Fire on the Frontier is a setting expansion pack for the miniatures wargame of Blood & Plunder. It expands the core game further north from the Caribbean and into the North American mainland.

The book includes the following content:

• Historical content that focuses on King Philip’s War and King William’s War, conflicts in North America in the late 17th century.
• New Native American Forces
  • 7 new Factions
  • 11 new Commanders
  • New Character – Native Sharpshooter
• New French and English Units
• Rules for Fortifications including Palisade Forts, the Blockhouse, Garrison Houses, and more
• 6 New Scenarios

Fire on the Frontier Expansion Rulebook –  Historical Background

As the idea of a frontier began to emerge, two wars would erupt which will act as a precedent for much of the Anglo-Indian and Anglo-French conflict over the next one hundred years.

King Phillip’s war in 1675 will be the first time the colonies were ever forced to cooperate against a highly mobile indigenous enemy whose tactics of raid and ambush would typify the type of warfare that would terrorize the Frontier life.

King William’s war 1689-1697 would be the first in what would become known as the French and Indian wars, and is seen by some as the first truly global war as it was fought between rival European powers from Flanders to the Caribbean and beyond; vicious and combining both western and frontier styles of fighting, King William’s war starts a cycle of violence that continues until the French cession of Canada to the British in 1763.

Fire on the Frontier Articles

Below are some of our articles regarding previews for the Fire on the Frontier rulebook, faction info, commander models, early colonial wargaming terrain, and more!