Tabletop miniatures games by rank

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Steampunk mayhem. Highest ranked tabletop miniatures game.

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Edited Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:25 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:26 pm

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(manowarplayer)

United States

California

Due to a bug in the code for the sorting methodology, this is actually the Highest Ranked Game that meets your criteria.

Maybe you could add something in the description to each of the entries above like this:

UNRANKED - See below for #1 Game

I know others have posted Bug reports to Aldie, but I'm sure he has a pretty full plate already.

Edited Mon Sep 3, 2007 6:17 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 6:16 pm
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Nundo Bolas

(Neontek)

Netherlands
Unspecified
Unspecified

manowarplayer wrote:

for #1 Game

I understand why this is number 1, since it is what Warhammer should have been (mechanics and gameplay). However, I have never understood the 'cheaper than WH' argument, since you get only 3-5 miniatures for the price of a GW boxed set.

(Yes, I know it's plastic.. but you can't even play the game with just one Warmachine starter.)

Posted Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:50 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

As the astute reader has no doubt already surmised, the sorting issue in question has been fixed.

Posted Wed Feb 4, 2009 8:56 pm
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Darkness Personified

(TheShadow)

Why can't this be #1? Really interesting and intuitive rules, awesome miniatures and amazing fluff, cool steampunk influenced fantasy genre...
This game is a really great game.
I, however, do not thnk it is steampunk. It is heavily influenced by steampunk, but, due to the setting, is a lot more like fantasy. Full metal fantasy, that is.

Posted Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:14 am
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

TheShadow wrote:

Why can't this be #1?

Um? Who said it can't?

Posted Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:40 pm
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2. Board Game: BattleTech [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:472]

Eirik Sandaas

(Marauder2001)

Norway
Trondheim

Game usually played on a hex map, but the Rules Cyclopedia also presents rules to play the game as a pure miniature game, using the hex-counts in movements/range as inches, and each 1/6 turn costing one movement point.

There where also rules for how LOS and different scenery affected what part of the mech could be hit, IIRC.

So this variant qualifies as a proper miniature game.

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Posted Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:57 pm

SJ Benoist

(SJBenoist)

United States
Saint Charles
Missouri

I never understood why games played on uniformly demarcated maps with models were not considered "miniatures games" anyway.

If I hex grid my table, it just makes it easier to measure movement

Posted Wed Jul 7, 2010 5:56 pm
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Darkness Personified

(TheShadow)

I agree with you, SJBenoist. As long as you're moving miniatures and fighting and the rules have real depth, it's a miniatures game.

Posted Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:17 am
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Massimo

Italy
Roma

This game is a never-ending one. You can go on from the skirmish battle to the huge space conflicts around a planet. And you can tie everything together!

I am a huge fan of Battletech even if in the last years new rules have created a little of confusion. At infantry level the game is a real mess, but it seems many players are going to stop at the mechanized (Battlemechs and tanks) level, so this is not a major problem.

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Nomadic Gamer

(davedanger)

United States
Palatine
Illinois

SJBenoist wrote:

I never understood why games played on uniformly demarcated maps with models were not considered "miniatures games" anyway.

If I hex grid my table, it just makes it easier to measure movement

uh.. because in real life units don't move in 60 degree increments back and forth trying to go straight....

Posted Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:17 am
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Wulf Corbett

(Wulf Corbett)

Scotland
Shotts
Lanarkshire

davedanger wrote:

uh.. because in real life units don't move in 60 degree increments back and forth trying to go straight....

Depends how much they've had to drink... gulp

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3. Board Game: Necromunda [Average Rating:7.14 Overall Rank:484]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

"Warband" game about gang warfare in the WH40k universe. The rules are basically taken from (older editions of) WH40k, but adds detail and a campaign system where gangers can increase in skill and power.

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Edited Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:38 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:46 pm

Tome Loh

(deltagreen451)

Singapore
Singapore

And there's the Western version of this by Warhammer Historical: Legends of the Old West.

Or as I like to call it, "Tombstone-munda" laugh

Posted Fri Nov 2, 2007 5:23 am
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David Winter

(dedindahed)

United Kingdom
Penyffordd
Chester

legends of the old west has as much in common with GW's lord of the rings as it does with necromunda, core stats and rules are the same.

Posted Fri Nov 2, 2007 12:21 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Separate entry for LotOW added.

Posted Fri Nov 2, 2007 9:37 pm
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Peter Engström

(Fellonius)

Sweden
Katrineholm

I literally lived Necromunda for some years, until my girlfriend threw me out. There's a lot of material on the net, to keep this game interesting for decades. It's a big 9 for me, just superseeded by the mighty Blood Bowl. wow

Posted Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:39 pm
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Craig Stahl

(crgstahl)

United States

Wisconsin

Why stop playing AFTER the girlfriend threw you out?

Posted Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:48 pm
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4. Board Game: Mordheim: City of the Damned [Average Rating:7.12 Overall Rank:517]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Warband-level spinoff of Warhammer. Building on the basic warhammer mechanics, Mordheim adds rules appropriate for small skirmishes and a campaign and experience system.

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Edited Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:39 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:49 pm

Peter Engström

(Fellonius)

Sweden
Katrineholm

Dear "neighbour",
I find the lack of motivation in this game not to my satisfaction. But the figures ended up in my Blood Bowl mess anyway.

Necromunda is better!

Posted Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:36 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

What do you mean by motivation?

(Our Mordheim campaign of many years ago died from boredom with just about every game degenerating to a big melee. This game could use a better "missions" system.)

Posted Fri May 16, 2008 12:06 pm
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John Di Ponio

United States
Warren
Michigan

Still like to break it out form time to time....I play Necromunda more but this is a fun one with the kids.

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5. Board Game: Hordes [Average Rating:7.75 Overall Rank:652]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Offshoot of Warmachine.

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Edited Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:03 pm
Posted Thu Sep 6, 2007 9:03 pm

Les Haskell

(ZombyDawg)

United States

Tennessee

And compatible with Warmachine. You can play Hordes armies against Warmachine armies.

Posted Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:57 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Given that compability, I'm not entirely sure how it qualifies as a separate game, but I added Hordes anyway because that seems to be the consensus view.

Posted Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:25 pm
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Liam Merlot

(Dr Corey)

Australia
Melbourne
Victoria

It can be played on its own or against Warmachine, so hard to work out if it is an expansion or a stand alone. The mechanics are similar but with a few key changes.

It is regarded by many as probably a touch superior to its brother due to them being able to fix a few of the flaws in balance (game wise and army composition). Only rated lower here due to less people rating it.

Posted Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:44 am
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Darkness Personified

(TheShadow)

Hordes, as it was developed at about the same time, is really a counterpart. The important thing is that it is a totally different game.
Yes, it has similar and sometimes identical mechanics to Warmachine, but the fundamental game is different. Warmachine places an importance on resource management; where do you allocate focus? Hordes places an importance on risk management; how far can I push my warbeasts before they try to kill me?
It might not seem like a giant difference, but it really is. It's as big a difference as running out of gasoline and pushing your car until it explodes.

Posted Fri Dec 31, 2010 1:21 am
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Massimo

Italy
Roma

I really like the more tradional and savage fantasy of Hordes. I pratically play only this one and I skipped Warmachine. I think Warmachine is an excellent game, its miniatures are awesome. I'm just not a steampunk fan. But if money will permit to me, I will buy Warmachine too one day.

Posted Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:28 pm
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6. Board Game: De Bellis Antiquitatis [Average Rating:7.20 Overall Rank:726]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

My only 10-rated miniatures game. Mechanically minimalistic (by the standards of miniatures games only!) it nonetheless has a lot of depth.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:21 pm

(Ammianus)

United States
Annapolis
Maryland

I'm with you pal! Love that game (and its little brother DBN)

Posted Thu Sep 6, 2007 12:03 am
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Muz Fish

(muzfish4)

Australia
Canberra

Huge fan of DBA too. I play socially and in several comps about the place every year.

I also like the small armies so you can collect a wide range lot of forces.

www.fanaticus.org is a good resource too.

Posted Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:07 am
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Francisco J. Piña A.

(Adeptus)

Chile
Calama
Antofagasta

Visit my blog: http://wargamerchileno.blogspot.com

Another big fan here!! I love both the simple rules and the small armies, and the Big Battle DBA rules allow you to play with bigger forces if you feel like it, and it works great.

Posted Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:58 pm
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Kent Reuber

United States
San Mateo
California

Used to really enjoy it, but I grew weary of Barker's constant fiddling with the rules. I'm now looking for a new set of rules for ancients--so far Impetus is the leading contender.

Posted Sun Nov 2, 2008 4:13 pm
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CD Ireland

(Mr Pipes)

Scotland

DBA is my favourite game over many years. There have been many contenders to replace it but none suceed for long.

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Nomadic Gamer

(davedanger)

United States
Palatine
Illinois

kentreuber wrote:

Used to really enjoy it, but I grew weary of Barker's constant fiddling with the rules. I'm now looking for a new set of rules for ancients--so far Impetus is the leading contender.

I use Fistful of Miniatures-it's so versatile. meeple

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7. Board Game: Warhammer Fantasy Battle [Average Rating:6.69 Overall Rank:735]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Perhaps the most famous of all tabletop miniatures games. Also my first commercial miniatures game.

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8. Board Game: Man O' War [Average Rating:7.10 Overall Rank:746]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Warhammer at sea. Widely seen as among GW's best efforts, it sadly seems they have no intention of ever supporting it again, even as a specialist game.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:27 pm

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(manowarplayer)

United States

California

Which makes this #2. cool

Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 6:17 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

You'd probably want to increase the movement scale (US minis run bigger than MoW ones) but otherwise it should work fine I believe.

Posted Tue May 24, 2011 9:21 am
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Caleb Glave

(Alphawog)

United States
Norman
Oklahoma

Seems the rulebook is near impossible to find and it's been too long since I've even seen a copy. I guess I'll just play US instead.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

The rulebook is available in electronic form on the Man-O'-War Yahoo group. GW doesn't seem to mind.

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Chris Montgomery

(cmontgo2)

United States
Joliet
Illinois

Dear Geek: Please insert the wittiest comment you can think of in this text pop-up. Then times it by seven.

The Coat of Arms of Clan Montgomery - Scotland. Yes, that's a woman with the head of a savage in her hand, and an anchor. No clue what it means, but it's cool.

Orcoteuthis wrote:

The rulebook is available in electronic form on the Man-O'-War Yahoo group. GW doesn't seem to mind.

They will now.

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9. Board Game: Flames of War [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:777]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

This is quite popular, apparently, but I've never met anyone playing it. (Edit: I have now.)

Anyway, it's a company level WWII game written for 15mm models, and comes with its own dedicated miniatures range.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 3:34 pm

bill jaffe

(skinsfan)

United States
Oakland
California

oh yeah Flames of war is real popular melding the basic's of warhammer and 40k to WWII was a great move. historical folks that i know do not like the whole save thing, but i love the fact i've seen kids playing it

skinsfan

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Muz Fish

(muzfish4)

Australia
Canberra

It's popular in Australia too.

Cancon (Canberra) & MOAB (Sydney) both have big competitions. At Canberra Gamers there may be up to four tables (of 12 or 14) all playing FoW on any given evening.

More than a few German Civil War battles as well....

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

JonatanRaven wrote:

I'm sure there are players at LinCon for example. There's always some at GothCon.

I indeed saw some folks playing it at LinCon.

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John Di Ponio

United States
Warren
Michigan

I don;t play tis for its historical value....it looks good on a table and is a great hang around and have fn game!

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Max Haider

(Pink Horror)

United States

Florida

I would love to play WWII battles on the Pacific front, but when I looked into Flames of War, I couldn't find anything about that. Bummer. I'm just not in the mood for Europe for some reason.

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10. Board Game: Full Thrust [Average Rating:7.25 Overall Rank:940]

Kent Reuber

United States
San Mateo
California

Full thrust is one of the preferred fleet level games. One player can usually handle a handful of ships (squadron).

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 4:17 pm

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

I should mention that the rules are available for free on GZG's website.

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William Hostman

(aramis)

United States
Eagle River
Alaska

Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.

Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.

Note that there is a stock setting, with minimal information.

The setting recieves more detail in the supplements Full Thrust Fleet Book: Volume 1 (Warships of the Major Powers: 2183) and Full Thrust Fleet Book: Volume 2 (The Xeno Files).

The setting is shared with Dirtside II and Stargrunt II.

Posted Fri Aug 8, 2008 10:02 am
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Scott Smith

(Scootergsp)

United States
Duncan
South Carolina

One of my personal "10s" cool

Glad to see it made the list.

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Martin Gallo

(martimer)

United States
O'Fallon
Missouri

I rated it a '5' because from all my playings the winner was the player who rolled initiative the most consistently. All the clever maneuvering meant nothing if you get blown up before you can move.

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Massimo

Italy
Roma

Downloaded the .pdf. Then I liked this game so much that I searched for the paper versions on eBay. And I have found it with every single expansion.

I did the same with Stargrunt II anyway

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11. Board Game: AT-43 [Average Rating:7.02 Overall Rank:956]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Will Rackham dethrone WH40k?

Notable for prepainted minis.

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Edited Sat Dec 15, 2007 2:56 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:29 pm

Don Johnson

(dosto)

Germany
Stade
Nds

this game is fantastic

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Collin Schrader

(FerretOfTindalos)

United States

California

Paragon Games wrote:

... if you take a pole of my local area ...

I find that a great many 40K players have indeed taken "poles" in their respective "local areas." Ahem.

I wish Rackham would put out as much ridiculous fluff detailing as GW. AT-43 looks to me like a very promising, not in-your-face, not sometimes-pseudo-comical, not (pardon) British-feeling setting, which puts it above 40K in my eyes.
If the minis had as robust a range as 40K, with, you know, dozens of tank configurations per army and what have you, and those were consistent with the superior quality of the individual soldier sculpts, then it would at least be on the path to dethroning WH40K. As it is, I think not.

But it should by all means be given the Nobel Peace Prize for having potential for greatness...

Posted Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:59 pm
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Max Haider

(Pink Horror)

United States

Florida

Not sometimes-pseudo-comical? Have you read the Karman army book?

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

The game's future now seems doubtful as Rackham has gone into liquidation. It may or may not be picked up by another company.

Posted Tue Nov 9, 2010 10:20 am
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Massimo

Italy
Roma

I hope it will be taken again by another company. The game is fantastic, but it lacks depth. I would like to see more campaign rules.

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12. Board Game: Battlefleet Gothic [Average Rating:6.85 Overall Rank:971]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Space battles in the universe of WH40k. Some good ideas and a superabundance of dice.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 3:04 pm

Derek Anderson

(Paragon Games)

United States
Daytona Beach
Florida

I used to love this game! I wish there were some local players or local interest in it... I have two full fleets and nobdy to play with!

Derek...

Posted Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:37 am
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James Sexton

(lemperor)

United States
Syracuse
New York

I love the miniatures for this one but damn! yuk

rules for RAMMING in space? At the scale they have on the table top, a typical ship would be about the size of a red blood cell! RAMMING!?!

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13. Board Game: Malifaux [Average Rating:7.90 Overall Rank:1009]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Steampunk/horror skirmish game. Uses cards instead of dice, adding an element of hand management.

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Posted Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:31 pm

Mike Forrey

(bearn)

United States
Dover
Pennsylvania

This game is so under the radar but in reality it is one of the top 5 best TT miniature games in production and maybe of all time. It's the TRUE small scale skirmish game that others have tried and failed at.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

The figures are very nice. I bought some recently and am looking forward to painting them.

Edit: Here's an example:

Edited Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:07 am
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Massimo

Italy
Roma

Is there a campaign system?

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14. Board Game: Warmaster [Average Rating:7.03 Overall Rank:1174]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Warhammer goes 10mm. Unlike its bigger brother, it places a lot of emphasis on command-and-control. Basically, a unit only moves if a commander passes an order test to move it, but as long as he keeps passing the test a commander can move a unit repeatedly.

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Edited Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:17 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:19 pm

Kent Reuber

United States
San Mateo
California

Very different (and much better) than Warhammer, IMO.

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Adrian Nelson

(CanuckWerty)

Canada

In my opinion, the best thing GW has done. This is a top-down miniatures ruleset, with the focus on the problems and strategy of C&C, rather than a ground-up ruleset (which would start with a fixed ground and time scale, and figure the rules based on that).

Posted Mon Nov 3, 2008 7:56 pm
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John Di Ponio

United States
Warren
Michigan

Ah....my EPIC version of warhammer.....can't go wrong with that....but of course...it died like every other nicely designed GW game!

...oh...excuse me....its a 'specialty' game now!

Posted Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:02 pm
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roberto rodriguez baez

(alaemortis)

Spain
Valladolid
Valladolid

El mejor sistema de reglas de Games Workshop hasta la fecha (sólo discutible con blood bowl)

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Mike Forrey

(bearn)

United States
Dover
Pennsylvania

Hands down the absolute BEST GW TT miniature game they have ever produced.

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15. Board Game: Infinity: A Skirmish Game [Average Rating:8.03 Overall Rank:1258]

Andrew Norris

(jugglingfool)

United States
Wesley Chapel
Florida

Don't think this has a rating yet, but it is a miniautre table top game as per the perameters of the list so it should probably be included. It is a fun game, but it is complex and there are some translation issues.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 5:11 pm

Timo Koop

(ChaosAptom)

Germany
Kiel

I like this one way more than Warmachine.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

It's got ranked now. Let's see if the average rating remains this high (currently 8.52) as it accumulates more ratings.

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John Fairley

(Bostich)

United States
Seattle
Washington

Had never heard of this until Origins this year. It's got some great mechanisms and the miniatures are top-notch. There are also a lot of them: 7 factions each with a lot of units.

On the downside it's more expensive than many other games, but so worth it.

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Chris Neumeyer

(Twelvecarpileup)

Canada
Vancouver
British Columbia

I really want to try this, but I have a huge issue with a skirmish game costing so much to get into...

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manuel rabago

(xango)

Mexico

I have been a wargamer for 15 years now.
Played: 40k, necromunda, mordheim, warmahordes, battletech, warhammer fantasy, malifaux, heavy gear.

Infinity for me is simply... The best miniature game ever made, the feel you get for playing this game is cinematic, even the most common soldier can become an epic hero with a chinese sci-fi kung-fu mega heroic action and change the course of battle. The ARO (automatic response order) is the best rule feature ever made, with this, you never stop playing, is always your turn and make the game closer to reality than any other, and on top of all this, without question, the best looking minis in the market!
What else do you need?

The game come from Spain and is growing slow, but is growing and i think is going to be on the top 5 in a couple of years, we`ll see.

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(Pierzasty)

Poland

I'M TRAPPED IN AN OVERTEXT FACTORY SEND HELP

Twelvecarpileup wrote:

I really want to try this, but I have a huge issue with a skirmish game costing so much to get into...

Then download the free rules and proxy the models. If you like the game, at least the money won't be wasted. And the minis only seem expensive, the price is comparable to other metal minis (e.g. GW) and you can always get them used

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16. Board Game: Confrontation [Average Rating:6.99 Overall Rank:1319]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Rackham. I hear recent editions are better translated than the one I read. Anyway it's a fantasy skirmish game.

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Edited Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:33 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 2:03 pm

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Confrontation: The Age of the Rag'Narok merges this with Rag'narok for a larger scale game. I'm not sure how the relationship between these three should be categorized; should I add separate entries for each?

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Nundo Bolas

(Neontek)

Netherlands
Unspecified
Unspecified

Orcoteuthis wrote:

Confrontation: The Age of the Rag'Narok merges this with Rag'narok for a larger scale game. I'm not sure how the relationship between these three should be categorized; should I add separate entries for each?

I wouldn't, since they're all Confrontation.

There has been, however, a huge loss of support when this went plastic in my area.

ALSO;

I have in my posession a huge collection of Confrontation miniatures, but never played the game. The symbols on the cards (and my lack of proper French) have always stopped me from actually playing this.

I'm quite sure that Confrontation ranks so highly because this game has the best miniatures (I've ever seen for a commercial fig game).

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Nicolas le clodo

(nico*le*clodo)

Belgium
Unspecified
Unspecified

You can download all the cards in french from the Rackham site now that they stopped the old metal confrontation.

Confrontation: The Age of the Rag'Narok (plastic pre-painted version) is not the same game as the discontinued Confrontation (metal high quality sculpts), it is set in the same world but other rules.

Anyway if you buy metal minis, the rules are easely to obtain in English, I'm surprised you have them only in french, and the cards, well those are free to get now on the site.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

nico*le*clodo wrote:

Confrontation: The Age of the Rag'Narok (plastic pre-painted version) is not the same game as the discontinued Confrontation (metal high quality sculpts), it is set in the same world but other rules.

Other rules as in another edition, or other rules as in another game?

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Patrick Stangier

(Bewulf)

Germany
Offenbach
Unspecified

Different Games.

Confrontation: The Age of the Rag'Narok is completely different from the previous Rackham games and has more in common with AT-43 than with the other Confrontation games.

Confrontation (Skirmish) and Rag'narok (Mass Battles) are similar, but are both stand alone games and, while being built on the same foundation, have different rules for certain things.

Confrontation - Dogs of War (Warband) is the odd one out.
Technically it is labeled as an expansion to Confrontation and you need the Confrontation rulebook in addition to the Dogs of War rulebook to play it, but its relationship to Confrontation is more like that between Mordheim: City of the Damned and Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

I have added Rag'narok and C:TAotR as separate entries. The later shows up as unranked as it's flagged as an expansion, which appears to be wrong.

Edit: That's fixed now.

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17. Board Game: Epic Armageddon [Average Rating:7.39 Overall Rank:1363]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

WH40k goes microarmour.

Predecessor: Warhammer Epic 40,000
Prepredecessor: Space Marine
Preprepredecessor: Adeptus Titanicus

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Edited Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:57 am
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:20 pm

A S

(sanguine)

United States
Unspecified
California

Preprepredecessor: Adeptus Titanicus

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Posted Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:40 pm
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Added.

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John Di Ponio

United States
Warren
Michigan

Just behind Man O War in my list of favorite minatures games.

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Jeremy Fridy

(Freitag)

United States
Kent
Ohio

It's good, but not as good as the previous edition, Epic 40,000.

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18. Board Game: Song of Blades and Heroes [Average Rating:7.76 Overall Rank:1366]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

This is a generic fast-play fantasy skirmish game. I'd like to try it someday. (Edit: Have now; see comment below.)

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Edited Wed May 26, 2010 11:19 am
Posted Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:25 pm

Mattias Frid

(Phreedh)

Sweden
Kävlinge
Skåne

200 gg...

down the drain!

I would strongly encourage anyone who have a few minis about to try this out! Fast, fun and cheap! Also, with the "official" stats generator, you can generate stats for any of your miniatures.

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

I finally got an opportunity to try it at GothCon 2010, and I thought it was pretty good. Fast play and the rules are mostly intuitive. The chaos factor is high, but if you get screwed completely by the dice you probably have time to attempt revenge straightaway.

The points system did appear to have a few bugs; in particular, sufficiently poor troops compute out as zero points unless we're missing something.

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Tim Mayse-Lillig

(timlillig)

United States
Chicago
Illinois

It is possible to have models worth zero points, but one point is considered the absolute minimum. Also, models worth less than 5 points are considered non-combatants such as prisoners in a special scenario. This is covered in Song of Gold and Darkness

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19. Board Game: Hordes of the Things [Average Rating:7.30 Overall Rank:1378]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

DBA goes fantasy.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:21 pm

Eddy Richards

(Ed_the_Red)

Scotland
Allanton
Berwickshire

Fantasy, and better.

(Well, in my opinion anyway. Certainly the rules are clearer!)

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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Ed_the_Red wrote:

Fantasy, and better.

(Well, in my opinion anyway. Certainly the rules are clearer!)

The rules are certainly clearer, but I miss the light troops from DBA and I 'm not entirely happy about how heroic individuals are handled in HOTT.

Edited Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:18 pm
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David Winter

(dedindahed)

United Kingdom
Penyffordd
Chester

i'm a fan of HOTT as it's so easy to get into, using 6mm figures you can get up and running for about £15 for 2 players.

The ability to use any figures of your choice lets you get really creative with army bulding.

Also found this really fun using the rules for double sized armies and having 2 generals per side.

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Dave Humm

(MonsterMash)

England
London

I enjoy this one probably more than its related game of DBA.

Nice and easy to use and a low entry cost.

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Dan Fielding

(Gronak)

Out of print but working on V3; so he has made V2 available for free

http://www.wrg.me.uk/

Find _History of WRG_ and then the Hordes section

http://www.wrg.me.uk/HISTORY/HOTT2.pdf

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20. Board Game: Car Wars [Average Rating:6.25 Overall Rank:1414]

Rob Silmser

(Hisst Ka)

United States
Valrico
Florida

We used micro machines and played this game to death

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Posted Sun May 3, 2009 4:32 pm

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

The entry says this is "hex-and-counter", which appears to be wrong - the images has it played on square grids or ungridded boards. Perhaps someone who actually knows the game should submit a correction?

ETA: Seems someone has.

Edited Sun Oct 9, 2011 8:11 am
Posted Mon May 4, 2009 10:49 am
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Edmund Proctor

(Ed123play)

United Kingdom

Eratta is on the SJG website.

Posted Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:43 pm
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Peter Rogers

(progers)

United States
Buffalo
New York

Memories of a misspent youth. My friends and I had the original and played it to death.

Posted Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:21 pm
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Steve Smith

(greasy_granny)

United States

Georgia

Man I had this too but didn't have any friends nerdy enough to play it with me at the time.

Posted Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:15 am
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21. Board Game: Space Marine [Average Rating:6.71 Overall Rank:1472]

Joel Carlson

(Thundergoat)

United States
Merrimack
New Hampshire

Adeptus Titanicus' little brother... the two games could combine, and made for some great epic-sized battles when used in conjunction.

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22. Board Game: Fire and Fury [Average Rating:7.64 Overall Rank:1491]

Kent Reuber

United States
San Mateo
California

One of the standards for ACW gaming. One stand is 150-200 men. In my opinion, it works best for medium sized battles. For the big battles, you need lots of stands, lots of players, lots of time, and a really big table.

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Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 4:12 pm

Nomadic Gamer

(davedanger)

United States
Palatine
Illinois

I've seen it used for Napoleonics, too.
Just don;t roll a '10' when moving on a bridge.... laugh

Posted Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:06 am
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23. Board Game: Warhammer 40,000 [Average Rating:6.25 Overall Rank:1619]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Warhammer goes space.

Current edition: Warhammer 40,000 (fifth edition)
Previous edition: Warhammer 40,000 (fourth edition)
Original edition: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

(Why do these editions have separate pages, when 2nd and 3rd don't? Darned if I knew.)

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Edited Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:32 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:19 pm

Nundo Bolas

(Neontek)

Netherlands
Unspecified
Unspecified

Same thing goes for the recent addition for a separate entry of FFG's cosmic encounter reprint. Doesn't make sense and I suspect there might be commercial interests involved.

Anyway. This (2nd ed) was my first miniature wargame and I must say: we had lots of fun with those extremely unrealistic viking close-combat situations, where two special characters would end up in the middle of the battlefield, locked into melee, for hours, while everything else blew up around them. The fluff is probably the main thing that keeps this going and 2nd ed's cheap hero rules actually did a good job at capturing the story's spirit.

It remains, however, one of the undying cashcows of the GW monopoly and deserves to be hated for it.

Posted Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:01 pm
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Steve Leske

(Moonweasel)

United States

Minnesota

Warhammer 40,000 is an atmospheric game of fantasy combats set in a far-distant dark future.

The rules are a bit obtuse. Even so, I was able to figure out the rules accurately with a couple of friends and no one to teach us. It still took a few games to get the hang of it.

The game requires the purchase and construction of little plastic soldiers. If this is not appealing to you, the game will not be either.

Personally, I have built an army of Space Marines over the last two years: For me, Warhammer 40,000 (or simply 40k) is a very relaxing, very enjoyable hobby that encourages artistic experimentation: there's something immensely entertaining about seeing your friends' paint a plastic monstrosity and refer to it as "Gorgator the Destroyer" with a straight face!

Understand that to play 40k requires a bit of cash, a willingness to slog through a rulebook which is, generally, quite friendly, but also fairly thick, and a few friends who are willing to spend their time and money on the same.

You may be surprised at the creativity this game engenders!

Posted Mon May 11, 2009 7:10 am
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Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Moonweasel wrote:

The game requires the purchase and construction of little plastic soldiers. If this is not appealing to you, the game will not be either.

If that's not appealing to someone, one might wonder what they're doing reading this geeklist at all!

(Unless, I suppose, they hate plastics specifically, but it ought be possible, if expensive, to play WH40k with all metallics.)

Posted Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:53 am
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Kevin Keefe

(Karadek)

United States
Kettering
Ohio

I used to do the all-metal route with Eldar.

Posted Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:26 pm
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24. Board Game: Stargrunt II [Average Rating:7.50 Overall Rank:1741]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Generic SF system. Focuses on infantry, meant for forces from a few squads up to a company in size.

The sister game Dirtside II handles bigger encounters with an emphasis on vehicles.

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Edited Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:20 pm
Posted Thu Sep 6, 2007 8:53 pm

A S

(sanguine)

United States
Unspecified
California

A nice, clean little system for infantry skirmishes that places the emphasis on morale and motivation.

Posted Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:46 pm
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Allan Goodall

(agoodall)

United States
West Monroe
Louisiana

There hasn't been a whole lot of work on the aliens supplement (Bugs Don't Surf), though it has more-or-less become a fan project. I wrote the rules for Phalons.

Posted Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:41 pm
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Simon Jack

(Simulated Knave)

Canada
Winnipeg
Manitoba

Has what are simultaneously excellent rules and the worst organized rules I've ever read.

Still looks quite good, but god help you if you want to figure out where you read something.

Posted Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:39 pm
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Jeremy Fridy

(Freitag)

United States
Kent
Ohio

We called this one "Vietnam in Space" Heavy focus on Morale and firepower. Definitely on the hard side of sci fi.

Posted Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:55 pm
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Massimo

Italy
Roma

These are best infantry rules around. Never found a better system until Force on Force came out this year. Stargrunt II is a groundbreaking game with its elegant mechanics.

The backgound is a real problem anyway, it is not very appealing, but the games is so beautiful you can adapt it to everything. I use Stargrun II rules to fight infantry encounters in the Battletech universe for an exemple, having totally get rid of the Battletroops rules.

Posted Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:54 am
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25. Board Game: Lord of the Rings: Tabletop Battle Game [Average Rating:6.49 Overall Rank:1793]

Andreas Johansson

Sweden
Linköping

I spent 200 GG and all I got was this lousy overtext!

Visuals based on the Jackson movies.

(This entry replaces The Lord of the Rings: Strategy Battle Game, since that version is as yet unranked. Edit: Well, that version's got ranked too now, but I'm keeping this as it's got more ratings. Rule differences are, AFAIK, minimal.)

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Edited Tue May 27, 2008 12:17 pm
Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 1:52 pm

Chris Brown

(cbrown)

United States
Falls Church
Virginia

This is a great skirmish-level game. All figures are single individuals, with good or bad heroes having great influence on the out come of the battle. Beautiful figures by Game Workshop, but other lines are available.

Posted Mon Sep 3, 2007 2:22 pm
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