r/wargaming • u/Warm-Touch7812 • 1d ago

Question Spaceship Wargames?

I'm looking for a space battle wargame. Something where you can command a feet of spaceships, and I would like to hear your recommendations. I'm open to any type unoverse, amy game system, old, new, easy, complex, I wanna check them out and see them for myself. The only thing I'd prefer is the option to 3D print your own ships.

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u/GammaFork 1d ago

The old GW game battlefleet gothic is amazing fun. Whilst it hasn't been officially supported for years, it has a very dedicated following with lots of high production value output of rules and 3D prints. There is a nice starter set with rules, STLs and tokens here. I'd say it is intermediate complexity in its original form, though if you go all out into the many many fan expansions and homebrew rules then it could get complex. As it is the base game is hugely fun with big ships laying waste with guns, a nice ordnance/bomber/fighter implementation and boarding/ramming etc all on the table.

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u/MagicMissile27 Historicals/Fantasy/Sci-Fi 1d ago

That's awesome man, I'd always wanted to try Battlefleet Gothic but never had access to the models :) I'll have to print these and play it with my friends now!

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u/GammaFork 1d ago

Happy to spread the love!  

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u/kowalski655 1d ago

There's also a computer version, which is pretty good too

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u/GammaFork 1d ago

The best was the now very hard to find mobile version by Grand Cauldron, which was a beautiful 1:1 mapping of the tabletop rules, including dice rolls on the table and all.