"Rules recommendations for microworld 6mm fantasy?" Topic

I just picked up an army of Geomancers (Earth Elementals and wizards) and an army of Dwarves with a couple of large mechcanical golems. Any suggestions on a rule set that would work? Anyone know of existing army lists built for these ranges?

Hordes of the Things will handle just about anything you can throw at it.

Second the recommendation of HotT. Great rules set.

I'm using Mighty Armies for my 6mm fantasy project(s). It has some army lists available and you can build your own units easily enough. It is element-based, so even though it was originally a 15mm ruleset, it can be used for any sized figures, mine are on 25x50mm and 50x50mm.

Is this battle or skirmish sized combat?

Edit: from the OP description (what size is an army in your games) I am unsure.

Hordes of the Things.

It's free, it's quick, it lets you play with your army composition in a fun way, it's exciting, you can play with almost anyone, it requires a modest amount of miniatures.

And the Microword Games miniatures are awesome.

Anything you like really, but my go to is Warmaster with proxied armies regardless of scale. Plus it's free. :-)

Mayhem. You can build anything you can imagine with the points based army construction system and the sorcery/magic system has special rules for controlling magical constructs. And since you'll be using 6mm, you might find the rules for creating strongholds and keeps interesting. ;)

You also have access to Armies of Mayhem which is a set of files for use with the BattleScribe army creation software [which is free!] to make experimenting with different rosters even easier.

First, your order is shipping out tomorrow morning :)

As far as ready-made army lists, a new set of rules actually just came out that one of my customers wrote up called "Lord and Lands"

Link to the author;\'s site with army lists:
link

Link to youtube tutorial (one of a series):
YouTube link

Another customer of mine had started on a set of rules a while back, I'm not sure if he is still working on them though, but the beginnings of the game are here:
link

Other than that, I can vouch for Mayhem being an awesome game, very cool unit creation system and interesting mechanics.

Mighty Armies is a bit more generic from a unit construction perspective, but is good for quick games.

I also am a fan of Fantasy Rules! by Chipco. I have 3rd edition, which is ridiculously comprehensive in terms of what it covers.

Awesome, I'm hoping to get them painted before Christmas for my brother. Bystander, I think we should have 15-20 bases each. Any advice on table size, complexity, length of game? It looks like Mighty Armies and Hott both can play on a 2x2 table and about an hour. How about the others? Appreciate the advice.

You can play Mayhem on any size table and definitely within an hour.

Below are some battle reports, in no particular order, that you can check out to get an idea of how the game plays:

Battle for Harrison's Ford
Thursday Night Mayhem – The Baron's Blog
Mayhem 2.0 – The Baron's Blog
Drums in the Deep – various Mayhem posts
Ten and Fifteen Mil – the battle begins
Ten and Fifteen Mil – the battle continues
Ten and Fifteen Mil – denouement
Ten and Fifteen Mil – Mayhem tags and other battles
Tactical Command – several reports in this thread

If you have any questions or want to know more about a particular game mechanic or feature, don't hesitate to ask! :)

Thanks everyone, we will give Mayhem a try first, and see if it strikes our fancy.

I'm around if you have any questions. ;)