The text itself is well written and easy to understand (being a non-native speaker, I am grateful for that 😉 ) Lenoon: On that note actually, it’s worth talking about the range of kind time that it aims at. It’s mediaeval in the broadest possible sense, kind of post-classical fall of Rome or fall of the Western Roman Empire all the way through to the fall of the next one really. There’s leeway on either side, so there’s rules for pikemen and for shield wall and stuff like that. Romans could fit into this, they might not fit perfectly but you could definitely do it. You’ve got the Infantry with shields, and you’ve got javelinmen and you’ve got cavalry and that’s a little Roman Force for you right there. There are rules for guns, and I like that the rules for guns are a little bit weirder than the rules for archers and crossbowmen. I wouldn’t personally take it all the way to the Pike and Shotte era, because I think at that point you’re it’s a very different kind of game but you could certainly give it a go. In the end, you may create your very own Star Trek crew and fight the xenomorphs from Alien. If you like this kind of customization, logistic and planing, then Xenos Rampant is heaven to you. Weird War settings are well serviced in Xenos Rampant, So these British Automatons might see the table! Credit: Warlord Games

On the negative side the list building part needs a lot of limiting setting in it and that's both standard and xeno. They can't even have play tested these for a couple of games as if they had they'd see how unbalanced forces easily became unless everyone just maxed out everything when they play tested it and it balanced somewhat by that means. Looking at all the options in xenos rampant, you can basically mirror any 40k unit, and I think that has been their aim, however because of that you can easily create unbalanced forces.

In other words, instead of selecting a squad of, say, Firestorm Plasma-Cavaliers mounted on Thunderstrike Skysteeds, in Xenos Rampant you might take a unit of Elite Infantry with the cavaliers’ plasma carbines represented by the Armour Piercing upgrade, plus the Mobile and Flying upgrades to represent their Thunderstrike Skysteeds. (No, I have no idea what a Thunderstrike Skysteed is either, but they sound like the sort of thing the Firestorm Plasma-Cavaliers, whoever they are, would ride). The Imperial Commonwealth troops reinforced their positions and continued firing at my Star Alliance soldiers. Ending Xenos Rampant: Sweep and Clear Lenoon: Or like a good starter army. If you wanted to do a historicals project, and you haven’t done historicals before, I think it’s a really good ruleset for that. The scale of army in Lion Rampant works in it’s favour as well; you could do this with a bag of the victrix Normans. You’ve got 60 guys, potentially five units, and off you go.

Some of us have been playing a lot of Xenos Rampant of late. It’s a SF offshoot of Dragon Rampant, which we also play often. These rules are endlessly variable and virtually any miniatures can be utilised. Xenos Rampant , the sci-fi variant of Daniel Mersey's large skirmish Rampant wargaming system, is finally here next week. While you're gluing your models, getting your paints ready, and drawing up your army ideas - hear from co-author Richard Cowen all about the process behind its creation, and get a sneak peak at how it plays... In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.A few tufts of grass and a length of clear plastic 3mm rod to finish. Here are a few more images of the troops involved Lenoon : That’s a really big plus I think, it lifts it up a bit from what it could be, which would be a list of really generic unit archetypes and a simple but clear ruleset that and those two things I think are really good and that’s totally fine. But you’d I think you’d struggle to get somebody really interested in that if you didn’t have all the little customisations that let you make “your guys”. Or like the little rules in the rulebook and the unit entries or the kind of Boasts and Glory system for your leader. Those leader skills where you can really start to build some character into it. Scenarios and Campaigns Most units are composed of 5 models (reflecting their Strength points) instead of the 6 or 12 models. The principle of “reduced model count” has (thankfully) been maintained 🙂