Fire & Steel


Fire & Steel is a 1978 board game published by Game Designers' Workshop.

Gameplay

Fire & Steel is a wargame that depicts 15 mm Napoleonic miniatures battles in Europe between 1808 and 1858.
The components consisted of: Boxed set consisting of: Rule book ; Organization book player aid card - fire & melee combat, moral and casualty calculation tables ; three player aid cards consisting of one terrain effects card ; one unit capabilities chart, and one weather and officer casualty chart ; two player aid cards being identical unit roster charts meant to provide masters for reproduction ; 23 player aid cards for Unit Characteristics Chart by Nationality.
The game uses the System 7 Napoleonics rule system.

Development and publication history

Fire & Steel was designed by Greg Novak, John Harshman and Paul Richard Banner, and published in 1978.

Reception

Fire & Steel won the H.G. Wells award for Best Miniatures Rules of 1978.

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