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''AD'' is an ''average die'', whose faces are numeroted 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5.
If you don't own one, use a [[D6]] where you will consider 1 as 3 and 6 as 4.
''Army points'' are used to [[budget]] armies.
; Bg
: Bagages
They are all [[irregular|regular]] and (O). They are all immobile.
Bagages have no ZoC but they are always considered as being contacted to their front (even if contacted by several foes) and can never be overlapped either.
;Bw
:Bow
These include troops equipped with either bows or crossbows.
The ~C-in-C is the ~Commander-in-Chief of the army, the one who has a plan and put it into action (hopefully).
And you, as a player, are ~C-in-C of your [[army]].
On the table, the ~C-in-C is represented by a [[base]] figuring men of his guard or his houseold, with some particularities covered by the rules. The ~C-in-C is determined by the official anmy list. Some [[army lists|army list]] offer a choice of ~C-in-C.
;Cm
:Camels
Camels used as scouts or skirmishers are classified as [[LH]](X).
;D
:Dunes
Dunes have neither top nor slope.
''D6'' is is the common 6 faces die, with numbers or spots from 1 to 6. Spotted dice are best used as they roll better because of their rounded corners. You can use a dice cup or a dice tower.
; ~DGo
: Difficult going
Are ~DGo for every [[troop type]]: [[BUA]], [[O]], [[V]], [[Wd]].
Are ~DGo for [[Cm]] and [[LH]](X) only: all RGo except brushes.
[[H(S)]] are a special case.
!! sequential reading
# [[Wd]]
# [[O]]
# [[V]]
# [[D]]
# [[BUA]]
# [[H(S)]]
; ~GGo
: Good going
This is the major kind of terrain on any battlefield.
Is ~GGo for every [[troop type]]: [[H(G)]] and any battlefield area not covered by terrain feature.
[[Cm]] and [[LH]](X) count [[D]] as ~GGo.
!! sequential reading
# [[H(G)]]
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;H(G)
: Gentle Hill
: bare hill with gentle slopes.
;H(S)
:Steep Hill
They are a mixed bag of possibilities:
* bare hill with all slopes as steep: DGo;
* wholly covered by [[V]] or [[Wd]] (only one kind): DGo;
* wholy covered either by brushes or rocky areas with all slopes as either gentle (counts as RGo) or steep (counts then as DGo).
The eventual cover of a hill can only be selected if the terrain feature of the cover is available in the [[army list]] of the invaded player.
;~HCh
:Heavy chariot;
:in DBM or DBMM speak, these are chariots Kn.
;~LCh
:Light chariot;
:in DBM or DBMM speak, these are chariots Cv.
;LH
:Light Horse
These include all kinds of scouts. They also include camel based ones, which are classified as (X) instead of (I).
;LH(X)
:Camel based scouts or skirmishers. They consider [[terrain]] as [[Cm]] do. They fight as (I) except against LH(X) and Cm that they fight as (O).
[[Blood and Blades|ruleset]]
[[setup]]
[[terrain]]
[[playing a game]]
[[group]]
[[flock]]
[[troops]]
[[PIG]]
PoC
[[move]]
[[engagement]]
[[combat]]
[[combat outcome]]
[[moral]]
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;PIG
: ''P''oint of ''I''nitiative and ''G''eneralship
The ~PIGs are earned by the throw of a die:
* an [[AD]] if the C-in-C is [[regular]];
* a [[D6]] otherwise.
~PIGs are expended to do actions with one or several [[bases|base]]:
* [[voluntary move]];
* [[halt]].
The ~PIGs costs are described in the [[PIGs expense list]].
!!sequential reading
# [[halt]]
# [[PIGs expense list]]
All the [[PIG]] costs are cumulative. There is a one PIG rebate for the first order given by the C-in-C which apply to its self [[base]] or to a [[group]] or [[flock]] to which it belongs.
!! one PIG
* to give an order to a [[sub-group|group]].
* to order a [[voluntary move]] to single [[base]] or to a [[group]].
* to [[halt]] a single [[base]] or a [[group]].
* to [[halt]] a single [[base]] of Irr status unless [[infantry]] entirely in RGo or DGo.
* to [[halt]] a [[group]] comprising at least one [[base]] of Irr status unless all the Irr bases are [[infantry]] entirely in RGo or DGo.
* to perform a move other than [[moving straight forward]] at full [[move distance]] to an Irr [[base]] other than [[Ps]], [[Ax]], [[LH]], [[Cv]] if the move does not finish at the contact of an enemy base in a position of either [[close combat]], [[support]] or [[overlap]].
* to perform a move other than [[moving straight forward]] at full [[move distance]] to a [[group]] with at leat an Irr [[base]] other than [[Ps]], [[Ax]], [[LH]], [[Cv]], if the move does not finish at the contact of an enemy base in a position of either [[close combat]], [[support]] or [[overlap]].
* for each [[far move]] fron the fourth on.
* for the third [[far move]] of a single base off Irr status except if it is [[Ps]] or [[LH]].
* for the third [[far move]] of a [[group]] if it include any [[base]] of Irr status other than [[Ps]] or [[LH]].
* to give an order if the C-in-C :
** is in [[ambush]].
** is not in ambush but is not visible by the subject of the order and is beyond 400p of it.
** is visible by the subject of the order but is beyond 800p of it and the subject of the order is not entirely [[LH]].
** is visible by the subject of the order but is beyond 1600p of it and the subject of the order is entirely [[LH]].
!! two ~PIGs
* to command a [[flock]] to go full speed ahead.
!! four ~PIGs
* for ordering a [[flock]] into a group.
;Pk
:Pike
Pk(F) are shieldless or mostly shieldless troops that are quite effective in rough or bad going but are unable to fight in as deep formation as other pikes do.
''~PoC'' are ''P''oints ''o''f ''C''onfidence used to measure the [[army moral]].
Every [[base]] has a ~PoC value as noted in the following scale:
* 16 for the [[Bg]];
* 16 for the C-in-C (whatever kind of [[troop type]] it is);
* 8 for [[Cv]](S), LCh(S), HCh, [[Bw]], [[Pk]], [[Sp]], [[Wb]];
* 4 for [[Cv]](I/O), LCh(I/O), [[Cm]], [[LH]](O/F), [[Ax]], [[Bd]],
* 2 for [[LH]](I/X), [[Hd]], [[Ps]].
Note: this scale takes into account that Bw, Pk, Sp and Wb represent twice as many men as Bd or Ax.
;RGo
:Rough going
RGo are brushes, rocky terrain, marshy areas.
There is a special case for [[Cm]] and [[LH]](X): see DGo.
Wargaming ruleset for the heroic chariotry era
; ~ZoC
: abbreviation for ''zone of control''
Every [[base]] except base of [[Bg]] exerts a ''zone of control'' in front of itself. This is a square as wide as the base and just ahead of the base. [[fig:zoc: zoc]]
An element being within the ~ZoC of an ennemy is ''//zocced//''.
An enemy ~ZoC is not interrupted by friendly troops, but is by an intervening enemy [[base]] (but the latter have its own ~ZoC). [[fig:zoc: zocced]].
Within an enemy ~ZoC, one [[base]] can only:
* make an [[impetuous move]] if it follows the other restrictions written below;
* make a [[halt]];
* [[move straigh backward|moving straight forward]];
* get into [[close combat]] against an enemy base. If possible, this enemy base must be one that is zoccing it. If there is a choice between several moves, the move to be done is that which is firstly the most straightforward and secondly the shortest. [[fig:zoc: from zoc to close combat]].
If no move can be made because some friendly troops are preventing it, then if two simultaneous moves would solve the conundrum, they shall be done, if enough [[PIGs|PIG]] are available. This can be extended to three simultaneous moves. Each of these simultaneous moves is evaluated and done as if the other bases involved in it were not here. [[fig:zoc:getting out of zoc simultaneously]].
Each army has an ''aggression factor'' listed on its [[army list]] (and, conveniently, on its [[order of battle]]). It is expressing how much the historical armies were ordered to invade neighbours (the higher the factor, the most aggressive they were). It is a number between 0 and 4.
; to align oneself
: We say that a [[base]] //A// ''align itself with enemy base'' //Z// when the front of //A// is in linear contact with the side of //Z// it is touching ''and'' one of its front corner at least is in contact with a corner of //Z//. If is not otherwise meant, the side of //Z// which is involved is its front.
Any troops except [[Bg]] may ''ambush''.
|amushes|c
|ambush site|visibility from outside|allowed troops|h
|within a [[BUA]]| 80| any |
|within a [[Wd]]| 80| any |
|within an [[O]]| 240| any |
|within [[D]]| 160| any |
|within brush ([[RGo]])| 240| [[Ps]] |
|within a gully ([[RGo]])| edge of the gully| any |
|behind [[Wd]] or hills or hill crests| line of sight| any |
Troops in ambush are immediately revealed and placed on table if they [[move]] or [[shoot|shooting]] or are being otherwise seen (only those actually seen need to be placed but, for simplicity's sake, the whole ambush may be revealed at once).
An ambush must be precisely recorded (see [[setup]] to see when this drawing takes place).
A few examples :
* [[fig:ambush: ambush within a wood]]
* [[fig:ambush: ambush within a gully]]
* [[fig:ambush: ambush behind hill]]
* [[fig:ambush: ambush on a hill behind crest]]
Each army is made of [[bases|base]] on which are glued several figurines. This ruleset follows the ways of DBM in this regard. You can now have a look at the [[graphical conventions|figs:conventions]] used in the [[figures]].
Each player plays his own army. He is the C-in-C of his army, which he has computed within a [[budget]] from its [[army list]] given in the DBM or DBMM army list book 1. That precise army is descripted in an [[order of battle]].
!!sequential reading
* [[an army made of figurines]]
* C-in-C
* [[budget]]
* [[army list]]
* [[order of battle]]
* [[aggression factor]]
* [[base]]
An ''army list'' is a listing of all available options for a given set of armies. They also indicate other data like the [[aggression factor]] and the kind of [[terrain]] available when invaded.
They are found in either DBM or DBMM army lists book 1.
!! translation
Both DBM and DBMM lists must be converted for use.
Translate some troop types:
* Kn chariots becomes ~HCh,
* Cv chariots become ~LCh,
* camels LH(I) becomes LH(X),
* DBM Ax(X) become Pk(F),
* Cm(X) are not used,
* all mounted scouts must be either LH(I) or LH(X).
Now get rid of any general but the C-in-C. Ignore any ally contingent.
Change the AP costs according to the [[budget]].
The effectives at Blood and Blades are half those of DBM or DBMM (to get smaller armies and speed up games as well). So you first have to halve all effectives, rounding up. Get rid of all generals except C-in-C. Do not consider any ally.
Halve the number of Bw, Pk, Sp and Wb you previously found, rounding up. This is because these are now computed as if two standard DBM bases within a single base, to reflect their most common use and avoid too profound units.
Compute your army and record in your [[order of battle]] complete with every options.
!! examples of translation
Thes are given only to show you how to proceed. These lists have been selected for two reasons:
* they show you how the translation of some not so obvious options if you have the DBM army list volume 1 book;
* they give an idea of /Blood and Blades// lists which are rather popular among players.
In order to avoid copyright infringement, they are just excerpts from the official DBM lists:
* they just cover a small time frame of their timespan;
* they do not indicate aggression factor;
* they do not lists available terrain features;
* they lack any historical background and especially the rules relatives to the asteriks markers that some have.
!!! 1.1 Early Sumerian 3000 BC - 2234 BC and c. 2250 BC
only Kish after 2500 BC
* ~C-in-C Reg Bd(F) or in 4-wheeled battle car Reg ~HCh(I) or straddle-car Reg ~LCh(I) or on foot Reg Pk(I) or Reg Pk(X) : 1
* Household Spearmen Reg Pk(I) or Reg Pk(X) : 9 - 24
* Archers levy skirmishers Irr Ps(O) : 0 - 6
* Javelinmen levy skirmishers Irr Ps(I) : 2 - 6
* Slingers levy skirmishers Irr Ps(O) : 2 - 12
* 4-wheeled battle car Reg ~HCh(I) : 2 - 4
* Straddle car Reg ~LCh(I) : 0 - 1
* Scout riding equids Irr LH(I) : 0 - 1
* Re-arm household spearmen as axemen Reg Bd(F) : 2 - 5
* Household and milicia archers Reg Ps(O) : 2 - 3
* Upgrade household and milicia archers 2 Ps to 1 Reg Bw (I) : any
!!! 1.6 Early Bedouin 3000 BC to 312 BC
only from 1500 BC to 1000 BC
* ~C-in-C Irr Ax(O5 or Irr Wb(F) or Irr Cm(O) : 1
* Javeliniers Irr Ax(I) or Irr Ax(O) (half - all) : 20 - 75
* Skirmishers Irr Ps(I) : 2 - 20. upgrade 0-2 to Irr Ps (S)
* Slingers Irr Ps (O) : 2 -10
* Archers Irr Ps (O) : 2 - 10.
* Upgrade any 2 Ps Archers to 1 Irr Bw(I) : any
* Upgrade Irr Bw (I) to Irr Bw (O) : any
* Retainers Irr Wb (F) : 0-2
!!! 1.7 Early Lybian 3000 BC to 70 AD
only from 1250 BC to 1209 BC
* ~C-in-C Irr ~LCh (O) : 1
* Bodyguard Irr Wb (F) : 0-1
* Javelinmen Irr Ps (I) or Irr Ax (I) : 54 - 210
* Archers Irr Ps (O) : 0 - 10
* 2-horse chariots Irr ~LCh (O) : 1 - 3
* Replace Javelinmen with swordmen Irr Wb (F) : 0 - 1/3 (2 javelinmen for 1 swordmen)
* Replace avelinmen with Archers Irr Ps (O) : 0 - 1/3.
* Upgrade 2 Archers Ps (ex Javelinmen only) as 1 Irr Bw (I) : any
* Upgrade Irr Bw (I) with swords to Irr Bw (O) : 0 - 1/3
!!! 1.45 ~Neo-Assyrian Empire 745 BC - 681 BC
only from 719 BC to 705 BC
* ~C-in-C in 4-horse, 3-crew chariot Reg ~HCh(O) : 1
* Chariots 4-horse, 3-crew Reg ~HCh(O) : 3 - 7
* Elite cavalry Reg Cv(O) : 1
* Other cavalry Reg Cv(O) : 2 - 5
* Mounted scouts Reg LH(I) : 1
* Arab levies Irr Cm(O) or Irr LH(I) : 0 - 2
* Kallapani, half Reg mtd Ax(S), half supporting Reg mtd Ps(O) : 2
* Footguards Reg Bd(F) or Reg Ax(O) : 0 - 2
* Footguard archers (support footguards) Reg Ps(O) : 0 - 1
* Infantry of the battle array, half Reg Ax(O), half supporting Reg Ps(O) : 4 - 6
* Upgrade above Ax(O) to elite units Reg Ax(S) : 0 - 2
* King's man infantry of the battle-array Irr Ax(O), half supporting Reg mtd Ps(O) : 4 - 8
* Reserves of the battle array, half Reg Ax(I), half supporting Reg Ps(O), or any/all of either type : *4 - 6
* Levied troops of the battle array Irr Hd(O) : **10-25
* King's man tribal levy with bow or sling Irr Ps(O) : 2 - 10
* King's man tribal levy with javelin and shield Irr Ps(S) : 0 - 2
* Elamaya, Elamite regiment Reg Bw(I) : 0 - 2
At the beginning of the battle, an army is at its maximum PoC score, that we call its ''reference moral level'' and which is written on its [[order of battle]]. It is computed by adding the PoC of every [[base]] in the army .
The ''routing level'' is a third of the reference moral level without rounding, and it is also written on the [[order of battle]].
At the end of each [[bound]], each army losses are taken into account and a new ''losses moral level'' is computed and checked against the routing level. An army is routed if its losses moral moral is equal to or greater than its routing level.
Losses are accounted thusly:
* for each [[base]] being [[destroyed]], add its full PoC value;
* for each [[base]] being [[spent]], add half its PoC value.
For instance if an army reference moral level is 124, its routing level is 41.333 and it is routed as soon as its losses moral level reaches 42.
A ''base'' is a socle on which figurines are put. Its dimensions and the number of figurines are the same as for DBM or DBMM. See below.
A base width is 160p, which is 40mm for 15mm figurine scale.
|Number of figurines per base|c
|Troop types|Figurines|
|[[El]], HCh, LCh|1 |
|[[LH]], [[Ps]]|2 |
|Irr [[Ax]], [[Bd]](F), Irr [[Bw]], [[Cm]], [[Cv]], Irr [[Pk]](F), [[Wb]](F)|3 |
|Reg [[Ax]], [[Bd]](O/I), Reg [[Bw]], [[Pk]](I/X), Reg [[Pk]](F), [[Sp]], [[Wb]](S/O)|4 |
|Irr [[Hd]](O)|5 to 8, rather 8 |
|[[Hd]](S/I/F)|5 to 8, rather 5 or 6|
|[[Bg]]|It's up to the model(s).|
|Width of a base for 15mm figurine scale|c
|Troop types|Width|Base kind|h
|[[Bg]], [[El]], HCh, LCh| 40 |very deep|
|[[Cm]], [[Cv]], [[LH]], [[Hd]]| 30 |deep|
|[[Ax]], [[Bd]](F), [[Bw]], [[Pk]](F), [[Ps]],[[Wb]](F)| 20 |shallow|
|[[Bd]](O/I), [[Pk]](I/X), [[Sp]], [[Wb]](S/O)| 15 |very shallow|
A base might have 3 instead of the required 4 figurines if those are too bulky to fit by 4. It can also have 3 in case the Reg or Irr version differ and you wish to make both options available in your army (this allowance is relevant if your army list offers to field the Reg and Irr versions, or if the same troops are available either as Reg or Irr in two different army list).
A base might be a little deeper than prescribed if the models it carries are too long for the official depth.
A synonym for base is stand.
A player's ''bound'' is the phase of the [[round]] where this player is the ''active player''. At the next bound, his opponent will be the active player, and so on.
For each bound, the following steps must be done, in that order:
# throw die for [[weather]];
# check for [[time of day]] conditions (eventual end of the battle as a [[draw]] here);
# [[PIGs|PIG]] scoring;
# expenditure of [[PIGs|PIG]] for [[voluntary moves|voluntary move]];
# [[impetuous move]];
# [[shooting]];
# [[close combat]];
# [[moral]] checkup (PoC computation) to see wether and how the battle is finished.
Add 10AP for the [[base]] of the C-in-C. The price in [[AP]] of each kind of base is given below.
|troops costs in AP|c
|Troop|>|>|>|>| Reg |>|>|>|>| Irr |h
|~| S | O | I | F | X | S | O | I | F | X |h
|[[Ax]]| 7| 5| 4|--|--| 6| 4| 3|--|--|
|[[Bd]]|--| 10| 8| 9|--|--| 8| 6| 7|--|
|[[Bg]]|--|--|--|--|--|--| 0|--|--|--|
|[[Bw]]| 16| 12| 10|--|--| 12| 9| 7|--|--|
|[[Cv]]| 13| 11| 9|--|--| 12| 10| 8|--|--|
|[[Cm]]|--|--|--|--|--|--| 7|--|--|--|
|[[El]]|--|--|--|--|--| 28| 24| 21|--|--|
|HCh| 17| 14| 12| 15|--| 16| 13| 11| 14|--|
|[[Hd]]|--|--|--|--|--| 4| 2|--| 3|--|
|LCh| 12| 10| 8|--|--|11| 9| 7|--|--|
|[[LH]]| 10| 8| 6| 8| 6| 10| 8| 6| 8| 6|
|[[Pk]]|--|--| 7| 8| 8|--|--| 5| 7|--|
|[[Ps]]| 4| 3| 2|--|--| 4| 3| 2|--|--|
|[[Sp]]|--| 12| 8|--|--|--| 10| 7|--|--|
|[[Wb]]|--|--|--|--|--| 13| 8| --| 10|--|
Extra modificators:
* add 1 for mounted infantry;
* add 0.5 not 1 for mounted Ps;
* add 1 for Ps providing a special support listed by the army list;
* add 1 not 2 for mounted Ps providing a special support.
!! sequential reading
# [[AP]]
A ''close combat'' occurs when one [[base]] //A// is in [[frontal contact]] with an enemy base //Z//. Base //A// is in close combat with base //Z// and symetrically base //Z// is also in close combat with base //A//, even if //Z// is not in [[frontal contact]] with //A//.
The handle of a close combat is explained in [[resolving a combat]].
!! sequential reading
# [[frontal contact]]
# [[defending a river edge]]
# [[fighting from upper ground]]
# [[overlap]]
# [[flank attack]]
# [[rear attack]]
If your second total score is less than that of your opponent, add one to this score if you are in [[group]] with in front-corner-to-front-corner contact on ''both'' your left and your right edge with either :
* the C-in-C;
* a [[base]] which is strictly identical to you.
[[fig:close combat: cohesion effect]]
A column is the group constituted by:
* a lead element called the head of the column,
* all the element directly behind it and in group connection with it. As such, a column must be one base wide over all its length. [[fig:column: straight column]].
The head of a column may [[pivot|pivoting]] as it wants any time it wants to. The base behind it follows behind, in the old direction until they reach the point where the head of the column had pivoted, and follows in the new direction after. Please notice that the column must henceforth be set on the table as a collection of rectilinear segments rather than like an undulating snake. [[fig:column: bent column in move]].
This leads to an extended definition for a colum. A column is either:
* a column along the standard definition of a [[group]] (see first definition);
* such a column after it has ''moved'' and got one or several bending points (see second paragraph) which is called a ''bent column''.
It is forbidden to put a bent column in the [[setup]] phase or in [[ambush]]. This mean that a column may be bent only as a result of a [[voluntary move]].
All the [[bases|base]] in a column are considered to be in the same [[group]] even if they have different [[directions|direction]]. They are, rules-wise, considered to have the same [[direction]] when one of them must [[recoil]].
Thus, the head of a bent column can [[recoil]]. [[fig:column: recoiling a bent column]]. And every [[base]] of a bent column can [[push back]] the base after it in the column, even if several bendings are involved. [[fig:column: bent column]].
!!sequential reading
# [[going into a column]]
# [[column extension]]
; column extension
: the group move of expanding from a column into a line
Again, there are two ways to get from a column into a line. Each one is a group move for which there is free distance bonus of 200p.
A column may get into line without moving the front base of the column:
# the front base of the column must not move at all;
# the bases behind it can go to the right or to the left of the head of column, without going any further than it;
# each base must either come in line with the front base or in column with it or a base that has already moved;
# if a base cannot join the previous base into a group, the move must not include it and any base behind it (and so must be excluded from the group so ordered as far as [[PIGs|PIG]]s are concerned).
A column may get into line by pivoting the front base of the column:
# the front base must pivot 90° to its right or to its left;
# the other base must either move into line with it or into a column with it or a base that has already moved;
# if a base cannot join the previous base into a group, the move must not include it and any base behind it (and so must be excluded from the group so ordered as far as [[PIGs|PIG]]s are concerned).
If a column is bent, it can only attempt an extension on the side of the bend. [[fig:column: bent column extension]].
While they are moving, bases involved in a column extension are not restricted by any [[gap]] involving at least one of the other bases of the column. [[fig:column: ignoring gap as extending column]].
;combat
:either [[close combat]] or [[shooting]].
The consequences of a combat are given in the [[combat outcome]] tables.
!!sequential reading
# [[combat advantage]]
# [[resolving a combat]]
In [[close combat]] and in [[shooting]], a ''combat advantage'' is a point added to your [[combat factor]] to help you win against your ([[main|main opponent]]) opponent. See [[tactical factors]] for their listing.
There are several kinds of combat advantages:
* those provided by [[terrain]] features;
* those provided by friendly [[bases|base]];
* those caused by the [[weather]];
* those provided by yourself.
A [[base]] engaged in [[close combat]] may help the [[main opponent]] of its own main opponent, which is most often itself but can also be an other friendly base. The corollary of this is that a base in [[close combat]] cannot help a friendly base whose main opponent is different.
!!sequential reading
# [[support]]
Each [[troop type]] has a combination of ''combat factors'' which is given in the grid below.
|combat factors for [[close combat]] and [[shooting]]|c
|Subject troop type|Against [[infantry]]|Against [[mounted]]|h
|[[El]]| 4 | 4 |
|HCh| 3 | 4 |
|LCh, [[Cv]]| 3 | 3 |
|[[Cm]]| 3 | 2 |
|[[LH]]| 2 | 2 |
|[[Bd]], [[Sp]]| 4 | 4 |
|[[Pk]]| 3 | 4 |
|[[Bw]]| 2 | 4 |
|[[Ax]], [[Wb]]| 3 | 2 |
|[[Ps]], [[Hd]]| 2 | 2 |
The factors for being shot at are the same as against [[infantry]] in close combat with the exception of HCh whose factor is 4. The shooting factor for [[Bw]] are the same as those for close combat.
See also [[tactical factors]] and [[resolving a combat]] for combat computations and then refer to the [[combat outcome]] tables.
In the following table are recorded the outcomes of a [[combat]] between a [[base]] //A// and an enemy base //Z//. Nothing happens if //A// and //Z// score equal. We suppose that //Z// scores more than //A// and the tables refer to the consequence for //A//. The [[combat factor]] of //A// is cfA, its final score is fsA and that of //Z// is fsZ (see [[resolving a combat]] for calculation).
These tables are sorted by how many times there is cfA in the difference beween fsZ and fsA.
Apply ''the first item'' that is compatible with the situation being examined.
|outcome table if fsA < fsZ < fsA + cfA|c
|Troop //A//|Consequences for troop //A//|h
|any|For any situation not explicitely stated below: [[recoil]]|
|[[Hd]]|[[destroyed]] by [[El]], HCh and [[Wb]]. Otherwise no effect.|
|[[Bd]], [[Pk]], [[Sp]]|[[destroyed]] by [[El]], HCh and [[Wb]].|
|[[Bw]]|[[destroyed]] by [[mounted]] if in terrain these count as GGo.|
|[[Ax]]|[[destroyed]] by HCh.|
|[[Ps]]|[[destroyed]] by [[Cv]], LCh, [[LH]] and HCh in GGo. [[flee]] in GGo against any but [[Ps]] and [[El]].|
|[[El]]|[[destroyed]] by [[Ax]] and [[Ps]].|
|[[Cv]]|[[recoil]] against [[Cm]] in dunes. [[flee]] in [[close combat]] in DGo.|
|[[LH]]|[[recoil]] against [[Cm]] in dunes. [[flee]] in [[close combat]] in DGo. [[flee]] in GGo except against [[skirmishers]].|
|LCh|[[destroyed]] in [[close combat]] in DGo.|
|HCh|[[destroyed]] in [[close combat]] in DGo or against [[El]].|
|outcome table if fsA + cfA <= fsZ < fsA + 2 cfA|c
|Troop //A//|Consequences for troop //A//|h
|any|For any situation not explicitely stated below: [[destroyed]]|
|[[Ps]]|[[spent]] by [[heavy infantry]] except [[Bw]]. [[recoil]] against [[El]]. [[flee]] in DGo in [[close combat]] against [[mounted]].|
|[[Cv]], LCh|[[spent]] in GGo against [[Pk]] or [[Sp]].|
|[[LH]]|[[flee]] in [[close combat]] in DGo. [[spent]] in [[close combat]] against [[infantry]] except [[Bw]] and [[Ps]] armed with bows, crossbows or slings.|
|outcome table if cfA + 2 cfA <= fsZ|c
|Troop //A//|Consequences for troop //A//|h
|any|For any situation not explicitely stated below: [[destroyed]]|
|[[Ps]]|[[flee]] against [[El]].|
Note: if //A// is a troop of [[Bw]] which is shooting without being shot at, it disregards any effect in the above tables.
!! terrain size and shape
Terrain must be irregular and soft shapes like potatoes, except for field and BUA that may be rectilign.
There are three size of terrain: small, medium and large. Linear terrain ([[road]] and [[river]]]]) count as medium, with the exception of large rivers which count as large.
For an area terrain:
* small means a length of up to 640p and a width at least 320p;
* medium means a length of up to 960p and a width at least 480p;
* large means a length of up to 1280p and a width at least 640p;
* a length longer than its depth.
!! selecting terrain
!! laying terrain
Just before the very first roll of dice for [[PIGs|PIG]] in the first bound, the active player throws an [[AD]] to determine where the sun will be if and when there will be dazzle:
* 2: in the long side of the defending player,
* 3: in the short side on the left of the defending player,
* 4: in the short side on the right of the defending player,
* 5: in the long side of the attacking player.
If there is a risk of dazzle, in each [[bound]] with risk of dazzle, and just before rolling dice for [[PIGs|PIG]], the active players throws a [[D6]] to check for it. If he scores 1 or 6, there is dazzle for this bound.
When there is dazzle, a base in [[close combat]] or a[[Bw]] which is [[shooting]] is ''victim of dazzle'' if it facing the sun plus or minus 45°. This is a [[combat advantage]] for its opponents.
* [[fig:close combat: fighting with dazzle]]
* [[fig:shooting: shooting with dazzle]]
In a [[close combat]], a [[base]] //A// is ''defending a river edge'' against enemy base //Z// if the three following conditions are all met:
# //A// is in [[close combat]] with //Z// by its own front edge or one of its own front corners;
# //Z// is currently a wader;
# //A// is closer to the river side than its own base depth.
[[fig:terrain: defending a river edge]].
A river edge cannot be defended at a bridge or at a [[road]] ford.
''Destroyed'' [[bases|base]] are removed from the table. This represent that they got enough killed and wounded to have all their will of warfare haing dissipated. To sum up, they are totally out of action and have fled or been caught and slaugthered later on.
It is good behaviour to have the destroyed troops clearly differentiable from the [[spent]] troops. We suggest the following convention: if the troops out of table are kept alont the big (respectively small) border of the table, the ''destroyed'' troops are looking to the right (respectively to the up side). The ''spent'' one are looking in the opposite direction.
In this ruleset, //direction// is meant with the common meaning everyone shares.
Thus, in a [[group]], all the troops are facing in the same ''direction'' (there is a special case of group which is a bent [[column]] though).
A draw occur when either:
* both armies are routed;
* it is [[night]];
* players run out of time and neither is [[victorious|victory]].
Dusk is the period beween day and [[night]].
In the two [[rounds|round]] before dusk there is a risk of [[dazzle]].
While in dusk, there can't be any [[dazzle]]. On the contrary, the visibility is reduced to 720p.
We call ''engagement'' the action of getting into contact with an enemy base so that a [[close combat]] occurs.
Once in [[frontal contact]] with an enemy base, a [[base]] does ''not'' need to [[align]] itself with the enemy but it ''can'' provided that:
# it was single base move or a [[group]] move only;
# it was one's front edge that contacted the enemy base front;
# there are no obstacle to allow to shift to the right or to the left until the front corners meet;
# the direction in which to shift is that of the shortest move to be thus made
# by so doing you do not cease contact with an enemy [[base]] you were initially engaged in close combat with
# by so doing no any other enemy base is engaged in close combat;
# if a [[group]] move, all the bases of the group must shift identically;
# not a single base get even partially out of the battle field (yet it may be unable to recoil).
[[fig:alignment: impossible alignment]].
An isolated [[base]] contacted on its front edge by an enemy base participating in a [[group]] move, must conform to this group if there is no obstacle to that conformation. [[fig:alignment: group contacting an isolated base]].
A base within a [[group]] entirely composed of [[skirmishers]], if contacted on its front edge by the front of two enemy bases participating in a [[group]] move, must conform to that group if there is no obstacle to this conformation, even if that group is composed entirely of skirmishers. [[fig:alignment: group contacting a group of skirmishers]]. Yet, if the moving group is also composed entirely of skirmishers, the conformation of the enemy is not done if either apply:
* it is a group containing at least a [[Ps]] which is contacting a group composed only of [[LH]];
* the contacting group has a front with fewer bases than the contacted group;
* the contacting group has less bases than the contacted group.
[[fig:alignment: contact between skirmishers groups]]
If it is not yet aligned, a base contacted on its front by the front of two ennemy bases align itself with the ennemy base with which it presently has the greatest length of contact. [[fig:alignment: enemy auto-alignment]]. All the group to which it belongs must then follow in order that it keep being the same group. The alignment is cancelled, but not the contact, if there is not enough room to do so. [[fig:alignment: enemy group that cannot align]].
If a single base must get into [[close combat]] with an enmy base (because it was within its ZoC), and it cannot do so by [[moving straight forward]], then it must make the contact with a full alignment of front to front if it has room to do so. If it has not such possibility, it has to make the contact which is geometricaly the closest approximation of such a contact. [[fig:alignment: geometrically challenged single base engagement]]
!! sequential reading
# [[align]]
A ''far move'' is a [[voluntary move]] that ''must'' begin at a distance ''greater'' than 720p from any enemy [[base]]. [[fig:move: far move]].
A [[base]] can make several far move in the same [[bound]].
A far move cannot end in contact with enemy except if this enemy was hidden in an [[ambush]] and has just been discovered in contact. If discovered at a distance, the move must end short immediatly. There is no [[PIG]] penalty associated with this stopping short. [[fig:move: far move discovering an ambush]].
showing when there is alignment or not (the effect of alignment is not shown here).
See [[engagement]].
showing an enemy group finally aligning itself.
See [[engagement]].
showing what can prevent an enemy group to conform, including the edge of the world effect.
See [[engagement]].
[img[A base is zocced but lacks space to get easily into close combat.|figs/engagement/geometrically-challenged-single-base-engagement-01.svg]]
A group of [[Pk]] is approached by two enemy [[bases|base]]:
* on the left, [[Ax]] //Y// is [[zoccing|ZoC]] [[Pk]] //B//;
* on the right, [[Bd]] //Z// is zoccing [Pk]] //C//, //D// and //E//.
[img[A lack of room cannot preclude a close combat.|figs/engagement/geometrically-challenged-single-base-engagement-02.svg]]
[[Pk]] //B// cannot contact [[Ax]] //Y// by going straight forward. And as it has no problem of room, it must [[align]] with [[Ax]] //Y// if it want to get into [[close combat]] with it.
[[Pk]] //C// cannot contact [[Bd]] //Z// by going straight forward, but it has not the room to get into [[close combat]] with //Z// and align itself with //Z//. So instead it has to go into close combat with a partial frontal contact, its right flank touching the front of friendly [[Pk]] //D//, because that is as close as being aligned with [[Bd]] //Z// as it can perform.
See also [[fig:zoc:getting out of zoc simultaneously]] to see what can be done for [[Pk]] //D//, //E// and //F//.
showing a group of skirmishers being separated after contact.
See [[engagement]].
showing the isolated base conforming or not.
See [[engagement]].
what can prevent amoving group alignment.
See [[engagement]].
drawing enemy lines of sight to delimit the cone of conceiveent.
be precise with crest lines that do the hidding. Note that the hiding can be expanded behind the hill. Note that a RGo cover in front of the hill may be used to lay an other ambush of [[Ps]].
troop can touch the edge of the gully. Notice the talweg and how troops are positionned in relation to it.
typcal case.notice distances from edge, orientation an troopidentification.
expliciting close combat positions
illustration of cohesion effect
initial positions required to perform a flank attack
initial position before a rear attack
example to illustrate who suffers from dazzle in close combat.
illustrating a flank attack
example of overlaps and associated [[tactical factors]]. includes two overlaps on the same side counting only for one.
being near a river may forbid some contact.
a simple static bent column. with a larger group to show the head of the column is not within the larger group.
lateral restriction for a bent [[column extension]].
showing the move of a bent column compound of bases of different dimension, showing how to solve the turning point representation.
the gap rules is ignored if getting out of a column to extend it.
See [[column extension]].
showing a recoil of a composite bent column
a simple column within a larger group and odds out of it.
an example of each level of priority for being the main opponent
no rear support because of DGo or bad alignment
[img[the 4 kind of bases|figs/conventions/bases-shapes.svg]]
There are four shapes of bases as here illstrated for 15mm figurines:
* 15x40mm, here with a base of [[Sp]];
* 20x40mm, here with a base of [[Bw]];
* 30x40mm, here with a base of [[Cv]];
* 40x40mm, here with a base of HCh.
You may look at the [[graphical conventions|figs:conventions]].
[img[the same base drawn in all 4 directions|figs/conventions/graphical-conventions.svg]]
See [[how to read the picture of a base|fig:conventions: look of a friendly base]] and [[look at an enemy base|fig:conventions: look of an enemy base]] if need be.
Looking down [[bases|base]] have their [[troop type]] written as if looking up. The pentagon and the position of the identifying letter make it clear they are looking down. Note that this identifying letter is always written normally (ie top is upside).
Base lookind on right or left have the troop type label pivoted accordingly, thus making it clear what orientation they have : the base on the right of the picture is looking to the left while the base on the left is looking to the right.
Of course, the colour gradient, the pentagon and the position of the identifying letter are hints to where is the front of each base.
As for the two bases in the middle, the upper one is looking up and the lower one is looking down. This is all true both for friends and enemy bases.
[img[how to decipher a friendly base|figs/conventions/look-of-a-friendly-base.svg]]
A figure of a [[base]] give you 5 important pieces of information:
# their dimensions (acurate),
# the [[troop type]] (but neither their [[grade]] nor their [[Irr/Reg category|regular]]),
# to whom they belong (friend or enemy),
# the letter identifying the base,
# their front.
The dimensions are given by the geometrical shape itself. There are only 4 shapes: 40x40, 30x40, 20x40 and 15x40.
The troop type is written in the midst of the base.
The identifying letter begins with //A// for friends, and goes up. It is beginning at //Z// for foes and goes down. The order is from front to rear within columns then from left to right. The identifying letter is always in the front left corner of the base.
Identifying letter are encapsulated in a glyph indicating if the base is friendly or enemy: a circle for a friend, a diamond for an enemy (this diamond is also a square). Also, friends and enemy are drawn in a different color scheme. Bases in shades of blue are foes. Bases in shades of brown are friends.
There is a big pentagon in the upper middle of the base. It is pointing to the front of the base and its own basement is at the rear of the base. The shades are dark at the back of the base and clear at the front of the base.
These conventions were made in order to be readable in black and white medium while being comfortable in full colours.
Now you can [[look at an enemy base|fig:conventions: look of an enemy base]] to see the differences. Then you can see them [[in all 4 major orientations|fig:conventions: look of a base depending of its orientation]].
[img[how to read the picture of an enemy base|figs/conventions/look-of-an-enemy-base.svg]]
This is an enemy [[base]] looking up. See [[how to read the picture of a base|fig:conventions: look of a friendly base]] to help decipher the figure.
The differences with a friendly base are:
* the background colour is blue instead of ochre,
* the identifying letter is within a diamond instead of a circle.
You can see them [[in all 4 major orientations|fig:conventions: look of a base depending of its orientation]].
showing when B and C are parallel and when they are not.
what do we measure ? an example.
general case B and touching C: which is the MDF?
how one can try to avoid anemy when fleeing. No enemy Ps involved.
how mounted can try to avoid terrain while fleeing. show a case where initial DGo forbids that.
special case of enemy Ps. showing one surviving enemy Ps. the fleeing base is not a Ps.
some friends in close combat as you are fleeing. illustrations of an avoidance and of a destruction.
simple illustration of whet isa gap. Shows that there is nogap between a base and the border of the table.
restricted moves withina gap
consitution of a group by example.
a group that cannot enter DGo.
what can be or not a target for a HCh.
a rather real life example showing a big group with several target toring it apart.
an example of gap with target choce and an other with move.
some geometry for choce. not explaining MDF again.
HCh that deviate and how and some that don't for 2 different reasons.
tweaking the move to avoid being in a group.
showing the zone of no far move and an example of far move going into the tactical move zone.
a single base discover an ambush in a Wd. a line discover and hit an ambush on the border of a gully. all the move are shortened.
example of flock, with some bases out of it and yet in contact.
a flock of foot and mounted go full speed and get distorted and even broken in two or more.
an example of a flock getting in group and succeeding at it
a flock that keeps being a fock but get more ordered, closer to being a group.
showing an example of a group with a base on the left or on the rear that prevents it to be able to pivot (see [[pivoting]])
A move in RGo shorted by RGo and a move into DGo that is impossible because of an insufficient move distance in DGo.
pass through simple example
pivoting on the left a group of at least 3 deep somewhere and in particular to the right.
showing a close and a far away 'tactical move'
really simple. just to be 100% clear.
showing a double rank of Pk with some odd Ps doing it. with the general to really show how it is done.
examples of impossible pass through (because of geometrical obstacle)
just showing an impossible recoil is an incomplete recoil with zero distance of effective recoil. several cause of blocking are illustrated: friends, enemies, table edge.
what are the causes for an incomplete recoil ? include terrain, friend, enemy, table edge.
recoiling with a passing through a friend
recoiling and pushing back a friend
a deep base recoils and pushes back a narrow freind and both get out of table.
what to measure to select target.
what to measure to select target.
a target is shot once and flees. it is then the target of an other Bw. it can't shoot at it.
illustrating shooting against the wind in simple case and one where the premary and secondary are not in the same situation with th wind.
several shooters. one secondary shooter is shooting from behind tho target and add +1.
example to illustrate whena shooter suffers from dazzle in close combat. Clarify the rules re Bw position and that direction of shooting does not intervene.
showing the shooting zone of a Bw
showing when no upper ground claim is valid.
what is upper ground exactly ? what is not (except corollary)
[img[defending a river edge is examined while in close combat|figs/terrain/defending-a-river-edge.svg]]
* //A// is ''not'' defending the river edge because it has no oponent.
* //B// is ''not'' defending the river edge against //W// because //W// is not a wader.
* //C// is defending the river edge against //X//.
* //D// is ''not'' defending the river edge against //Y// because althugh //Y// is a wader, it is also positionned onto a river ford where a [[road]] crosses the river.
* //E// is ''not'' defending the river edge against //Z// because although //Z// is a wader, //E// is more than its own base depth away from the river edge.
See [[defending a river edge]].
[img[showing how bases can follow a river|figs/terrain/following-a-river-side.svg]]
Bases //A//, //B// and //C// are following a road next to the river, so that one of their side touch the river side. If they follow this road while it is so close to the river, they follow the river side. We then say that this road is also following the river side between points //P// and //Q//.
Now, the same elements can follow the river side without this road: they will just take the very same path. Hence, following a river side is the same than [[following a road|fig:terrain: following a road]] which follows the river side.
[img[showing what following a road is|figs/terrain/following-a-road.svg]]
Troops follow a road by having the center of their bases contered on the middle of the road. They have to change direction when the road does, see [[fig:column: bent column in move]] for details on how to do it with a [[column]].
Note that the road which is in GGo could not have be nearer of the wood otherwise troops like //F// here would have been both in GGo and in DGo while on a road, which must be avoided as much as can be when one [[create the battlefield]].
[img[geometrical rules for crossing a river|figs/terrain/river-crossing.svg]]
Crossing a river is only at from -45° to +45° with a perpendicular line to its stream direction. Here the contact point of [[Bw]] //E// with [[Rv]] is //A// and the intention was to cross the river at an angle α ≤ 45°. //E// must already have this α angle with the river stream direction when it hits the river. It then go straightforward and its (here) left front corner will exit the river at point //B// with a β angle with its stream direction at this point //B//. If the river is straight, α = β and all is fine.
But here the river is curved and β < α and if β is too much greater than 45° then the initial angle must be less than α. Here we have shown that the exit point can be no more away of //D// than //C// which have an α angle with the stream of 45°. Note than the initial angle is now δ and that δ < α. This rule is to avoid abuses and must not itself be abused!
The [[base]] //E// is now crossing the river at a δ angle (it shall now touch the river with a δ angle instead of an α angle). Base //F// is an example of a position that //E// will get while going across the river.
[img[geometrical limits on river crossing|figs/terrain/road-across-a-river.svg]]
Road //R// cross the river correctly: it is orthogonal to it. Road //S// is not legally crossing the river. Remember a road can only cross once the same river.
Example illustrating how to determine from where the wind first blows.
example showing how the wind direction change.
[img[How to get in close combat when initially zocced in non obvious situations.|figs/zoc/from-zoc-to-close-combat-01.svg]]
* [[Pk]] //A// and //B// are in the ZoC of enemy [[Sp]] //Y// and //Z//.
* [[Wb]] //D// which a base width away of [[Sp]] //Y// is in its ZoC.
* Enemy [[Bw]] //X// is zoccing [[Wb]] //C//.
* [[Bw]] //X// is not zoccing anyone.
Each pink area materializes a ZoC. The green area is the portion of the ZoC of [[Sp]] //Y// which has ben neutralised by [[Bw]] //X//. Thus, we see that [[Wb]] //D// is ''not'' zocced by [[Sp]] //Y//, but it is zocced by [[Bw]] //X//.
It is now your turn to move.
[img[How the Pk moved and where the Wb went impetuously.|figs/zoc/from-zoc-to-close-combat-02.svg]]
[[Pk]] //A// does a [[voluntary move]]: it goes straight forward to contact the front of its zoccer, followed by [[Pk]] //B//. The [[main opponent]] of //A// is [[Sp]] //Z//.
Both [[Wb]] have made an [[impetuous move]]. [[Wb]] //C// moves first. Its target must be [[Bw]] //X// because it is the only enemy that is zoccing it (it would be the same if //C// had to make a [[voluntary move]]). It could not [[pivot|pivoting]] on its front left angle to achieve that because it would then enter //W//'s ZoC and then the target priorities rules would have mandated that //W// be its target. But this is not allowed because //W// was not zoccing //C// at the beginning of the move. So //C// must instead go directly at //X// and [[align|engagement]] itself with //X//.
[[Wb]] //D// has [[Bw]] //X// for target because it cannot hit any of the [[Sp]]. It can reach //X// by going as straight forward as it can (with a lateral shift when it is blocked by friendly [[Pk]] //B// which cannot be displaced because it is giving support to [[Pk]] //A// which is already in [[close combat]] with [[Sp]] //Z//. Note that [[Bw]] //X// was not initially zoccing [[Wb]] //D//.
Now, [[Wb]] //D// will make its own impetuous move. It is unable to contact any target so its target which is [[Sp]] //Y// because it is the only enemy base zoccing it. As //D// is unable to get into [[close combat]] against //Y// or to overlap it, the active player chooses that its impetuous move is to move straight forward. //D// stops as soon as it contacts [[Pk]] //B// and ends here because //B// provide a [[support]] to [[Pk]] //A// in its close combat with [[Sp]] //Z//.
[img[the ZOC area is a square in front of the base as wide as its front|figs/zoc/zoc.svg]]
The ZoC area of the [[base]] //E// is a square, one side of which is the front of //E//.
[img[zoccing and unzoccing enemy|figs/zoc/zocced.svg]]
Two [[bases|base]] of [[Sp]] //A// and //B// and a [[Ps]] //C// have a ZoC. The ZoC of //A// and //C// are represented in pink with a red border.
The enemy are 3 [[Wb]] //X//, //Y// and //Z// and also a [[Ps]] //W//. //Z// is exactly at base width of //A//. //X// is directly zocced by //A// and //B//. //Y// is also zocced by //A// and //B// because //X// does not prevent zoccing.
//Z// is zocced by //A// because it is not beyond its ZoC. //Z// is also zocced by //B// because it is not beyond the ZoC and neither //X// nor //Y// does negate the ZoC of //B//.
[[Ps]] //W// is not zocced by //A// because [[Bw]] //C// which is a friend of //A// is intervening. The portion of //A//'s ZoC which is neutralized by //C// is represented in green. Of course, //W// is zocced by //C//.
The right rear corner of //Z// is exacly aligned with the right border of //B//. Only that corner of //Z// is within the ZoC of //C// and so //C// is not zoccing //Z//.
Getting a pair of bases out of enemy ZoC can be tricky (and expensive).
A [[base]] //A// is ''fighting from upper ground'' against an enemy base //Z// if any point of the ''rear'' edge of //A// is higher than any point of base //Z// with which it is in [[close combat]]. //Z// is not necessarily //A//'s [[main opponent]]. [[fig:tactical factors: upper ground]].
figures to explain the rules of alignment
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:alignment: impossible alignment]]
# [[fig:alignment: group contacting an isolated base]]
# [[fig:alignment: group contacting a group of skirmishers]]
# [[fig:alignment: contact between skirmishers groups]]
# [[fig:alignment: enemy auto-alignment]]
# [[fig:alignment: enemy group that cannot align]]
# [[fig:alignment: geometrically challenged single base engagement]]
This is a collection of schemas claryfying how ambushes can be done and recorded.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:ambush: ambush within a wood]]
# [[fig:ambush: ambush within a gully]]
# [[fig:ambush: ambush behind hill]]
# [[fig:ambush: ambush on a hill behind crest]]
close combat explanation. not including tactical factors.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:close combat: fighting with dazzle]]
# [[fig:close combat: cohesion effect]]
# [[fig:close combat: close combat]]
# [[fig:close combat: overlap]]
# [[fig:close combat: flank attack]]
# [[fig:close combat: conditions for a flank attack]]
# [[fig:close combat: rear attack]]
# [[fig:close combat: conditions for a rear attack]]
# [[fig:close combat: river and impossible contact]]
How to deal with column.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:column: straight column]]
# [[fig:column: bent column]]
# [[fig:column: bent column in move]]
# [[fig:column: recoiling a bent column]]
# [[fig:column: ignoring gap as extending column]]
# [[fig:column: bent column extension]]
figures for the notion involved in close combatType the text for 'figs:combat'
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:combat: main opponent]]
# [[fig:combat: support]]
The figures of this category explain how to read the schemas (pictures) of [[bases|base]].
!! naming onventions
* figures are named with a ''fig:'' prefix, followed by a secondary prefix like ''terrain:'' for instance, which indicate the ''figs:'' category to which belong the graphic. For instance //fig:zoc: moving in zoc// would belong to category //figs:zoc//.
* the category (or tag) is named with a ''figs:'' prefix and correspond to a sub-directory of the //figs// directory where all the graphics of the category are kept. The name of that sud-directory is directly derived from that of the category. For instance, here the category is figs:conventions and the sub-directory is figs/conventions. A dash in the directory name is replaced with a space ad so we have //figs:close combat// for sub-directory //close-combat//.
* there shall not be camelcase names in //fig:// or //figs:// names. Thus, we have //figs:zoc// instead of //figs:~ZoC//.
* Only minuscule US ASCII letters, digits and minus sign are allowed in directory and filenames. So convert any majuscule of //fig:// name or into minuscule and never use majuscule in //figs:// name. You keep any space in the //figs:// name but replace it with a dash in the directory name.
* graphics in the wikis are svg graphics and this why the ''documents/figs'' link relates to ''../schemas/figs-svg''. The build system is able to generate either svg or png graphics for ebooks out of original svg file. Svg files are resized by the build system. This allows you to keep your svg file all at the same scale and thus ease your work when you edit a drawing and have to import a basegraphics from the graphics library, which is located in ''schemas/library''.
* if a figure (which is a //fig:// tiddler) needs several schemas for clarity's sake, then each schema should be numbered with a suffix in //-XY// before the //.svg//, beginning with //-01//. The leading zero is mandatory. So that figure //figs:zoc: moving in zoc// could have two schemas: //moving-in-zoc-01.svg// and //moving-in-zoc-02.svg// for instance.
# [[fig:conventions: look of a friendly base]]
# [[fig:conventions: look of an enemy base]]
# [[fig:conventions: look of a base depending of its orientation]]
# [[fig:conventions: bases shapes]]
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:conventions: look of a friendly base]]
# [[fig:conventions: look of an enemy base]]
# [[fig:conventions: look of a base depending of its orientation]]
# [[fig:conventions: bases shapes]]
figures to make clear of what most directly facing is, really.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:facing: most directly facing simple case]]
# [[fig:facing: most directly facing neighbour]]
# [[fig:facing: most directly facing when not in contact]]
explications about fleeing rules.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:flight: simple flight]]
# [[fig:flight: flee and avoid enemy]]
# [[fig:flight: fleeing among enemy Ps]]
# [[fig:flight: fleeing among friends in close combat]]
# [[fig:flight: flee and avoid terrain]]
This is a vademecum for [[gap]] rules.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:gap: gap]]
# [[fig:gap: absence of gap]]
# [[fig:gap: moving within a gap]]
Illustration about some group rules
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:group: group]]
# [[fig:group: sub-group]]
# [[fig:group: short halted group]]
figures to help with impetuous move.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:impetuous: elligible targets of impetuous]]
# [[fig:impetuous: impetuous choice of target]]
# [[fig:impetuous: mounted impetuous deviating]]
# [[fig:impetuous: impetuous and gap]]
# [[fig:impetuous: group going impetuous]]
# [[fig:impetuous: not finishing in group]]
figures about how to move bases in various conditions.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:move: moving into terrain]]
# [[fig:move: turning around a base]]
# [[fig:move: turning around a group]]
# [[fig:move: pivoting a group]]
# [[fig:move: group unable to pivot]]
# [[fig:move: pass through]]
# [[fig:move: unable to pass through]]
# [[fig:move: tactical move]]
# [[fig:move: far move]]
# [[fig:move: far move discovering an ambush]]
# [[fig:move: flock]]
# [[fig:move: flock at full speed ahead]]
# [[fig:move: flock getting in group]]
# [[fig:move: flock just trying to be a group]]
all about recoil.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:recoil: incomplete recoil]]
# [[fig:recoil: impossible recoil]]
# [[fig:recoil: recoil and pass through]]
# [[fig:recoil: recoil and push back]]
# [[fig:recoil: recoil and push back out of table]]
help about shooting situation.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:shooting: shooting zone]]
# [[fig:shooting: geometry of shooting]]
# [[fig:shooting: determining shooting target]]
# [[fig:shooting: not twice a target]]
# [[fig:shooting: shooting from the rear]]
# [[fig:shooting: shooting against the wind]]
# [[fig:shooting: shooting with dazzle]]
explanation of tactical facors.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:tactical factors: upper ground]]
# [[fig:tactical factors: no upper ground]]
The following drawings are about roads and water features, especially rivers :
# [[fig:terrain: river crossing]]
# [[fig:terrain: road across a river]]
# [[fig:terrain: following a road]]
# [[fig:terrain: following a river side]]
# [[fig:terrain: defending a river edge]]
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:terrain: river crossing]]
# [[fig:terrain: road across a river]]
# [[fig:terrain: following a road]]
# [[fig:terrain: following a river side]]
# [[fig:terrain: defending a river edge]]
Illustration to help deal with wind direction.
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:wind: initial wind setup]]
# [[fig:wind: wind shifting]]
A collection of precious illustrations about how to deal with ZoC :
# [[fig:zoc: zoc]]
# [[fig:zoc: zocced]]
# [[fig:zoc: from zoc to close combat]]
# [[fig:zoc:getting out of zoc simultaneously]]
!! sequential reading
# [[fig:zoc: zoc]]
# [[fig:zoc: zocced]]
# [[fig:zoc: from zoc to close combat]]
# [[fig:zoc:getting out of zoc simultaneously]]
Here are the figures that illustrates the rules. They are not creating new rules of their own! They are merely illustrating and clarifying the actual rules.
All figures belong to a category whose name begins by ''figs:'' and where you can find other schemas relative to the purpose. For instance, //figs:shooting// illustrates shooting rules.
The first things to read are the [[conventions|figs:conventions]].
!! sequential reading
# [[figs:conventions]]
# [[figs:terrain]]
# [[figs:zoc]]
# [[figs:alignment]]
# [[figs:ambush]]
# [[figs:close combat]]
# [[figs:column]]
# [[figs:combat]]
# [[figs:recoil]]
# [[figs:flight]]
# [[figs:facing]]
# [[figs:gap]]
# [[figs:group]]
# [[figs:impetuous]]
# [[figs:move]]
# [[figs:shooting]]
# [[figs:tactical factors]]
# [[figs:wind]]
A base //A// is being ''flank attacked'' on its right by an enemy base //Z// if both:
# //Z//'s front edge touches //A//'s side edge;
# one of //Z//'s front corners touches either one of //A//'s front corners or //A//'s side edge.
[[fig:close combat: flank attack]].
//Z// can go into such a positions only if before its move it is both:
# completely on the right (or left) of the flank of //A//;
# completely behind the front edge of //A//.
[[fig:close combat: conditions for a flank attack]].
An ''flee'' is an [[outcome move]] that is done so:
# a [[recoil]];
# a [[turning around]];
# a [[moving straight forward]] of a full move distance. [[fig:flight: simple flight]]. If there are any friendly [[bases|base]] acting as obstacles on their way (ie, they cannot be [[passed through|pass through]], those troops are taken away behind the fleeing [[base]], in the order in which they are met. If there are any enemy [[bases|base]] acting as obstacles on their way then:
## they should be avoided by making a pivot of up to 90 degrees that shall be done more than 160p away from that enemy base, so that this angle is minimal and there is no other enemy obstacle in the new direction for the remaining of the move. [[fig:flight: flee and avoid enemy]];
## if the enemy cannot be thus avoided, the fleeing move is not made and the would-be-fleeing [[base]] is instead immediatly removed as [[destroyed]] and the consequences of the destruction immediatly and normally apply for both players;
## as an exception to the above are enemy [[Ps]] which, if they cannot be avoided, would effectively imply the destruction of the [[base]] attempting to flee, but would also be removed as [[destroyed]] themselves; if several enemy [[Ps]] were contacted at the same time they are all destroyed. [[fig:flight: fleeing among enemy Ps]];
## friendly [[base]] in [[close combat]] shall be treated as enemy for the purpose of an fleeing move, including an eventual destruction as stated by the previous point. [[fig:flight: fleeing among friends in close combat]].
In addition to the above rules, [[mounted]] can choose to avoid DGo when they flee if they are not in DGo at the beginning of the [[outcome move]]. In this case, they treat DGo as if it was enemy bases. [[fig:flight: flee and avoid terrain]].
A ''flock'' is a set of at least two [[bases|base]] which all look in the same direction with the same orientation, and in which every [[base]] is at least connected with an other [[base]] of the flock in one of the following ways:
* a front edge to rear edge contact, with both sides in full contact;
* a right side touching a left side.
A flock is only a temporary thing, and is of use only for doing the moves a flock can do. [[fig:move: flock]]. A flock can only perform a single move during a [[bound]].
Also, a flock is always uniting as any [[bases|base]] as it can (one cannot consider sub-flock).
A [[group]] may always be considered as a flock, at the initiative of its general.
!! flock moves
They are all [[voluntary moves|voluntary move]].
!!! full speed ahead
The aim is for every base in the flock to go straight ahead to its own maximum move distance. However, this move would immediately stop once its front met an other base (foe or friend).
The flock may dislocate itself with such a move. Please note that for each column of the flock, the base should only be move from fist to last! [[fig:move: flock at full speed ahead]].
!!! ordering the flock into a group
# A base is shown as the leader. It will not move.
# All bases directly behind the leader move up to its full move distance to collapse into a [[column]].
# On its right (and left), the leading base can have its full move to align itself with the leader (or with a base already aligned with the leader) if it is behind. It does not move if is beyond the leader.
# All the bases directly behind it (whether or not it has moved) now try to form a column behind it (exactly as the base behind the leader).
# Now process with the next row on the right (on the left) until there is none.
* [[fig:move: flock getting in group]]
* [[fig:move: flock just trying to be a group]]
A base //A// is in ''frontal contact'' with enemy base //Z// when either of the following apply:
* //A//'s front is in contact with an edge of //Z//;
* //A//'s front is in contact with a corner of //Z//;
* one of //A//'s front corner is in contact with an edge of //Z//.
If //A// is in frontal contact with enemy base //Z//, then //A// is in [[close combat]] with //Z//.
[[fig:close combat: close combat]]
If //A// is in frontal contact with ''only one'' enemy base //Z//, then //Z// is the [[main opponent]] of //A//.
If //A// is in frontal contact with more than one enemy base, then //A// is in [[close combat]] with each of them, but ''only one of them'' is its [[main opponent]].
The [[outcome of the close combat|combat outcome]] only apply to its [[main opponent]]. If base //Z// is the main opponent of base //A// and //A// is [[destroyed]] or has to make a [[recoil]] then
* each enemy base of //A// in frontal contact with //A// has to make a [[recoil]];
* however, of all the enemies of //A// in frontal contact with //A//, ''only'' //Z// may [[pursue|pursuit]].
!! sequential reading
# [[main opponent]]
A ''gap'' is the space beween two [[bases|base]] when this space is less than or equal to a base width. [[fig:gap: gap]].
Moves within a gap are constrained: they can only be [[moving straight forward]] (or backward) or [[turning around]]. [[fig:gap: moving within a gap]].
There is [[shooting]] restrictions within gaps.
Caution: the base doing the [[move]] or the [[shooting]] does not count for the existence of a gap! [[fig:gap: absence of gap]]. See also the special case of [[column extension]].
Going into a column is a [[group]] move for which there is free distance bonus of 200p.
A group may goi into a column that is facing in the same direction thus:
# the base that will be leading the column move forwards.
# the other base try to follow directly behind provided they do not recoil in so doing;
# otherwise they shift sideways, provided they do not advance beyond the original front of the now head of the columns;
# otherwise they cannot take part to the move (and must be excluded from the group so ordered as far as [[PIGs|PIG]]s are concerned).
A group may go into a column that is facing orthogonally to its former direction thus:
# the head of the column is on one end of the group and in the front line, and it is pivoting on one of its front corner and then eventually advancing as long as its move distance is allowing (taking the pivot into account);
# the other bases follow on directly behind, in the order decided by the player, with a move distance that can be four time that of the group move;
# otherwise they cannot take part to the move (and must be excluded from the group so ordered as far as [[PIGs|PIG]]s are concerned).
A column cannot change direction while it is being constructed.
; grade
: one of ''S''uperior, ''O''rdinary, ''I''nferior, ''F''ast or e''X''ceptional.
To indicate a grade we note its abbreviation between round parenthesis, like ''(O)'' for Ordinary.
To indicate that a grade can be either I or X (for instance) we shall note it ''(I/X)''. Grades in those cases must always be given in the order ''SOIFX''.
;grade adjustments
:after having added one's [[combat factor]], a [[D6]] and every [[combat advantage]] you have your first total score. ''Grade adustments'' are taking [[grades|grade]] into account to compute the second total score.
!! grade adjusments for [[close combat]]
Troops scoring ''more'' than their enemy add one to their score for any of the following that apply:
* they fight against (I) troop;
* they fight in their own [[bound]] against (F) troop;
* their are (S) troop in their ''own'' [[bound]].
(S) troops scoring ''less'' than their opponent in their ''opponent'''s [[bound]] also add one to their score.
!! grade adjusments for [[shooting]]
[[Bw]](S) that score ''more'' than their opponent add one to their score.
!! grade adjusments for being shot at
Troops scoring ''more'' than their enemy add one to their score if they fight against (I) or (F) troop.
(S) troops scoring ''less'' than their opponent add one to their score.
A ''group'' is a set of at least two [[bases|base]], all of which look in the same [[direction]] with the same orientation, and each of them is connected with at least an other [[base]] of the group with both a corner-to-corner contact and an edge-to-edge contact. [[fig:group: group]].
A [[column]] is a special case of group.
A ''sub-group'' is a group within a larger group. [[fig:group: sub-group]].
A group [[move]] cannot excess the [[move distance]] of its slowest element. [[fig:group: short halted group]].
!!sequential reading
# [[direction]]
# [[column]]
Some troops are [[impetuous]] and, as such, subject to [[impetuous move]]. In order to prevent this they may be halted. This is not a [[move]] but it costs [[PIGs|PIG]] likewise, and halting troops happen in the move phase of a [[bound]].
A troop cannot halt if has [[moved|move]] before that [[bound]].
A troop cannot [[move]] that bound once it has been halted.
;heavy infantry
:any of the following troop types: [[Bd]], [[Bw]], [[Hd]], [[Pk]], [[Sp]], [[Wb]].
; impetuous
: [[troop|troops]] required to do an [[impetuous move]] this bound.
They are:
* Irr HCh, Irr [[Bd]][F), [[Wb]] who have not [[moved|move]] or been [[halted|halt]] this bound;
* any troops that could contact [[Bg]] into [[close combat]].
However, if a [[base]] that would be impetuous is currently in [[close combat]] or acting as an [[overlap]] against an enemy base which is itself in [[close combat]], then this would-be-impetuous base is ''not'' impetuous.
An ''impetuous move'' is a spontaneous move made by [[impetuous]] troops.
! target
Troops that are impetuous only because they would contact [[Bg]] have those as their only target. The other must first choose their target.
Elligible targets can be :
* a [[base]] of [[Ps]] but only if it can be contacted into [[close combat]] by a straigth ahead [[move]] ;
* any other troop type if its base is beyond one's front and within 1200p.
[[fig:impetuous: elligible targets of impetuous]]
[[Mounted|mounted]] will ignore targets in terrain which they do not consider themselves as GGo.
If there is no elligible target, [[impetuous]] troops will move straight ahead at full [[move distance]], except that mounted can deviate of up to 90° to avoid DGo they are not yet within.
If there is an elligible target, impetuous must move toward it, trying to ''reach'' it. Reaching its target is either:
* getting into [[close combat]] with it;
* going in position of [[support]] or [[overlap]] but only if the target is already in [[close combat]].
If more than one target is elligible then they shall select the one that they can reach this turn. If they can reach several targets this turn, the target will be that which is the [[most directly facing]] them. We call it ''the easy target''. If there is still a choice, the player of the impetuous base can freely choose. [[fig:impetuous: impetuous choice of target]].
If there is several targets but only one that can be reached, then this target is selected.
If the is several targets but none can be reached, then the target will be that which is the [[most directly facing]] them. If there is still a choice, the player of the impetuous base can freely choose.
!! playing the impetuous move
Once the target is choosen, the active player must move its impetuous [[base]]. This is a normal move except that:
* the impetuous [[base]] ignores the [[zone of control|ZoC]] of any enemy [[Ps]] if it is not itself a [[Ps]];
* [[mounted]] can avoid DGo they have not yet entered into by an initial deviation of up to 90° [[fig:impetuous: mounted impetuous deviating]].
* if it reach a friend that blocks its way, then apply the first bullet that apply below:
** if that friend is an [[El]] or is in [[close combat]] or in [[overlap]] or [[support]] for a close combat, then the move ends immediatly;
** if that friend is impetuous, and has not moved this [[bound]], the latter must immediately make an impetuous move (even if [[halted|halt]]) and then only will you finish the first move;
** if that friend is impetuous and has moved this [[bound]], then the move ends immediatly;
** otherwise the friend must [[recoil]] to make way and if he cannot recoil or the impetuous is [[mounted]] it must [[flee]] (after an eventual recoil).
If it cannot reach its target, an impetuous base can always begin its move by a move straight ahead if its target is evin partially straight ahead of it. See the move of Wb //D// in [[fig:zoc: from zoc to close combat]].
After an impetuous move, a base that is neither in [[close combat]] nor in [[overlap]] nor [[support]] for a close combat cannot finish in a [[group]]. So if that would be the case, it must be moved of about five millimeters to the right or to the left or, if that would be impossible or connect it to a group, moveb back by about 5mm, so that it finishes as an isolated base. [[fig:impetuous: not finishing in group]].
Impetuous obey the [[gap]] rules. [[fig:impetuous: impetuous and gap]].
Have a look at this example of à group of Wb going bersek: [[fig:impetuous: group going impetuous]].
!! sequential reading
# [[impetuous]]
;infantry
:either [[heavy infantry]] or [[light infantry]] or [[Bg]].
There is also [[mounted infantry]].
!! sequential reading
# [[light infantry]]
# [[heavy infantry]]
# [[mounted infantry]]
# [[Ax]]
# [[Bd]]
# [[Bg]]
# [[Bw]]
# [[Hd]]
# [[Pk]]
# [[Ps]]
# [[Sp]]
# [[Wb]]
Getting new army books for each new rules is not a bless. Knowing your army lists is time consuming and they are taking a valuable places on the shelves. So it would be best to be able to use common books.
This is what we are aiming for with our interoperability with DBMM army list books. You have to get them to play [[Blood and Blades|ruleset]].
Also, figures are put on a [[base]] in the exact manner of DBM and DBMM. Your lead assets are safe!
A ''waterway'' (noted WW)) or a ''lake'' (noted La) are unpassable terrain. No bagage may deploy or ambush in them or move into them.
If an island is at 240p or less from the shore of a [[WW]], the channel beween the coast and the island is considered as à [[Rv]]. As such, and only if there is a [[BUA]] on the island, a [[road]] may go across this channel to join the [[BUA]].
''Light infantry'' is either [[Ax]] or [[Ps]].
Light troops are [[skirmishers]] and [[Ax]].
The ''main opponent'' is that which has the most dangerous position vs oneself in a [[close combat]].
If one is in [[close combat]] with only one enemy [[base]], then this base is its ''main opponent''.
If one is in [[close combat]] with several enemy bases, then its ''main opponent'' is that with the most dangerous ''position''. From most dangerous to least dangerous, these positions are:
# enemy front edge in contact with one's rear edge;
# enemy front edge in contact with one of one's rear corner;
# enemy front corner in contact with one's rear edge;
# enemy front edge in contact with one of one's right or left side;
# enemy front corner in contact with one of one's right or left side;
# enemy front edge in contacr with one of one's front corner;
# enemy front edge in contact with one's front edge;
# enemy front corner in contact with one's front edge.
[[fig:combat: main opponent]]
If two or more enemies are contacting your base with same level of priority, then this is the enemy which is the [[most directly facing]] the edge it is contacting that is the ''main opponent''. In the case they are contacting a base only by one of its corners, the edge to consider is the front edge if that corner is a front corner or otherwise the rear edge. If the [[most directly facing]] criterium does not sort out the main opponent (for instance, a base has two flank contact on each flank, each on a front corner to front corner contact), the choice of which is the main opponent is up to the enemy player.
''Moral'' for a [[base]] has three states: normal, [[destroyed]] and [[spent]].
[[Army moral|army moral]] has only two states: fighting and routed, although being [[victorious|victory]] could be seen as a third one.
!! sequential reading
# [[destroyed]]
# [[spent]]
# [[army moral]]
# PoC
# [[victory]]
# [[draw]]
A [[base]] //Z// is the ''most directly facing'' base //A// if it has ''the shortest direct move'' to get in full contact of //Z//, this contact being between the front of //Z// and the edge of //A// that //Z// is actually in contact with. [[fig:facing: most directly facing simple case]].
With such a definition, it is for instance meaningfull to tell about the most directly facing base for base //A// among bases //Y// and //Z// where //Z// touches the right side of //A// and //Y// the left side of //A//. [[fig:facing: most directly facing neighbour]].
This definition is extended to the case where //Z// does not touch //A//. The edge that //Z// has to touch is the edge of //A// which has the shortest of //shortest direct move// as previously described. [[fig:facing: most directly facing when not in contact]].
;mounted
:any of the following troop types: [[Cm]], [[Cv]], [[El]], HCh, LCh, [[LH]].
!! sequential reading
# [[Cm]]
# [[Cv]]
# [[El]]
# HCh
# LCh
# [[LH]]
''Mounted infantry'' is infantry that is at first mounted on vehicles and as such moves as LCh. They loose theirs vehicles as soon as any one of the following events happens:
* they make a [[tactical move]] ;
* they [[shoot|shooting]];
* they are [[shot|shooting]] at and lose the [[combat]];
* theirs vehicles would hinder the move of friendly or enemy [[bases|base]].
Mounted infantry must be represented as such.
There are three types of moves:
* [[voluntary moves|voluntary move]], that you can perform by spending [[PIGs|PIG]];
* [[impetuous moves|impetuous move]];
* [[outcome moves|outcome move]], that you perform after an [[engagement]] has been resolved.
There are move restrictions with [[gaps|gap]] and others with ZoC.
!!sequential reading
# [[zone of control|ZoC]]
# [[gap]]
# [[move distance]]
# [[visibility]]
# [[pass through]]
# [[voluntary move]]
# [[engagement]]
# [[outcome move]]
# [[impetuous move]]
# [[most directly facing]]
Move distances are given in multiples of 120p (paces). 120p is 30mm if 15mm figurines are used (45mm for 25/28mm figurines).
They depend of the [[troop type]] (as given in the [[army list]]) of the [[base]] and of the [[terrain]]. They are stated below:
|Troop Types|GGo|RGo|DGo|[[road]]|h
|[[LH]]|600|480|240|480|
|[[Cv]], [[Cm]], [[LCh]]|480|360|240|480|
|[[HCh]]|360|360|240|480|
|[[Ax]], [[Ps]]|360|360|360|480|
|[[Bw]], [[Bd]], [[Sp]], [[Pk]], [[Wb]]|240|240|240|480|
|Speeds of troop types in terrains (in p)|c
Troops graded as Fast (F) get a further 120p on GGo. [[Infantry|infantry]] graded as Fast also get that 120p bonus on RGo and on DGo. Such a bonus never apply while in a river or if following a road.
The above //road// column is for following a [[road]] but only if the road is not muddy (see RGo column in that case) and only if it concerns the whole move.
The kind of going to consider to compute the move distance of the movement is:
* [[difficult going|DGo]] if any base is getting even partially in [[difficult going|DGo]] during the move,
* otherwise [[rough going|RGo]] if any base is getting even partially in [[rough going|RGo]] during the move,
* otherwise [[good going|GGo]].
A move must halt short if going any further meant enter a going that would reduce the move distance so that it would be too small to even be able to enter into that very going. [[fig:move: moving into terrain]].
''Moing straight forward'' is just that, really.
Following a [[river|Rv]] side is counted as going straight forward [[PIG]]-wise if the move is only compound of following a river. To follow a river side, all the [[bases|base]] inside the [[group]] doind the move must be at a distance of the river side less than a quarter of a base width at any time during the move. [[fig:terrain: following a river side]].
The battles ends immediatly as the night is set. The battle is a [[draw]].
An ''order of battle'' is a document precising the quality and number of troops, including the C-in-C, that has been computed from the [[army list]] to which it refers.
It must include the level of demoralization of the army and its aggression factor, and what kind of [[terrain]] if offers if defending.
An ''outcome move'' is a move done just as a [[shooting]] or a [[close combat]] has been resolved.
An [[outcome move]] is either:
* a [[recoil]];
* a [[withdrawal]];
* a [[fleeing|flee]];
* a [[pursuit]].
!! sequential reading
# [[recoil]]
# [[withdrawal]]
# [[flee]]
# [[pursuit]]
Both the right and left side edge of a [[base]] can be ''overlapped''.
To act as an overlap against base //A//, an enemy base //Z// must fully satisfy one of the following cases:
* one of //Z//'s front corners is is contact with a front corner of base //A// and //Z// is not in [[close combat]] with any enemy base;
* one side edge of //Z// is in contact of a side edge of //A//.
[[fig:close combat: overlap]].
Some [[troop types|troop type]] are able to ''pass through'' others:
* [[Ps]] may interpenetrate any troop types except [[Pk]](I/X) while advancing or while [[recoiling|recoil]];
* [[LH]] may interpenetrate any [[light troops]] while advancing;
* all [[mounted]] may interpenetrate [[Ps]], while advancing or while [[recoiling|recoil]] as long as all their move is totally in [[good going|GGo]];
* every [[troop type]] except [[El]] may interpenetrate [[Bg]] in any direction while advancing or while [[recoiling|recoil]].
All the [[bases|base]] involved must be of the same army. Except where stated otherwise, they must be in the same or opposite direction. The interpenetrating base place itself beyond the interpenetrated base provided that:
* its remaining capacity of movement is enough to warrant this;
* there is enough place to do it. It may displace friends of just the required distance to do it provided that these friends are in the same or opposite direction, are neither [[Bg]] nor [[El]] and have the place to do so or can themselves displace friends in the same conditions. [[fig:move: pass through]] and [[fig:move: unable to pass through]].
In order to ''pivot'' on its left, a single [[base]] or a [[group]] must immobilize its front left corner and advance its front right corner of the distance intended. Advance the bases between them to recreate the front line. Recreate the group by moving the bases on the rear to recreate the geometry of the group. That's it! [[fig:move: pivoting a group]].
Note that :
* no base may be on the left on the base of the pivot on the left;
* no base may be on the right of the one used to measure the distance on the right;
* this very base and the one of the pivot must both be on the front line of the group !
[fig:move: group unable to pivot]].
Act similarly for pivoting a single base on right.
If a [[group]] other than a [[column]] does [[move straight forward|moving straight forward]] before or after a pivot, that pivot can only be of 120p maximum.
A player score is computed thusly:
# If a player is [[victorious|victory]], award him 5 points and give 1 point for his opponent.
# If there is a [[draw]] because of night or because of mutual defeat, award 3 points to each player.
# otherwise, each player get 2 points.
Tournaments organizers may alter this scoring or ad a secondary score to attain their goals of having a reasonable overall winner.
The game is played [[bound]] after bound until the [[victory]] of one of the player or they reach a [[draw]].
It is possible to compute each [[player's score]] after the battle.
!!sequential reading
# [[round]]
# [[bound]]
# [[turn]]
# [[PIG]]
# [[move]]
# [[shooting]]
# [[close combat]]
# [[moral]]
# [[player's score]]
A shot can be given by an umlimited number of shooting bases. One of the shooter is called the ''primary shooter''. It is up to the shooting player to indicate the primary shooter, with the exception that, if one of the shooters is shot at by the target, then this one ''must'' be the primary shooter.
After its opponmtent in a [[close combat]] has been destroyed or has [[recoiled|recoil]], [[withdrawn|withdrawal]] or [[fled|flee]], some [[bases|base]] can and others must ''pursue'' of their own depth and up up to a [[base]] width if [[mounted]] or half a base width otherwise ([[Hd]] would pursue of their own depth).
Those [[bases|base]] that ''must'' pursue are:
* HCh except against [[Ps]];
* Irr [[Sp]], Irr [[Bd]] against any infantry but [[Ps]];
* [[Pk]] or [[Wb]] against any but [[Ps]] and [[LH]];
* those other than [[Ps]] that fought uphill and whose raw dice score is odd and whose downhill opponent was not [[Ps]];
* [[Ps]] that fought uphill and whose raw die score is odd;
* waders.
Those [[bases|base]] that ''may'' pursue are:
* those other than [[Bw]] that fought against an uphil enemy;
* Reg [[Bd]] ;
* any [[infantry]], except [[Bw]], that fought against [[Ps]] or [[LH]].
If a base is in a situation where at the same time it ''must'' pursue and it ''may'' pursue, then //it must pursue.//
As an exception to all of these rules, a base defending a river edge never pursue;
The pursuit will stop as soon as either:
* its front edge meets an other base that blocks its way;
* it front edge meets a battlefield edge;
* it is [[mounted]], not initially in DGo and it reaches DGo.
A friendly base is ''pushed back'' if it is in the same direction than the recoiling base. It is pushed back for as much as the recoiling base has still to recoil. From now on, it is itself considered as a recoiling base (for the distance it is pushed back) for any purpose except that:
* it is recoiling only for the distance it is pushed back;
* it cannot [[pass through]] any friend;
* it cannot push back a base unless it is in [[group]] with it at the beginning of the move causing the pushing back. [[fig:recoil: recoil and push back]].
An [[El]] cannot be pushed back. A [[base]] that would require a [[El]] to be pushed back is [[destroyed]] and if this was also an [[El]], both [[El]] are [[destroyed]]. This destruction can not qualify a [[recoil]] as incomplete or impossible: it is only stampeding!
If there is a risk of ''rain'', each player throws a [[D6]] at the beginning of his [[bound]]. On a score of 6, the rain starts. It will be raining until another 6 is so scored. Then there will ne more be rain (give up throwing the [[D6]] for rain).
Raining is a [[tactical factor|tactical factors]].
A base //A// is being ''rear attacked'' by an enemy base //Z// if all the following apply:
# //Z// began the [[bound]] completely behind the rear edge of //A//;
# //Z// is either:
## touching the right side of //A// with its front edge or one of its front corner;
## touching the right front corner or the right rear corner of //A// with its front corner;
# //A// is the [[main opponent]] of //Z//.
[[fig:close combat: rear attack]]
//Z// can go into such a positions only if before its move it is completely behind the rear edge of //A//. [[fig:close combat: conditions for a rear attack]].
A [[base]] is performing a ''recoil'' when it moves directly backward of its own base depth, as an [[outcome move]] after a [[close combat]] or being [[shot at|shooting]].
If a recoiling base goes even partially off table by one of the ''long table edge'', it is removed and considered as [[destroyed]]. This is ''not'' considered an incomplete recoil for computing [[tactical factors]].
A base that does suffer from a [[flank attack]] or of a [[rear attack]] cannot recoil and is instead [[destroyed]].
''Otherwise'', if, before the recoils is complete, the recoiling base meets the following, the recoil is incomplete and stops immediately:
* a [[water feature]] than it can not, in the direction is is having, going into;
* the front edge of an enemy base;
* an enemy base that geometrically blocks its way;
* friendly base it cannot [[pass through]] or [[push back]];
* a terrain it cannot go into (unless it is already at least partially in that terrain);
* one of the short table edges.
[[fig:recoil: incomplete recoil]]
A recoiling base that may [[pass through]] a friendly base and chooses to do so will recoil more than the distance given in the tables given before. It will stop its move just after the passed through base. [[fig:recoil: recoil and pass through]].
A base recoiling into a friendly base may be allowed to [[pass through]] it or to[[push back]] it.
If a [[pushed back|push back]] base cannot recoil as much as it should, the original recoiling base is stopped and its recoil is considered as incomplete. The original recoiling base may also recoil beyond a table edge at the same time. [[fig:recoil: recoil and push back out of table]].
A friendly [[base]] in [[close combat]] cannot be [[passed through|pass through]] or [[pushed back|push back]].
If a base cannot or would not be able to recoil ''at all'' then that is called an ''impossible recoil''. [[fig:recoil: impossible recoil]].
If an [[El]] recoils, any base that would be [[pushed back|push back]] is instead [[destroyed]]. If an [[El]] recoils into an enemy base, this base is [[destroyed]] and if it was also an [[El]] then both [[El]] are [[destroyed]]. This destruction can not qualify the recoil as incomplete or impossible: it is only stampeding!
The impossibility to complete a recoil is a [[combat advantage]] for one's opponent.
!! sequential reading
# [[push back]]
Some troops are qualified as ''regular''. They are being trained on a regular basis and are better at manoeuvre than others, which are called ''irregular''.
Regular is abbreviated as ''Reg'' and irregular as ''Irr''.
The procedure described here apply both for [[close combat]] and for [[shooting]].
Each player add its [[combat factor]] and a [[D6]] and any relevant [[combat advantage]] as deduced from the [[tactical factors]] to get their first total scores.
Now they compare them and eventually proceed to [[grade adjustments]] to get their second total score.
They finally check for [[cohesion effect]] and get their third total score, which is their ''final scores''.
They now compare their final scores and apply the results in the relevant table of the [[combat outcome]].
!! sequential reading
# [[combat factor]]
# [[tactical factors]]
# [[grade adjustments]]
# [[cohesion effect]]
# [[combat outcome]]
The orders in which the shot are done is determinated by the player whose [[bound]] it is.
The handle of a shooting is explained in [[resolving a combat]].
If a [[target]] has been already shot at this bound, it cannot be shot at a second time. It may however block a shooting by its sole presence (as the result of an [[outcome move]] consecutive to the first shot) if it is contrary to the realisation of the conditions to get an other valid [[target]]. [[fig:shooting: not twice a target]].
A river (noted Rv) can only be crossed from +45° to -45° from the orthogonal direction to its stream. [[fig:terrain: river crossing]]. This limitation also apply for any base attempting a [[close combat]] a recoil, both of which may then be impossible moves. A [[road]] may only cross a river perpendiculary to its flow, be it on a bridge or at a ford. [[fig:terrain: road across a river]].
A Rv is RGo if it is at most 120p wide, DGo if not. A Rv can nowhere be more than 240p wide and less than 40p wide.
Unless on a bridge, roops going across a river are called waders. Both waders and troops across a bridge cannot change direction: they can only go straight forward or straight backward. Also, they never conform when contacted for [[close combat]]. Waders that must [[flee]] are instead [[spent]].
Contacting a [[base]] to get into [[close combat]] cannot be done if it would break the restriction on directions for crossing a river. [[fig:close combat: river and impossible contact]].
Roads are either rectilign paved roads ''PR'' or more subjects to turns unpaved roads ''UR''. DBM ''Rd'' are ''UR''.
PR and UR have the same effect on [[move distances|move distance]].
Only a single road may cross a river on the whole battlefield. It may cross it only once. [[fig:terrain: road across a river]]. A bridge is unpassable terrain except for troops following the road on it and for which it is GGo. [[fig:terrain: following a road]]
Road are no type of going of their own but count as the going they are above, except that after it has been raining for 4 completed [[rounds|round]], unpaved roads are muddy and counts as RGo, or DGo if they are above, and on bridge, which are unaffected.
The game is played with sucessive ''rounds''.
; round
: A round is made of two successive [[bounds|bound]].
A tournament organizer may impose a minimum number of rounds before allowing a [[draw]] which is neither due to the [[night]] nor to a mutual defeat.
; Blood and Blades
: Wargaming ruleset for the heroic chariotry era
''Blood and Blades is a simple wargame ruleset'' for little soldiers generals who want entertaining battles without using markers. It owes a lot to [[Phil Barker|http://www.phil-barker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk]] who invented [[DBA|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bellis_Antiquitatis]] and to Phil Barker and [[Richard Bodley-Scott|http://www.byzant.demon.co.uk/]] for their famous rulesets [[HOTT|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordes_of_the_Things_%28wargame%29]] and [[DBM|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bellis_Multitudinis]] and to Phil Barker again for [[DBMM|http://dbmm.org.uk/]]. It aims to be different from each one. It is more alike HOTT but for historicals. It does pick up good ideas from other rulesets and have a few mechanisms of its own.
''Blood and Blades is played with armies from 3000BC to 705BC.'' Extending to more recent periods will come later with [[version]] 2.
; License
: ''Blood and Blades is published under free license'' Creative Common 4.0 or later of type ''[[CC BY SA|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/]]''. This work is also copyright 2013-2014 ~Jean-Pierre Rivière.
; Authors
: ~Jean-Pierre ''Rivière'', jn.pierre.riviere (at) gmail.com
!! sequential reading
# [[version]]
# [[interoperability]]
# [[system]]
# [[troops]]
# [[setup]]
# [[playing a game]]
# [[combat]]
# [[figures]]
Battles are fought between two armies on a table whose dimensions are best as 80x120 cm. But it is possible to play on a table as little as 60x90 cm.
For standard competition games or casual games, it is common place to have each army set at 150 [[AP]]. Each army has only one general on table, who is the ~Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C). There is only a single command per army. See [[budget]] and [[army list]] for all the relevant details.
There are some simple rules for [[weather]] and [[time of day]], to make for interesting variations and bring diversity to the games. However, those rules are optional.
The game is played with common dice that we call [[D6]]. We also use average dice that we call [[AD]].
Each player throws a D6 and add its army [[aggression factor]] to its score. The player with the higher result is the invader. Rethrow the die in case of equality until this is no more the case.
The next thing is to [[create the battlefield]].
Afterwards, it is time to optionally determine the [[time of day]] the [[weather]].
Then each player throws 1D6. If the sum of the scores is 11 or 12 the attacking player may choose to deploy first and move second. Otherwise he will deploy second and move first. Whatever be his choice, this player remains the attacking player and his opponent, the defending player.
The defending player now deploys its baggage. The attacking player then does so. Each player then proceed to writing down if he has an [[ambush]] and if so does note with precision what it is made of, where it is made and how each [[base]] of the ambush is situated.
The defending player then places all the [[bases|base]] of its army which are not in ambush. It is good manners to tell its opponent what he sees precisely at this moment and how to distinguish what looks similar but is different. The attacking player then deploys and shows off its army in the same way. Players don't have to tell how many points are seen on table or if they have made an ambush.
The first [[bound]] of the first [[turn]] of the game is made by the attacking player.
Further information can be read in [[playing a game]].
!!sequential reading
# [[D6]]
# [[AD]]
# [[terrain]]
# [[weather]]
# [[time of day]]
# [[army]]
# [[ambush]]
A [[base]] of [[Bw]] which has [[fled|flee]] or done a [[far move]] or moved more than 120p that bound cannot shoot or shoot back.
''Shooting'' is made after the [[impetuous moves|impetuous move]] and before proceding to [[close combats|close combat]]. First, you need to determine the [[target]] of a shot, determine which is the [[primary shooter]] and compute [[shooting advantages|shooting advantage]]. You can then [[resolve shots|resolving shots]].
!!sequential reading
# [[target]]
# [[primary shooter]]
# [[shooting advantage]]
# [[resolving shots]]
# [[shooting against the wind]]
The eventual second and third shooters give both a shooting advantage to the [[primary shooter]]. Other additional shooters do not have an effect on the shooting.
If a least one shooter is shooting to the rear edge of the [[target]] (that is, it can draw a valid shooting quadrilater with the target rear edge as seen before to determine if a would-be target is legal) and is also completely behind the rear edge of the target, then an other shoting advantage is given. [[fig:shooting: shooting from the rear]].
A shooting advantage is a [[combat advantage]].
A shot is ''against the [[wind]]'' if the direction ''from'' the center of the front of the base of the [[primary shooter]] ''to'' the center of the base of the target is within plus or minus 45 degrees of the direction of the wind. [[fig:shooting: shooting against the wind]].
Skirmishers are [[Ps]] and [[LH]].
All skirmishers are [[light troops]].
''Spent'' troops are [[skirmishers]] that have not been [[destroyed]] but have lost theirs missile in battle and can no more skirmish and would leave battle at once. Thus they are removed from table and their loss is less important than if they were destroyed.
To give a ''support'' to a friendly [[base]] //B//, a base //A// must have its front edge in full contact with the rear edge of //B// (which requires that //A// be in corner-to-corner contact with //B//) and neither //A// nor //B// may be in even partially in DGo). [[fig:combat: support]].
This ruleset has a complete authoring and publishing system. At fist we only wanted to write the rules with a wiki. But players wanted a printed pdf or an ebook version, as they are used to. Yet, there is no complete way to do all of this as of 2013. So we have decided to make our own system, because we also enjoy digging the web and programming this kind of stuff. This led to the elaboration of ''~TiddlyBook'', which is free software. released under the GNU GPL license version 3.0 or later. The software all runs under ''linux''. It could surely be made run on ~MacOS. ''You must have installed ~TiddlyBook and got it running'' in order to make docbook, ebooks and pdf out of this wiki.
The rules are written on a master wiki, which is a [[tiddlywiki|http://tiddlywiki.com/]]. It is helpful in being a wiki you have in a single html file. It has a timeline feature which helps in knowing what you were doing recently. It has a tag system. But it does not have recovery.
We use the tag system to attain two goals:
* help the reader and the writer by categorizing the articles (called //tiddlers// within a tiddlywiki);
* describe what kind of article we have with special tag beginning by a colon:
** '':part'' which is only use for the first tiddler, that which contains every other tiddler, directly or indirectly (it must contains ''chapter''s);
** '':chapter'' for a docbook chapter (a ''chapter'' cannot include a ''chapter''; it must be in the ''part'');
** '':section'' for a docbook section (beginning on a new page, can contain any number of ''section'' or ''simplesect'' but not //both//; it must be in a ''chapter'' or in a ''section'');
** '':simplesect'' for a docbook simplesect (the flow is continuating in the current page; any ''section'' containing a ''simplesect'' can only contains ''simplesect''s; ''simplesect''s are never seen in the table of contents (TOC) and must be in a ''section'');
** '':note'', '':tip'', '':caution'', '':important'', '':warning'' and '':appendice'' are also possible, they are used for what their names mean (the flow is continuating in the current page; they are compatible with any number of ''section''s being at the same level; they do not appear in the TOC and must be in a ''section'').
'':section'' is the default choice. Keeping it implicit does lighten the tiddlers tags.
To produce a book, the wiki should be linearized. We does this within tiddlers with a last part called //sequential reading// introduced with a level 2 header of that name. It is followed by a list (normally an ordered list, but a non ordered list is also possible) of wiki links to the tiddlers to be included after the text of the current tiddler, in the order of introduction.
This wiki is then processed to produce a reader tiddlywiki, which is the same wiki without the colon tag and without the //sequential reading// indication:
In order to produce either pdf or epub, we first translate to docbook 5.0 and check tags and sequential reading indications. We check the validity of the docbook too. All of this help debugging the rules after a period of intense activity.
To produce your book, you just have to adapt the sample makefile provided. Then just type ''make'' and that's it.
To clean up your setup, just do ''make clean''. To only produce and test the docbook, just type ''make project.xml'' (//project.xml// is the name of the docbook in the sample makefile).
You will need other tools and some modules for Perl. They will be asked for by the system when thay are not yet available. All what is used is free open source software (FOSS).
Apply one (or more if specified) [[combat advantage]] for each of the folowing item:
* if [[fighting from upper ground]] in its own [[bound]];
* if [[defending a river edge]];
* if [[shot at|shooting]] and at least one of the following is true:
** it is [[raining|rain]]
** the [[primary shooter]] is [[shooting against the wind]];
* if victim of [[dazzle]];
* if your ennemy would be unable to complete a [[recoil]], even if that is not a result that could apply as a combat outcome, but not if that is only because your enemy would recoil even partially out of table;
* for each side of your main enemy that is [[overlapped|overlap]];
* ''+2'' if your main enemy is [[flank attacked|flank attack]];
* ''+3'' if your main enemy is [[rear attacked|rear attack]];
* [[Bw]] in GGo or RGo in [[close combat]] against any or [[shooting]];
* for each [[shooting advantage]];
* for being shot at by [[Bw]] in [[Wd]] or [[BUA]], or being in [[Wd]] or [[BUA]] while being shot at;
* [[Wb]] in GGo or RGo in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]];
* [[Ps]] in [[close combat]] against [[skirmishers]] if [[supported|support]] by a second rank of Ps(O) and neither is in DGo;
* [[Bd]] against [[Ax]], [[Wb]], [[Sp]] or [[Pk]];
* [[mounted]] against [[Bd]];
* [[Sp]] in GGo in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]];
* [[Pk]](I/X) in GGo in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]];
* ''+2'' for [[Pk]](I/X) in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]] and [[supported|support]] by a second rank of Pk(I) in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]] if all ranks are in GGo;
* [[Pk]](F) in GGo or RGo in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]];
* [[Pk]](F) in [[close combat]] against any but [[skirmishers]] for a second rank of Pk(F) and both Pk(F) are in GGo;
If the [[army list]] explicitely allow [[Ps]](O) [[support]] as stated below, apply one [[combat advantage]] for:
* a front rank of [[Ax]] or [[Bd]] or [[Sp]], [[supported|support]] by a second rank of [[Ps]](O), in [[close combat]] against [[mounted]] or [[Wb]], if neither the Ps and the supported base are in DGo.
A ''tactical move'' is a [[voluntary move]] that ''may'' begin at 720p or less from an enemy [[base]]. [[fig:move: tactical move]].
A [[base]] can only make a single tactical move per [[bound]].
A [[base]] cannot make a [[far move]] and a tactical move in the same [[bound]].
!! determining the target
[[Bw]] are the only [[troop type]] eligible to ''shooting'' at distance. Other troop types that historically shot did so at very short range and this is taken care of by their [[combat factor]] in [[close combat]].
Bw can shoot to any troop type whcih has two corners in a region before them, called the ''zone of shooting'', such as:
* it is exactly 480p wide, centered on the center of the front of the shooting [[base]];
* it is exactly 360p deep.
For 15mm figurine scale, this is a rectangle large of 120mm and 90mm deep. [[fig:shooting: shooting zone]].
Also, on must be able to draw a quadrilatere joining the two front corners of the shooting [[base]] and two of the corners of the target base that are in the zone of shooting, and that shape must not cross or include any eneny or friendly base. It must not go through two bases less than a [[gap]] away. [[fig:shooting: geometry of shooting]].
An enemy base in [[close combat]] cannot shoot or be shot at. An enemy base acting only as an overlap in a [[close combat]] can be shot at.
A target cannot be shot if it is not visible by the shooting [[base]]. If lying across several terrain features, a target is counted as if being wholly in the terrain giving the best protection against shooting.
The shooter must shoot at the enemy base which is the [[most directly facing]] it. In case of equality, the closest base must be the target. That is measured with the point of the target which is the closest to any point of the front of the shooter. In case of egality again, the shooter can choose its target. [[fig:shooting: determining shooting target]].
[[Ps]] may be ignored as a target if an other target is elligible.
If a shooter is being shot at and one of the bases that shoot at it is a valid target, then it must shoot at it, even if its shooting would not be the main shooting and even if it would not be useful (in gameplay terms).
A shooter may give up his shoot against an enemy [[El]] that would recoil into a friendly base. If the combat dice has been rolled, it is too late for canceling the shooting.
The battlefield is mostly soft and plane, and is GGo. There is some linear or area features of terrain that lay upon it, put there according to the rules about [[creating the battlefield|create the battlefield]].
A terrain feature can be:
* [[water feature]];
* [[road]];
* other bits of landscape feature.
Terrain are classified as either GGo, RGo, DGo or unpassable terrain.
!! sequential reading
# [[create the battlefield]]
# [[water feature]]
# [[road]]
# GGo
# RGo
# DGo
The time of day rules are optional.
Both player throw a [[D6]]. This is the number of [[rounds|round]] they will be able to play before [[dusk]] then [[night]]. The battle shall begin when the sun is already high in the sky.
!! sequential reading
# [[dusk]]
# [[night]]
# [[dazzle]]
A ''troop type'' is the generic name of the troops like [[Ps]] or HCh.
Here are all the troop types: [[Ax]], [[Bd]], [[Bg]], [[Bw]], [[Cm]], [[Cv]], [[El]], HCh, [[Hd]], LCh, [[LH]], [[Pk]], [[Ps]], [[Sp]], [[Wb]].
!! sequential reading
# [[infantry]]
# [[mounted]]
# [[skirmishers]]
# [[light troops]]
Troops are categorized by [[troop types|troop type]], [[grades|grade]] and being [[regular]] or irregular.
!! sequential reading
# [[regular]]
# [[grade]]
# [[troop type]]
; turn
: two successives [[bounds|bound]], played by alternating players on each bound.
''Turning around'' for a single [[base]] is simply permutating its front and rear egdges. The base keeps its place in so doing. [[fig:move: turning around a base]].
''Turning around'' for a [[group]] is simply turning around individually all its bases. [[fig:move: turning around a group]].
|historic of versions|c
|version|date|comment|h
|0.5.0|2014/09/26|mostly some reorganization and some bugfixes. The editing system has been extended to support mobi format and png graphics because svg is often problematic, but there are still problems with Kindle 4.|
|0.4.0|2014/07/09|insertion of graphics now mature and on the way to completion.|
|0.3.0|2013/08/24|Special tags to help build docbook added in the master wiki. Edit system described.|
|0.2.1|2013/08/13|further clearings of inconsistencies|
|0.2.0|2013/05/14|sequential reading sections added and major revision|
|0.1.3|2013/04/15|combat clarifications|
|0.1.2|2013/04/14|notion of tactical move. mounted infantry|
|0.1.1|2013/04/13|halving numbers when translating DBM(M) army lists|
|0.1|2013/04/10|first public release|
An army is victorious when its opponent is routed when it is not itself.
|visiblity and terrain features|c
|ambush site|visibility from inside|visibility from outside|concealed troops|h
|[[BUA]]| 80| 80| any |
|[[Wd]]| 80| 80| any |
|[[O]]| 240| 240| any |
|[[D]]| 160| 160| any |
|brush ([[RGo]]), [[V]]| 240| 240| [[Ps]] |
|gully ([[RGo]])| no limit| only troops touching the edge of the gully| any |
|[[H(G)]], [[H(S)]] with gentle slopes| no limit but 80p if beyond crest| not beyond crest| any |
|[[H(S)]] with steep slopes| 160p or 80p if beyond crest| not beyond crest| any |
A ''voluntary move'' can be performed by a single [[base]] or by a [[group]] or by a [[flock]]. It requires the expenditure of [[PIGs|PIG]].
A [[group]] move is done with the [[move distance]] of its slowest [[base]], by consideration of the [[terrain]] which is really taken by each base.
A ''voluntary move'' can be:
* forming into a [[column]];
* extending from a [[column]];
* [[turning around]] in place;
* [[moving straight forward]];
* [[pivoting]] (forward against a fixed front corner);
* a combination of the above as stated below only:
** [[pivoting]] then [[moving straight forward]];
** only for [[light troops]]: first, [[pivoting]] (eventually) then [[moving straight forward]] then [[pivoting]];
** only for [[skirmishers]]: first, [[turning around]] then [[moving straight forward]].javascript:;
* only for a single [[base]] move, anything is possible (as a move, except that the move can only be straight ahead if within a [[gap]]). The move length for a single [[base]] move is measured for each front corner only (the longest measure applies).
A voluntary move is also either a [[tactical move]] or a [[far move]].
!!sequential reading
# [[group]]
# [[turning around]]
# [[moving straight forward]]
# [[pivoting]]
# [[tactical move]]
# [[far move]]
# [[flock]]
A ''water feature'' can be a river [[Rv]], a sea [[WW]] or a lake [[La]].
!! sequential reading
# [[Rv]]
# [[river]]
# [[La]]
# [[WW]]
# [[lake and waterway]]
The weather rules are optional.
The [[weather score]] is used to determine the weather on the battlefield. There is also a rule to cover the risk of [[dazzle]] that exists before [[dusk]] but it depends of the [[time of day]] rules.
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# [[weather score]]
# [[rain]]
# [[wind]]
Both players throw a [[D6]], the sum of which is the ''weather score''. There is a risk of [[rain]] if it is 2 or 3, and there is a strong [[wind]] if is 11 or 12.
If there is ''wind'', each player throws a [[D6]] at the beginning of his [[bound]]. On a score of 6, the wind direction shift by 45° clockwise and on a score of 1, the wind direction shift by 45° anti-clockwise. [[fig:wind: wind shifting]]. Determine the original direction of the wind by throwing a [[D6]] immediatly after the wind has been established. On a score of 4, 5 or 6, the wind is blowing from right to left for the invading player. Otherwise, the wind is blowing from left to right for the invading player. [[fig:wind: initial wind setup]].
[[Shooting against the wind|shooting against the wind]] is a [[combat advantage]] for the [[target]].
A ''withdrawal'' is an outcome move which is a [[recoil]] immediatly followed by a move directly backward of a distance equal to that of its full [[move distance]], computed as that of a normal move.
After the initial recoil, a in base cannot push back friends but it can pass through them as for a normal move.