FUTURE WAR COMMANDER II LIST REQUEST THREAD

[Big Insect]

Those are the kiddies, Mark.
I wasn't really sure if they counted.

Cheers - Phil.

Ak! Ak! Ak! they are to go with the existing Pendraken 'Tripod' aliens ... I am looking forward to their appearance greatly.

[Bren]

Different archaic martians with different colours and limb counts without much technology

ERB's Barso Mars genre would be cool. Much of it is now in the public domain so miniature ranges are a distinct possibility as long as trademarked terms such as the name of the planet weren't used. The downside being that AFVs don't really factor so the forces would be essentially infantry and cavalry.

As for my own preference(s)... like many others, I used to play FWC1 at 6mm rather than 10mm and many of the lists were based on ranges available in that scale; SMP were independent of those product ranges so supplying lists wasn't an issue. Understandably it's not going to be a priority for Pendraken to re-invigorate 6mm sci-fi gaming or ranges from other companies, many of which are now defunct. e.g.:

(OOP ranges below with company names, both 6mm. I hope this doesn't break forum rules).
Plasmablast had FCW1 lists (3 factions) on their own website.
Steel Crown had FWC1 lists on their site too, only two of which were in the published book. HLS have the Exodus wars rights but don't seem to be releasing anything.

Other stuff, more problematic with IP. Lists would be cool but, as mentioned earlier, it's not a priority for Pendraken to support other peoples' products. Even if players put fan lists together posting/hosting the lists here would probably be an issue.

The "Nottingham" company's old 6mm ranges are covered in the old lists. A newer Nottingham-like company started by former employees now has epic scale offerings. There are 3D printed ranges online for "Voidship" Troopers and their insectoid foes. Lists for these would be most welcome but are probably problematic to say the least.

[mellis1644]

I second the idea of FW1 lists seemed to cover a lot of options - so those would be good.

Personally I am looking for lists that I can use my 6mm/10mm forces for:
i.e.

Dark Imperialistic Cult based Human space empire
Corruption and co-operations of said human space empire by weird powerful alien/creatures/powers
Space elves
Evil Space elves
Green skin raiders
Alien 'bug style' horde

Oh and also:

Armies based on big stoppy robots/warmachines in a high tech world with little religion but various different political groups

My guess is these should be fairly obvious.

[Big Insect]

Thanks folks.
You can all be much less circumspect     
As players you can request what you like & say it how it is. Its just when it comes to Pendraken  saying it, that there has to be a degree of caution.

NB: where an old figure range is definately OOP a list can be created or converted. Some very old ranges may even get remade in 10mm (potentially). But I have no issue in converting the old FWCI lists - but it will take time.

With regards to ERB & Wells. Both estates have taken up patents on terminology - Barsoom' for instance or Martian Walkers etc. and have also sold or leased these to other games/figure manufacturers. So caution is required. And anything with a direct GW reference is very much a no, no. But do check out the old FWCI lists on Waybackmachine (for now). As they might provide you with what you need.

Thanks
Mark

[flamingpig0]

Is there any chance of producing an instructional video for  YouTube? Might help push sales

[Big Insect]

Is there any chance of producing an instructional video for  YouTube? Might help push sales

You mean about the rules?
Interesting idea.
I was interviewed v.recently by a US blogger. Some of that was about the rules, but it was more about my approach to the Commander rules generally. I'll try & get a release date & URL.
But we'd probably need someone to run through a game & video it, to make it meaningful.

But I'll have a think.
Cheers
Mark

[flamingpig0]

You mean about the rules?
Interesting idea.
I was interviewed v.recently by a US blogger. Some of that was about the rules, but it was more about my approach to the Commander rules generally. I'll try & get a release date & URL.
But we'd probably need someone to run through a game & video it, to make it meaningful.

But I'll have a think.
Cheers
Mark

You  could also send a complementary copy to this guy--https://www.youtube.com/@GuerrillaMiniatureGames he does reviews etc and has a bit of a following

[oubliette]

Are there any notes on converting FWC1 lists? I have the rules and lists but to avoid confusion I'd rather not learn the old set just to figure out what needs to change.