"28mm Rioters - Gangs - Protesters" Topic

I already have the ones from Obelisk, Foundry, Bobby Jackson and Assault Group. Any other suggestions of ones I may have missed?

Thanks

The "Winter of 79" range carried by Minifigs may have a few useful figures for you. Mike Bravo miniatures had a few civilian types if they are still in business.

A bit close to home right now, don't you think?

If they are still around, Warm Acre had a police game with lots of useful types, including British Bobbies.

Bridge Miniatures has some generic bad guys in their Mutants and Madmen range – but they are comic book villains.

You might find some useful here

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I remember when I was involved in the IMF and World Bank protests (and any other civil disturbance for that matter), I wondered what the best way to wargame them was. I was thinking on the macro scale so Irregulars 6mm range and their Riot rules came to mind. There is a lot to game and a lot to learn there. On the macro-level, I'd place the majority of the protesters as an NPC that is effected by player actions or random events. Players could be law enforcement in co-op (with possibly slightly different objectives if different agencies). Ne'er do wells could be incorporated as opposing gamers or random events – small affinity groups like Black Blok or anarchists or whatever trying to stole the emotions of protesters and police alike.

At a smaller scale with fewer bigger figures like 28mm, I'd model the same but with a simple objective (protect a building, secure an objective, arrest an individual, etc.). I'd also incorporate police formations like diamonds, wedges, oblique lines, etc..

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Our club has been doing modern skirmish games for several years now. We have a city, town and rural setting we use. Games are basically like some sort of modern cop show one might watch.
I wont lie and say I'm not inspired by the news for new ideas. But what the hell, someone sculpted them for a purpose. I'll gladly buy them and use them. No disrespect, but timing is what it is.
Thanks for the input gentlemen. There are some great miniatures I never knew existed.

The game by Warm Acre was called "No Go Zone." It was a crime game. Bad guys try to do crimes, cops try to stop it. More of a board game type thing.

Had an interesting mechanic though. No dice. There was a 5 way "rock-scissors-paper" thing. You threw down (there were 5 choices, not 3) and based on what you each did, apply the result. Kinda fun and different.

Lots of soccer hooligans here

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Eureka Miniatures has some angry civilians:

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