Freebooter's Fate

Freebooter's Fate is a tabletop Skirmish game made by the German company Freebooter Miniatures. Freebooter Miniatures makes a small number of minis not used in Freebooter's Fate for use as proxies in other games (so mostly Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40000), but the range is mostly for their namesake game.

Said minis are designed by Werner Klocke, and have become very popular for their stylized and wild appearances (so mostly as Warhammer proxies).

The game itself runs approximately $80-$100 to get what's needed to play (barring mini-painting). You need a crew (and the cards they come with) consisting of some specialists, characters, and redshirts as well as a deck of the cards required to play any faction. The company sells two kinds of starter kits for each faction; one consisting of the core deck and manual, plus a small crew you'll most likely always need plus one character or the same thing minus the core deck and manual. Additional characters run an average of $12 each.

Fluff

Typical fantasy world, but set early in the Age of Exploration rather than Dark Ages or Renaissance.

You have an Empire that straddles between Conquistador and Napoleonic, Goblins (plus a few Orcs) who are a very mistreated (often enslaved) race who pull the same kind of batshit insane explosive-related shenanigans greenskins in current popular media are known for, typical pirates, Voodoo Cultists representing colonials, Assassin's Creed-wannabe insane nobility from the Old World, and with the first expansion Amazons who dress like animals and insects then fight like one. The expansion also offers mercenaries who can be fielded by any army (although individual characters usually have a faction who can't field them).

Crunch

The game relies on cards rather than dice to win. You build your "army " with points, and get to fightin'. Movement is very important in the game.

According to many reviews, the game is unique in it's approach to playstyle.