Skirmish Tabletops

[TaShadan]

Are there plans for implementation of skirmish tabletop games?

[thewildbundy]

If you mean a built in rule set then probably not, as based on a response which mentioned skirmish wargames in another thread they had not even considered that avenue. However, seeing as Talespire is essentially virtual miniatures and terrain it seems built for it. For myself I plan to use it for Rangers of Shadow Deep, Frostgrave Archipelago, and One Page Rules Age of Fantasy. The only real limitation at the moment is the relatively small number of different miniatures, but once we can import more models the game will really open up for wargamers.

[TaShadan]

Sorry, i was not clear enough. I mean terrain and miniatures that work with skirmish systems.

[Rick]

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[=JpS=Red5]

What do you mean by 'skirmish systems'? Please give an example.

[TaShadan]

I mean SAGA and its addons like Age of Magic or Frostgrave/Stargrave or Alkemy.
I know that in theory you already can use Talespire for that, but as thewildbundy stated, there are not enough miniatures available right now.

[thewildbundy]

Exactly this! Unless you don’t mind using duplicate minis Talespire might “currently” limit your skirmish wargame experience. However some skirmish systems actually use very few minis anyway so it’s not really an issue.

For example Rangers of Shadow Deep (derived from Frostgrave) is a solo friendly/coop narrative driven skirmish/rpg-like hybrid that fits especially well with Talespire because beyond the four to eight members of your party/warband you don’t particularly worry about duplicate Gnolls, Zombies, Spiders, etc. Whereas Mordheim which is more traditional “warband vs Warband” is a little more challenging (but not impossible) to put together full rosters using unique minis.

Personally the duplicate mini situation doesn’t diminish my enjoyment of some the games I play and in some cases actually fits well. Like in OPR’s Age of Fantasy I could put together say a Warband from the Chivalrous Kingdom (basically Warhammer Bretonnia) with a leader, champion, sorceress, three men-at-arms, three crossbowmen, and a rabble of peasants. As the men-at-arms/crossbowmen are identically equipped rank and file troops they would look similar anyway. Meanwhile the hero types and assorted peasants (talespire’s npc collection is pretty good here) give me a variety so as not to be boring.

Potential miniatures issues aside you can’t say Talespire doesn’t allow you to put together amazing battlegrounds. You want to fight on a plain with a couple of hills breaking LoS? That’s easy. You want to battle your way up a winding cliff pass, festering swamp, decayed ruin, city docks, gothic castle, etc? Also easy, because even if you don’t build it yourself I bet someone has already uploaded something to Tales Tavern or Tales Bazaar that will work perfectly. So yes Talespire has already implemented tabletip skirmish games, albeit with “currently” limited miniatures, non-integrated rules, but an exceptional play environment.

[Mokhey]

Would be interesting to try out Song of Blades and Heroes system