Hello,
I’ve been working on building a few ‘generic’ sci-fi warbands recently and have been looking around for a set of rules to use with them and am currently exploring the options Star Breach gives me. So far I have three warbands - two painted and one with models in various stages of assembly.
The first is a elite military fireteam plus leader and Mecha support - the Legion of Mankind rules seem like the obvious choice to represent them...
The second warband is a nature themed group. I’m thinking of using the Nomadic Raiders rules for them as that gives me a lot of diversity, plus having two leaders Works with the models I’ve chosen.
The third warband is still In progress and is a misfit band of humans & mutants led by a woman with a spear/halberd accompanied by three cybernetically modified dogs. Originally I thought the Resistance rules would be best, but would adding Hell Hounds from the Terrors of Abaddon list unbalance things? Is there a better option?
Reading through the army lists I can see the parallels to armies from certain other games - maybe I’m missing the obvious, but if Legion of Mankind are the elite super-soldiers, which list best represents the regular human soldier with a flak vest and laser rifle?
Thanks
Hey DSK! First of all, welcome to Star Breach! I really, really hope you enjoy what you find in the ruleset, and please never hesitate to ask any questions. Here to help! Second of all, your two finished warbands are absolutely beautiful! I am truly floored by your models. They’re awesome, and I especially love the conversion work. I hope the ruleset will do them justice! Haha. Now, on to some feedback to your initial comments and questions. The first warband will be perfect for Legion of Mankind, no doubt, but I also see potential for those models to perfectly fit as Coven Empire or Intergalactic Marshals warbands as well. I think your second warband is absolutely stunning, and the diversity creates some awesome possibilities for warband selection. On top of Nomadic Raiders, for this crew I’d take a look at L’Orani Empire (or Corrupted L’Orani), The Path (or Dark Path), a “Green Peace” Intergalactic Marshals or Hive Cult, or an ancient fellowship of time travelers as Continuum Syndicate. With the right backstory, I’d say they’d fit at least half of the warband rules, no problem! I like the idea of adding a “pet” option to the Nomadic Raiders. It really seems to make sense thematically, and I don’t know why I haven’t thought of it. I say go for it if you want, and know that I may officially add a “pet” option for Nomadic Raiders (and maybe a few others) for the printed book and new PDF. For your third crew being built, think Resistance yes, but also look into Nomadic Raiders, Continuum Syndicate or Marshals. I’d change the second warband to be another choice, and then slot the human ragtags as Nomadic Raiders. But that’s just me. :) As for forum, I’m sorry it’s been such a pain for you. Wix is our host site, and it does appear they’re trying to bring the forum into like a social “app” setting, which has been a bit frustrating for those who prefer traditional forum setups. You now have to download their free app to have the best experience with the forum apart from being on a laptop or PC, which is not how it first started a year and a half ago.
(I don’t know if it’s me, or the fact that I’m doing this from an iPad, but this forum isn’t working well - at first it wouldn’t attach photos, then it wouldn’t let me publish a post containing both photos and text - in both cases the busy icon just span forever. Does anyone else have these problems?)