Rules

Army Lists

Points Values

2000 pts

Figure Scale

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Terrain Objectives

* An objective is contested if both sides occupy it or if a subsequent bound of hand-to-hand combat has been fought over it. This is intended to prevent a side contesting an objective by attacking it in the last bound.

Army List & Rule Clarifications

NEW:
Zones of Control
- The Chief of Staff's influence will override that of subordinate generals as per the Control rule on page 17
- An Irregular General directly in command of a unit has a zone of control of 200 paces provided he is visible
- An Irregular General commanding a unit indirectly has a zone of control of 400 paces provided he is visible
- Generals in combat have their zone of control reduced by 50% even if they are visible
- Only close order troops classified as Elite, Veteran or Soldier may attempt to initiate a frontal charge if outside control of the general directly commanding them. Others, outside control of the general directly commanding them, may only attempt a frontal charge if joined by a higher ranking figure.

Choice of Targets (minor amendment)
When an enemy body has more than one eligible target, its targets must be chosen according to the following list of priorities:
1 Enemy charging the shooters' body or are advancing towards it and within short range
2 If shooters are artillery, any enemy body or mingled enamy and friends that the player selects
3 The earliest enemy body to become available as a target during the enemy bound immediately preceeding
4 The nearest enemy body
5 Enemy staff figures; these may only be targeted if the C-in-C or C-of-S has joined the shooters (Hey! This is the age of reason).

The standard stuff used previously

• A ground scale of 1mm to 2 paces will be used.

• Light field defences may be used where permitted in the lists. They may not be placed outside the owning players deployment area.

• All ploughed fields count as bush for movement penalties.

• Cornfields count as open woods for movement and visibility.

• Single buildings count as cover and can hold up to 12 figures.

• Built up areas are surrounded by a low wall, count as cover and can hold as many figures as will fit.

• Walls and hedges count as minor linear obstacles.

• Cavalry squadrons may be increased to 4 figures. If any are so increased, all must be.

• Battalion guns and crews will be costed at half points and may not fire at long range. If moved battalion guns may only fire directly ahead.

• Howitzers used as battalion guns may not move and fire.

• A battalion gun is lost if the unit to which it belongs is destroyed or routed.

• Battalion guns attached to skirmishing infantry units evade with their parent unit.

• Howitzers may not be used to start fires in woods or built up areas but can set light to single buildings.

• Artillery that has been manhandled, apart from battalion guns, count as disordered for reaction purposes in the opponents succeeding bound and the players own following reaction phase.

• Streams or rivers count as minor linear obstacles and prevent artillery, except battalion guns, crossing except by a ford or bridge.

• The optional rule for Prussian infantry to move faster is compulsory for all Prussian lists.

• Note 2 in the Prussian list and note 4 in the Prince Henry list will not apply.

• The optional shooting casualties rule on page 53 will be applied to any cossacks in Russian armies.

• Visibility is limited to 50 paces in woods and cornfields and 300 paces in built up areas.

• Troops inside a wood or cornfield may only be seen from 25 paces by troops outside or if they shoot.

• A C-in-C in base contact with a brigadier at the time he takes a first opposition test counts the brigade as being under the command of a Bold general for reaction purposes.

• The C-in-C may only override a general who has failed a first response test by moving into contact with that general after the test has failed.

• Stationary cavalry can shoot.

• All units initiating flank charges must have at least 50% of their unit behind the targets flank at the time of testing to initiate the charge.

• Troops who start their charge in terrain that disorders them count as crossing disordering terrain for reaction purposes, both their own and that of the target.

• The penalties for moving in difficult terrain apply until all figures of a unit have cleared the terrain.

• Troops may not surrender until they have made one continued rout move, unless they are totally surrounded by enemy troops.

• Troops who evade in a response phase may not rally in the same bound's manoeuvre phase.

• Regular infantry in column count as disordered for reaction purposes and as shaken in hand-to-hand combat.

• Cavalry in hand-to-hand combat whilst in difficult terrain will count shaken.

Marches will be allowed as page 50 of the WRG 1992 amendments, but a limit of twice normal distance will apply.

If a battery of 3 or more artillery models (or two batteries totalling 3 or more models where the army list maximum is 2 models per battery) shooting at a single target fails to achieve any hits (including overshoot targets) add up the scores of the dice thrown and if the total is 6 or more then 1 consolation hit is achieved on the primary target. No matter what the final score, range or target type no more than 1 hit can be scored in these circumstances. This does not prevent or limit the risk to a player's own troops in the danger zone.

Counter battery fire was seldom successful in destroying artillery pieces. Where artillery was silenced this was achieved by casualties to the gun crew.

Therefore when dicing for hits on a battery from roundshot or shell a '6' will not eliminate a gun and gunner, but will instead eliminate 3 gunners. If the hit is a consolation hit a '6' will eliminate one gunner only.

Battalion guns are removed and count as lost when all artillery crew figures manning them are eliminated. Battery guns will only count as lost if the models are captured by enemy troops.

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