UK Games Expo 2018: Sunday Live Blog
Second Thunder Show Off Their Universal System [PRIZE]
Jun 3 2018 @ 20:30
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Ben joins Karl from Second Thunder to looks at the Open Combat system which is a universal wargaming system allowing people to play in any period or use any miniature they like.
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Heard good things of this system. Curious to try it out.
I really like the sound of these,particularly the Black Powder book.
Open Combat is a great system. Pleased to see it doing well.
interesting system
Seems interesting.
This sounds like and interesting game would be great to play.
Wouldn’t mind trying this system out
This sounds great. Looks like it is skirmish level also. Will have to do some research on it.
I really like this idea. I have models from eight different games currently collecting dust. Being able to put them to use would make me happy .
Clever idea
Napoleon in 40k? Yes, would like to test it…
Sounds interesting. Any plans for a sci-fi expansion? Think it’d be really cool seeing a squad of Imperial Guard or Space Marine type guys facing off against a larger force of more primitive locals on a feral/feudal world.
My skirmish force? The Monopoly player pieces – let’s get ready to rumble
Was chatting to one of the fellas from [Quite-Well-Known-Games-Manufacturer], who gave Open Combat a glowing review. And open Combat for board game minis is a stroke of genius!
Is it really complicated to get some profile stuff set up? Anyone know?
I love game that allow me to play with any models.
Hmmm That does sound interesting.
I’m looking for a good system that will let me mash together loads of unused miniatures from dead gaming systems, so this is interesting to me.
I think I’m too AP prone to do this.
Can play with any of my miniatures. That sounds great.
It`ll be intresting to find out more how for example you would match romans against space orks in an indepth game review?
Uh…. a TT GURPS? It must be mine!
Hadn’t heard much of this
looks interesting
A universal game system, if done well, would be awesome for groups and clubs. The statting of units would be very interesting to understand.
Time for the battle of the meeple
Looks like a fun game.
Sounds a good excuse to get some lovely lookjing but unused minis. Great idea.
Space Wolves vs. Samurai!
This sounds interesting
it a great premise
Sounds very interesting and a good way to get fresh blood into a particular period…
Looks pretty good!
Now I do like the look of this, thanks for showing this guys.
Will have to give this a further look.
I wonder how easy it is to balance a system where you create your own profiles. Approaching it as sandbox to create interesting scenarios is probably the way to go. Sounds like it is worth having a go.
Always good to be able to use any miniatures, especially since we all have so many different miniatures.
never heard of it – now willing to have a go with it.
Interesting..
Oooh, that looks like an interesting system.
Played about two three times, and its quite cool!
Any period? Any range? Man, I’d love to push this to the limits and make a mini game version of something super weird. Any suggestions?
I like universal games 🙂
This has always had my curisosity, the fact you only need a 2×2 table and a handful of terrain/minis means it looks like a great game for someone like myself with limited space.
Interesting. Will it work with 10mm game?
Just needs a try.
Use my existing minis …. I like it
cool! can you use it with any scale of models?
Great content from the Show. If I was there this would be the one rule book I would most certainly have come home with.
I’d love to see more on this system. Any chance of a let’s play? Not being tied to a particular combination of figures rules is liberating.
Open Combat is a very good system!
love to use this to have difference eras face of
How open and anything is it? Would it let you pitch 1000 cavenmen against 5 space marines and have it a balanced fight or does it assume everyone is the same tech level? I’ve always been curious to see a system that would scale across history (and perhaps mythology) appropriately.
Okay now if they can get to more modern/scifi models. Including vehicles and, dare I say it? Space Ships!? This is now a company to keep an eye on.
Got the rules, but still not gotten it to the table!
I’ve been looking for a good generic system for all the orphaned miniatures I have laying around. Hope this can fit the bill.
Not heard about this system before? Looks interesting.
This is the way to go when you LOVE a mini range the game of which you hate XDDDDDD
This sounds cool
Got this from KS, but it never hurts to have a spare copy. Gonna have to look into the other book`s, particularly the Black Powder one.
Any miniature, any period eh….. Oh the ideas :p
I think this is an interesting concept. Maybe a good way to get someone into an era before delving deeper with a more specific rule set?
very interested to see if an open rule set and offer more than specific rulesets. Having a generic ruleset to cover all my minis and to be able to play different eras is interesting, but i also like collecting rulebooks and playing the games how the designer intends, and it’s whether the minutiae you lose when you go generic is enough to have the ease of use and the familiarisation you can get from similar rules applied across multiple games.
I really like the idea of being able to mix and match!
This sounds like a good idea, Especially the multi-player.
Wow never heard of this before, but loving the sound of it! Excellent idea!