(adapted from Stephen Simpson's First Boer War Rules) UNITS Infantry are 8 figures, Cavalry & Mounted Infantry are 4, Artillery is 1 gun & 6 crew. TURN SEQUENCE 1. Zulus toss for Command Control, move and fire. 2. British toss for Command Control, move and fire. 3. Resolve melees. COMMAND CONTROL The commander of a side (who may be represented by a command figure) totals the number of units under his command and tosses one die per unit. The combinecl score is the number of action points available to that side for that turn. In multi-player games the commander-in-chief assigns points to the brigadiers. Action points costs are: mounting or dismounting or limbering or unlimbering costs one point, fire costs two points. Normal movement costs four points, but if crossing obstacles or moving into or out of a melee it costs six points. MOVEMENT Foot and unlimbered Artillery = 6" Zulus, Natal Native Contingent and limbered Artillery = 9" Mounted = 12" Mounted Infantry may mount up or dismount (but not both) when combined with a move. Artillery may limber or unlimber (but not both) when combined with a move. Terrain is designated as either impassable or half speed (note that this may vary with troop type). HITS TABLE Number of figures in unit # Mounted 1 2 3 4 # Foot* 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 Factor 1 0 1 3 5 Factor 2 1 3 5 H2 Factor 3 3 5 H2 H4 Factor 4 5 H2 H4 HH H = Automatic Hit. For additional numbers toss 1 die: a 1 = hit on 1; a 2 = hit on 1 or 2; a 3 = hit on 1, 2 or 3, etc. includes artillery crew, dismounted MI, NNC & Zulus FIRE Artillery must score 4-6 to register, foot is automatic but is -1 if target behind cover. Determine unit Fire Factor by type and range as below. Fire is by unit: Unit Type Ranges 0-9" 9.1-18" 18.1-27" Infantry & dismounted MI 4 3 NA Zulus, NNC & Mounted MI 1 NA NA Artillery 4 4 4 Gatling Gun range is 24" --factor is 1 die -2, (i. e. 1 or 2 is a jam) MELEE Any unit except Artillery may move into melee, use the Hits Table above but use unit type Melee Factors: British artillery 1 (also NNC, dismounted MI & Zulus attacking enemy behind cover) British infantry 2 (also MI when mounted) Zulus 3 (but only 1 if attacking enemy behind cover--see above) British cavalry 4 (but may not attack enemy behind cover) If the non-phasing player loses half (or more) of a unit in a melee, the phasing player has the option to remove the remainder of the unit at the cost of 1 phasing figure per 2 non-phasing figures removed (round up). Monk's Corner Calling It Quits Introduction Simpson's Revolution Rules Zulu Rules First Boer War Rules TSATF Adaption As Per Margin Recap Back to MWAN #114 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2001 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com