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Flashing Steel
This is a stand-alone game, not an expansion.
What is Flashing Steel
This is a stand-alone game, not an expansion.
Flashing Steel is a skirmish miniatures game (one figure = one combatant) in the Song of Blades and Heroes family. The flavour is smack in the middle of The Three Musketeers and pirate action of all kinds. Swing from those chandeliers or ratlines. Kick the chair or skewer the roast chicken.
Flashing Steel was written to address a couple of key changes needed from Song of Blades and Heroes for this genre. One was to reflect the slower rate of fire for matchlock weapons. That was easy enough.
The second was to bring in the flair and 'swashbuckling' aspects of the period into the rules. It is often forgotten that schools of martial arts were as thorough and widespread in Europe as they were in Japan in the 1500's through the 1600's. There were all kinds of flashy moves and clever tricks.
Game details
- Players
- 2–16
- Age
- +8
- Duration
- 60 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2011
- Mechanics
- Action Points · Dice Rolling · Variable Player Powers
- Categories
- Book · Miniatures · Pike and Shot
- Designer
- Greg Hallam
- Publisher
- Ganesha Games
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How many players is Flashing Steel for?
Flashing Steel plays with 2–16 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 60 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 8.
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