Free Sci-Fi Wargames Rules for 28mm or 15mm Miniatures


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F.A.D (Fast and Dirty) is a generic, quick, uncomplicated yet realistic game system for modern day and future skirmish wargames (which can scale easily to much larger battles). The system is designed to be easy to learn and play but still allow for deep and strategic game play and is built upon basic military principles such as troop morale, motivation, and experience.

Each player fields a force, ranging from a few squads to a reinforced platoon with support elements, including heavy weapons, artillery and even vehicles.

You can try out the game using troops with basic profiles (and the basic rules) and then move on to trying some of our pre-written "official" units, or delve into our army builder and make some profiles for your own units.


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Some of our Official Army Lists

Humans were not the only species from earth to colonize space. As soon as commercial freighters started to travel between worlds, wild Rats spread amongst the stars. At some point in history these rats mutated and became sentient beings. Now they have built a society from the scavenged remains of other races.

Existing long before mankind had reached the stars, the ancient and eternal Elves have traveled the galaxy. Similar in appearance to a tall, slight of build human, the Elves possess near supernatural strength and speed. Many of their kind are also able to manifest powerful psychic abilities.

Over a relatively short space of time, mankind has grown as a species to be one of the most numerous in the galaxy. A very high reproductive rate, combined with a lifespan ranging from 80 to 200 years (depending on the settlement) means that human outposts can be found in almost all parts of the galaxy.

Genetically engineered super soldiers, fielding highly sophisticated power armour and state of the art weapons. These soldiers were once human but have undergone such dramatic alterations that they may as well be a separate species! The Space Knights patrol the galaxy ensuring order prevails and enforcing the rules of law with brutal efficiency.

Check out all our official army lists


Our latest blog posts

A few updates added

It has been quite in the FAD world for a little while, but a few few rules updates/clarifications have just been added.

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Email problems now fixed

Since the new site for the FAD wargame went online, we have had reports of issues with emails not sending correctly (or at all).

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Our new community and force creation rules

We have now added two new areas to the FAD website, which will hopefully make engagement with this ruleset a little easier (and make them a little more expansive).

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Scenario Rules now "Live"

After much toil the new F.A.D scenario rules are now live. The original rules were pretty cool, allowing you to select stances and attitudes and deploy in an unpredictable (and...

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