Legions of Steel (1992)

The Game

Legions of Steel is a fast paced miniatures combat game set in the not so distant future.

Save humanity from a siege of mechanical horrors. Play an elite group of Commandos in high tech powered armour on their missions to destroy the base complexes of the Overlord computer.

Meanwhile, your opponent maneuvers his horde of robotic minions commanded by ten feet of raw terror: the dreaded Mark I Assault Fiend.

The Rules

Mechanics are simple. Only six sided dice are required to quickly resolve firefights, but you need more than luck to survive.

With Blasters, Deadbolt Launchers, Kinetic Pulse grenades, and the Napalm-X Flame Weapon on the field of battle, tactical considerations are many. Before you out-fight your opponent, you must first out-think him.

Released Sets

There were two different revisions of the base game released. They are commonly differentiated by the colour of their box art. While each contained the same basic components, the miniatures, rules, and scenarios included differed significantly. A listing of their respective contents can be found under each version entry, linked to below.

• Black Box (1st edition)
• Blue Box (2nd edition)

Supplements

A large number of additional supplements were released for the game. These ranged in content from additional missions and new units, to more die-cut map templates for larger scenarios.

Factions

There were initially 2 playable factions included with the base game (the Machines and the U.N.E.), but this number was expanded to 5 with the release of the Alien Sourcebook. They are:

• Machines
• U.N.E.
• Black Empire
• Fantasians
• Infranites

(See here for one player's perspective on the game)