| Guthroth | 01 Jan 2018 5:21 a.m. PST |
A good friend recently gave me a big bag of Epic scale Marines and Orks. I need another genre/scale like I need two broken legs, but what free rules are available for them ? Especially ones that go on a 3x3 playing area. Thanks |
| doublesix66 | 01 Jan 2018 6:05 a.m. PST |
You have netepic
dirtside by gzg which I do like
Future war commander is good as well |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 01 Jan 2018 2:05 p.m. PST |
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| dmebust | 01 Jan 2018 2:09 p.m. PST |
A second for Dirtside by GZG |
| Oldgrumbler | 01 Jan 2018 6:00 p.m. PST |
I have all of the mentioned rules. Dirtside is great but my current favorite is Laserstorm (Wargame Vault.) |
 Legion 4  | 01 Jan 2018 7:34 p.m. PST |
NetEpic E40K Epic:Armageddon The Crucible Future War Commander Dirtside |
| Oldgrumbler | 01 Jan 2018 8:38 p.m. PST |
Never see anyone mention Horizon Wars. Perhaps it was not one of Osprey's successes. |
| williamb | 02 Jan 2018 9:21 a.m. PST |
Dirtside from Ground Zero Games (free download or
Future War Commander |
| Covert Walrus | 02 Jan 2018 1:50 p.m. PST |
Horizon Wars has a small, dedicated following, mostly through (dreaded?) social media like Facebook. :) It's a pretty good game system I confess. Future war Commander has some flaws, but it's pretty good. I confess to being a Dirtside 2 fanboy, simply because nothing has yet attracted my attention for flexibility and ease of play. HELLFIRE is still my go-to for small unit, infantry heavy actions. |
| Tony S | 02 Jan 2018 3:55 p.m. PST |
but what free rules are available for them<q/>The above suggestions are mostly commercial, although pretty good. I'd have to go with Dirtside for a free ruleset, FWC if you want to spend some money (and it has lists specifically designed for Epic, although GW would not allow any names to be used) and possibly Epic:Armageddon. At one time it was available for free as a PDF download. You might have to search around the Net to find it, but it's worth it. |
| Logain | 02 Jan 2018 6:57 p.m. PST |
You can find open source Epic Armageddon for free at the Net Epic project. There are rules for Mini-geddon online that modify the rules to a smaller table (i.e. 3x3) and smaller forces. That might be the best bet for a free rule set for a small table. |
| Oldgrumbler | 03 Jan 2018 1:10 p.m. PST |
Here is some commentary on Laserstorm: link |
| Oldgrumbler | 03 Jan 2018 1:17 p.m. PST |
Found one more worth looking at: link |
| 10mm Wargaming | 06 Jan 2018 7:07 a.m. PST |
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| Guthroth | 06 Jan 2018 1:27 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the suggestions. If I wanted to add more models or enemies to what I have, which ranges would fit best ? |
| Logain | 06 Jan 2018 7:09 p.m. PST |
Vanguard would be my first stop. Novus Elite with Marines, and Skinners with orcs. Novus regulars are perfect proxies for Imperial Guard and Eloi for Eldar if you go with any of the Epic rulesets. Onslaught has tyranid and tau proxies. Micro world sells some nice 6mm sci fi lines. Brigade has some nice lines too, but they are small compared to what you have. |
