By The Gods - Handy Cheat Sheet

1. Movement
2. Fire Phase
3. Morale from Fire
4. Melee
5. Morale from Melee
6. Rally/Rout

Archery: Use 1D6 for every two archers. Discount hits negated by targets armor/shield.

	Range (Short/Long)	Hits on (Short/Long)
a. Javelins/Slings	0"-6" Short, 6"-8" Long	1-3 Short, 1-2 Long
b. Short Bow	0"-7" Short, 7"-14" Long	1-4 Short, 1-3 Long
c. Compound Bow	0"-8" Short, 8"-16" Long	1-5 Short, 1-4 Long

Only Infantry and Elephan archers can fire overhead. elephants do not take overhead penalty.

Modifiers (to hit):

• Target is in close formation (i.e. Phalanx), -1
• Firer is overhead (1 rank only), +1 to men firing overhead.
• Firing into woods or behind walls or behind/into buildings, +1
• Slinger vs. Archers, -1
• Elephant Archers, -1
• Firing from a superior position (i.e. hill top or on siege walls), -1

Melee Chart Figured on a D6 for every two men. Archers can fight only if they have not fired that turn

Weapon	Hits on	Weapon	Hits on
club/blunt objects	1-2	Swords	1-4
Axes	1-3	Elephants*	1-5
Spears	1-5

Melee Bonus Dice (Hits on 5,6)
Rear attack 2
Flank attack 1
Superior position 1
Unit is armed with a spear** 1
Leader attached 1
Horse vs. foot, 1
Templar, Phalanx 1
Elephant 1
Camelry vs. Horse 1

Discount hits negated by targe't armor/shield.
* Elephants do double damage on a roll of 3 or less
**Spear armed units get bonus die only on first turn (impact turn) of melee.

Rally/Rout
To rally a unit, check its morale. if the unit passes morale, it is rallied. if morale is failed, the unit continues to rout until it its rallied or it leaves the table.

Armor Protection Factor
Units that wear metal, leather, or horn armor get back one hit caused by archers or melee.
Units equipped with shields get back one hit caused by archers or melee.

Civilization Attributes

• Assyrian Melee units: +1 melee bonus die.
• Babylonian Double building and tower damage values.
• Barbarian Tribes all light cavalry and light infantry sunits: +2" movement.
• Carthaginian Elephan units: +1 armor protection factor.
• Egyptian Chariot units: +1 armor protection factor.
• Greco-Macedonian Phalanx: +3" movement.
• Hittite Archers: +1 to hit.
• Persian Elephant units: +2" movement
• Roman Legiohns and sword infantry units: +2 melee bonus dice.
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