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Skirmish-level games are all well and good, but full-scale armor battles require a different perspective. In gaming terms this is known as 1:300, 6mm, 1:285, or “epic” scale.
Dirtside II is GZG’s answer to epic sci-fi battles,
using similar mechanics to Stargrunt II. Although the rule
set is pretty heavy on acronyms and takes some getting used to, the feel
of the game is far superior to most other systems in this scale I’ve ever
played, including Games Workshop’s Epic 40,000.
Need some scenario ideas for Dirtside or another epic-level game? Here's a few to get you started, available in both HTML and a downloadable PDF:
One wonderful thing about GZG's rule systems is that you can use any miniatures you want, so long as you adhere to the the building guidelines in the book and all players agree to what's being done. The following sections will include a couple of conversions I've done specifically for Dirtside.
For my mechanized (tracked) forces, I'm using Games Workshop's Epic 40,000 minis. These are the plastic vehicles that came with the 3rd edition boxed set, since the 4th edition (for Epic: Armageddon) are far too expensive for most reasonable human beings. The paint scheme, in addition to being pathetically poor, is Testors Dark Green with Testors Gunship Grey to make the camo stripes. The antennae are steel sewing pins (aka "straight pins").
This mini has been converted to serve either as a Tactical Operations Center (TOC) or a Counter-Battery Radar (CBR) vehicle. The antenna mast consists of a piece of paper clip bent at the top and inserted through a hole in a small rectangle of plastic card. Before mounting it on my APC, I stretched out a ball-point pen spring and stock the paper clip through the middle of the spring. I got the idea from a TV news van I saw one day.
I'll have pics of some combat engineer vehicles, SLAM missile carriers, and mortar carriers up soon.
Also coming soon:
Need some scenario ideas for Dirtside or another epic-level game? Here's a few to get you started, available in both HTML and a downloadable PDF:
- A Place of My Own PDF
- My Way or the Highway PDF
- Neutron Dance PDF
- Strangers in the Night PDF
- The Thunder Rolls PDF
- Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood PDF
- Hell's Angels PDF
- Zulu Dawn PDF
- The Thorn in My Side PDF
- It's Raining
Men
PDF
Need some Dirtside vehicle designs? Check out my Dirtside
design library, home of the Dirtside Vehicle
Generator.
One wonderful thing about GZG's rule systems is that you can use any miniatures you want, so long as you adhere to the the building guidelines in the book and all players agree to what's being done. The following sections will include a couple of conversions I've done specifically for Dirtside.
There's a host of great 6mm miniatures on the market. I'm still building my collections, but here's some photos of what I've gotten done already. I'm planning on having two forces of grav tanks, a tracked force, a wheeled force, and a GEV force, with some infantry walkers to be used by whichever player wants to pay the points cost for them.
Dirtside Conversions
For my mechanized (tracked) forces, I'm using Games Workshop's Epic 40,000 minis. These are the plastic vehicles that came with the 3rd edition boxed set, since the 4th edition (for Epic: Armageddon) are far too expensive for most reasonable human beings. The paint scheme, in addition to being pathetically poor, is Testors Dark Green with Testors Gunship Grey to make the camo stripes. The antennae are steel sewing pins (aka "straight pins").
This mini has been converted to serve either as a Tactical Operations Center (TOC) or a Counter-Battery Radar (CBR) vehicle. The antenna mast consists of a piece of paper clip bent at the top and inserted through a hole in a small rectangle of plastic card. Before mounting it on my APC, I stretched out a ball-point pen spring and stock the paper clip through the middle of the spring. I got the idea from a TV news van I saw one day.
I'll have pics of some combat engineer vehicles, SLAM missile carriers, and mortar carriers up soon.
Also coming soon:
- Infantry Walkers
- Heavy VTOL Transports
- Heavy
Mortar Carrier