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Is there a wargame out there like the current rash of character based video games - Overwatch, Atlas Reactor, Any Moba, Battleborn.

So 4 or 5 minis a side only, all with characters, potentially customisable. Ideally quick and Simple

Sci-Fi and/or fantasy

The closest i can think is RumnBones (only pirates) or One of the knight models games.

Anything else? Even Malifaux and infinity end up with 7-15 models a sideand generic grunts.

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Relicblade (Fantasy), Otherworld (Fantasy), Rogue Stars (SF) have a very low model count.

having considered it previously have ordered rogue stars.
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You can also take a look at Double Tap from One Page Rules.

Song of Blade and Heroes (and it's various iterations) is really good.

Frostgrave generally has limited force size.

Two Hour Wargames has free Fantasy and Sci Fi skirmish rules that can be played easily with small forces. Their Chain Reaction system is the basis of all their rules, so once you have the basics down, it's pretty easy.

Bushido and Pulp City also follow the "each model is a customizable character" model.

old edition Confrontation.

Arena Rex

Really don't recommend Homework the Game aka Rogue Stars.

Really good to see Double Tap got a rerelease. I know it was taken down for awhile to be edited and filled out more.

Allow me to shamelessly plug Blackwater Gulch Second Edition, if you're looking for a character driven weird west game

I recently made a post introducing Circle of Blood by Last Bullet Games.

An English translation from Spanish is in the works and a quick start document should be available soon.

It's dark fantasy with levelling characters and your brotherhood (your faction or team).

Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes is very good for generic fantasy.

Rogue Stars is by the same designer, Andrea Sfiligoi. Rogue Stars is very good for non-military sci fi adventure ... think of it like, Han and Chewie's adventures.

For Gothic Horror, try Empire of the Dead by Westwind.

For Lovecraftian Horror, try Strange Aeoms by Uncle Mike.

For post apoc, try This Is Not A Test by World's End.

Of course there are many more including GW getting back into this with Shadow War.

see my blog (linked in my sig) for some content on these kinds of games

The Chaos in series and Pulp Alley are cool too.

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Allow me to shamelessly plug Blackwater Gulch Second Edition, if you're looking for a character driven weird west game

Or just the fantasy rules! Those are great.

There's the fantasy flight games that are half RPG half skirmish game. Specifically, Doom, Descent and Star Wars: Imperial Assault.

You could also throw games like Dungeon Saga and Fables into the mix too but they don't have a real skirmish component.

I highly recommend Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes. A warband of reasonably high powered charachters can easily be as little as 4-7 miniatures.

It also plays really fast and is easy to learn. We played the original Song of Blades for quite a few years. The advanced version is very similar but adds just a touch more granularity. The best addition is a simple-but-useful reaction system.

It's generic, but has an online warband creator so you can stat up virtually any miniature you want from any company you like. It's also quite cheap. 10 buck PDF or $20 book.
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Add Savage Worlds to the list!

There's also a very interesting sci-fi game called Rogue Planet (not to be confused with Rogue Stars).

Certainly the most interesting part is the lack of any standard measuring, either for movement or ranged attacks. It's hard to explain, but it works pretty decently within the mechanics.

If you have GW minis, go to the One Page Rules website and go either Grimdark Firefight (40k skirmish) or Age of Fantasy Skirmish (Age of Sigmar/Warhammer skirmish).

Another vote for Strange Aeons here.

Alternatively, Mantics Walking Dead: All Out War should fit the bill. Usually 3 - 6 named characters per player plus a bunch of zombies on the table. There are also rules for generating your own characters and solo rules.

My skirmish game Brink of Battle, its Fantasy supplement Epic Heroes were designed for this very request.

You can find them here http://www.brinkofbattle.com/

We just released our book for Osprey Games called Scrappers: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Wargames which is Sci-Fi PA and entirely 'character' driven in its campaign system.

You can find it here https://ospreypublishing.com/scrappers

Hope that helps.

Also, WreckAge is a Post-Apoc game that is right in the 4-5 mini range. It can be played as a fairly straitforward minis game or you can add an RPG element too it. Has great figures, fluff and several factions but also a unit buildier so you can stat up whatever figs you like.