Conventions: Ranges are in bands. Each band = 4". Dice are six sided. Forget a step, no back step. Turn Sequence Side A completes all steps below, then Side B 1. Draw Order Cards for each leader 2. Fire Artillery Batteries/Fire Greek Infantry if not SHAKEN or ROUTED 3. Rally Units if HOLD card was played (not required to un-silence an artillery battery) 4. Move Units 5.Enemy Reaction Phase (Greek Infantry Fire, defender plays ATTACK card to counter-attack) 6. Resolve Combat Shaken Condition/Effects - Red marker (permanently shaken is red and yellow marker) Unit can't initiate combat and defends at half strength. Artillery is silenced and can't fire. Unit is shaken after loosing combat or hit in flank or rear Unit is permanently shaken at % strength or less. Infantry removed with one stand remaining Rout Condition/Effects - yellow marker Unit moves MARCH away from enemy until rallied with HOLD card. If unit leaves table, it's gone nit that rallies from rout is permanently shaken 1. Draw Order Cards for each leader Command radius is 3 bands, card effects are below Card Effect MARCH: Use march movement AND STAY at least 4" from enemy. No ATTACK card use. ATTACK: Use attack movement. Can Initiate close combat. No MARCH cards HOLD: Units can rally (artillery don't need HOLD to rally). Cavalry doesn't have to pursue. ARTILLERY: Allows free action for battery: unlimber/limber, change position before firing. SKIRMISH: Greek infantry can fire after they move, Turks can do a "religious fanatic" attack DEPLOY: All units can change formation/adjust position within one band; General can save cards not played, get cards up to their limit next turn; Overall commanding general can send cards 4 bands each turn to be used by generals under him. 2. Fire Artillery/Greek Infantry Only Greek infantry not SHAKEN can fire now (defend at penalty). A. Each Artillery/infantry Stand rolls one dice. Artillery Stands roll 2 dice for target in grapeshot range Weapon: Range in bands Infantry Musket (Greeks only) 1 Artillery Grapeshot (all batteries) 2 Light Battery 4 Medium Battery 5 Heavy Battery 6 B. Hit Rolls: Each die roll is a possible hit on target unit Target Type Hit Roll Target is infantry column/square or on flank 3-6 Cavalry column or limbered guns 4-6 Infantry/Cavalry in line or unlimbered artillery 5-6 Any unit in cover 5-6 C. Effects of Hit: Infantry/Cavalry Check, Artillery is always SHAKEN when hit 1 . Roll 1 Die per target after all firing 2. Die Roll less than or equal to Total Hits Suffered-shaken, retreats 1 band. Unit was shaken: routed, MARCH move 3. Die Roll over Total Hits Suffered: Unit passes 4. Artillery suffering any hits is SHAKEN (no fire). Needs to rally but no HOLD card is required. 3. Rally Units HOLD card played by general to rally, silenced battery doesn't require HOLD card A. Roll 1 die per unit. Make die roll or above to pass based on unit class: A:2 B:3 C:4 D:5 E:6 B. A shaken unit failing remains shaken. C. A routed unit failing routs another march move. If it leaves the table, it's gone D. A routed unit passing is SHAKEN for the rest of the game. A SHAKEN unit recovers back to normal 4. Move Units Units need a MARCH or ATTACK card to move. Movement is the number of bands Unit type/Formation Attack card movement March card movement Infantry Column 2 4 Infantry Line 2 2 Cavalry/General (4 bands) 3 4 Artillery 1 2 Road Bonus (in road column) 0 +1 Movement penalties: Action Type/Terrain Effect Initiate Combat (only with ATTACK) : None, otherwise have to stay 4" from Enemy Change formation/facing (with MARCH card) : -2 bands Change Facing (only with MARCH card) : -1 band Gun -limber/un limber (on ATTACK card too) : -1 band Rough Terrain : -1 band 5. Enemy Reaction due to combat Before combat , defender plays ATTACK (use attack factor) or tries to react (Greek fire, face enemy) Reaction Roll: A or B: 3 C: 4 D or E: 5 Modifiers: -1 if unit is SHAKEN (no ROUT reaction) 6. Resolve Combat A. Each side rolls a die adding factors below Nation/Formation Vs. Infantry Attacker/Defender Vs. Cavalry Turk. Infantry/Line (unformed) 4/4 (2/2) 1(0) Turk. -Infantry/Col. (unformed) 3/3 (2/2) 3(0) Greek Infantry/Line (unformed) 2/3 (2/2) 1(0) Greek Infantry/Column (unformed) 3/3 (2/2) 2(0) All Cavalry/Column (unformed) 2/2 (2/2) 2(2) All Cavalry/Line (unformed) 4/3 (3/3) 4(2) Artillery (unformed) 3/3 (0) 2(0) B. Additional Combat Factors Situation/Condition Factor Turkish fanatic attack with SKIRMISH card, double attacker losses +2 Terrain Advantage +1/+2 Each supporting unit +1 Outnumber defender by 4 figures or more +1 Odds 2:1/3:1/4:1 +2/+3/+4 Back to MWAN #119 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2002 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