I want to research how several different tabletop minis games work so that I can figure out the sorts of things that I need to add to Lackey to make them all playable.
I didn't make Lackey to play any specific CCG. The same goes for tabletop minis games. I want to make Lackey able to play any existing mini games, and allow people to design their own new minis games.
If you know about minis, please help me out in this endeavor.
What are the 5 most popular minis games, and where is a good link to a tutorial on how to play them?
Mage Knight
http://www.toymania.com/features/mageknight.shtml
Also try Heroclix.. Lord of the Rings Minis, Warhammer 40k, Battletech, and now the new Pokemon minis
warmachine is a big one
along with heroscape
warmachine how to play: http://www.squidoo.com/warmachine-models#module136159221
heroscape how to play: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroscape
both the links give basic info on how to play, ill try and find a better tutorial for both
Heroclix is awesome. Marvel, DC, etc... all your favorite superheroes!
Chess
Necromunda was always one of my favorites. Heroscape is also a rather fun one, but mostly aimed at younger players with the very simple rule sets.
Pirates of the spanish main still remains pretty popular. didn't find the rules on line but I can always post the full ones up here if need be.
However I think the best bets for mini games are ones that use a grid like map. Hero clix is the most popular CMG right now http://wizkidsgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011-Core-Rulebook.pdf (http://wizkidsgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/2011-Core-Rulebook.pdf) and may need some work in translating the combat dial to something workable. The WoW Minis were not that bad either when they came out and neither where D&D Minis and Star Wars.
My only concern would be with games like mage knight, pirates and I believe warhammer are that the movements are measured with a ruler. also heroscape uses different levels of terrain and line of sight they use is, if you can see any part of the fig from where the attacking fig is, then you can attack- which would be nigh impossible in a virtual setting.
Warhammer is easily the biggest. It's the #1 miniatures game without question.
The second most popular right now is probably Warmachines.
Behind those, I would say Heroclix, Heroscape, and Mageknight probably round out the top 5.
found a better rule book for warmachine
http://www.cheltenhamwarchiefs.co.uk/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wmqs13quickstartrules.pdf
Flames of War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUCEgAGRlI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUCEgAGRlI)
Confrontation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SuJn6X4WYI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SuJn6X4WYI)
Infinity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogtjm7UspSQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogtjm7UspSQ)
those lists are great but lets add too that a bit
Monsterpocalypse
DreamBlade
Navia Dratp
humm I had more but it looks like you guys have them covered :)
Quote from: Alastair on April 14, 2011, 06:17:23 PM
Necromunda was always one of my favorites. Heroscape is also a rather fun one, but mostly aimed at younger players with the very simple rule sets.
I would kill for a necromunda game on the PC... But i'm not sure how well it would work with Lackey, since it's terrain is very 3 dimensional.
I'm not sure if Lackey can do most minis games... BUT could be the forefather of a new subtype of minis games
I kind of liked the WoW minis game, but it went belly-up rather quickly. o.o
The Dungeons and Dragons miniature game was pretty fun (and simple to design, I'd think), and I'd be interested in helping out in the design of it.
I have no idea why it did not occur to me before.
Decent: Journeys into Darkness
The playing board is made up of "puzzle piece" style dungeon tiles, and EVERYTHING is handled by tokens... The only real stumbling block is the custom Dice, but those are just custom D6's and can be interpreted into numbers. All of the rule books are available online: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=5&esem=4 (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=5&esem=4) Except the dungeon maps (I have access to most of those as well as a scanner). There are numerous expansions, including 2 campaign systems.
starfrontiersman.com
Star Frontiers has been out of print for over 25 years and is slowly regaining popularity at the moment. They would love something easy to use and independent from websites to use.
They also have plenty of images of figurines available.
the only one i can think of is Star Wars Mini.
http://allthingsfun.net/bbs/index.php?topic=2587.0
the above link gives links to all the rules including new rules added with new expansions
Lord of The Rings TMG
In no particular order:
1.Warhammer Fantasy
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp
2.Warhammer 40k
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp
3.Chess
4.D&D
5. ???
I would love to see lackey support Mini's--it is fantastic for card games--but I think this is an awfully huge endeavor. Even though you only need to support the basic, general elements, most rulebooks for mini's games are thicker than dictionaries. Once you pick the mini's game you want to support, I would recommend going to your local gameshop/comicshop and ask for a quick tutorial. It'll save you hours of reading/research.