What would be the best way to replicate the tactical battles of XCOM? Are there any asymmetrical skirmish games that allow for equipping individual units with different tech? Preferably a game where units are individual soldiers with more than 1 wound, instead of a group of soldiers as with many wargames.
Re-skinning is no issue, I just need a good framework of mechanics to drape the aesthetics on.
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I've always found Soldiers quite a bit like X-Com in terms of how the tactical combat focused around lines of sight and cover. But it doesn't really mix tech levels, it's all WW2 stuff.
RECON is what I would use and reskin the aliens weapons as dirty, subhuman commie weapons.
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Try Double Tap by One Page Wargaming. It's so simple that you can easily reskin/theme it. Most of the units will have only one wound but again, you can easily work around that. Double Tap has the added bonus of being fun as fuck.
Optionally if you don't mind way more complexity, Infinity is what Double Tap is based on.
Any publisher information? I can't find the specific game you're talking about with that generic of a name.
Does this actually support wargame play? It seems like it's an actual RPG. I envisioned players controlling multiple units in a squad.
Warzone: Resurrection's system would be a good fit, I think. It's a platoon based wargame, but it's granular enough to handle the small, elite scale of XCOM quite handily. The Stalk deployment mechanic alone would be good to represent the fog of war for the alien forces. Perhaps give it a look? The rules are a free download from the prodos website.
Infinity is what jumps out to me. The order system isn't how XCOM works (XCOM gives one activation per soldier, Infinity does the same for the most part but you don't have to spend those activation on each soldier, it's like an order pool). But in terms of complexity of actions and abilities and squad-level skirmish I think Infinity is very in line with what you'd expect from XCOM. The Combined Army (the alien bad guy faction) has a nice mix of aliens too.
You could try the X-COM: Tactical game