Official Amendments to
WRG 7th Edition Ancient Rules

(Nov 1987-Sep 1988)

by Phil Barker

Primary references are to the reprinted text of November 1987. Those in round brackets are to the original text if different.

P.4. Para 8. Line 4. Insert [real or dummy] before [elephants].
P.6. Para 9. Line 4. Delete [two of other light, or one]. Substitute [one of SHK, EHK, HK or mounted infantry, ,or two].
Line 5. Delete [Servants substituted for fighting men]. Substitute (Knights' servants acted].
P.14. Para 9. Line 5. Insert [or visible from the table centre line] after [out-scouted].
P.15. Para 2. Line 8. Add [Forced marches or ambushes are not allowed.].
Para 3. Line 5. Add [Only the high scorer can forced march or ambush.].
Para 4. Line 4., Add [No forced marches or ambush allowed.].
P.18. Para 1. Line 5. Delete [need as]. Substitute [can form with up to two elements more or less frontage than].
P.21. Para 5. Line 2. insert after [permitted] [, except that bodies entirely of Irregular 'A' must charge if they can].
P.22. Para 8. Line 3. Insert [or loose] before [formation].
Para 10. Line 14 (13). Delete [When elephants.]. Substitute [Starting a retirement move from within a steady enerny body's charge reach.].
Para 11. Line 2. insert after [shaken] [. adding 1 if all its opponents broke this bound or last].
P.23. Para 5. Line 3. Insert after [detachment] [, dismounted, disembarked or mounted].
P.24. Para 8. Line 6. insert [or rout] after [foot].
P.25. Para 1. Une 8. Insert after [segment] [with no tactical move since].
P.26. Para 9. Line 7. insert [, or be replaced by] after [include]
P.27. Para 9. Line 4. Add [They are not represented on table, unless as an obstacle.].
Para 10. Line 2. Delete [position figures]. Substitute [are represented by one added rear rank transport element, not counting for CPF, of mounts/ chariot/holder for each foot element].
P.29. Para 12. Line 5. Insert after [tower] [or a single bolt-shooter on a cart].
P.30. Para 11 (110). Line 1. Delete [only .... bow]. Substitute [with bow from an elephant, chariot or rear rank].
Para 12 (11). Line 2. Insert [of figures] after (rank].
P.31. Para 14. Line 2. Insert [, unless shot at by artillery, handguns or incendiaries, is] before [a testudo].
P.32. Para 3. Line 6 (7). Delete [Chariot, elephant and]. Substitute [UP to two chariot, elephant or).
Line 7 (8). insert after [front] [if charging or being charged, any if not].
Line 8. Delete [, second camel riders only to rear].
Line 9 (10). Insert [but shooting CPF, weather, tired or shaken] after [all].
Para 4. Line 12. Insert after [elephant] [and second riders on a camel].
P.33., Para 9. Line 1 and Para 10. Line 2. Insert [or their animals] after [mounted troops].
P.36. Para 2. Line 1. insert [real or dummy] before (elephant].
P.37. Para 12, Line 3. Delete [All others]. Substitute [Other regulars]. Delete [Impetuous bounds]. Substitute irregular twice, impetuous troops].
P.46. Para 3. Replace whole example with:

(2 elephants, each with Irreg "C" crew of 1 pike, 1 bow, 1 JLS, and each with 2 LI bow fixed to its base, charge 6 Reg"C" Thracian LMI with 2HCW, JLS, 2 deep, and 16 Reg "B" MI pikemen 4 deep. The elephants throw -3 + 3 for support shooting- Each elephant's crew archer and 2 LI counts as 4 @ 3 -2 (ending in contact), inflicting 6.

The elephants throw -4 +3 for hand-to-hand, the Thracians -2 +1, the pikes -3 +3.

The elephant against Thracians counts as 5 @ 2 +1 (charging) -1 (random), the pikeman crew figure as 1 @ 2 -1 (random), the JLS crew as 5 @ 2 +1 (charging)-l (random). Only 2 crew can fight, so nothing is counted-for the archer. Elephant and crew inflict 10 + 1 +2 = 13. TheThracians count 3 (a 3 +2(JLS) -1 (facing pike) -1 (shooting) -1 (random), and 2 (a 1 +2 JLS) -1 (facing pike) -1 (shooting) -1 (random), so inflict 6 +2 = 8.

The elephant against pikes counts as 5 @ 2 +1 (charging) -2 (facing pikes) -1 (random), its pike crew figure as 1 @ 2 -1 (random), the JLS figure as 1 (a 2 +1 (JLS) -1 (random). Elephant and crew inflict 5 +1 +2 = 8. The pikes count as 8 @ 1, so inflict 12.

The elephant unit has inflicted 21 and received 20 1 CPF so 2 fatigue +2 for charging). The Thracians have inflicted 8 and received 13 H-T-H +6 shooting (3 CPF so 6 fatigue). This is more H-T-H, but not twice as many, so they recoil disordered and tired.

The pikes have inflicted 12 and received 8 H-T-H +6 shooting (1 CPF), so halt steady.].

QR Sheet Alter EXECUTION, MORALE and CESSATION CURED DISORDER as 21.5.2, 22.10.14, 22.11.2 and 23.5.3 above.


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