
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,873
- BGG rating
- 7.3
French Foreign Legion
- 2–3 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 1982

Rules assistance for The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen
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The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen is an expansion for The Sword and the Flame released in 2005 for 2–6 players. It was designed by Larry V. Brom.
Tactical colonial miniatures rules. Expands: The Sword and the Flame
The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen are: Larry V. Brom. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Sword and the Flame: Eight Hundred Fighting Englishmen as an expansion for The Sword and the Flame. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Sword and the Flame to use it. Check that your edition of The Sword and the Flame is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.