve, so I could see them having an infantry and hero focus. Would likely have the best "troops" in the game with high morale.

Orlais - The Orlesian Chevaliers are world-renowned. This army would basically play like Bretonnia in WHFB. Lots of Cavalry supported by serf infantry.

Tevinter - Mages, mages, and more mages. The Tevinter Imperium would have the widest access to magic, and their mages would be more powerful than any others with a higher chance for mishaps due to a lack of Circle upbringing.

Dalish Elves - Archery and Halla cavalry. Lots of hit-and-run tactics for their infantry.

Qunari - Elite army of stoic warriors and Sarebaas immune to morale. The ox men will gladly die to fulfill their role in the Qun.

Darkspawn - the true Horde army of the game. Hurlock infantry, Genlock shock troops, Ogre monstrous infantry, and Shriek scouts.

I'm not sure if you would want to include full armies for the following, or use them as "hero" units for the above:

Templar - magic-resistant, heavily armored shock troops

Grey Wardens - elite infantry, mages, and archers specialized in fighting Darkspawn

Mages - just what it says on the tin.

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Worlds begging for a miniature game:
I feel I must explain myself, the below I imagine the miniatures would be detailed and impressive.
The media I list below has tons of character all on it's own.
My apologies for so many of the "cowboy/western science fiction".

Samurai Jack

StarCraft

Diablo

Fallout (happening)

Mass Effect

Doom

Wolfenstein

Serenity (Not just the ship board game).

X-com (part way there with the board game).

Final Fantasy

Riddick

Naruto

Ghost in the Shell / AD Police / Bubblegum Crisis Japanese anime cyberpunk in general.

Blade Runner

John Wick

Beetlejuice

Transformers

Mad Max (Yes, we all have taken a shot at it but not THE Mad Max world).

Fairy Tale

Borderlands (Oh yeah...)

The 5th Element

Dune

Trigun

Stargate

The Matrix

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While Warlord makes some decent Samurai figures and there a lot of rulesets like Song of Blades and Heroes, etc would work just fine, a dedicated war/skirmish game set in Legend of the Five Rings would be really cool.



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Battletech.. oh wait.......

Space above and beyond or Babylon 5.


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FFG did manage to nail Dooms gameplay as a boardgame with the 2016 remake. The mechanics are top notch, really capture the fast pace, always moving, always shooting nature of the game. The miniatures are also really good for PVC pieces.

Personally I could really go for a Homeworld space game, like Dropfleet Commander. As a huge Dragon Age fan, I could also really go for a Dragon Age skirmish game. Not sure it would work too well as a mass battle game, but it would shine as a more detailed skirmish game.

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A Serenity skirmish game in the vein of Rogue Stars, Necromunda, etc. would be pretty sweet. Rival ship crews doing missions to "Keep on Flying". Why is this not a thing?

The Matrix could be an interesting skirmish game as well, but it feels more player vs. GM or more RPG. Plus, there are not enough factions. However, that doesn't mean it couldn't work.

Most Universes do not have enough factions. However, not having DUNE is absolutlely criminal.

The problem is the cost of the merchandising rights. That has killed many a game.

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 Easy E wrote:
A Serenity skirmish game in the vein of Rogue Stars, Necromunda, etc. would be pretty sweet. Rival ship crews doing missions to "Keep on Flying". Why is this not a thing?


Not sure if it's exactly what you are looking for, but Gale Force 9 has announced a Firefly skirmish game.
   
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I'd like to see a Jurassic Park game ala:


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 AegisGrimm wrote:
While Warlord makes some decent Samurai figures and there a lot of rulesets like Song of Blades and Heroes, etc would work just fine, a dedicated war/skirmish game set in Legend of the Five Rings would be really cool.


Did there used to be one years ago? I believe it was called Clan Wars.
   
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I've heard of it, but I've barely seen any of the metal models, so I'm not sure how it fared. I have always wanted an easily accessible Samurai game as it'd be a easy sell to a buddy of mine.

At first I thought Test of Honour by Warlord games might work, but there's no supernatural or magic component, which is huge in L5R. I think I may end up just using Skaven as some really nice Nezumi (Ratmen), and Warlord plastics/metals for humans, with some metals for character. Probably Song of Blades and Heroes for rules.



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 Talizvar wrote:
Worlds begging for a miniature game:

StarCraft

Diablo

Mass Effect

X-com (part way there with the board game).



These, plus

Warcraft/WOW
Everquest
Rift
and probably unpopular on this board but Rifts as well




   
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I would really like an Iron Grip universe miniature wargame.

The Iron Grip computer games took place in a dieselpunk setting on another planet. There are large empires fighting it out, but also lots of small warbands which would probably be more fun.

Iron Grip: Marauders was a turned based strategy game, so it had a lot of similarities to miniature wargames already.

I contacted the guy who created the core of the IP for ISOTX to see if they had ever thought about doing a miniatures game, but I never heard back. Unfortunately the company has moved on to doing WWII games and the Iron Grip games and websites are mostly either purposefully shut down or no longer functioning due to neglect.


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Mass Effect for sure. You could do so much with it. You could make a skirmish scale wargame, you could make an RPG, you could make a warband style game and you can even do a platoon-company level game.

World of Warcraft would make for an awesome warband level game like Mordheim. You could even do a co-op boardgame with AI enemies.

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World of Warcraft - Dungeon Crawler

Eve Online - X Wing / Armada style but with more ship customisation
   
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Can't believe no one has brought up Command & Conquer - Red Alert.. so I will!

Plus vanilla C&C, and the Generals series is a nifty take on modern warfare

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I feel like high quality metal or resin World of Warcraft minis could be really fun to paint.

Same with diablo, could be an awesome dungeon crawler
   
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Shadowrun is perfect for a skirmish game . But balancing the infinite variety of Skills , wepons , equipments , magic and bionics will be a nightmare.

The Vision of Escaflowne- Fantasy mecha are cool.

C&C Tiberian saga - a hybrid between dropzone commander and flame of war will be perfect.Peace through power.

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3dog wrote:
The lack of an elderscrolls wargame is criminal.
Awwoooooo! Correct answer, 3dog!

   
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Elder Scrol- oh

oh I'm late.

Oh dear.
   
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Don't worry, Unit1126PLL, it cannot be said often enough.

   
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I play Elder Scrolls Online damn-near religiously, and I think the PVP is awesome, and the armies of the Alliances would easily and interestingly fit into a tabletop wargame.

Anyone want to do it with me? We could have a side-project and just homebrew a wargame.
   
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Shout out to Wymalla:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/658342.page

   
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Wait can the frostgrave ruleset be used with models for the Elder Scrolls? :O And does Wymalla sell his minis?

(Didn't read the thread, too hyper about the idea)/
   
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Let's start a new thread for this idea:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/736416.page

   
 
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