Monday, December 22, 2008
Sol Prime Fast Play Sci Fi Rules
Rules Sci Fi
Sol Prime is a set of fast play science fiction rules. Author John Kelly writes:
These rules grew out of an attempt to find something to play with my 10 year old. Every effort has been made to make these rules as fast & as painless as is possible. The game mechanics have been kept as simple as is consistent with producing a fun & reasonably accurate game, though I am not sure that the
word accurate is appropriate for a SciFi ruleset. Very little bookkeeping is necessary for the typical game. These rules should serve well to introduce newcomers to the hobby. With a little adaptation they could easily be used as microarmor rules, though they have been designed as SciFi microarmor rules.Unlike some other popular rulesets, Sol Prime has a greater emphasis on force design than on the design of individual vehicles. The weapons ranges are about 1/2 to 1/3 of the range found in other sets. This allows for some maneuver on the tabletop before forces come into conflict.
Any scale of models can be used. I use microarmor & some 1/300 scale SciFi miniatures. Infantry should be mounted with a few, say 4 figures per stand (try ¾” by ½” stands) if one is using microarmor (1/285 or 1/300 figures.) Two figures per stand should work for 15mm figures. For 25mm figures I would
just use 1 figure per stand.I have tried to keep the language simple so that newcomers will find the rules easy to understand. I would suggest that players first play out a game using only vehicles. Once this is mastered then add in aircraft, infantry, & artillery.
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