Blitz Wargame Rules for London Firefighting 1940-41. Blitz Wargame Rules is a low level operational game about firefighting during the London Blitz in 1940/41. The basic premise is that the players represent fire officers trying to combat fires and deal with emergencies.

First London Blitz of September 1940

In the critical period of the first London Blitz of September 1940 to May1941. Its a ‘tactical skirmish’ game. With individual models representing individual vehicles, and stands of figures representing small groups of fire-fighters and emergency workers.

It also requires a model (or at least a detailed ground plan) of the appropriate scale or the buildings involved. To keep the game manageable I have defined buildings as covering a number of ‘zones’ – both vertically and in area. And these might cover more than one floor of a building, and ignore much the detail of the internal layout. I have done this to make the game reasonably fastmoving and to keep it simple.

This games unusual in that there’s no ‘enemy’ played as such. Player cooperate to solve a difficult (or even insoluble) problem with limited resources. The opposition comes in the form of randomly generated bombs, fires and damage that occur according to the games’ simple fire propagation model. In a typical game a player will control one or two appliances and maybe 4-6 stands of firefighters. As a club project – more buildings and more players make the game more dramatic. Good luck, and I hope you find the game as interesting and challenging as we have.

Jim Wallman professional game designer.

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