This is a review of the Blood & Plunder expansion Fire on the Frontier by Firelock Games released in early 2022. Fire on the Frontier is full of things I like. I have played several games using the new factions, rules, and scenarios. This review details this book's contents, how I feel about them, and … Continue reading Fire on the Frontier – Blood & Plunder Expansion Book Review
Fire on the Frontier
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- Historical content that focuses on King Philip’s War and King William’s War, conflicts in North America in the late 17th century.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!
Week 7 Summer of Plunder Campaign Update
Welcome to the week 7 update on the Summer of Plunder campaign for Blood & Plunder and Oak & Iron. With 6 weeks completed, we’re moving into the middle weeks of the event. So far 118 players have logged well over 700 games in this campaign. A follow up post will be released on Wednesday … Continue reading Week 7 Summer of Plunder Campaign Update
Fire on the Frontier Review with OnTableTop
The folks at OnTableTop recently did an interview about Fire on the Frontier with Mike, Liam, and Joseph. You can watch the 47 minute video on YouTube here or in the video below. https://youtu.be/sdzLKgJJH0M Topics include chatting about the new material in the book, the research process, the design process, favorite new elements and a … Continue reading Fire on the Frontier Review with OnTableTop
Completed Legendary Benjamin Church Model
By Joseph Forster I just got the new model for the Legendary English commander from Fire on the Frontier painted up and I wanted to share some pics and some history. Benjamin Church had a long and impressive career leading colonial forces against both Native Americans and the French through King Philip's War, King William's … Continue reading Completed Legendary Benjamin Church Model
Completed Legendary King Philip Model
By Joseph Forster The new Native minis for the Fire on the Frontier have finally arrived and I have started getting them painted up. Today I want to share some pictures of my completed King Philip legendary commander miniature. King Philip (or Metacom), one of the central characters of King Philip's War, was a Wampanoag … Continue reading Completed Legendary King Philip Model
Product Review – HRC Wargaming Scenery
By Joseph Forster I'm always on the lookout for good terrain at an affordable price. I recently made a couple orders with HRC Wargaming Scenery on Etsy and I wanted to share some pictures of the quality gaming terrain I received from them. HRC Wargaming Scenery is an online terrain supplier based in Poland. They … Continue reading Product Review – HRC Wargaming Scenery
Fire on the Frontier PDF Has Been Released!
By Joseph Forster At long last, Fire on the Frontier has been released! Sort of. You can now get your digital pirate fingers on the pdf version of the new Fire on the Frontier expansion. The physical soft cover book and the new minis should be shipping soon. I got to help out with a … Continue reading Fire on the Frontier PDF Has Been Released!
Blockhouse Spoilers & Models
Fire on Frontier is releasing any day now! As of today (January 8th), the book had been shipped from the printer to Firelock Games so it should be shipping soon! Fire on the Frontier has a whole chapter devoted to Fortifications and one of the best and most interesting structures (in my opinion) in that … Continue reading Blockhouse Spoilers & Models
Fire on the Frontier – Preview II
By Joseph Forster Let's take another look at the new Fire on the Frontier book coming out later this year. In our last preview we looked at the basic table of contents, then looked at some Native and English factions. Today we're going to look at the new way this book interacts with the historical … Continue reading Fire on the Frontier – Preview II
Fire on the Frontier Preview I
By Joseph Forster We're all patiently waiting for the Piratey goodness of Raise the Black to be delivered, but lo, out of nowhere, Firelock has announced a new book with a small line of new models! Huzzah! Blood & Plunder: Fire on the Frontier was announced on November 5th. New products include a new book, … Continue reading Fire on the Frontier Preview I