(from Decision Games' website:) Breitenfeld was the first major clash involving the Swedish army of Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus had adopted the advances of Maurice of Nassau, using smaller, thinner formations bringing mobility and flexibility to battlefields dominated by massive blocks of musket-ringed pikemen. But he faced a larger, more experienced...
Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming Through the Ages is a miniature wargame rule set that allows players to recreate small combat engagements from any time in history. It is designed to allow players to play either one off games or a campaign that lasts over several battles. Players can choose between three main historical periods, Ancient/Medieval (3000 BC...
Buccaneers of the Americas is a solitaire action roleplaying game set in the "Golden Age of Buccaneering", specifically in and between the years 1650 and 1700, when privateers and pirates, known under dozens of similar names in several different languages, cruised the waters of the Caribbean Sea, taking prizes and sacking cities with the often overt...
Distant Seas is the first major expansion for Buccaneers of the Americas, and REQUIRES OWNERSHIP OF THE ORIGINAL GAME. With this expansion, players are no longer strictly confined to the waters of the West Indies. Now, players may venture beyond into more distant seas: To the Atlantic coastline of North America; across the Isthmus of Darien (or by first...
By Fire and Sword – a historical wargame is the name of a battle system developed by the Wargamer Company. We wanted to create a realistic, playable and dynamic wargame which recreates the 17th century wars fought by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against Turkey, Muscovy, Sweden, Crimean Khanate and Cossacks. The period between 1640 and 1676, on which...
BACKGROUND: By Fire and Sword is semi-historical simulation of the Thirty Years War. The game begins just after the Bohemian Revolt where the very Catholic Ferdinand II (future Holy Roman Emperor) of Austria was elected to the Thrones of Bohemia and Hungary. Many Protestants felt they would lose their religious rights and a small revolt occurred. This...
By Fire and Sword is a historical wargame which allows you to recreate on a tabletop the numerous engagements that occurred in Central and Eastern Europe during the middle of the seventeenth century, whether reconstructing historical clashes or exploring “what if” scenarios. Command disciplined ranks of Swedish infantry, valiant moloitsy, fearsome Tatars...
This manual will allow you to play By Fire and Sword. Within these pages one will find a range of varied and dynamic scenarios: from reconnaissance patrols and raids, to pitched battles and ambushes. The scenarios are divided into two groups: Skirmish and Task Force, which determine the level of the game. In both Skirmish and Task Force sections,you will...
By Fire and Sword - is a realistic, playable and very dynamic wargame which recreates the numerous wars fought by in the Central and Eastern Europes during the second part of 17th century. Since its release (in 2011), we have supported it with many publications (both printed and and provided as free pdfs) and hundreds of miniature and terrain sets. We...
Campaigns of Montrose: A Year of Living Dangerously, 1644-1645. This is a two-player wargame. It depicts James Graham, the Marquis of Montrose, and his legendary string of victories over the Scottish Covenanter government during the First English Civil War (1642-1646), that would later go down in a crushing defeat. The Royalist player must recruit a...