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Have you taken a look at Battlestations? It might fit some of what you want: it's sort of a RPG/board game, with crew running around the ship to control various ship functions, or fight off boarders. (And, of course, boarding the enemy.)

I wouldn't kick anyone out who showed up with Tyranids. I do have a high tolerance for proxies, though. I suppose I was thinking of a more generic set of futuristic rules, though, with more generic armies to go with it: powered armor humans, "normal" humans, ancient race of grace and wisdom...

There are plenty of proxy figures available, especially for those people who didn't like the movie interpretation to begin with. If nothing else, I would hope people can think of a substitute for SICON powered armor that is readily available :wink: . Sure, your bugs might look a little...

Ad Astra is also working on an RPG; there is a Worlds of Honor RPG sub-forum if you want to see where they are. Version 1.0 might require some math: you do occasionally have to divide by 4 or something. Version 2.0 is substantially streamlined--not as streamlined as ACtA, but not too bad...

I'll note that Battlefield Evolution: Apocalypse-Z (the post-apocalyptic zombie version) appears in this week's GTM.

There was one, but IIRC it was mentioned before the Great Miniatures Purge of 2008. I'd imagine it was at least a temporary casualty of the changes that brought about.

I was just looking for opinions. I don't have a ton of experience with moderns (or aircraft minis in general), so I figured I'd ask those wiser than I in these matters. I was thinking 1/72 for helicopters (since they might land), and 1/100 or so for aircraft (they look smaller because we're...

Thanks! I asked this on Rulemasters, but no one had answered yet.

I had a 1/72 scale A10 model in my hand, but put it back because I was worried that it would be too big for the table. Has anyone tried it? Is 1/100 too small, or 1/72 too large?

I'll buy that it's a move back... :wink: I'm hardly an expert on modern warfare, but it bugs me that tank guns are so lethal against troops. I would think that 'Lethal Zone/2", D6+2' isn't that much harder to understand than 'Lethal Zone/2"', and makes the whole system that much more...

I don't recall any BF Evo weapons having multiple dice for blast effect. They tended to have a different damage statistic for blasts, as well, often a D6 or something similarly small. I kind of preferred that, myself... Ah well, onward and upward. Or something :) .

There are several troops in the MEA with no armor save listed. Should they be treated as having a 7+ armor save? I would think they should gain some benefit from being in cover, but they don't seem to do so in the Rules As Written.

A quick search didn't find my answer, so I'll ask here: If you don't have an armor save, do you get one when in cover? I would think you get a 7+ armor save, but couldn't find that anywhere.

What, you mean like the Kess-Rith? :D

Actually, someone has posted his house rules, using home-made plasticard dragons and the pasticard ships from WizKids. Don't remember the address offhand. Still, I'd prefer something a little more war-gamey than Pirates as a base system.