Also, I have not played most (maybe none at all) of the starship combat rules in my collection. I think this is due, in part, to my insistence in trying to play them with miniatures and a game mat, while the poor results of my previous attempts put me off.
Having decided to use the virtual tabletop more often, I have already set up a map to start trying 5150 Fighter Command, using Wydraz starship counters and one of Dave Graffam's space battle maps.
Besides 5150 Fighter Command, here are the other space combat rules that I have, in alphabetical order:
Astral Empires: Nova Command
Astral Empires: Battleshift
Full Thrust
Starmada: the Admiralty Edition
Stellar Evolution
Tractus Bellica
USE ME Starship Battles
Warcosm
Does anyone have comments about them, suggestions about which ones to try first or even suggestions about other space combat games worth a look?
3 comments:
Full Thrust is pretty solid. For some reason, hte 5150 space game just didn't work for us at all, despite being big fans of the normal game.
Battlefleet Gothic was actually pretty good but you can't make your own ships at all.
I have played a pair of encounters with USE Me Battleship and it works smoothly. If you likes USEME engine, it could be a fast and furious game.
Thanks for the comments! I am taking a look at the "light" version of Full Thrust and USE ME Space is #3 on the queue (after Fighter Command and Full Thrust.)
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