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Weasel05 May 2015 10:54 p.m. PST

Pirates, homicidal robots, alien traders and marines in space.

Clash on the Fringe takes you back to the halcyon days of military space adventure, but through the lens of modern game design.

Designed to be playable with any miniatures in your collection, Clash on the Fringe plays quickly and with minimal record keeping.

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Features include:

Integrated turn sequence where both players act.

Robust combat system that encourages tactical finesse.

Reaction fire, psionics, leadership skills.

Tools to build a wide variety of units, vehicles, 13 alien species, droid infantry and local wildlife.

Scenario rules ranging from dangerous plant life to ice planets and wandering monsters.

Fully featured points system or make your own scenario!

A background setting that sits in the background. Use it when you want, adapt your own when you please.

Consistent rules that apply to all units. Infantry, vehicles and monsters all follow the same basic concepts. You don't have to learn three different games at the same time.

D100 tables for quick plot inspiration!

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If you remember the days of early science fiction wargaming: Of exploring a universe filled with danger and excitement, of a time when everything did not have to be depressing and dark, when strange aliens could rub shoulders on the tabletop, Clash on the Fringe is for you.

Grab those dusty old miniatures that have sat abandoned for 20 years and give them a new life.

Just remember: Regret nothing!

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If you want more information, you can review the Q&A here:

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Game is available here:
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Calico Bill06 May 2015 5:50 a.m. PST

Got my copy. I'll give it a try this weekend with the club. It makes for interesting reading and promises to be a fun game.

Weasel06 May 2015 7:31 a.m. PST

Let me know how it goes!

Pattus Magnus06 May 2015 8:00 a.m. PST

That looks very promising!

I'm happy to see in the FAQ that it includes examples of play. I really like the 5Core series titles I've purchased – the one point of constructive criticism I would make is that the rules would be even clearer (and they're already pretty clear to me) with the addition of some examples of play accompanied by some diagrams.

Keep writing great stuff! (And if you get the time to retrofit some examples and diagrams into the older rule sets, that would be great too!)

RetroBoom06 May 2015 8:50 a.m. PST

Picking it up asap!

Weasel06 May 2015 11:50 a.m. PST

Thanks guys!
Don't forget to leave (honest!) reviews :)

I do want to get some examples put into the older titles, once I get to the next update.
In particular, I want to pad out the pagecount for Company Command a little, with some more goodies.

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