Designer	Phil Yates
Artist	Vincent Wai
Publisher	Battlefront Miniatures Ltd
Year Published	2002
# of Players	1 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2, more than 2 players (17 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (9 voters) [poll]
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Category	Miniatures Vietnam War Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Modular Board Point to Point Movement Simulation Variable Player Powers Show More »
Expansion	Avanti Savoia: Intelligence Handbook on Italian Armoured and Infantry Forces Desert Rats Diving Eagles Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Bagration Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Market Garden Flames of War: A Bridge Too Far Flames of War: Afrika Flames of War: Blitzkrieg Flames of War: Bloody Omaha Flames of War: Burning Empires Flames of War: Cassino Flames of War: Cobra Flames of War: D Minus 1 Flames of War: D-Day Flames of War: Das Book Flames of War: Dogs & Devils Flames of War: Earth and Steel Flames of War: Eastern Front Flames of War: Festung Europa (Late War 1944) Flames of War: Fortress Europe Flames of War: Hammer and Sickle Flames of War: Hell's Highway Flames of War: Hellfire and Back! Flames of War: Mid-War Monsters 1942-1943 Flames of War: Monty's Meatgrinder Flames of War: North Africa Flames of War: Ostfront Flames of War: River of Heroes Flames of War: Stalin's Europe Flames of War: Stalin's Onslaught Flames of War: Tropic Lightning Flames of War: Turning Tide Flames of War: Villers-Bocage Stalingrad: Intelligence Handbook on Soviet and German Infantry Forces Stars and Stripes: Intelligence Handbook on US Armored and Infantry Forces Za Stalina: Handbook on Soviet Armoured and Cavalry forces Show More »
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Flames of War is a World War II tabletop game where you use armies represented by painted miniature tanks, soldiers, artillery, and aircraft against another similar opponent's force.

To begin all you need is the Flames of War book/rules and a starting force of miniatures depending on what type of army you want to collect.

The game uses 15mm scale (around 1:100) miniatures, allowing miniatures from other manufacturers to be used. The game aspires to provide a good balance between playability and simulation and has a typical game running under 2 hours.

The Second Edition Rulebook launched in August 2006, took a lot of advice from the players and integrated a lot of the FAQ material previously written to cover First Edition.

Flames of War current rulebook range

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Flames of War: Open Fire

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Flames of War

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Second Edition (Hardcover)

Publisher: Battlefront Miniatures Ltd

Artist: Vincent Wai

Year: 2006

Product Code: FW001

Size: 12.01 x 8.54 x 0.79 inches

1.76 pounds

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First Hardcover Edition

Publisher: Battlefront Miniatures Ltd

Artist: Vincent Wai

Year: 2002

Size: 12.01 x 8.54 x 0.79 inches

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1	General What's the difference between v2 and 3?	2012-04-04	mattprice	1
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0	Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Market Garden General Stand alone game?	2010-06-03	Foolish_Dog	5
0	Flames of War: A Bridge Too Far General Link to the board game listing on BGG.	2010-06-01	Walt Mulder	0
0	Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Bagration General does anyone have a unit count and description?	2009-03-19	Constanti...	4
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Official Quick Reference Sheet v2

Here is the official quick reference sheet for the "Flames of War" 2.0 rule book. This QR sheet is available from them (www.flamesofwar.com), but its not very easy to find and most don't know about it. So here it is. Easy to find now. Download and print for your games. Its better than having to use your rulebook, or better still, tearing out those two pages from your 2.0 rulebook.

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Avanti Savoia: Intelligence Handbook on Italian Armoured and Infantry Forces

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Desert Rats

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Diving Eagles

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Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Bagration

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Flames of War Firestorm Campaign: Operation Market Garden

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Flames of War: A Bridge Too Far

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Flames of War: Afrika

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Year Published	2006

Flames of War: Blitzkrieg

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Flames of War: Bloody Omaha

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Flames of War: Burning Empires

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Year Published	2011

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Flames of War: A Review	http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/fla...	2011-08-25
English Review from Game Monkeys Magazine	http://www.gamemonkeys.com/reviews/f/flamesofwar.h...	2010-02-01
Wikipedia Flames of War	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flames_of_war	2006-08-02
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2005-08-25
FoW homepage	http://www.flamesofwar.com/	2004-05-24