"28mm aeronefs" Topic

I want to use Things From the Basement Aeronefs for skirmish battles. does anyone make rules for this? ship to ship and man to man.

What came immediately to my mind were Frank Chadwick's "Ironclads and Ether Flyers" and "Soldier's Companion" which were supplements for a Victorian SF RPG called Space:1889. These cover exactly what you are asking for (and the Aeronefs you mention are based off flyers from that RPG). These are some 25-30 years old, but may still be available via eBay or Noble Knight Games. There may very well be contemporary rules I don't know about.

Both fairly common on eBay.

I will point out that a few other rulesets have pieces. Latest would be Wiley Games' Glorious Adventures in the Age of Steam.

There's a separate section of a game for just small scale 'nef vehicles, but the gropos sections (regular and 'bigger' battles) have vehicles, rocketmen, etc.

Doug

Edit: I just remembered that Space 1889 has Cloudships and Gunships that had deck plans for some ships.

I have the roleplaying rules and "Soldier's Companion" I was wondering if there are any others

gamertom +1

Miniature Wargames 407, May 2017, had Cloudships of Mars full rules, which were an updated version of Sky Galleons of Mars (just the airship predecessor to Iron Clads & Ether Flyers.

I've been trying to remember where that was, miniMo! Thanks!

I will say it was of a scale, 1/300?, that would make using characters difficult. It derived from the Warlords(unaware if connected to the company) game club UK convention participation games at 25mm scale, though I don't recall if those had gropos fighting.

Doug

The club is "The Werelords" of London that have run both the 28mm battles and these 1/300. Rules are really scale agnostic, mostly depends on the size of your playing area! John Treadaway has been the driver behind these particular games.

werelords.com

Dopey moi!

I actually knew AND forgot that.

Doug