A micro scale wargame

[Clonecommando007]

Well, it all started last night. I went to bed, and went to sleep as normal. Soon I realized that I was driving along in my car, towards the local toys r us. I got out, walked into the store, and made a beeline towards the lego section. I began browsing through the star wars lego, and noticed several normal sets. A republic gunship with a commander cody, an AT-TE with an ARC Trooper, and even a V-19. 'Cool!' I said. I kept on looking around, and my eyes settled on a cluster of smaller sets. They each had a few different prices. I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down what I saw.

There were several boxes, each titled 'Star Wars: Micro Battle'. Each contained different ships. There was a master box for each side (the two factions were Republic and CIS). There was also a capital ship box, a cruiser box, and a fighter box, so four different sets for each side. I quickly jotted down the prices and contents of each box.

Master box (Republic) Contained:

1 Set of Micro Space Battle Rules

1 Micro Venator Assult Ship

1 Micro Jedi Starfighter

1 Micro V-wing

1 Micro ARC-170

Cost: $10 USD

The Capital Ship box (Republic) Contained:

1 Micro Venator Assult Ship

2 Micro V-wings

Cost: $6 USD

The Cruiser Box (Republic) Contained:

1 Micro Acclamator Assult Ship

2 Micro ARC-170's

Cost: $5 USD

The Fighter Box (Republic) Contained:

1 Micro Jedi Starfighter

2 Micro ARC-170s

2 Micro V-wings

Cost: $4 USD

The Master Box (CIS) contained:

1 Set of Micro space battle rules

1 Micro Providence cruiser

1 Micro Bellubub 22

1 micro TRI-fighter

1 Micro vulture droid

Cost: $10 USD

The Capital ship box (CIS) contained:

1 Micro Providence cruiser

2 Micro TRI fighters

Cost: $6 USD

The Cruiser Box (CIS) Contained:

1 Micro Commerce Guild Destroyer

2 Micro Vulture Droids

Cost: $5 USD

The fighter box (CIS) Contained:

1 Micro Bellubub 22

2 Micro TRI fighters

2 Micro Vulture Droids

Cost: $4 USD

Each box contained a stat card for each of the types of ship they contained. I bought several of each set, and brought them home. I quickly built everything, which was in roughly Decks mini star wars designs scale. Many of the ships resembled those designs, though the fighters were smaller. I laid out each side, and began reading through the rules. I realized that the game was meant to be played on a large surface, like a floor or counter. Each master box also contained a 2 decimeter ruler. Each stat card told the stats of each ship. I looked over the ARC-170's stats quickly:

Anti fighter attack: 1

Anti ship attack: 2

Move: 7 Centimeters

Defense: 2

There was also a quick summary on the ship, telling that it was best used against larger starships. The V-wing stats closely resembled it, but there was a slight difference. The Venator stats were completely different:

Anti Fighter attack: 2

Anti Ship attack: 3

Move: 4 Centimeters

Defense: 3

The acclamator stats were simlar. However, I noticed that each ship from one faction had an exact counterpart stat-wise from the other faction. The counterpart to the ARC-170 was the TRI fighter, and the counterpart to the venator was the providence cruiser.

Then I remembered reading 'attack' and 'defense' on the cards. How? I read through the rules further, and then it mentioned 'Dice'. So I shook the master box from each side again, and three dice from each box rolled out. 'Well', I thought, 'This will be cool! It's a tabletop spacebattle strategy game, with lego!'

Then I woke up. T'was but a dream. A shame. However, do you think this is a plausible idea? Having lego sell cheap sets that can be mass bought for tabletop space battles? Ingenious! It would be amazing if this could happen. And all in the affordable micro scale. Do you think lego should do something like this? Or do a Ground based battle game, with mini TX-130s VS MTTs and 1x1 cone battle droids? Suggestions? Comments? Wishes? Ideas?

[trooperdavinfelth]

Wow... Talk about a sweet dream! >:-) *y* That'd be awesome! I know I've tried playing RPGs with Castles, rolling dice, writing down a huge stat sheet with every unit's stat, then battling it out! I think TLC has a huge potential for becoming the producer of an RPG! I know there would be competition, but really: If TLC did this and made little sets with dice and stuff, they would be fairly cheap. Not nearly as much as those other metal miniatures made by other companies.

Although I have one question: If there were to be micro Venators/Providence cruisers and other micro capital ships, wouldn't the fighters be tiny? They'd be naught more than a 1x1 round stud! Unless the Capitals would be roughly the size of a current Lego Delta-7 Jedi Starfighter, then the fighters would be able to be the size of the mini-models already made by TLC. Then there would be more interest, I think, because then the sets would be bigger(not everyone notices tiny sets with tiny ships ;-) ), and they'd have much more potential for being extremely detailed.

Overall, I love the idea of an official Lego RPG with sets and I'd love to see them do it! Some people might say TLC'll never do it because it wouldn't take off and it's a totally new idea that hasn't been tested, but I think we just need to tell them the possibilities of expanding the Lego isle! *points at the Embassy* :-P But really, regular people going to the Lego isle would be surprised to see something like this and probably curious; then when they build it and see the extreme detail, they'd want more!

Great new ideas for TLC to produce ON! *y*

[Asuka]

A SW microscale tabletop game.... well, although I

[Clonecommando007]

  trooperdavinfelth said:

I think TLC has a huge potential for becoming the producer of an RPG! I know there would be competition, but really: If TLC did this and made little sets with dice and stuff, they would be fairly cheap. Not nearly as much as those other metal miniatures made by other companies.

That's the beauty of it; it's cheap. If only TLC would do something like this.

  trooperdavinfelth said:

Although I have one question: If there were to be micro Venators/Providence cruisers and other micro capital ships, wouldn't the fighters be tiny? They'd be naught more than a 1x1 round stud!

It would be off scale. I'm thinking up small designs for a V-wing right now, and I've got it in eight pieces. The fighters would be small, but still about 1/4 the length of a star destroyer, and that's the only downside.

  Asuka said:

A SW microscale tabletop game.... well, although I

[trooperdavinfelth]

  Clonecommando007 said:

That's the beauty of it; it's cheap. If only TLC would do something like this.

It would be off scale. I'm thinking up small designs for a V-wing right now, and I've got it in eight pieces. The fighters would be small, but still about 1/4 the length of a star destroyer, and that's the only downside.

That's another advantage: These micro kits, they're still kits. They have displayability and are roughly to scale with the mini star destroyer kit, so they can still sit upon your shelf and look pretty if you don't want to play. :-D

OK! So how long, exactly, would your average Venator be? About 3 to 4 inches? Woah... Eight pieces for a V-wing... And can you try building one and maybe show us how big it would be? :-$

[darkrebellion]

Really cool idea a lego star wars RPG :'-) with nice micro ships I think it could have a cool scenario. I have a similar dream but with a Shaak Ti bust (like darth maul bust) and in the box says in a big size "Created by Eurobricks" :-P .