science fiction

SNAFU Modern and Science Fiction Rules

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SNAFU is a set of free wargames rules for Modern and Science Fiction games. Author Michael Taylor writes:

As for a basic run down of the rules, SNAFU is aimed at 15mm games of about platoon level (each side controls a platoon sized force plus support units) from the modern era into science fiction. The basic unit is the fireteam, usually 4 figures strong but sometimes less or more. As commander of this force you are concerned with the performance of your fireteams as whole units, not of the individual members of each team (leave that work to your team leaders!). As such, units move and fight as one whole.

A key part of the game is stress. The battlefield is a frightening and chaotic place, and how your troops deal with the stress of combat will effect their performance. As units take fire they will accumulate stress points, which makes them more difficult to activate. Adding to the chaos is the random draw deck to determine the order of play each turn. You can never be sure how many units you will get to activate, or when you will activate them.

Alien War Science Fiction Rules

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Howard Whitehouse offers a playtest version of Alien War Whitehouse writes:

In a time when gamers have come to accept that a rules set must be a bloated, over-priced volume handed down without consultation, to be followed without question, we thought we’d do something completely different.

We thought we’d give you a set of rules to test, for free, and see if you like them. We thought we’d open up the process of development to a wider audience and listen to what people had to say. For the last year we’ve had gamers from three continents playing these rules and adding their suggestions. And now we are offering them to you, free.

Play it, see what you think. If you are interested in contributing to it, we would love you to. We won’t promise to use every suggestion (and we aren’t going back to step one, either!) but if you’ll play it and let us know what you think, we’ll have a better game at the end of it all. Instructions on how to do that are below.

Alien War, designed by Howard Whitehouse, is a game of ground combat for 28mm (1/56 scale) models set in the year 2260. The rules have been designed to give you an authentic feel for the future battlefield (at least the one we envision!)

Warzone Rule Sets

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Here’s a page with downloads for all the Warzone Rules sets, from First Edition through Ultimate Warzone including the faction books, board games and Fictional Reality rules.

Hulks and Horrors RPG

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Hulks and Horrors is an RPG about exploring the dark reaches of space for riches. It’s a pay-what-you-want product.

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Giant Spiders From Outer Space

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Giant Spiders From Outer Space is a set of free wargames rules for reliving your favorite 1950s sci fi movies:

This is game is inspired by those Science Fiction movies of the 1950’-1970’s that we all love. A metorite hits the countryside somewhere and reveals to be the egg of a giant Spider. You are in command of an Army unit with a vital mission: kill it…. and save the Earth!