The alien invasion is coming to your tabletop. British publisher Modiphius has revealed XCOM: The Miniatures Game, a solo and co-operative wargame based on Firaxis's tense turn-based strategy series, with pre-orders due to open in July.
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Set up your group for freeXCOM: Enemy Unknown won a huge following by making you sweat over every shot, every squaddie and every grim decision back at base. Modiphius is chasing that same feeling on the table. The game runs on the studio's well-liked Five Parsecs From Home adventure system, brought to the world of XCOM by that system's own creator, designer Ivan Sorensen. The 180-page core rulebook covers tactical firefights, squad creation, procedurally generated missions, base building, research and even a player-versus-player mode, so it is built to run solo, co-op or head-to-head.
The first wave of miniatures pits a six-strong XCOM Operatives squad against a rogues' gallery of classic enemies: Sectoids and their Commanders, Thin Men, Outsiders, Floaters, Chryssalids and Seekers. More reinforcements are already lined up for later waves, from Mutons and Cyberdiscs to the dreaded Sectopods.
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Start organising for freeModiphius is a safe pair of hands for this sort of thing. The London outfit has built licensed tabletop versions of Fallout, Star Trek and Dune, so adapting a beloved video game into a campaign-driven miniatures game is familiar territory. Pre-orders land in July, with the printed rulebook coming bundled with an instant PDF, ahead of a release later in 2026.
For XCOM fans who have always wanted to command the resistance in physical form, this is a meaty solo and co-op project worth watching. If you would rather not hold the line alone, you can always round up a co-op squad.
Sources: Modiphius | Modiphius Press Release
