By Wally Simon
CONCEPT: 1. A European squad consists of 5 men. An Indian squad contains 4 men. Each player is assigned 3 squads (each squad activated by a deck), and tracks the Morale Level of his squads and his RP (he starts with 3 RP). 2. The Commanding Officer has a reserve of 40 ML 3. Troop rating. Troops are rated in terms of the number of Hit Dice they toss in the fire phase. "N" is the number of men in a squad. All British squads are rated "excellent" All other squads, including Indians, must be diced for.
SEQUENCE: 1. Each side, alternately, draws an action card. The side that draws a card is the Active Side (AS). AS units, when moving, may advance 10 inches
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b The player forms a pile of discards with drawn cards c When a "Start new pile" occurs, place subsequent discards in a new pile d When a second "Start new pile" occurs, place contents of first pile in main deck of undrawn cards, and reshuffle. The second pile now serves as a new first pile. 3 After the AS squads act, the Non-Active Side may react using reaction points 4 Resolve melee immediately after contact CASUALTIES: 1 When hit, a squad receives a casualty figure
REACTION:
FIRING:
1 : Lose 3 ML 2 : Lose 3 ML, casualty figure, morale test 3 : Lose 5 ML, casualty figure, morale test 4 : Lose 5 ML, casualty figure I man killed, morale test 5 : Lose 10 ML, casualty figure 2 men killed, morale test MORALE
-5 For each man under 5 3 If a unit fails, it loses 5 ML and falls back 10 inches. 4 Each commanding officer has a reserve ML of 40 points. COMBAT: 1 Types of troops : Combat Value
American colonials : 3 American regulars : 4 Indians : 5 Man under cover, add +1 to his CV. 2 Combat is squad-on-squad. 3 Immediately upon entering combat, a squad receives a casualty figure. 4 Each man adds his CV to a die, lower total falls back, higher fights on. 5 Losing squad falls back 10 inches, receives 2 casualty figures. Back to Novag's Gamer's Closet Winter 2003 Table of Contents Back to Novag's Gamer's Closet List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Novag 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 |