Flames of War is an easy, fun and popular set of miniatures rules. Players control a company of World War Two troops in battle using 15mm scale miniatures.

Players will use painted 15mm scale Mid War armies of up to 1500 points selected using the latest version of the applicable intelligence handbook or official briefing from the Battlefront website or if neither are available the rulebook. Unofficial briefings and earlier versions of handbooks are not permitted but note that handbook updates are available on the Battlefront website.

• The draw will be swiss by score with the best attempt made to match historical opponents. If necessary the Organiser will play byes to make numbers even.
• Terrain will be pre-set and fully defined.
• Missions used will be Free for All, Hold the Line, The Cauldron, Fighting Withdrawal and Breakthough.
• Death From Above and The Big Push may be used but only if both players agree to do so.
• All Experimental rules from "Lessons from the Front III" available on the battlefront website http://www.flamesofwar.com/ will be used.
• Trophies and prizes of Mind Games vouchers to a total value of $200 will be awarded for the top 3 overall scores, Best General, Best Army and Most Sporting player.
• Scoring for Best General will be the sum of the scores of each round.
• Scoring for Most Sporting Player will be by each player awarding up to 2 points each day to their opponents.
• Scoring for Best army will be judged by the organiser and be 0-3 each for painting, army list design and background plus an extra point if the player provides sufficient usable terrain pieces for at least half a table. Contact the organiser for details of scoring criteria or if you can provide terrain pieces.
• Scoring for overall placing will be double the best general score plus the other scores.

Army lists indicating which briefing was used to design them, accompanied by a background not exceeding one page are to be emailed to django@alphalink.com.au by January 20 2006. The organiser can be contacted by email as above or on 9383 4951.

Sponsored by:

the Northern Suburbs Games Association www.nsga.org.au
the League of Ancients www.leagueofancients.org.au
and Mind Games (Melbourne) www.mindgames.com.au