Fireball Forward is an innovative rules set for re-creating company-scale engagements in WWII using tabletop miniatures of any scale. The game is easily learned, fast-playing, and above all it emphasizes story elements of the battle so that the narrative which emerges has a natural feel of a historical written account. Attention is focused on active units, and the full story of each activation is followed until a natural break point is reached, similar to the end of a paragraph in a historical memoir. The game turn has no fire phase, rally phase, etc., but instead, active units may fire, move, rout & rally in any order as needed to develop their plan. Non-active units play an important role at all times, looking for opportunities to derail the active plan. Fireball Forward is playable on a kitchen table in one evening, and it's designed to challenge players with realistic tactical choices, resulting in a satisfying game for everyone.
Flames of War, Command Decision, Battlefront, Artizan Designs, Brigade Games and many other miniatures and basing can be used for Fireball Forward. Learn the game as you go with these programmed rules. 13 historical scenarios include:
Paratroopers on D-Day, Normandy Mini-Campaign
-Easy Company, Normandy, 1944
-Pouppeville, Normandy, 1944
-Tank Assault at La Fiere, Normandy, 1944
-Choctaw Warrior, Normandy, 1944
Paratroopers on D-Day, Sicily mini-campaign
-Devils in the Dark, Sicily, 1943
-Road to Gela, Sicily, 1943
-Taming the Tiger, Sicily, 1943
Other Scenarios:
Bridegrooms of Death, (Spanish Blue Division) Russia, 1941
The Bear, Guadalcanal, 1942
Red Cavalry, Russia, 1941
Road to Beaumont, France, 1940
Guards Counterattack, Stalingrad, 1942
St. Lambert, (Canadians) Falaise Gap, 1944
By Mark Fastoso and Jonathan Miller
100pp
