 Editor in Chief Bill   | 14 Sep 2016 2:55 p.m. PST |
Best ruleset or supplement based on or inspired by The Sword and the Flame? |
Ed Mohrmann  | 14 Sep 2016 3:59 p.m. PST |
An unpublished set by one of our local gamers
which is based on the Sudan campaigns of the late
C19. It allows multiple units of BOTH sides
to move OR fire in the same turn of a card. But not both (move;fire). The morale is also
tweaked. Imperial units (British, etc.) have their
morale pegged to fire combat. Native units have
theirs pegged to movement. When a card is turned, it will read something like
3 Natives move; 2 Imperials fire. It's a great system and I've thoroughly enjoyed
the two-three dozen games I've played using it. |
| kallman | 14 Sep 2016 4:11 p.m. PST |
Define based on or inspired by? TSATF has a ton of spin off with Variant titles such as The Tomahawk and the Flame (Indian Plains Wars) and others that are set for various periods and conflicts. One could say that any Colonial era rule set was based or inspired by TSATF. I am waiting right now on my copies of Congo and The Men Who Would be Kings to arrive. I would say both are inspired by TSATF. However, TSATF is inspired by the very period itself and such films as Gunga Din, The White Feather, Zulu/Zulu Dawn and Beau Geste. Andby extemsion all such miniature rules that attempt to capture the era. Oh and Ed does your friend have those rules posted on the internet anywhere? |
 PaulCollins | 14 Sep 2016 4:14 p.m. PST |
I really like With Ol' Gimlet Eye for Marines v rebels in Central America. They play well. |
 etotheipi  | 14 Sep 2016 4:24 p.m. PST |
The Original
The Hive and the Flame … in that order. Haven't played any other ones, so … |
| Winston Smith | 14 Sep 2016 8:55 p.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 14 Sep 2016 9:12 p.m. PST |
Second Hive and the Flame. |
| Bismarck | 15 Sep 2016 12:38 p.m. PST |
Haven't played all the variants, but for me it is a toss up between The Sword in Africa and The Sword in the Phillipines.
Both are an absolute blast to play.
I really don't count my favorite, Chassepot & Needlegun as a spin off. |
| Old Contemptibles | 15 Sep 2016 12:58 p.m. PST |
"The Sword in North Africa" This is one that Larry designed himself. |
 piper909 | 15 Sep 2016 2:10 p.m. PST |
Mine. "The Sword in the Heather," unauthorized and unpublished (to date). But a thoroughly playtested variant for the Jacobite rebellions. Of the official variants, The Sword in North Africa" is the one we play the most. |
| Winston Smith | 15 Sep 2016 8:06 p.m. PST |
Well, "Flames of Liberty" is both unfinished and unauthorized and unpublished. "Both"?
It works, and is fun. |
| Ney Ney | 16 Sep 2016 4:06 a.m. PST |
The Sword in North Africa. Another classic colonial setting. |
| piper909 | 17 Sep 2016 9:40 a.m. PST |
Oh, and I have forgotten the name, but the variant for the Boxer rebellion makes a very enjoyable change of pace, too, with colorful armies. I believe there's also something out there for the Indian Mutiny/Sepoy Rebellion? |
| warren bruhn | 18 Sep 2016 11:41 a.m. PST |
I like the Ian Croxall adaptations (unpublished as far as I know) for French Foreign Legion in North Africa. But generally his variant is notable for having two levels of wounds, lesser wounds which allow for continued fighting and incapacitating wounds that don't. See his Red Shadow games on Warflag.com |
