Blaze Away WWII

Play WWII battles from Company to Brigade size. Finish a game in 2-4 hours. Keep everyone involved with simultaneous turns. Infantry are based as a single stand, representing 8-12 soldiers or two squads. Use your FoW armies. Each armoured vehicle model represents 2-4 real vehicles. Ground scale: 1mm equals roughly 1.5 metres. Time scale: Each game turn represents about 10 minutes of real time. Playable with 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm figures.

Blaze Away WWII is a miniatures wargame system designed for battles ranging from company-sized actions to brigade-level engagements. It supports 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, and 20mm miniatures, and is flexible enough for scenarios such as raids, beach assaults, and set-piece attacks—whether involving infantry, armour, or combined arms operations.

Blaze Away WWII favours gameplay over simulation and deliberately avoids game mechanics such as “Buckets of Dice™,” saving throws, or other mechanisms that slow play without meaningful impact. The goal is to deliver streamlined, decisive action.

These rules draw from years of WWII gaming experience and many other systems. While simplifying many aspects of equipment and formations, the design encourages flexibility, scenario creativity, and fast-paced tactical decision-making. Players are free—indeed, encouraged—to adjust or expand the rules to suit specific scenarios or personal preferences.

Ranges, rates of fire, and penetration values are abstracted. Instead of tracking fine-grained data, each stand or model represents a larger group. Weapon effectiveness is built into the results tables, not detailed calculations. This abstraction allows for realistic representation of WWII tactics, fits the intended level of play (company to brigade), and works with standard table sizes.

A full game typically plays out in 12–24 turns. Despite the abstraction, expect real tactical manoeuvring, use of terrain, and meaningful command decisions.

—description from the publisher