#mobileframezero

Bryan H. Rombough

@bryanrombough.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy

2 weeks ago

I'll be running a Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack demo table at CanGames 2026 on Victoria Day Weekend in Ottawa this May.

If you're going to be in the area, come give the game of Little Lego Giant Robots a try!
#CanGames #CanGames2026 #MobileFrameZero #MF0 […]

[Original post on dice.camp]

Ben Green

@bengreen.bsky.social

1 month ago

It kind of surprises me that #Lego doesn't officially support #MobileFrameZero. It seems like an easy win.

Bryan H. Rombough

@bryanrombough.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy

1 month ago

Mobile Frame Zero/Intercept Orbit | Fortified Niche! Have you heard of these peculiar plastic bricks that the Danes have made? They are called “Lego” and you can use them to both erect structures and craft engines, and create whole worlds for miniature plastic figurines to inhabit. And what, pray tell, would happen if such a plastic brick game was inspired by Japanese woodcuts of fights in giant armored suits – or even space-faring vessels? Why, you would get _Mobile Frame Zero_ * and its kin, _Mobile Frame Zero: Intercept Orbit_! _Listen to theFortified Niche episode._ I assure you, don’t mistake the lack of spilled Plate, Round, 1 » 1 (Trans-Red) for lack of violence. As you may have gathered from inexplicable intro, we’re discussing two related Lego-based rulesets: _Mobile Frame Zero_ and _MFZ: Intercept Orbit_. The idea is for you to build either a bunch of Lego mecha – or Lego space ships and accompanying very small Lego mecha – and FIGHT! Actually, the games assume multiplayer by default, so I you can split the brick-purchasing load among several friends. On this table, ships have inertia! Both games have similar basics: scaleable distance measuring units, dice pools, comparing dice results. For your forces, you have a collection of frames/ships and stations. The former are what you control, the latter are objectives to fight over. Players alternate activating their units; once activate, you say what the unit will do, then roll their die. How many and of what dice you’ll roll depends on the unit’s systems. Since you’ll only be using one die result per system, more dice just increase the odds of rolling high. Crab-bot has seen better days. This is where _Mobile Frame Zero_ gets a little funky. You need to compare your attack roll to the enemy defense roll to see if you can (roll to) damage the unit. But a unit that has yet to activate doesn’t have a defense roll yet. So that unit then has to activate, declare attack, and roll defense. After the first unit resolves their turn, the targeted unit will do theirs. And if it chose to target another unit instead of firing back, it can force yet another activation. This can daisy-chain potentially to the entire table. More likely, you’ll use this to make the enemy activate certain units earlier than they would like. Full thrust, aim for the center of the enemy formation, everything will be fine! And once you score any damage, the target’s controlling player gets to pick what system(s) is lost (and, preferably, taken off the model). Generally, it makes sense to lose anything but the attack systems, especially since white system die are generic and can be used for any system. Even a ship or a frame without any systems gets the system dice (until it loses those), so it is still capable of limited action. This is flaming ship is only capable of limited action. Also, it has been boarded and taken over by a mobile frame company. Now, what systems units have is decided in the army building phase. Mechs and ships have four slots, and you can double up on a system for additional benefits. For example, double attack system rolls not just two red d6s, but also a red d8. There are other, non-dice size benefits as well, like double sensors giving you infinite spotting (read: increases hits for the next attack against the spotted unit) range. But even one-system effects are always meaningful. It’s just that in the heat of battle, being able to kill better matters more. Yo, we’re building artillery carriers ovahea. With all the stuff I mentioned before, _Intercept Orbit_ is more complex and interesting. For starters, there are two ship classes: four-system cruisers and three-system-yet-more-maneuverable frigates. The mobile frame companies are a class unto themselves: they have one of each base system, but one company can also be a slightly game-breaking ace. Ships may repair lost systems. Mobile frame companies need to keep track of their fuel, but can also capture ships. Meanwhile, ships themselves have innertia, and their movement dice can be spent for boosting, breaking, and turning. It’s a more interesting game in all ways. Two of my mobile frame companies are trying to retake their own carrier while in the background, the enemy attempts to do the same with his own carrier. In conclusion, _Mobile Frame Zero_ and _Mobile Frame Zero: Intercept Orbit_ are neat little games for Lego-havers. MFZ is a good way to introduce children into miniature wargaming, but is otherwise somewhat basic. _Intercept Orbit_ , however, can stand on its own as a space ship and mecha battle game. Now, if only I had space games to compare it with that weren’t _Battlefleet Gothic_ … _*Technically Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack_

Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack & Intercept Orbit review.

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kopio

@kopio.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

3 months ago

Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack A tense, tactical game of giant robot squad battle!

#TIL #MobileFrameZero is tabletop wargame that uses #LEGO pieces

boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122435/mobile-...

Art "The Mugbearer" (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈 [PLS GIVE ME MONEY]

@themugbearer.bsky.social

4 months ago

DEPLOY YOUR GRUNTS 🤖

#LEGO #LDD #Stud.Io #Mecha #MechaArt #LegoArt #MugbearerMOCs #MFZ #MF0 #MobileFrameZero

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

7 months ago

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero #mecha #lego

Joshua A.C. Newman

@joshuaacnewman.xeno.glyphpress.com.ap.brid.gy

9 months ago

#MobileFrameZero at Cangames! www.tumblr.com/bryanharryrombough/78545...

It’s important to fight giant robots.

Vitoria, Lamashtan Mage

@vitoriafaria27.bsky.social

10 months ago

Doomsday clock at 11, bitches!

Boxy Boy frame looking menacing at a rooftop, threatening a Flea at nearby ground

Pile Driver Lockon takes a wind power station once guarded by a defeated Marauder

Locust and Marauder just looking cool around a warehouse

I ravaged @sapatrevas.com yesterday, but not in the way she usually likes

#MobileFrameZero

Vitoria, Lamashtan Mage

@vitoriafaria27.bsky.social

10 months ago

Smoll lego mechs, terrain and dice

Smoll lego mechs, terrain and dice

Smoll lego mechs, terrain and dice

Smoll lego mechs, terrain and dice

Some more MF0 pics from Saturday in no particular order

#MobileFrameZero

Vitoria, Lamashtan Mage

@vitoriafaria27.bsky.social

10 months ago

Mobile Frames in a MF0 match

Mobile Frames in a MF0 match

Mobile Frames in a MF0 match

Mobile Frames in a MF0 match

We are so back

#MobileFrameZero

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

three robots in light gray, black, dark gray. they have cylinders for faces and pinched/cinched waists reminiscent of Gundam models. they have big stompy feet. there are buildings and other mecha in the background because I am not a very good photographer and my hands are tired. pardon the dust

sunday afternoon brickspit. i continue to lean on illegal connections to realize unconventional shapes. (ab)using tension rather than friction is controversial... i can play with my toys however i want!

#mecha #gunpla #lego #robot #moc #mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

three brick-built Lego mecha stand between two parked Mazda RX7 in front of DeCADA modular grocery, sushi restaurant and cafe. Mobile Frame Zero library "Landscript" with blue armor plating and dark gray hands and feet. Left holds a spazer of some kind, right has a small proton beam and center is pointing a conventional blaster at the camera menacingly. In the background, one of the women who works at the cafe next door is walking away from the scene.

new squad is Landscript, a hybrid of a few earlier frames. need to make some terrain and stations instead of just the giant robots, but uh, I just like making the giant robots so here we are

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

the three MFZ squads described in earlier posts are now on baseplates. there is also a small scene in the foreground with two black-and-white pilots facing against two yellow-and-gray pilots. coming along

made baseplates for the mech squads. group photo:

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero #mecha #lego

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

Tonfa Squad stands at ready in front of CaDA Kitten Grocery Store. The three mecha in black and dark gray livery lack the substantial upper body armor typical of frames, but that is because they were not designed for combat. Destiny had other plans... Mechanic at left wields spanner, hammer, chisel, impact driver with aplomb, always has the right tool for the job and capable to engineer the enemies destruction from whatever parts are at hand. Miner centered holds two pickaxes at ready along with a pair of high power emitters at waist level - once used to illuminate the dark subterranean worksite, now capable of sensory disruption with blinding flash, strobing burst, and even melting metal and rock when overdriven. Forestry at right has two pairs of chainsaw at ready. Unassuming when working at normal tasks, especially in an era where the heavily armed oppression has forbidden them to have any weaponry... like the Tonfa of their namesake, originally a farm implement but repurposed under occupation to a highly effective melee weapon, the plowshares at hand are sublimely effective when used as swords!

last one for today. loosely based on BeardedJester Mandalorian Cyborg MOC.

meet Tonfa Squad.
vanguard of an occupied settlement whose oppressors banned them from having any weapons...
my Mechanic, Miner, and Forestry frames do not need weapons to show up for combat duty!

#MFZ #mf0 #mobileframezero

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

MFZ Betty Squad in red, dark gray, light gray livery is posed in front of CaDA coffee shop & donut shop modular buildings. Betty Captain on left has a dark gray right pauldron signifying rank and a menacing heavy blaster in right hand. Betty Berserker on right is dual-wielding katana with a pair of tanto ready to go. Betty Artillery back center has a pair of missile pods mounted above shoulders pauldrons, heavily inspired by Battletech/MechWarrior IYKYK. The base design is from the MFZ Frame Library but detailed significantly by my family from that reference - we build together so well :)

more brickposting:
@dragonm41d3n.bsky.social built and styled the Betty Captain on left, @replicantmemory.gay idea led to the missile pods on Betty Artillery center, and the Berserker on right was something that looked wrong on the frame I tried first but perfect here!

#mfz #mobileframezero #mecha

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

#mfo #mfz #mobileframezero #rapidattack #lego #mecha

Shades Corvid

@shadescorvid.bsky.social

1 year ago

If you not a regular to #MobileFrameZero but your interested I be glad to answer any questions here or in our community discord: It’s a Safe space/no fascists allowed discord.gg/HzGv6MgV

Shades Corvid

@shadescorvid.bsky.social

1 year ago

A mecha made from LEGO in trans pride flag colors made for the game Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack!

A LEGO Mech/Jet hybrid made for the game Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack.

A game piece made from LEGO for Mobile Frame Zero: Intercept Orbit representing a squadron of Starfighters. Inspired by the pink starfighter in Cowboy Bebop.

A LEGO mech for the game Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack.

Where my #mobileframezero players? Be it Rapid Attack, Intercept Orbit or Firebrands! Looking to make a Starter pack but I need some more names for it! #lego #mecha #starship #rpg #wargaming

Alex Icon :: L_2NITE

@luxacon.bsky.social

1 year ago

three lego mobile frame zero mecha units with orange eye, dark gray armor plating, light gray and black accents stand in front of the CADA Fujiwara Tofu Shop and Kissaten Shop. left is a Sharpshooter posed poised with two pistols ready in quickdraw holster. right is a Knight prepared to tank and brawl with an energy sword in right hand and energy shield in left hand. center and slightly behind, the Sniper holds a large Gauss rifle with a complicated rangefinder to assure complete destruction of the target. it is a bit dusty below their feet, sorry about that!

thankful for occasional fine motor good days. finished our 1st squad for MFZ after being inspired playing battletech a few weeks ago with @yotzeretsheydim.bsky.social

MOC credit is a complex thing, riff on a riff on X09b-Orca if i am following this right

#mfz #mecha #mobileframezero

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero #interceptorbit

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero #interceptorbit

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

#mfz #mf0 #mobileframezero #interceptorbit

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

4.

#mfz #mf0 #mecha #mobileframezero #lego

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

Bluesky's growing, quote one art to promote yourself!

I'm not really an artist, just looking to promote others and find other lego/mecha enthusiasts to talk shop.

#mfz #mf0 #gundam #bricklink #mobileframezero

AMBAC Boots

@owlinboots.bsky.social

1 year ago

A variant of the Colsten rifle, the Colsten Maxter features a housing around the barrel containing a water based coolant system. This is particularly useful in space based combat. The Full Maxter is a scaled up chain fed Colsten galting gun also cooled by water.

#mfz #mf0 #lego #mobileframezero

𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑

@rmblrx.mooonside.com

1 year ago

There's more of this ilk here under #MobileFrameZero.

𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑

@rmblrx.mooonside.com

1 year ago

mizukagami_4.lxf, LEGO mecha creation by Drazelic

Paragon_2, LEGO mecha creation by Drazelic

LEGO mecha creation by Drazelic

MH-20A "Isbeck” Heavy Assault Frame, LEGO mecha creation by Drazelic

The #LEGOmecha genius of Drazelic
www.flickr.com/people/12853...
#LEGO #mecha #microScale #MFZ #MobileFrameZero

𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑

@rmblrx.mooonside.com

1 year ago

GM-07 'gunmate' [RHINO], LEGO mecha by A. Yates

moon rat with shield fist and sonic rifle, LEGO mecha by A. Yates

TOKOEKA [light weapon/machine gun], LEGO mecha by A. Yates

gunbadger mk2 with ''puck hucker'', LEGO mecha by A. Yates

The #LEGOmecha genius of A. Yates
www.flickr.com/people/ekil/
#LEGO #mecha #microScale #MFZ #MobileFrameZero

𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑

@rmblrx.mooonside.com

1 year ago

Small-scale Mech and Transport Truck, LEGO creation by ApparatusOM01

A love letter to Ma.K 💚 - A flight-type patrolling and reconnaissance frame, LEGO creation by ApparatusOM01

LAW Frame Squad - Moray Frame Transport Ship, LEGO creation by ApparatusOM01

LAW Frame Squad - Moray Frame Transport Ship, LEGO creation by ApparatusOM01

Beyond the #LEGOmecha genius of ApparatusOM01
www.reddit.com/user/Apparat...
#LEGO #mecha #MFZ #MobileFrameZero #microScale

𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓𝕮𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖔𝖓𝖇𝖆𝖑𝖑

@rmblrx.mooonside.com

1 year ago

Ibis Squad, LEGO mecha by ApparatusOM01

BSF (Battlements and Spotting Frame) Razorback Type, LEGO mecha by ApparatusOM01

Draco MCP (Mobile Cannon Platform) Frame, LEGO mecha by ApparatusOM01

SPCF (Stealth Projection Covert Frame) Shroud Type, LEGO mecha by ApparatusOM01

The #LEGOmecha genius of ApparatusOM01
www.reddit.com/user/Apparat...
#LEGO #mecha #MFZ #MobileFrameZero #microScale