Forged in Blood
Forged in Blood is a "Big Skirmish" wargame for the Pike and Shot period. Play raids¸ ambushes and reconnaissance missions¸ foraging parties¸ baggage supply raids¸ and attacks on isolated outposts and vulnerable gun positions. MID SCALE: an army is 60 to 70 single based figures; SMALL AREA: a 4'x4' or a 3'x3' table; CAMPAIGN GENERATOR: follow a chosen band through linked encounters; TROOP CHARACTERISTICS: identify your units with historically meaningful descriptions; CHARACTER TRAITS: import heroes from Flashing Steel or create them from scratch RULES: for lighting fires¸ grenades¸ demolitions and more! ARMY LISTS: sample lists with variations for early and late 30YW¸ Spanish¸ French¸ Early and Late Swedish¸ Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth¸ Wallachian¸ Moldavian and Transylvanian¸ Ottoman¸ English Civil War¸ Covenanters¸ and Irish. FULLY DESCRIBED SCENARIO: with full unit descriptions to give you a head start QUICK REFERENCE SHEETS. This is a stand alone product. You do not need any other books to play.