Flames of War
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.
The rules used will be Flames of War Second Edition including any updates and errata listed at http://www.flamesofwar.com
Play will consist of four rounds of up to 2 1/2 hours starting from 9am sharp on Saturday January 26.
Players will use fully painted 15mm scale Mid War armies of up to 1500 points from any official FOW 2nd edition intelligence briefing. Contact the organiser if you wish to use one not covered in Ostfront or Afrika.
Terrain will be pre-set and defined. Players that provide significant amounts of usable terrain may be awarded a bonus to their Army score, contact the organiser for more information.
The draw will be by swiss chess by accumulated generalship score with the best attempt made to match historical opponents. If necessary the organiser will play byes to make the numbers even.
Missions played will be chosen from the Combat Missions in the 2nd Ed rulebook but not include Roadblock. Death From Above may be used as per the rules in Afrika, British Paras may use Seize and Hold in the same circumstances.
Generalship will be scored as normal, contact the organiser for details of Army and Sportsmanship scoring.
Trophies will be awarded to the Overall Winner, Best General, Best Army and Most Sporting Player. Prizes of Mind Games vouchers will also be awarded including a door prize to a randomly selected pre-registered player.
Army lists and a background not exceeding one page are to be emailed to django@alphalink.com.au by January 12 2008.
Sponsored by:
- the Northern Suburbs Games Association - http://www.nsga.org.au/
- the League of Ancients - http://www.leagueofancients.org.au
- Mind Games (Melbourne) - http://www.mindgames.com.au/
| Adult Content: | PG |
| Characterisation: | NA |
| Genre Knowledge: | NA |
| Rules Knowledge: | 5 |
| Seriousness: | 4 |