The problem of casualties on the miniature battlefield has its drawbacks. It is natural to assume that not all injuries will result in the death of the enemy, or, come to that, your own troops . In tackling this, I decided that to cover all fields of the game to divide the rules into the sot periods. (A) The Ancient World (B) Middle Ages. (C) Musket Period With the first period the situation is well covered with Bantock-Cass rule. "HITS - When obtained on enemy divide force into groups, and toss for individuals. Wounds as follows... UNARMOURED and SHieldless 1 or 2 KILLED (REMOVE the figure) 3, 4 or 5 FILLED (Remove the figure) 6 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Armour or Shield 1 KILLED (Remove the figure) 2) 3, 4 WOUNDED (Remove the figure ) 5 or 6 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED ARMOUR AND SHIELD 1 KILLED (Remove the figure) 2 or 3 WOUNDED (Remove the figure) 4, 5, 6 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED All those who are SLIGHTLY WOUNDED carry on in the fight. The player's forces who are hit, tosses for his own troops. Under section (b), the standard and type of armour is greatly improved. In my own game I use the following ruling: ARCHERS (Longbow) If caught in a flank or frontal charge, after discharging arrows, then all scores count as KILLED. If attacked by dismounted 1, 2, 3, 4 KILLED (Remove the figure) 5, 6 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED Also if they cone under fire from ARCHERS, then half score are dead, remaineder wounded.  ARCHERS (Crossbow) Same as above MEN-AT-ARMS (DISMOUNTED) 1, 2, 3, 4 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED 5 , 6 KILLED This rule only for for hand-to-hand MEN-AT-ARMS (MOUNTED) 1, 2, 3, 4 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED 5 , 6 KILLED This rule only for for hand-to-hand MEN-AT-ARMS v. ARCHERS For dismounted and mounted, the same rule 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 SLIGHTLY WOUNDED 6 KILLED Under the final section (C), I use the following ruling: 50 men under fire (within musket range) 10 KILLED 2 SLI GHTLY WOUNDED 30 men under fire (within musket range ) 7 KILLED 2 SLI GHTLY WOUNDED 10 men under. fire (within musket range 3 KILLED 1 SLI GHTLY WOUNDED Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 25 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1964 by Donald Featherstone. 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