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 Vertrucio wrote:

 Forar wrote:

 Formosa wrote:
I'm currently working on a mass effect tabletop game.

Oh? Skirmish? Large scale? Scalable? Something in between?

He won't get the license, but it'll be fun to use any rules and some look-alike figures to play.

Of course.

Just curious what the focus was. He can use little paper standees to play with and my questions remain.

 Compel wrote:
I'm definitely one for Deadzone Mass Effect. Or Deadzone X-Com (Since it's halfway there already). But mostly Mass Effect.

NO. I don't want Mantic's hands anywhere near Mass Effect if it becomes a miniatures game. Can you imagine how totally they would butcher the sculpts, not to mention the fact that they'd probably cast everything in restic. I'd much rather see Corvus Belli do it - the Infinity aesthetic fits perfectly with the talents and styles of their sculptors.

I'd like to see a good mass combat version of the Elder Scrolls series - I've always wanted to field an entire army of Stormcloaks and have them face off against hordes of Draugr or Imperials. Can you imagine the multi-part hard plastic kits for all the models?

~Tim?

darkcloak wrote:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

This. Forever.

Schmapdi wrote:I've said it in other threads like this, but:

Pokémon - arena skirmish game.

I'm surprised that there hasn't been a Pokemon-esque game yet. Assemble a team of 6 monsters and fight against a rival's team in a stadium setting. Maybe include some card mechanics to make it more interesting and as a nod to the card game.

DarkTraveler777 wrote: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.).

Since Hasbro has the rights for GI Joe and Heroscape I'd love to seem them combine the two into a game. There's enough of a market among GI Joe collectors that there would be a interest even if the game wasn't the best. You wouldn't be able to do anything beyond small vehicles, but if you wanted larger scale battles you'd need to consider 15mm scale given the amount of vehicles.

I'd love to see a Stargate SG-1 skirmish game. I know a while back there was a company that was going to make licensed minis, but I don't know if they ever came out and I don't think there was a game associated with them.

He-Man could make for a fun skirmish game. So could Thundercats.

My votes are for:

1.) A Song of Ice and Fire
2.) Star Wars (Capital Ship Combat, akin to BFG/Silent Death)
3.) Wheel of Time

Mass Effect

G.I. Joe! I would eat that up! However, no one would ever get killed. They would all leap from their vehicles mometns before they were destroyed.

Skylanders- You could even reprupose the figurines and use them. I would make the scale 1:1 and you could use anything in your living room as terrain.

Twisted Metal!- We need more car combat games! It would be skirmish and relatively detailed like Battletech.

Transformers.

Make this a small skirmish game. You can get a variety of teams from various eras, whether it's beast wars, or dino bots, or the modern vehicles. But your minis would have two different modes they would be able to fight in.

Summoner Wars.

The game is pretty good with just cards and the limited mobility provided, but the art is pretty good and I think it would translate well to a tabletop wargame. It looks like it wanted to be a miniatures wargame but without the miniatures.

 Icculus wrote:
Transformers.

Make this a small skirmish game. You can get a variety of teams from various eras, whether it's beast wars, or dino bots, or the modern vehicles. But your minis would have two different modes they would be able to fight in.

This would actually be very cool, I think. By its very nature, it's got unique mechanics, and there's a lot of scope for minis as well.

Mass Effect where you can choose the make up of your team. Make it as customizable as the game and you should be good. I'd sell my kidney for this game.

Elder scrolls. But the miniatures can be a larger scale. You buy male or female bodies. Then different heads from different races, then the equipment and armor snaps on? I don't know if that could actually work, but it would be awesome. (Skirmish game.) I don't have any specific ideas for a larger game. I'd sell my other kidney for this.

Gundam. Use Universal Century or thrown all shows together like Turn A did. Each team has points so you can go with one or two super gundams or a bunch of Zakus or whatever. I'd give up my imaginary first born.

Stars Wars, but not JUST rebel vs Empire. Throw in everything. If I want Aura Sing and a bunch of mercenaries against my Twi-lek Jedi and her padawan, I should be able to do it. I'd give up...um...this mug I got at the Gran Canyon?

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:


I'd like to see a good mass combat version of the Elder Scrolls series - I've always wanted to field an entire army of Stormcloaks and have them face off against hordes of Draugr or Imperials. Can you imagine the multi-part hard plastic kits for all the models?

~Tim?

I'd prefer a skirmish game that could be scaled up to a mass battle game. Or two games in parallel, a skirmish game and a mass battle game, both using the same miniature range. Sort of like how the LOTR SBG and WOTR use the same miniature range, with miniatures formed up into units using movement trays for WOTR.

Whilst I agree, having huge armies of Stormcloaks and Imperial Legions; or Aldmeri Dominion, Ebonheart Pact and Daggerfall Covenant; or Chimer and Dwemer; clash on a battlefield would be awesome... I'd also like to play a small band of Heroes plundering an ancient Dwemer or Ayleid ruin for treasure, a band of Dawnguard vampire hunters exterminating a vampire lair or a band of Companions fighting a horde of Draugr.

Most of The Elder Scrolls video game franchises' charm is in small scale, skirmish level / RPG style encounters. Thats something you just wouldn't get with a mass battle game similar to Warhammer Fantasy.

PACIFIC RIM! ahem.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:


I'd like to see a good mass combat version of the Elder Scrolls series - I've always wanted to field an entire army of Stormcloaks and have them face off against hordes of Draugr or Imperials. Can you imagine the multi-part hard plastic kits for all the models?

~Tim?

I'd prefer a skirmish game that could be scaled up to a mass battle game. Or two games in parallel, a skirmish game and a mass battle game, both using the same miniature range. Sort of like how the LOTR SBG and WOTR use the same miniature range, with miniatures formed up into units using movement trays for WOTR.

Whilst I agree, having huge armies of Stormcloaks and Imperial Legions; or Aldmeri Dominion, Ebonheart Pact and Daggerfall Covenant; or Chimer and Dwemer; clash on a battlefield would be awesome... I'd also like to play a small band of Heroes plundering an ancient Dwemer or Ayleid ruin for treasure, a band of Dawnguard vampire hunters exterminating a vampire lair or a band of Companions fighting a horde of Draugr.

Most of The Elder Scrolls video game franchises' charm is in small scale, skirmish level / RPG style encounters. Thats something you just wouldn't get with a mass battle game similar to Warhammer Fantasy.

Exactly! You voiced my thoughts better than I could.

Also, Pacific Rim would be amazing.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:


I'd like to see a good mass combat version of the Elder Scrolls series - I've always wanted to field an entire army of Stormcloaks and have them face off against hordes of Draugr or Imperials. Can you imagine the multi-part hard plastic kits for all the models?

~Tim?

I'd prefer a skirmish game that could be scaled up to a mass battle game. Or two games in parallel, a skirmish game and a mass battle game, both using the same miniature range. Sort of like how the LOTR SBG and WOTR use the same miniature range, with miniatures formed up into units using movement trays for WOTR.

Whilst I agree, having huge armies of Stormcloaks and Imperial Legions; or Aldmeri Dominion, Ebonheart Pact and Daggerfall Covenant; or Chimer and Dwemer; clash on a battlefield would be awesome... I'd also like to play a small band of Heroes plundering an ancient Dwemer or Ayleid ruin for treasure, a band of Dawnguard vampire hunters exterminating a vampire lair or a band of Companions fighting a horde of Draugr.

Most of The Elder Scrolls video game franchises' charm is in small scale, skirmish level / RPG style encounters. Thats something you just wouldn't get with a mass battle game similar to Warhammer Fantasy.

There's a lot of scope either way. With an RPG, though, there's a strong chance you'd just end up with a reskinned D&D, or trying to beat that at its own game. That said, D&D could be a good base, for those willing to put a little work into an Elder Scrolls RPG. With little experience of it, I imagine it would be largely just re-doing NPC/enemy stats.

Personally, though, I'd prefer a mass-battle, or at least platoon level, simply because I always felt that, despite the epic scale of the games, the actual engagements were almost too small. When the battle of Whiterun, one of the largest fights on the game (both fluffwise and game-wise), has around 20 guys per side, it's a little underwhelming. I'd want something larger than that on the tabletop.

I think LOTR/WOTR would make a good base, as it does scale so well. All one needs is specific minis, although Romans and Vikings could work for Imperials and Stormcloaks, and I recall seeing some rather Draugr-esque skellies a while back.

Halo:

The diversity of the army's and units would be amazing, but I dunno if it would suit a 28mill wargame or a 10-15 mill epic game

Star Wars:

Whilst I like X-Wing, I want to see land battles, Clones fighting general grievous, Boba Fett going for Han Solo, Drop ships going in and AT-AT's decimating the Rebel scum etc, etc,

Game of Thrones

Would be really cool as either a skirmish game or an epic scale game, Stark all the way, The North Never Forgets... and Winter is coming...

Wolfenstien:

I love all the weird war stuff

Command and Conquer: Red Alert:

Would be brilliant at an epic scale game, Kirov's reporting in!

Terminator:

Dunno if this hits a wargame or a skirmish but I would LOVE a Skynet Force

Doctor Who:

I think a more military take on the universe would be cool... plus official Dalek minis, and I would have an Imperial Dalek army

Transformers:

Dunno if this would fit into skirmish or Wargame, I think around 15mill for a wargame (so that you can add in humans and Mini-Cons) plus G1 and Armada all the way Also a nice customisation leader option would be nice as well would love to put myself on the battlefield and transform into an apache helicopter

Dark Souls:

Would be an incredible skirmish game

Dead Space:

Again another incredible skirmish game

Starship Troopers:

The game was before I started the hobby and I want my overacting mobile infantry!

I would love to see a cross-over game though, like Doctor Who Vs. Star Wars would be cool I want my Daleks taking out the Empire laying siege upon the Death Star!

Command and Conquer would be amazing. It would be like a Dropzone Commander that I was interested in. If there was some sort of harvesting resource mechanic, I'd cry with joy. GW could surely get into that so easily?! God knows EA have done everything they can to milk the license dry so I'm sure they'd play ball!

Well, they have had tabletop starwars games before. Both land and space. Unfortunately they're OOP ever since the license with wizards of the coast lapsed. I played both and enjoyed them a lot. Heck the thing that keeps me away from that new x-wing game is the lack of capitol ship combat.

I also liked their starwars D20.

GI Joe would be cool..

But was also thinking Masters of the Universe. (He man). Like GIJoe the hero side would have high point characters and villain side would be a horde type army

 Zuul wrote:
Well, they have had tabletop starwars games before. Both land and space. Unfortunately they're OOP ever since the license with wizards of the coast lapsed. I played both and enjoyed them a lot. Heck the thing that keeps me away from that new x-wing game is the lack of capitol ship combat.

I also liked their starwars D20.

This. If X-Wing was capitol ships I'd be all over it like cheese on a Riptide. I want Vindicator class star destroyers and Droid control ships battling it out.
The D20 rpg was very good. Loved the alien race supplement. (Never liked playing as a human.)

You make a SW capitol game, I'm there without pause.

Most everything I can say has already been said... AND I SHALL SAY IT ANYWAY!

Gundam for sure would be an amazing tabletop and one I've thought about trying to slap mechanics to. Maybe give the option to create custom mobile suits and gundams and then kitbash to your hearts content (Bandai is sitting on a gold mine if they ever turned something like Build Fighters into ANY kind of game).

L5R also did have a tabletop game, but the fact I can't recall it clearly shows that problem. And when you get right down to it, 7 Great Clans (refuse to accept the Mantis, sorry), The Shadowlands, Imperial Army/Minor Clans allies, ronin mercenaries... plenty of options for fairly different factions, and it'd be great to use with the rpgs as well to give more depth to their mass battles.

Halo would be cool, but would suffer from a lack of depth, and the more I try to envision as Mass Effect tabletop, the more it looks kinda like Infinity with more aliens A good one would be nice to see though.

Fire Emblem might make a pretty cool tabletop game...

 PlaguelordHobbyServices wrote:

 Zuul wrote:
I've been pining for a Mobile Suit Gundam tabletop game of over 10 years. They already have an extensive line of models, 35 years of lore across several alternate universes, and it would give me an excuse to buy and make gunpla models more.

Yeah, I've been dreaming of a Mobile Suit: Gundam: 00 tabletop game, mainly because of the number of factions etc.

In 00 we have

Celestial Being
Celestial Being Fereshte (not sure if that's the correct spelling, the Celestial Being Black Ops division)
Team Trinity
Advanced European Union
Human Reform League
The Union
Earth Sphere Federation Forces
A-laws
Extraterrestial Livingmetal Shapeshifters
The Rogue Innovades
Innovators (from the Innovator war)

Also, it'd be cool to have Celestial Being fight against other Gundam units from other timelines, however, the 5th generation suits from the 00-movie are the most powerful in the Gundam Franchise. :/

I actually bought a zaku a few weeks ago to have as a showpiece model, never watched gundam before, I have watched quite a bit now and this idea is what actually made me start this thread. I thought you might be able to play with many GMs/Zakus/Whatever other low tier mobile suits your faction has, or go full on herohammer style gameplay with one of the stronger gundams as a one man army.

For what it's worth, if we're going by UC0079 standards, the RX-78-2 wasn't that much better than the later mass production model RGM-79 that came after it. In fact, the GMs were lighter and had better mobility, albeit with weaker armour (not much of an issue when beam weaponry, an increasingly popular tool on both sides of the one year war, was becoming increasingly popular), and better weaponry (although later models rectified this).

Really, an earth combat Gundam game would actually kick all kinds of ass. I'm not sure that a tabletop game could properly convey the 3D depth of movement that space combat would have, but something could definitely work for an 8th MS team style ground game.

A bit unrelated, but I was working on a stand for a model helicopter (nothing built just some sketches, just kinda a proof of concept thing, not ever going to actually use one) that had adjustable height, (for landing and such) something like it could work for space combat in a minor fashion.

A Song of Ice and Fire definitely.

Dune.

/dropsmic

40k.
It would be great if some one wrote a rule set specifically for the battles in 40k.(A 40k battle war game.)
Rather than the heavily patched 'WHFB skirmish rules in space v3.x' , GW plc sell.

A very interesting thread. I don't want to make everyone hate me, but some of the ideas being spouted strike me as very silly.

"A song of Ice and fire". Warfare in this is, like medieval warfare but with some dragons, and the occasional wildfire. You might as well make "generic fantasy, the wargame" (which already exists).
Don't get me wrong, the books are great, but not because the battles are particularly unique or interesting, its far more the politics and characters.

"Wheel of time". I love the books, but again this might feel basically like another Warhammer fantasy. The only difference being that a single Aes Sedai or Asha man (or god forbid Rand) can annihilate about 100 of your troops each turn. I think a game where you both put hundreds of models on the table only to sweep them off again because the other guy has channelers doesn't sound great.

"Doctor who". I have used the ancient rogue trader book to run a few sort of role playing game doctor who games. These were fun, but I don't think it would really work competitively. "You cant shoot my guys because you can't remember them" is a great rule in a competitive wargame.

"Elder scrolls". I am no expert, but I have played some Skyrim. From what I have seen you could easily play a game of warhammer fantasy and say "these dark elves are from Morrowind, those lizzardmen are actually argonians (hence no saurus).

Maybe I am being unfair here, but most of the ideas seem to be "I want 40k and fantasy, but with a different trade mark attached".

Sorry, I hope I haven't offended anyone.

Dast

Dast wrote:


Maybe I am being unfair here, but most of the ideas seem to be "I want 40k and fantasy, but with a different trade mark attached".
Dast

It may well be a case of that, but really, I think it's minis that a lot of people would want. I would happily play an Elder Scrolls game based on the LOTR or WFB system, if there were specific minis, in that same way that I'd use Deadzone with proper Star Wars minis.

 Jimsolo wrote:

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!

I'd also love this. But I'd rather preserve the mix-and-match aspect by including some resource system that permits multiple colours. Like... taking actions with a unit costs a certain amount of [coloured/colourless], and smaller units cost less to activate. Resources could be accumulated by being directly generated by units, or special objects bought along with the army (kind of like mana batteries which can be targeted and destroyed). Also, extensive conversion options for planeswalkers.

I'd also love to see Pokemon. I started writing rules for a Polemon game, but it turned into a not-Pokemon game.

ntw3001 wrote:

 Jimsolo wrote:

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!

I'd also love this. But I'd rather preserve the mix-and-match aspect by including some resource system that permits multiple colours. Like... taking actions with a unit costs a certain amount of [coloured/colourless], and smaller units cost less to activate. Resources could be accumulated by being directly generated by units, or special objects bought along with the army (kind of like mana batteries which can be targeted and destroyed). Also, extensive conversion options for planeswalkers.

I'd also love to see Pokemon. I started writing rules for a Polemon game, but it turned into a not-Pokemon game.

All of that sounds really, really good. I always thought the MtG universe would make for a great tabletop game because of the huge background diversity and colourful imagery. I don't know why they haven't done it yet.