Gearbox & Modiphius Team Up For Homeworld: Fleet Command
August 25, 2022 by fcostin
Modiphius Entertainment has announced that they will be bringing another video game IP over to the tabletop. Teaming up with Gearbox Entertainment, players will be expanding on the Homeworld universe to bring diverse space fleet battles to the tabletop.
Homeworld Fleet Command // Modiphius And Gearbox
Showcasing as a miniatures board game translating from the real-time strategy video game Homeworld: Fleet Command, Gearbox has said that Modiphius is the perfect publisher to take Homeworld to new frontiers, providing intense fleet battles that can be played within an hour.
"Homeworld: Fleet Command puts would-ve admirals in charge of Kushan or Taiidan fleets fighting it out in fast playing 1-4 player galactic battles" - Modiphius Entertainment
The title will not be heading straight over to retail, as Homeworld: Fleet Command will be making its tabletop debut over on Crowdfunding. It's unsure which platform will be used just yet but they will be bringing the base game to market which flexes with a whopping 101 miniature plastic ships in the box. This is set to be the renowned Mothership, alongside forty-eight fighters, twenty-four corvettes, twenty-four frigates, two carriers and two destroyers. As if that may not be enough units for a mass battle, the campaign will also include an expansion with even more ships, adding an extra 100 to your bank to further grow your fleet.
The game itself is set to include a ten-part campaign that walks players through the growth of their fleet with step-by-step scenarios. Taking to either a skirmish or epic battle, they will be journeying through a lengthy campaign.
Ship Previews // Homeworld Fleet Command
If you are not too keen on operating as an admiral against some opponents across the table, there will be a solo mode made available that will allow one player to go head-to-head against another space rival or indeed four players can share the load. If you do have some friends with the game, Modiphius has said that players will be able to combine their boxes to make even bigger and epic fleet battles. Just in case the 101 miniatures in the core box and the extra 100 in the expansion are not epic enough for you!
If you are a fan of the Homeworld universe, be sure to keep an eye on Modiphius up until the campaign live date in November. If you did want to be the first to hear any news or announcements prior to the campaign, be sure to sign up for the Modiphius newsletter and not miss a beat!
What do you think of Homeworld: Fleet Command?
"The title will not be heading straight over to retail, as Homeworld: Fleet Command will be making its tabletop debut over on Crowdfunding..."
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I never got around to playing Homeworld, but there’s spaceships so im interested 🙂
fab looking ships but we knew they look the part.
I played the PC games back in the day and played them again when the remasters released. It’s such a relaxing game. Depending on the price of the box this is really tempting. So many ships for A Billion Suns, Full Thrust or whatever.
I actually asked them about a potential “ships only” box but haven’t heard from them yet XD
But with Homeworld 3 on the way to PC this is a really nicely times fundraiser.
just pray Gearbox doesn’t turn this into another “Alien:Colonial Marines” type of disaster …
Yes the music was great in the game.
How the heck is one going to play a tabletop game with *that* many ships and keep it playable ?
The one-player ‘solo’ (?) option is interesting.
I’ll wait for the retail version, because I’m in no hurry.
My guess is: it’s 100 models but resources in game are limited and you produce your force only with resources on the map. So they may have gone with 100 ships but I guess you’ll never have more then 25 on the table. The number of ships is so high to make sure you can build any type as often as possible. Just like in the PC game.
so a kind of RTS style game instead of pure skirmish ?
That would make sense.
Still not sure why you’d want to replicate mechanics from a computergame that may slow down overall gameplay on the tabletop.
OTOH … it’s nice to have the option to field whatever fleet you want instead of having to buy a dozen expansions containing too few ship types to be useful.
The original game had a heavy focus on capturing/building ships so it’d make sense to keep the theme in the tabletop.
Was surprised when the email for this came in two days ago. A bit out of the blue but then if you are paying for the IP, commissioning artwork and layouts you might as well use it too its fullest extent. Yes interested in principle even if the Kickstarter route is just a pre-order mechanism. A few early flags are there though. Modiphius is hit and miss when it comes to its rules writing in general. Oscillating between the simplistic and unnecessarily complex. That this is ‘inspired’ by the Airfix Battles rules can go either way here. I can see… Read more »
There’s also the option of playing Full Thrust (rules are free) and getting ships from Ground Zero Games. So depending on how much the core pledges cost then going “old school” might prove to be as cheap (although the GZG ships are in metal things like the fighter ships are cheap as chips as they are really tiny). So as ever the deciding factor will be the rules and gameplay more than anything (and KS schemes don’t have the best record for providing good rules and gameplay, instead providing LOADS of very nice plastic minis as the “draw” into getting… Read more »
I’ve already signed up for the email. The main attraction is getting all of those ships so even if the rules are less than hoped for the ships will be really useful for A Billion Suns (if they are the correct scale that is ?).
Also solo rules ?
Also I love the Homeworld games.
I’ll need to know more before I decide to join in with the crowdfunding or wait until retail, if at all.
It’s exciting though.
Loved this game when I was a kid. And 1 player option too. Very tempted!