Anyone know a good, skirmish-level miniatures game that lets you use miniatures from any manufacturer (i.e. by having good, balanced rules for unit creation and costing)?
These days, I paint more than I play, and most of my recent gaming has been Warmaster. I like the strategy, but the tiny 10mm miniatures aren\'t as rewarding to paint as 25-30mm miniatures.
I find myself looking for a way to take my favourite painted miniatures (from various manufacturers) and making a small skirmish band out of them. Bands of adventurers, a motley collection of monsters, a lance of elven mercenaries, etc. The games games I\'ve played that have good mechanics (e.g. LOTR), however, don\'t have unit costing rules.
Many recent games have rules that are freely downloadable (e.g. CAV, Confrontation, Dark Age, Celtos, Warchest, Mage Knight) are available as free downloads, which implies to me that it\'s all about selling lead. Perhaps army books don\'t sell as well without a retail presence, but few gaming shops are going to maintain a good supply of miniatures for such a variety of games.
The main problem is the mutual incompatability of the games, combined with the effort it takes to get ready to play. It\'s one thing to pick up a chess set, it\'s another to buy an army Rackham and paint it.
It seems that there\'s a logical place for a set of rules that\'s agnostic to the miniature manufacturer. Anyone else know what I\'m talking about?
These days, I paint more than I play, and most of my recent gaming has been Warmaster. I like the strategy, but the tiny 10mm miniatures aren\'t as rewarding to paint as 25-30mm miniatures.
I find myself looking for a way to take my favourite painted miniatures (from various manufacturers) and making a small skirmish band out of them. Bands of adventurers, a motley collection of monsters, a lance of elven mercenaries, etc. The games games I\'ve played that have good mechanics (e.g. LOTR), however, don\'t have unit costing rules.
Many recent games have rules that are freely downloadable (e.g. CAV, Confrontation, Dark Age, Celtos, Warchest, Mage Knight) are available as free downloads, which implies to me that it\'s all about selling lead. Perhaps army books don\'t sell as well without a retail presence, but few gaming shops are going to maintain a good supply of miniatures for such a variety of games.
The main problem is the mutual incompatability of the games, combined with the effort it takes to get ready to play. It\'s one thing to pick up a chess set, it\'s another to buy an army Rackham and paint it.
It seems that there\'s a logical place for a set of rules that\'s agnostic to the miniature manufacturer. Anyone else know what I\'m talking about?
