Line of Fire

LINE OF FIRE — Artillery Tactics Wargame

Load. Aim. Adjust for wind. Fire.

Line of Fire is a turn-based artillery wargame played entirely in your terminal. Command a battery of cannons against an enemy line across dynamically generated terrain, managing ballistics, weather, fog of war, and limited ammunition — one carefully calculated shot at a time.

 CORE GAMEPLAY

Call your shots using angle and power. Every shell follows a real ballistic arc, deflected by wind and shaped by the terrain beneath it. Miss by five metres and you'll know it. Miss by fifty and the enemy will.

• 7 shell types — HE, Armour-Piercing, Smoke, Cluster, Napalm, Bunker-Buster, Mortar rounds
• Fog of war — enemy positions must be spotted before they can be targeted
• Dynamic wind — shifts every turn; read it or waste your shots
• Weather system — fight through clear skies, rain, thick fog, and full storms

 FORGE HUB — Build Your Cannons

Between battles, spend salvaged scrap at the Forge Hub to build and upgrade your own artillery pieces. Mix and match five component slots — Barrel, Breech, Carriage, Sight, and Jacket — across four tiers of parts to create guns tuned to your playstyle. Combine matching parts to craft Masterwork-tier weapons, or follow faction-specific recipes for legendary pieces.

Four cannon types: Field Gun, Howitzer, Siege Cannon, Mortar — each with its own shell restrictions and tactical role.

 TWO FACTIONS

Iron Compact — Disciplined siege specialists. Heavy guns, reinforced armour, high damage. Free Battalions — Mobile irregulars. Lighter weapons, faster repositioning, more ammo.

 MODES & CONTENT

• Campaign — 12 structured missions with briefings, escalating difficulty, and faction lore
• Skirmish — Single-battle quick play across 5 biomes: Plains, Hills, Mountains, Valley, Fortress
• 22 Achievements — From First Blood to Flawless and Ghost
• High Score leaderboard with medals, difficulty tracking, and mission records
• Lore Codex — In-world history of both factions and their weapons

 TECHNICAL

A single .lisp file. No dependencies beyond a Common Lisp runtime (SBCL, CCL, or CLISP). Runs on Windows and Linux. Full ANSI colour output.

sbcl --script line-of-fire.lisp

Github :https://github.com/RootOfCode/Line-of-Fire

For players who like their tactics loud and their terminals colourful.