What is Storm of Fire?
Storm of Fire Overview
A game of Storm of Fire is played between two or more players, based on a defined mission. The players attempt to achieve a Mission’s objectives by maneuver, fire, and assault against an enemy force. A Mission will last a specific number of turns, typically six to nine.
The game is played with realistic historical terrain, which creates tactical challenges for the players. Terrain can reduce movement and block line of sight. In addition, it can provide units with concealment (making them harder to hit) and protection (making them harder to damage).
The command system is the heart of the game, and it is based on activation dice. During a turn, each side will first roll activation dice to determine the order and capability to activate units. The activation sequence proceeds sequentially through 7 phases, starting with Phase Six
and ending with Phase Zero.
When units are activated, they may take two actions, allowing them to move, fire, assault, and rally. Some actions are “double actions” and use both allowed actions for that activation.
There are two basic types of movement, maneuver actions are used when near the enemy, or if the unit wants to do another action before or after moving. At the Quick actions are double actions, but they allow a unit to make a longer move if it does not get too close to any enemy models.
Units fire by making accuracy checks to hit, which are based on the training and posture of their target, modified for terrain and range. Any hits generate damage checks, based on the lethality of the firing weapon. Enough hits will also inflict one or more suppression markers on the target.
Suppression reduces a unit’s effectiveness, in both firing and in close combat. Leadership is critical to manage and reduce the suppression load on your units.
Assaults are quick and bloody, with the attackers who survive defensive fire making an assault test, with successes removing enemy models. The enemy then strikes back by making assault tests with their surviving models. After both sides have made assault tests once, they must test to
strike back to continue the combat, and if so, they make another round of assault tests. This continues until one side fails to strike back, breaks off or is eliminated.
After the specified number of turns have been played, the players will check against the victory conditions for the mission, and determine which side emerges victorious!
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