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Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket

Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket

Wiley Games · 2016
2–890 min10+ yrs7.4 BGG22Strategy
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How do you play Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket?

Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket was designed as a quick set of tabletop wargame rules for skirmishes in the age of Black Powder. The rules can be learned within a couple of turns and still keep the flavor of the period.

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Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket box art
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Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket was designed as a quick set of tabletop wargame rules for skirmishes in the age of Black Powder. The rules can be learned within a couple of turns and still keep the flavor of the period.

What separates Fistful of Lead from most tabletop miniature games on the market, is the unique card driven turn mechanism. This leads to snap decisions and tense moments where all the players are involved.

For Fistful of Lead, we wanted the play to be fast and furious, with a Hollywood flair to it. For that reason, record keeping is kept to a bare minimum.

In most games, each player can control up to 5-6 miniatures without much trouble. Games can have up to 8 players without slowing down the game. Now, you can try out different periods within the Horse and Musket era without spending a ton of money.

Experienced wargamers and new players alike will enjoy this game. It's perfect for convention games and just one on one skirmishes.

To play Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket you’ll need: this rule book (or, after a few games just the Quick Reference sheet), several 10-sided-dice, an ordinary deck of playing cards, a place to play, a measuring tape, and the miniatures representing your favorite troops. Markers to represent whether your models are Wounded or need to Reload can be found in this rule book.

Eight-sided and 12-sided dice may also be needed for some of the advanced optional rules.

Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket was written with 28mm figures in mind, but you can easily use models ranging from 15mm to 54mm without any changes.

-description from publisher's website

game anatomy
BGG rating7.4 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
90 min
Players
2–8
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket?
Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket is a age of reason game, for 2–8 players, taking ~90 minutes, featuring action points. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket support?
Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket is played by 2–8 players.
Q5How long does a game of Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket take?
A game of Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket takes about 90 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket for?
Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket is recommended from age 10.
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