Skirmish Rules for Indians, Cavalry, and Cowpokes

Distances are inches in 25mm scale; centimeters in 15mm scale. Make a pack of five (5) cards, labeled as follows: Indian Movement, Cavalry/Cowpoke Movement, Indian Fire, Cavalry/Cowpoke Fire, Shuffle. Draw a card and perform the action shown.

Hand to hand combat may take place when a movement card is drawn. The owner of the card may have any of his troops attack any enemy within one unit (inch or centimeter) using the melee modifiers listed below.

Both sides roll D10; high dice roll (re-roll ties) wins.

Movement Chart:
UNIT	MOVEMENT
Indian Foot	2D6
Indian Horse	3D6
Cavalry/Cowpoke Foot	1D6
Cavalry/Cowpoke Horse	2D6
Artillery/Limbered	2D6
Artillery/Hand Pushed	1
Movement Modifiers
Cross Obstacle (small gully, doorway, etc)	-2
Rough Terrain	1/2 speed

Melee Modifiers:
Condition	Modifier to Roll
Indian	+1
Cowpoke/Civilian	-1
Lance/Bayonet Armed	+2
Mounted	+2
Unarmed	-3
Officer/Chief/Sheriff	+2
Per Extra Figure	+3

Firing (roll # or less to hit):
Weapon Type	Range
	0 - 5"	5 - 10	10 - 20
Breech loader	4	3	2
Repeater	6	4	-
Muzzle loader	3	2	1
Pistol	3	-	-
Bow	4	-	-

Fire Modifiers:

Target Mounted: +2
Firer Mounted: -2
Good Cover: -3
Scant Cover: -1

Artillery Firing (roll # or less to hit):
Weapon Type	Range
	0 - 10"	10 - 60
Gatling Gun (Roll 6 times)	4	-
12 Pounder (If hit, # of casualties equal to dice roll)	5	2

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