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Welcome to the latest edition of FiveCore: Skirmish Gaming Evolved

The third edition of the FiveCore system provides a refined and expanded ruleset for the discerning game master.

This brand new 3rd edition of the premier character-driven skirmish system will knock your socks off. FiveCore offers you fast playing games with 5-15 figures per side. There are No firing tables; players just roll the dice and know immediately if a target is down, wounded, pinned or running away. Troop quality affects your ability to coordinate attacks, and have your men work together, rather than just providing a +1 to hit. The turn sequence keeps you on your toes. You can always do something, but you can never do everything. Being able to adapt on the fly is key to success.

Game Features:

Clarified and cleaned up rules
A new, more logical system for character progression
Expanded solo and campaign rules
Options to portray all manner of alien critters and arcane horrors on your tabletops
The best elements from the 1st edition supplements, like weather rules and built-in vehicle rules, based on the FiveCore Company Commander rules
Special rules cover everything from searching, persuading civilians and concealed snipers to blowing up bridges and crawling through minefields
Whether you play 20th century games, present day or the battlefields of the future, FiveCore has you covered

Expansion Material

FiveCore has several supplements, many of which are relevant to the third edition rules.
The Heavy Metal supplement is not required to use vehicles in the third edition game, and the Tactical Primer is of less value to third edition players.

Please use the links below to review each book:

Field Guide - Several major rules options are included, such as a new turn sequence, troop ratings, and modified assault rules. It also provides new weapons and modifications and an updated stealth system.
FiveCore Retro Collection - This is the original Five Men in Normandy ww2 skirmish campaign ruleset. The follow materials are included: FiveCore 1st edition, the stand-alone generic skirmish spinoff.
FiveCore Platoon Command. Alpha draft - New rules concepts adapt the FiveCore skirmish rules to battles with 30-40 figures per side.

20th Century Scenario Generator

FiveCore Sandbox: Infantry Patrols in occupied territory. - Sandbox is a mini-campaign system for FiveCore games (though it can be adopted to others as well) focusing on infantry patrols in an occupied city.
FiveCore system Pack - Intended for tinkerers and scenario writers. Materiel can be adapted to Five Men at Kursk with minimal difficulty.

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Starport Scum:

a tabletop game of fierce space adventure, space pirates and salvage crews looking for the next big break.

Drawing on sources such as Traveller, Firefly, Trigun and Borderlands, it's a game about getting by on the outskirts of civilization, always on the look out for that next job. Combining miniatures war gaming with role playing game touches, Starport Scum is playable as a conventional miniatures game, a narrative RPG, or a hybrid beast combining the best of both worlds.

The core combat rules use a dice pool system to deliver results very quickly. While the rules cover a variety of situations, the basics can be condensed down to one page and revolve around gathering up a base number of dice (based on character class), adding bonus dice for suitable traits and weapon tags. The only need for book keeping or markers during a game is for figures that are pinned down and wounded hero figures. Thus, you can avoid the table being cluttered with status effects.

Game Features:

Flexible character design allows for simple sets of traits to be built using the included "build engine"
Random character creation processes help set up heroes with a bit of context in the world
Guns and gadgetry likewise can be invented on the fly or built using a "lego-style" system of combining tags and conditions
To help you run the game, we include rules for handling common situations, again modifiable to almost any outcome
A full set of campaign rules covers how your characters can gain experience, take a variety of jobs and find interesting loot
Tables are provided to roll up a random gang of bad guys, as well as alien horrors to get eaten by
A collection of random tables aid solo gamers and generally spice things up for those times when the party has touched down on a planet and you're not sure what's out there
Starport Scum is formatted to be screen and print friendly

Expansion Material

The Star Scum collection of expansions allows tabletop strategists to generate endless uncharted worlds full of strange beasts, customizable futuristic hardware, and unique civilizations that will challenge players, providing hours of fun.

Links to supplements-

Story Tellers Guide to Starport Scum - With this expansion, you will be able to land on any uncharted world and explore, using random scenery, sights and encounter tables to find interesting things to loot, explore or get eaten by.
Survey and Explore - With this expansion, you will be able to land on any uncharted world and explore, using random scenery, sights and encounter tables to find interesting things to loot, explore or get eaten by.
Gun Runners Guide to Starport Scum - the Gun Runners Guide offers a collection of hardware to be picked up or assigned randomly as loot in your games.
Starport Scum Jobs Guide - Take on 4 new Job types (search, recon, bail out and face off) with twists on the mechanics, gamble and invest money, send out grunts for trivial side jobs.

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Five Men at Kursk - Welcome to the front.

It's 1800 miles to Berlin.

Tanks, commando raids, intense infantry action, campaign games, and heroes against the odds - all this and more can be found in Five Men at Kursk, the premier set of second world war skirmish game rules. Building off the legacy of the FiveCore system, Five Men at Kursk aims at providing a complete, extensive, and highly approachable package, whether you prefer pick-up games, campaigns, or solo gaming. Give orders, react to your enemy, and secure victory using a dice based command system that requires hard choices to be made at every turn, and a combat system that lets you establish both damage and morale loss in the same dice throw.

For players of the FiveCore system this volume is dedicated to world war 2, giving you a finely honed game engine, updated to its most modern incarnation yet. The new mechanics aim at solving many of the more common concerns with the FiveCore engine, such as the erratic turn sequence and lack of troop statistics, while making the game flow more smoothly than ever. If you are new to the world of FiveCore, this is your ticket to unforgettable campaigns from Arras to Monte Cassino and from Stalingrad to Berlin.

Game Features:

Clarified and cleaned up rules
A new, more logical system for character progression
Expanded solo and campaign rules
Options to portray all manner of alien critters and arcane horrors on your tabletops
The best elements from the 1st edition supplements, like weather rules and built-in vehicle rules, based on the FiveCore Company Commander rules
Special rules cover everything from searching, persuading civilians and concealed snipers to blowing up bridges and crawling through minefields
Whether you play 20th century games, present day or the battlefields of the future, FiveCore has you covered

Five Men at Kursk is usable with any individually based figures and covers skirmish battles ranging from a few men on each side up to a platoon, with a squad and a supporting element being the standard.

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No End in Sight- cold war and modern platoon combat

The M113 is burning behind you, the Reds are coming on strong. the platoon is in bad shape and mortar support is nowhere to be seen. As platoon commander, you have to rely on your squad leaders to push your troops forward, lay down suppressing fire and win the fire fight. No End in Sight is a comprehensive guide to contemporary cold war and near future combat. Lead an infantry platoon through random battles, several campaign styles, or scenarios of your own design. Track the progress of your squad leaders as you play.The rules feature an innovative activation and reaction fire mechanic that leaves you making important and tough choices constantly. Know when to push and when to hold off. Your men have to last for a long fire fight and you may run out of steam when you least expect it.

Game Features:

Combat is written to produce a fairly realistic level of casualties. Most fire will serve to pin and suppress the enemy with modest casualty rates until you close to assault
Command battle hardened professionals and insurgent militia, dismantle IED's, call in artillery fire, evac the wounded and take on enemy tanks. It's all covered.
The rules are written to be both playable and enjoyable on a small gaming space, using approximately a platoon plus appropriate supports, APC's and assorted vehicles on each side.
Run your own invented campaign or use the included systems to:

Conduct "Hearts and Minds" peacekeeping in a foreign land (or throw the invaders out)
Fight to prevent the "Domino Theory" from coming true.
Engage the NATO/Warsaw Pact while hoping the conflict does not escalate out of control.

No End in Sight is compatible with any individually based figures.
Game measurements were written with 15mm figures in mind, but can be used for larger and smaller figures.
A typical game features about a platoon on each side, with supporting elements and vehicles.
A collection of random tables aid solo gamers and generally spice things up for those times when the party has touched down on a planet and you're not sure what's out there.
Starport Scum is formatted to be screen and print friendly.

Expansion Material

The No Stars in Sight rule book allows players to take the system in a completely unique direction in the dark depths of outerspace, while Rules Pack Alpha provides a comprehensive set of optional rules to tailor the game to the interest your gaming group is really interested in.

Links to supplements-

Rules Pack Alpha for No End in Sight - Welcome to the first supplement for No End in Sight. The Rules Pack contains a selection of optional rules to add more detail, change elements of the game or enhance a scenario. Some are major changes while others are small, quick tweaks.
No Stars in Sight. Hard scifi platoon action - No Stars in Sight is your guide to platoon level "hard scifi" warfare on a near-future battlefield.

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Dungeon Scum

Who said Dungeoneering had to be dreary?

Based on the Starport Scum scifi rules, Dungeon Scum is a narrative wargame intended to be played by role players and war gamers alike. Gather your group of adventurers, set out on a dungeon delve and hope you make it back! Get loot, see the sights, maybe go on an epic quest.

Game Features:

The combat rules are fast, simple and easy to remember, allowing you to fight multiple encounters in one gaming session.
Unlike many RPG's, it includes a morale system for more realistic combats.
It can be played solo, with encounter tables and monster lists for a fully random delve.
It can be turned into a full-fledged role playing game.
Characters can be generated randomly in a few rolls or simply described with a couple of common-sense sentences.
Loot is well supplied with tons of magical items to find.
Six types of magic with 10 spells in each system, plus "quest" spells are used in campaign play.
Campaign rules let players develop young peasant adventurers into heroes..if they don't die in the unforgiving wilds.
While the game is intended to use miniature figures, advice is provided to players who prefer playing without them. And a lot more.

Clocking in at 88 print-friendly pages, Dungeon Scum can be played with any miniatures you already own.

Expansion Material

Send your group of adventurers into the murky depths of the Shade Stone Forest, and explore a finely crafted world full of mystery and arcane power. The village generator allows players to create any sort of medieval community they can imagine.

Links to supplements-

Shade Stone Forest. An adventure location for Dungeon Scum. - Welcome to Shade Stone Forest. In the first adventure pack for Dungeon Scum, you get to explore a mysterious forest that seems to defy exploration. This pack will replace the Delve tables in the main rules, allowing you to explore a new location with its own unique enemy and encounter tables.
Village Generator for Dungeon Scum and other games - The Village Generator will help you set up an interesting location with its own NPC's, looming threats, and a place in the world.

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From Shako to Coal Scuttle

Accessible rules for the black powder era

The setting covers roughly a hundred years, starting with Napoleon and Washington, and ending as the old world romance dies in 1914. An army consists of 8-12 infantry units with a few supporting cavalry units and artillery units representing the entire army taking the field. This game is intended for 15mm figures and below, each unit consists of 4 stands (infantry/cavalry) or a single gun stand, meaning that a full army won't typically require more than 50 stands.

Commanding your army is done through the Command Dice mechanic:

Your troops will carry out basic movement and combat automatically, but you will have a limited number of rallying and shock actions each turn, based on unit quality and the luck of the Command Dice roll each turn.
If you need additional actions, your army leadership can be committed to give you additional actions, but this puts them at risk. Lead from the front and be rewarded.. or shot from your horse.
Combat uses a single-roll mechanic: Roll a pool of dice (typically 3-4) and check each die for results.
The single roll will tell you everything you need to know, without any additional rolls required: Is the enemy in Disarray? Being pushed back? Taking losses? One roll decides.
Finally the rules offer simple campaign rules, options to help you set up creative scenarios, and a standard "meeting engagement" battle plan you can use to set up.

Nordic Weasel Games

Home of the FiveCore System

Design Philosophy

While each game differs in setting and mechanics, the core philosophy of Nordic Weasel games does not. These principles are at the core of our design process:

We strongly believe that war gaming should be accessible to as many people as possible. This means providing a game that can be played with a modest collection of miniature figures on a normal kitchen table.

Guiding Design Principles

A small set of principles drive our game design. While each game varies, Nordic Weasel Games attempts to consistently maintain the following design standards:

SIMPLE DICE MECHANICS

CLEAR MODIFIER USAGE

MODULAR RULES

PLAYER CREATIVITY

REASONABLE COST

REASONABLE SCALE

Our historical games are aimed at creating balance between a fun gamming experience and reasonable realism. We do not attempt to create exacting simulations.

Games

FiveCore System

In Sight System

Scum System

Bio

The main brain behind Nordic Weasal Games is Ivan Sorenson.

Ivan is an avid gamer and tabletop gamedesigner from Denmark currently residing in an undisclosed location somewhere in the midwestern United States.....

"I came to fantastical gaming by way of board games like Hero Quest and of course Dungeons and Dragons, and from there have broadened my interests into games of all shapes, periods and formats."

Early successes includes the free scifi rules Fast And Dirty and the commercial Trench Storm set.

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