"By Fire and Sword rules" Topic

Hey guys,

I was just going over my newest WI mag and seen a great add for "by Fire and Sword", a XVII century wargame.

I happen to love the winged hussar look and always wanted to get into this period (or at least paint some)… but what blew me away was the 400 page rule book for this system… I've looked everywhere, but I can only find the rule book in Polish. Anyone know if they have an English version? of intend on making one? I would love to get my hands on the book alone…never mind the minis :)

I looked on the wargamer.pl site, but I could not find out.

thanks in advance

Just did a search of the message board here, and answered my own question…. sorry bout that.

"High five for jumping the gun"….oops

Very entertaining movie (subtitled) of the same name. Looked to be a great resource for period flavor. I better start building my army now. A bit of coaching on unit size and basing would be helpful teaser.

I think an english translation is due summer 2012, but not 100% sure.
William

Hi, yes translation of our rules is in progress. I hope to have it ready in January so book should be printed on April. We wil see how it goes – book is really huge….

There is some pictures of our rules:
link

Thats Sosna1.

Can't wait….

Looking forwards to it, it is good that the base sizes, if not unit size are the same as for FOG (R)

Tally Ho!

Any chance of a pdf release along with the paper version?
Thanks
William

WKeyser, we will have basic rules in pdf for free download. However full rules would not be available in pdf format

I'm willing to buy a copy just for the colour illustrations.

Any more update on the release date for the english translation of the rules?

Or maybe just some army lists as a PDF so we can start building our armies in anticipation?

leigh

We do not plan any pdf with armies as yet, as without rest of rules they will not have much sense I'm afraid. But of course You can always write questions about army composition to:
byfireandsword@wargamer.pl and we do our best to help You with any enquires and advice about units, etc.
We're still working on translation, then there is of course proof reading as well, we hope that publishing date of May 2012 is within our range (as obviously April already arrived and book is not here ;)). There is plenty of things to translate – rulebook of almost 400 pages, with plenty of historical descriptions of units and armies, besides the rules of course. As soon as some more info will be available we will post it here, on out website and on Facebook page.

Hello,

Could you provise a brief summary of rule mechanisms to give us an idea whether we will like the rules?

Thanks,
Bevan

Anatoli wrote brief summary on his excellent blog, when he reviewed Polish rulebook:
link
link
link

Cheers
Michal

Thanks very much, the rules aren't my style but I'll be buying the book for the history, information and pictures :)

Very excited about the rules.

My question is will the rules/lists eventually cover the Siege of Vienna 1683?

Brian

Current army lists cover period 1648-1678. Of course Ottoman and Polish army lists still can be used for 1683 campaign but at some point in future we would like to publish supplement book with rules and army lists dedicated to siege of Vienna and 1683-1699 war.

I'm looking over my figures. The rules call for 4mm bases, each with 3 figs on them.

Not wanting to rebase, Does it matter how many figures are on a stand?

I currently have the troops based 3 foot or 2 mounted figs on a 25mm frontage, far smaller than the 40mm stands. However, if the number of figs on a stand does not matter then I can use what I have since the frontage is the same for both my cav and foot.

Brian

That shouldn't be a problem Brian, as long as size of bases is same as in rules. If You need more or less minis on base that's up to You, let's not be too strict about it :)

Regards
Michał

Any updates?

Brian

Unfortunately no, there will be delay in publishing English rules but I'm unable to give You any timescale for that.

Regards
Michał

A litle over a month later…any updates?

Brian

Nope, if there would be any I would post them. Sorry guys :(

Are any historical scenarios planned to be included with the rules?

Do You mean like based on real battles? No, all scenarios are generic (like ambush, assault on village, foraging, etc) but we tried to add some historical flavour here and there ;)

OK, many months later, any updates? Very interested in this set.

Owen

Along with an update on when, can anyone say if they will be available in Australia, or mail order to Australia?

Thanks