Le Feu Sacré
"I have been a devoted Napoleonic wargamer for over forty years and have read/purchased/playtested innumerable sets of rules in that time. Nothing I have ever seen has come anywhere close to LFS....This is simply wargames magic"

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At last, a set of Napoleonic rules that feel right, are playable, and don't cost a fortune! After years of trying to enjoy other commercial rules, we gave up and wrote our own.


La Feu Sacre places command and control above musket calibre and march rates. They are aimed at gamers who wish to experience a large scale battle at the battalion level. Players command Corps and Divisions, and manoeuvre by brigade, regiment or battalion. Avoiding the usual omnipresent control that players are so often allowed over the minutiae of battle, La Feu Sacré concentrates on encouraging historically correct grand tactics. Also included are historical orders of battle for 8 example Corps d'Armee.


The rules use the familiar TooFatLardies card driven system. The Lardies' emphasis on battlefield "friction" allows the better, bolder generals to take the initiative, and recover from unexpected reverses, whilst less competent, cautious commanders need to stick to predictable battle plans, or risk coming unstuck. We present to you a set of rules where Austrian troops can be the equal of the French, but the Empire can still repeat history! Vive l'Empereur!



Resources for Le Feu Sacré
A la Baïonnette
This complete scenario supplement for Le Feu Sacré conitains ten complete scenarios for the Napoleonic Wars, each with two briefings, umpire's notes and maps. Fantastic vale for only £6 in pdf format.

Summer 2004
Montebello - A scenario
Command in LFS - An article on how the system works in an historical context.

Christmas Special 2004
Quatre Bras - Two scenarios for this pre-cursor to Waterloo
Reconnaissance in LFS - What to do with your cavalry

Summer Special 2005
Suerpsize M.E. - Three scenarios for the campaign of 1813

Christmas Special 2005
Austerlitz - The bicentennial refight, with full breifings, scenario and battle report from Lard Island

Summer Special 2006
Old Meets New, Line versus column tactics in the Napoleonic era
A complete Le Feu Sacre supplement for 1805-07 with full Army Lists
Vierzehnheiligen – A Le Feu Sacre scenario

Christmas Special 2006
Tea Taxes & Tories, a complete American War of Independence supplement for LFS
Bunker Hill, a scenario for TT&T
Guilford Courthouse, another scenario for TT&T
The Making of Eylau, refighting the battle with LFS

Summer 2007
The Battle of Heilsburg – a Bicentennial refight
The Battle of Eckmuhl – two views of the same battle

Christmas 2007
Vauchamps 1814 – A scenario from International Lardy, Bob Hewson of Budapest
The Battle of Heilsburg Part II, a follow up scenario to the Summer article





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