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Sunrise over our gameboard. A German halftrack is parked in front of the farmhouse where the German HQ waits for the British to attack. (Original background removed.)
Elements of the 151 British Infantry Brigade assault 2nd Battalion HQ, the result of which was the loss of the German CO.
Germans advance cautiously
HJ Division attack with Tiger & infantry in Normandy
Soviet sailors defend a building - in RF most buildings can accomodate a company of infantry

Rapid Fire! (Second Edition): Fast Play World War Two Wargames Rules (2005)

Players
2–10
Best: 2, 4
Playing time
240–240 min
Age
0+
7.33
Average rating
47
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
#17823
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Colin Rumford, Richard Marsh
Publisher:Stratagem Publications LTD +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 4, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

WargameMiniaturesWorld War IIBookSimulationDice RollingLine of Sight

Overview

Rapid Fire! is a set of fast play miniatures rules which enables players to re-fight brigade-level combined arms engagements during WW II. Provides for an interesting mix of supporting weapons to go with your infantry, such as artillery, aircraft and armor. Very good rule set to introduce players to World War II miniature gaming.

Expansions

Rapid Fire!: Campaign Guide – Operation Market Garden September 1944
Rapid Fire!: Scenarios for NW Europe 1944/45
Rapid Fire!: Normandy Battlegroups – Evenly-Matched Forces for Gaming the Battles of June 1944
Rapid Fire!: Normandy Battlegames – Scenarios for Gaming the Inland Battles of June 1944
Rapid Fire!: Battle of the Bulge
Rapid Fire!: Monty's Desert Battles – 8th Armys Desert Campaign
Rapid Fire!: Blitzkrieg Battlegroups – Evenly-Matched Forces for Gaming the Battles of May 1940
Rapid Fire!: Auchinleck Attacks Rommel – Tel el Eisa, Operation Bacon and Operation Splendour: First Alamein 1942
Rapid Fire!: Normandy Battlegames – The Sainte-Mere-Eglise Counter Attack
Rapid Fire!: Lightfoot's Left Flank – Masters of Miteiriya Ridge: A Monty's Desert Battles Scenario
Rapid Fire!: Medenine – Rommel's Last Offensive
Rapid Fire!: Tebaga Gap – Monty's Blitzkrieg
Rapid Fire!: Guide to the North African Campaign February to June 1941
Rapid Fire!: Ruweisat Ridge – Auchinleck Stops Rommel
Rapid Fire!: Lightfoot's Southern Assault – The Desert Rat's Diversion: 23rd October 1942 – A Monty's Desert Battles Scenario
Rapid Fire!: Russian Tank Units 1941 - 1942
Rapid Fire! German Tank Units – Russian Front 1941 - 1942
Rapid Fire!: Supercharge – Balaclava in Tanks: A Monty's Desert Battles Scenario
Barbarossa: Kicking in the Door... – Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Grey Steel, Red Storm: Regimental Wargaming Scenarios in the Soviet Union 1941-1943
Rapid Fire! Able Archer 83-84
Rompan El Fuego
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 1 – XXX Corps Breakout: For Rapid Fire! Rules
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 2 – Attack of Panzer Brigade 107: For Rapid Fire! Rules
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 3 – Assault on the Waal: For Rapid Fire! Rules
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 4 – The Final Push: For Rapid Fire! Rules
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 5 – Charge of the Paras: For Rapid Fire! Rules
Operation Market Garden: Scenario 6 – Out of Ammunition: God Save the King – For Rapid Fire! Rules
Rapid Fire!: Normandy Battlegames – Across the Elle
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Arras: Crisis at Wailly, 21st May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Arras: The Battle for Beurains, 21st May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Bouvellemont, 16th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Calais: The First Defence, 23rd May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Cassel: The Citadel, 27th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Cortil-Noirment, 15th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Defending the Ypres-Comines Canal, 27th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Flavion and the Drive on Phillipeville, 15th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Stonne, 15th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Stonne and Tannay, 16th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Hondeghem, 27th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Merdorp, 13th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – Orp le Grand, 13th May 1940
Rapid Fire: Blitzkrieg Battlegame – The Comines Counterattacks, 27th May 1940
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