USEME Solo Play Campaign Setting and Rules for free by Vic Dobson

Last week the entire USEME series of wargame titles was released as digital downloads. At just 3.00GBP each these twelve titles cover science fiction, fantasy and historical wargaming along with other settings too. You can see all of these on the 15mm.co.uk website HERE if you missed that. We are delighted now to present to you for free an entire campaign setting based on the HOF 15mm Science Fiction range written by Vic Dobson which also includes solo play rules. Read on for the download link and more. 

To download the campaign setting in a zipped file from our Dropbox click HERE. 

You will need UM001 USEME 15mm Science Fiction to make use of this campaign setting and we also recommend UM010 USEME Support Pack too for your games. If you want to fight actions in space around the planets then you might like UM006 USEME Starship Battles as well. Super fast, really easy and great fun! 

Written by Vic Dobson who has created other USEME articles (click here to search our blog for USEME to find them HERE) this solo play campaign is a great way to plan out your table top battles across several weeks. I think a campaign of four player sides with two dozen games would take about six weeks with several games of half an hour or so each session. Enjoy! 

There are many free files for all of the USEME titles and these are collected on its page of our website where you can download the latest version for free. 

Thanks for Reading and well done Vic! 

GBS

HOF Fire-Team book and battleboards now a paid for digital download!

Thanks for taking the time to come to this article for this is a first for 15mm.co.uk on its own website. HOF Fire Team the grid based tech level alterable 15mm skirmish system wargame rules for science fiction are now a paid for digital download. No longer in print it is excellent value containing the book, the book covers and a twenty page set of all the battle boards and scenic items on grids as well as a page of blank grids too. All for 8.00GBP. It works with any 15mm miniatures from present day to far future and contains generic generation rules as well as three backgrounds with stats. The Prydian Civil War, the Pan Galactic Empire and the teeming Argo cities of a near tomorrow. We will be releasing other titles out of print and in print as digital downloads in coming weeks including USEME and Alien Squad Leader 2.0 as well as Age of Might and Steel. Go HERE or read on for more. 

The process of purchasing a digital download from the website is straight forward and works as follows. Any product which has the digital downloads sticker on it is purchased as normal into the shopping cart and then through to checkout. During checkout and once purchase is made your will get an order number and a receipt. If your order contains any digital downloads there will be a box displayed on the screen where your digital book will appear once it is loaded in (this can take a minute or so for large files) with a button to click to download it. You will also get the download link in your email as well. 

The purchased download is now yours and can be downloaded up to five times. But do not worry for as long as you can email us your order number at any future date we will manually send you the files by link reply. If you have any questions just contact us by email on sales@15mm.co.uk. 

Read on for more information or go to our website HERE. 

HOF Fire-Team is an original dynamic tactical game with a setting from ultra modern to the far future. Fire Team pits squads of soldiers, guerrillas, police, and thieves or just about anyone else with a grudge against one another. Use miniatures from your existing collection, on single bases, or add any new ones of your choice. Players command a number of Teams. These being Fire Teams, Support Teams, Command Teams and trusting to sound small unit tactics and the luck of the dice they attempt to carry out their mission objectives. HOF Fire-Team is played on 'Battle Boards' de-marked into a 20mm squared grid. These set squares allow for easy and instant measurement of game distances for movement and weapons fire along with the relation between every miniature in play and possible cover. Play is easy and lethal. Using a unique D6 mechanic based on the Firefight 2.0 engine combined with an innovative 'tech level' for all troops and the 'waypoint' mission driver this game promises fast and intense action in a compact playing area. Play in a place of your choosing even if it is too small for other ‘open terrain’ wargames. Play a game of HOF Fire-Team with three fire teams a side (a total of 24 miniatures) in less than fifteen minutes! 

If you are keen on learning more from four years ago there are reviews and interviews online for the book which are still perfectly valid. You can see a video review by the Voodoo Ork HERE and an in depth look HERE over at Dropship Horizon blog. I must point out that these pre-date by a year the new website www.theionage.com formerly of the HOF range. A google search will highlight more reviews and such for you. 

15mm.co.uk has a vast array of 15mm science fiction miniatures which you can use for HOF Fire Team. These include the huge HOF 15mm Science Fiction range which has Humans, Aliens, Robots and way more in it plus the Laserburn classic range and the Asgard range too. Click through to see each of these. Above is the Cultist Holy Guard.

Thanks for Reading, 

 GBS

Octopod Racer and Platoon released and offer!

After the fun of the Security Force Alpha (SFA) release of Skimmer packs and offers last month its the turn of another of Elton Water's creations to take the lime (get it!) light once more.  The Octopods are back!  Octopods are the size and build of Humans with two arms and two legs however they have a cluster of long tentacles which takes the place of their lower faces. Favouring explosive cartridge rifles along with force poles the Octopods make great use of Psykers and also Medics among their ranks and the Seer Guard are an elite formation. Brutal force and lack of tactics sum up the Octopods, the opposite of their natural enemies the Zidhe.  We have a new platoon pack which offers a saving just like the one for the Corporate Ashigaru and also a new small vehicle too the Octopod Racer!

HOFP02 Octopod Platoon

A special pack containing one of every pose we have of the Octopods including small vehicles. A sampler if you will or the ultimate skirmishing character pack. A total of sixteen infantry miniatures, a jet bike and a racer taken from codes HOF53,HOF59,HOF60,HOF61, HOF89, HOF88 and HOF110. Leaders, Personalities, Troopers, Support Weapons, Guard, Assault Troopers, Jetbike with Stand, Racer (resin). Save 10% off single purchase.  A great way to get into this force.  Choose from a pack saving 10% or a  three packs option (saving a further 10%  on the price). All miniatures are supplied unpainted and without bases.  Some Assembly may be required with miniatures.  Price 9.36GBP (Saving 10% off 10.40GBP single prices).  Go HERE

HOF110 Octopod Racer

This new code contains two identical resin small vehicles both in one piece.  The Octopods are brutal and resilient soldiers who favour force over tactics and speed over safely.  The Racer is a step up from their jetbike featuring a pilots pod as well as a single exhaust engine which propels the racer at massive velocity.  Fuel tanks and storage are under the hull and two lasers are forward fixed mounted.  A great scout and recon vehicle.  

Choose from a pack or three packs (saving 10% automatically on the price) or select parts of the pack (a single).  Components of the pack are described in the drop down menu.  Supplied unpainted and without bases.  Some assembly may be required. Go HERE.

We have also taken 20% off the core HOF53 Octopod Infantry pack which you can find for this month only on the DEALS AND OFFERS page meaning you can expand or start your forces for 15mm science fiction domination of the galaxy with a saving.  

The Octopods were created by Elton Waters and sculpted by him along with another designer Rob Alderman.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS