Firelock Games: Blood & Bayonets Kickstarter

Auf Kickstarter sammeln Firelock Games fleißig für ihren neuen napoleonischen Skirmisher „Blood & Bayonets“.

Blood & Bayonets

Land and Sea Skirmishes in The Napoleonic Era

Blood & Bayonets is based on the critically acclaimed Blood & Plunder family of games. Blood & Bayonets is set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. Command the forces of the French, British, Portuguese or Spanish in skirmish battles on land and sea. Games consists of 40-60, 28mm miniatures per player for land engagements or a force of one or more small ships for naval encounters. Take command of your troops on the battlefield of the Napoleonic Wars.

The Game

Blood & Bayonets is a 28mm skirmish game that immerses players in the battles and conflicts of the Napoleonic Wars. It joins Blood & Valor, Blood & Steel, and Blood & Crowns as the next installment in a series of games based on Firelock Games’ flagship product, Blood & Plunder.

Blood & Bayonets allows players to recreate the countless skirmishes, raids, patrols, and small ship actions, that occurred during the Napoleonic Wars. Blood & Bayonets focuses on infantry formation and tactics used during the period. Formations are extremely important when controlling your force. For instance, units in line formation can volley fire, units in attack column are devastating on the charge, and units in skirmish formation can screen the troops behind them.

Blood & Bayonets has all the rules and force lists needed to play games set in the Peninsular Campaign. Players can take control of Spanish Guerrillas raiding a French Supply line or a force of British regulars in a desperate rearguard action, the choice is up to you and your friend’s imagination.

Blood & Bayonets also contains rules for multiplayer games, a campaign system, and rules for solo play. Take command of your force and gain glory on the battlefield!

How to Play?

Blood & Bayonets is designed to be played on a 3’x3′ or 3’x4′ sized battlefield. This allows players to get into action quickly. Games of Blood & Bayonets can be easily played in an afternoon gaming session or players can recreate a much larger battle with the multiplayer rules contained in the book. Players design their forces based on a balanced point system that can be used to recreate balanced historical engagements, or simple pick up games.

Players construct their forces using the army force lists for their desired nation. These lists have been crafted to allow players to design forces in many unique ways, such as an all cavalry force, a British naval landing force made up of sailors and marines or a French force made up of Swiss and Polish troops, as examples.

Units are activated by a playing activation cards, similar to the Blood & Plunder system. Players alternate activating units until all units are activated then a new turn starts. In Blood & Bayonets players roll 10 sided dice (d10’s) to determine all results.

The game features balanced and narrative scenarios for land, shore and sea battles. Balanced scenarios keep the game even for both players. Narrative scenarios can be more challenging for one of the players and are better suited to the unbalanced nature of real conflicts. Narrative scenarios include, capturing a town, or forcing your units across a narrow bridge. Players will also pick from a list of secret objectives before each game to gain extra victory points.

Blood & Bayonets is designed for players to gain access to the exciting world of Napoleonic wargaming and history by being able to play small and quick engagements that capture the essence of Napoleonic warfare. We invite you to take on the challenge of achieving victory on the Napoleonic Battlefield!

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Shipping & Pledge Manager

After the campaign ends, shipping fees will be calculated based on region and collected through BackerKit. The final shipping costs will be determined based on the information provided during the pledge manager process. Please keep in mind that you will be responsible for any duties or fees associated with the country in which you will be receiving any physical items.

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Quelle: Firelock Games auf Kickstarter