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By Fire and Sword Literary Contest !

By Fire and Sword Literary Contest!

As the premiere of the By Fire and Sword expansion titled 'The Deluge' planned for the next year is coming closer, we would like to announce  a literary contest for a short story set in the 1655-1660 period.

Rules of the contest:

1. Form and length of the story – short story set in the atmosphere of the period, concerning the Deluge directly (no Turkish stories …). Written in Word format, with Calibri 11 points font, not more than 1 page – the space in the book is restricted. Language: Polish or English

2. Deadline – 31 January 2014

3. Literary and historical references as well as style and mentality of the period will be welcome. Every detail will be in your favor.

4. Send .doc or .docx files to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it The file should include the name of the author as well as – if the author is registered on our forum – the nickname. The works will be subjectively assessed by a jury in the following make-up: Konrad Sosiński, Rafał Szwelicki and Michał Paradowski.

5. Prizes:

1st place – “The Deluge” expansion signed by the authors

2nd place – BFaS t-shirt

3rd place – (pick one) set of dice or order markers or casulties markers for a nation of your choice.

The three best works will be published in the extension book. All works that fulfill the basic requirements will be awarded with a special miniature prepared especially for the contest. We reserve the right to refrain from giving the miniature if the work is plagiarism, is imitative or is just plain bad and was written hastily just in order to get the prize. This of course is an extreme case and we hope none will take place but we had to mention it through respect for those that will really do their best in order to participate in the contest. You will be able to get the miniature at the Polish Championships or have it added to your order from our web store.

Ladies and Gentlemen – start writing!

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BFaS tournaments - important info

BFaS tournaments - important info

We would like to present set of rules for organization of official By Fire and Sword tournaments endorsed by Wargamer company. It’s set up specially for tournaments outside Poland.

Our aim is not only to promote our rules but also our range of figures through the tournaments. The case is clear – use our figures and we will repay in prizes, bonuses and most of all with huge effort put into the development of our game. For your loyalty we will repay with all the possible support for initiatives connected with the development of the game. We created By Fire and Sword for you and we want you to have as much fun as possible.

Set can be downloaded from our website

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Changes in BFaS - important info

We keep working on the development of your (and ours…) favourite game. We have new sets, PDF’s with new rules, we organize and support BFAS events etc. At the moment we are preparing major changes connected to the new sets and their packing. Those changes are the result of what we have been hearing from you – the Players, and from shops cooperating with us. Here is what you can expect in the near future:

1. Plastic figure bases

We are waiting for the first delivery of plastic figure bases. They will replace the metal bases used currently in all our sets. This exchange is due to economic reasons. In addition the plastic bases are thicker (about 1.8mm) and will be easier to use on the table. We know that many of you like our metal bases so they will still be on sale but as a separate product. The change will be made as we receive the first batches of plastic bases.

2. Changes in packing

We have been receiving information that our packing ideas could be better suited to the needs of the players. In other words you want us to pack the figures in a way that better suits the rules of the game. As a result we decided to change the way we pack figures. Those changes will mainly affect boxed sets. Here is a list of the coming changes:

- Boxed sets containing 2 banners/companies will be replaced with blisters holding 1 banner/company (3 bases). This concerns all types of cavalry apart from elite as the winged hussars, deli or silahdars.

- Reiter sets will be replaced with blisters holding single reiter company (2 bases). We will also introduce boxes with whole reiter regiments for Swedes, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Muscovy.

- Boxed dragoon sets with 2 companies will be withdrawn and replaced with dragoon regimental sets of 4 companies.

- Pike & shot infantry will be sold in large regimental boxes and blisters holding 2 companies.

- Cossack infantry, Janissaries and other types of infantry appearing in large tactical formations will be packed in regimental boxes or blisters holding usually 12 figures (the number may vary depending on formation).

- We will have more large regimental/boxed sets for all the nations if it’s justified with the rules of the game.

In the future we will do our best in order to make the packing of figures resemble the make-up of units presented in the rulebook.

We think that the above changes will make it easier for you to collect By Fire and Sword armies. This is especially important for those of you who only just start their adventure with our game.

The above changes will be introduced as the supply of already produced old boxes we have in stock runs out.

This process will be completed no earlier than mid 2014.

Alongside that change, we will introduce new layout of boxes. ‘Work in progress’ version for Commonealth’s dragoon regiment You can see below.

3. Single figures available at our online store

We will introduce the long awaited option to buy single By Fire and Sword figures at our online store. In other words you will be able to order units made-up from individually picked figures. At the moment we are working on a catalogue for such models.

4. By Fire and Sword Deluxe

We are working on a project that might be called “By Fire and Sword Deluxe”. It is the option that will make it possible to buy our figures painted and ready to play. The range will also include sets painted and ready to play terrain elements with quality close to what you might have seen at tournaments organized by us. Moreover we will introduce the possibility to order painted and ready to play figures. First sets will be available by the end of this year.

We’re looking forward to hear Your comments

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The Ally from the East

After (far too) long wait, Stefan Czarniecki and his Polish veterans are finally here. ‘The Ally from the East’ pdf contains two lists:

- -        - Stefan Czarniecki’s division, led by one of the most famous Polish commanders of 17^th century

- -        - previously presented Piaseczyński’s regiment, that can be used as skirmish group and/or allied regiment in (yet to be published) Danish army list

Czarniecki is very tough but also very expensive (FSP- wise) commander, that was be equally feared by enemies and his own troops. You may notice that ‘Allies’ section of his division contains units that are not yet published: Danes will be released as part of this Kickstarter, while Imperial and Brandenburg regiments will be part of ‘The Deluge’ supplement, that will be published next year. To download pdf click on picture below

We hope You will enjoy this rules!

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