Matthew: Are the Posleen rabidly xenophobic anti-carnivorous equiids? Hi Matthew, I still haven't read the books, but here's what I've learned: K'Kree: - Rabid...
Hi I am looking to fight big SciFi land battles, 'Battle Group' size, was looking at Iron Cow any thoughts? I do want an 'All Arms' approach so infantry must...
Disclaimer first - rules author and publisher writing here! ;-) ... It's cheap and handles games of over sixty vehicles a side with brutal ease. It isn't as...
... As a non-human but non-AI member of the list, I hasten to assure you we do not discriminate here, Stephane. Welcome aboard, and next time tell us some of...
I've used a slightly tooled version of Modern Spearhead for Battle group sized Sci-fi games and it works just fine. Dave Turner ... was ... would ... hndreds...
From: "Bunny" <bunnycoleman2002@...> ... Some of the folks at MJ12 (including yours truly) are working on a new Mecha game, and vehicles are part of...
As a follow up to recent posts I thought I'd let people know about a recent experience with Gladiator Games. I ordered some figures on November 15th and they...
Hey, I know this is sort of off topic here, but thought I would ask, seeing as how I am not a part of the regular 6mm group (if anyone wants to post this over...
I agree. Prophecy of War is a very good set for what you're doing. Does anyone have the stats for PoW using the GW Epic mini's, especially Marine & IG?...
The traditional "all arms" approach has been common at least since napoleon, probably earlier. Are there reasonable options? something besides cavalry,...
... napoleon, probably earlier. ... infantry, artillery? ... I'm not sure I follow your question completely. Certainly as of WWI we humans have added "air"...
I think open ended-ness might have been the point of the exercise - to get people thinking. Assume aliens with really thick skin, almost armor-like. Artillery...
I think it is more objective to get rid of the traditional military labels and focus on what they represent. Mobility, direct fire (shooting an enemy you can...
I think I get what you mean. You're looking for additional options. I'm sure any practical options would have already been exploited by actual military, but...
Sci-fi games I have seen, from GROPOS to Warhammer 40K (sic) all seem to have the same classic all-arms elements. Infantry, armor/cavalry and artillery. They...
What do you mean by entirely Unique? Would aliens that exist only as clouds of sentient gasses count? How about aliens that exist only as high-energy plasma...
Actually, now that I've thought about some more, I think the mold was broken around WWII. Clasical divisions (Napoleon to WWI) might be classed as: Infantry -...
What I meant by "entirely unique", was a form of military unit that didn't in one way or another fit into the catagory of infantry, cavalry, or artilery, or...
Good post, but I'm not convinced that any mold was broken around WWII. I'll address the specifics below... ... Recon is a sub-element of infantry and/or...
The first thing that comes to mind is a flying mole. At home in any element. A form of universal cavalry that functions as it's own artillery and is air...
... didn't in one way or another fit into the catagory of infantry, cavalry, or artilery, or that was such an unusual form of one of these that it almost...
Paratroop should be split into several subsets: Paratroops - Fast moving (once w/air assets), low offense, good defense Glider troops - Fast moving (W/air...
Ok, as humans, we are mostly bound by our experience. So if we can't come up with something original, let's do what humans do best. We'll take one good...
... universal cavalry that functions ... The Nanite clouds that I have been trying to figure out how to work fall into that catagory. They are huge clouds of...
Wow, this is a great discussion! I'm thinking that it still almost makes sense to dispense with the traditional titles, although that would make casual...
Andreas: The variations on the themes are endless, though... Hi Andreas, Matthew and Gang, I think that the primary difference between infantry and cavalry is ...
Some excellent ideas. A gas-cloud being or beings. A nanite "cloud" or herd or whatever. Some similarities but two unique ideas. And a few others being...
Hi Richard, ... <<snip>> ... The Plasma/Gas based beings have various means at their disposal. The purely low-energy gas beings would probably need some form...
HI, Michael Crichton has a book out called "Prey" that tells the story of a nanite experiment gone wrong. Not a bad read and it brings up some interesting...
