(Editor's Note; I believe these rules were printed in a recent issue of PW REVIEW, published by Wally Simon).. I have been using these for divisional battles with excellent results, Units are; 4 bases=one infantry battalion; 2 bases=one cavalry squadron; 1 base=one artillery battery. Movement is nominally simultaneous. However each player completes movement on one half (right or left) of his side of the board before he can start moving troops on the other half. ie: both players are simultaneously moving troops on his own right or left. Choice of sides on which to move first is decided by die roll, high die chases. After all movement is complete, all units in range, beginning with artillery may fire. One die is cast per base of infantry to determine hits. Casualties are noted on the roster. Only survivors counting in melee. Only front bases may fire unless firing at or from a hill. Elevation imparts a 2" increase in range up to 2 contours for artillery solid shot but only 1 for canister and musketry. Units in defended buildings are assumed to pass loaded muskets to troops at windows etc. so that all may fire in given direction. ROSTER Each unit is given a letter grade A for elites, B for line etc, each hit subtracts a decimal fraction from this grade with the grade declining a letter for each 1.0 lost.  MOVEMENT Moves in a turn Enter/leave house Mount/dismount Limber/unlimber -2" Lie down/stand Fire (rifle = 2 turns) Art. may move, etc and still fire or as follows: Unit Open Rough Obstacles Inf. line 5" 4" 2" Inf. Column 7" 5" 2" Square/gun by hand 1" - - Skirmishers 8" 6" 9" Guns/vehicles 4" 2" - Hrs Art./hvy cav 10" 8" 2" Lt.cav/staff 12" 10" 4„ Couriers 14" 12" 8" Roads add 2" Rough = slopes ploughed, crop lands open woods creek village Obstacles = thick woods hedge, wall etc. stream Small river = 4 turns (not vehicles) Big river = couriers only, drawn for 0 Bunching - units within 2" of each other (rear/side) Skirmishing - rally with a 9 beyond 16" of main body Disorganized - prone, bunching, changing formation, crossing obstacles, skirmishing beyond support distance (16") FACING RESTRICTIONS Units in column may face up to 90° 60° for attack column Units in line may face up 3e Units charging 'may face up 30° in the first half of their move, which is increased by 50%. Infilade and flank attacks are greater than 600 to target frontage. In all wheeling movement the use of the RAFM WHEEL'M is recommended. RANGES Unit Max. Effective Horse arty. 30" 8" Field arty. 40" 8" Heavy arty. 50" 8" Musketry 8" 2" Rifles 16" 4" Carbines 4" 1" ARTILLERY FIRE Firing by: Target: Column Line Cover Field A/B 0.3/0.6 0.2/0.4 0.1/0.2 Field C/D 0.2/0.4 0.1/0.2 -/0.1 Field E/F 0.1/0.2 -/0.1 -/0.1 Horse A/B 0.2/0.4 0.1/0.2 -/0.1 Horse C/D 0.1/0.2 -/0.1 -/0.1 Horse E/F -/0.1 -/0.1 -/- Heavy A/B 0.5/1.0 0.3/0.6 0.2/0.4 Heavy C/D 0.3/0.6 0.2/0.4 0.1/0.2 Heavy E/F 0.2/0.4 0.1/0.2 0.1/0.1 (- deduct 0.1 for roll of 7/8/9) Buildings - fire at 9 Enfilade - target upgrade one place line to column etc. Hard Cover - half effect Individuals - killed for 0, wounded 1/2 MUSKETRY 0.5 status loss if die equals or exceeds: MELEE SEQUENCE 1. Skirmishers fall back vs. formed unit (unsupported may be ridden down by cavalry) 2. Other stop at 1" 3. Add basic unit scores 4. Add or deduct factors 5. Claim forfeit 6. Dice for chance effect 7. Find winner and losses 8. Does cavalry pursue? BASIC COMBAT SCORES Unit A B C D E F Battery 4 3 2 1 0 0 Battalion 5 4 3 2 1 0 Heavy cav. 6 5 4 3 2 1 Light cav. 5 4 3 2 1 0 ADJUSTMENT TO COMBAT SCORE Add one: Attacker Div CO present Cover Armored cavalry Higher ground Lancers Add two: Hard cover First charge of the day (CAV ONLY) Deduct one: Units which meleed last turn Defender not in line v. infantry Cav. v. inf column Cav. frontal attack on inf/art line Deduct two: Cav. on foot Deduct three: Cav. v. square Unit in column of route FORFEIT A unit that has the lower score may forfeit the contest and accept a loss of one status grade. He fights and looses anyway his loss is double what he rolls. EFFECT OF CHANCE Die roll 0 - no change 1 - add 25% 2 - add 50% 3-6 - add 100% 7 - add 150% 8 - add 200% 9 - add 400% Defender wins all draws Loser withdraws 1 move shaken 0-1 lose 2 points 2-3 lose 1.5 points 4-5 lose 1 point 6-7 lose 1 point 8-9 lose nothing (less 1 from die if different brigade in support: less 2 if no support) Winner: advance 2" no loss, cavalry test to pursue MORALE TESTS Within 8" of the enemy Unit tries to pass through "F" unit moves past Cav. flank or rear attack; inf. rear attack Div. CO hit within 8" Cav. which wins melee & may pursue Roll die: fail test for score equal to or less than 1 status A 2 status B 3 status C 4 status D Rally: roll 8,9 each turn before movement  LEADERS Leaders may be graded by roll for skill in attack, defense, initiative and morale as follows: ROLL ATTACK DEFENSE INITIATIVE MORALE 0 -2 -2 -2 -1 3-6 0 0 0 0 7,8 +1 +1 +1 +1 9 +2 +2 +2 +2 EACH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENERAL IS ROLLED SEPARATELY. Results mean when rolling in melee, turn initiative,or morale rally. CHANCE Before each turn consult the chance procedures outlines in C.S.Grant's PROGRAMED WARGAME SCENARIOS. TROOP QUALITY A = Elites and guards B = Good quality line C = Low grade line, levy and militia D = Irregulars E = Permanently Shaken or temporarily shaken F - Broken, must withdraw, surrender if meleed These rules are, of course, slightly modified from Paddy Griffith's NAPOLEONIC WARGAMING FOR FUN book. Back to MWAN # 25 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1987 Hal Thinglum This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com