‘Crossfire’ and ‘Hit the dirt’
Crossfire is a set of wargame rules for company-level WWII wargaming by Arty Conliffe. Crossfire was first published in 1996 and introduced with some novel mechanics. The cover sums these up as:
Both these claims are true, but somehow seem to be understatements. The mechanics give the game a very different feel to all other WWII games I have played, and I really like them.
Crossfire has its deficiencies, but overall I think it is a cracking set of rules.
Crossfire was followed by Hit the dirt, by Bill Rutherford and John Lewis, a scenario book that also included some new rules.
See the Official Crossfire web pages by John Moher - http://crossfire.wargaming.info/
- No rulers required
- No fixed game turns
Both these claims are true, but somehow seem to be understatements. The mechanics give the game a very different feel to all other WWII games I have played, and I really like them.
Crossfire has its deficiencies, but overall I think it is a cracking set of rules.
Crossfire was followed by Hit the dirt, by Bill Rutherford and John Lewis, a scenario book that also included some new rules.
Want to get a copy of Crossfire or Hit the dirt?
See the Official Crossfire web pages by John Moher - http://crossfire.wargaming.info/
"What, no link to my Crossfire pages?!?"
Sorry if I have missed anybody's Crossfire pages out. Please contact me and I'll add a link!
Other information
- Review by Lloyd Nikolas
- Lloyd Nikolas main page
- Review by Miniatures.de
- WWII variant (using fire teams as the base unit), by Lloyd Nikolas
- Vietnam variant (using fire teams as the base unit), by Barrie Lovell
- WWII house rules by Tim Marshall
- House rules, summary of scenarios, and lots of other good stuff by Steven Thomas
- Rules clarifications & other interesting posts from egroup/yahoo mail lists by Tim Marshall
- Official Crossfire web pages by John Moher
- Luca Fazio's page, with numerous links