"fighting prairie fires as a game?" Topic
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| doc mcb | 25 Feb 2026 2:16 p.m. PST |
I wan to do a scenario of a Comanche tribe threatened by a prairie fire. They start backfires, but also try to move laterally to outflank it. Controlling their herd is a challenge, and there will be serious animal encounters (bison, wolves, grizzlies). Choosing whether or when to move back onto the blackened ground would be a big decision point, and terrain affects a fire differently. Anyone know of rules for such, or a board game? This sort of thing would be as valid for the tribes of Prax in RUNEQUEST, or Mongols on the steppes, etc. I will shamelessly steal good ideas if anyone has already tackled this sort of game? |
| doc mcb | 25 Feb 2026 2:35 p.m. PST |
ChatGPT gave me a list of online or boardgames: • Fire Tower for wind-driven spread + containment logic
• GridFire for parameter knobs (wind/humidity)
• Flash Point for the cleanest escalating fire-state engine |
| doc mcb | 25 Feb 2026 2:38 p.m. PST |
I am still fumblng around with my buffalo hunt game, and there is overlap with the prairie fire as Comanches and wolves move into blackened areas behind the fire to scavage. |
 Mister Tibbles  | 25 Feb 2026 4:59 p.m. PST |
The board game I know is Hotshots. The rules are free to download. link |
| doc mcb | 25 Feb 2026 9:32 p.m. PST |
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