Blood and Guts provides gamers, new and advanced, with a fresh outlook on gaming the most popular wargamed period. The rules can be used for 15mm to 1/72 scale.  Most gamers will not have to rebase their figures to the play this game, making it all the more exciting to start using. The book also covers more than just rules it brings relevant history to the world of the wargamer and applies it to the game board.

In this book, David Hall presents a new and exciting way to wargame the Second World War. The rules in Blood and Guts are easy to learn and the games are fast-paced. It is a tactical game for battling infantry companies to battalions, supported by tanks, artillery, and aircraft. The basic infantry unit is a fire team or squad. This is represented by a small number of figures mounted on a tray. He also provides a useful Table of Organization and Equipment to assist in recreating wargame infantry and armor formations. Included are scenarios that cover nearly all the major theaters of conflict: France 1940, the Mediterranean, the South Pacific, and the Eastern Front.