Firelock Games Announce Blood & Steel: Victorian Age Combat!
January 24, 2022 by brennon
Firelock Games last week announced a brand new game in their "Blood &..." range. Blood & Steel: Victorian Age Combat 1837-1901 is going to be coming up for pre-order in February with a full release in March/April this year.
Blood & Steel // Firelock Games
If you're particularly drawn to the idea of playing out battles like that at Rorke's Drift then this is certainly going to be the game for you to have a go at. The game uses the skirmish system made popular by Blood & Plunder but with a few changes that focus on the style of combat from the Victorian Age.
Blood & Steel Zulus // Firelock Games
The game is going to cover conflicts like the Anglo-Zulu Wars, the American Civil War, Mexican American War, Spanish American War, 2nd Seminole War and the Maori Wars. So, whilst this might feel like it is focused on Britain's colonial expansion, it also deals with clashes amongst other nations around the world.
Blood & Steel Skirmish // Firelock Games
Unlike Blood & Plunder and Blood & Valor, Blood & Steel won't feature an in-house range of miniatures. Instead, it is going to be miniature agnostic. So, you can use miniatures from all manner of already expansive ranges for this game. If you have a lot of plastic and metal miniatures lying around in 28mm then you pretty much just need the book when it releases!
You can currently join the Blood & Steel Facebook Group if you'd like to find out more from Firelock Games. But, I'm sure we'll get a better look at what they have planned in the near future!
Are you going to be checking this game out?
"...you can use miniatures from all manner of already expansive ranges for this game"
Grand ?
always interested in new ways to play with my existing minis
Fab looking new figures.
I’m very interested in this as I love Blood and Valor. I’m particularly interested in the Spanish American War but the Zulu War could be a lot of fun too. In the one play through video I saw, initiative is done differently than either Blood and Plunder or Blood and Valor. Instead of using cards like Plunder or the initiative pool like Valor, you get an initiative die for the units and roll those dice and the results are what you can use for the bid. At least, I think that’s how it works. The video just kind of skimmed… Read more »
anytime a game rolls pips for activations or initiative I reach for the average dice, takes the pain from my constantly low rolls to a dull throbbing instead
square bases … thousands of ’em 😉
Always loved the British redcoats, finally may get round to getting a force on the go!
What what what
interview already planned in so we shall know more come Feb
Ohhh, I’ll order a copy of this! ???
Firelock Games have never let me down.
Bring it on! ???