Sequence of action

• One side is designated as the "Atacker" and the other side is the "Defender"
• Movement is alternately, the attacker moving one unit, then the defender, then the attacker...till all units that wish to move have moved.
• All mounted units must move before any dismounted units may move
• Units that move may not shoot.
  1. Movment (charging units stop 1" from target units)
  2. Fire
  3. Test Morale for units fired on
  4. Test Morale for units attempting to close into melee combat.
  5. Test Morale for units attempting to stand to melee
  6. Resolve Melee combat.

Movement

Unit Type	Movement Distance
Foot	2 D10
Mounted	3 D10
Mounted indian	4 D10
Unlimbered artillery	1 D10
Limbered artillery	3 D10
Charging units gain an additional D10 of movement.

Terrain Penalties:

• light woods 1/2 movement
• heavy woods 1/4 movement
• stream 1/2 movement
• river 1/4 movement with 1D10/2 casualties
• uphill minus 2 inches per level
• fences and walls minus 2 inches per obstacle
• Indians & whites both take terrain penalties

Ranges	close	effective	long
rifled musket	20"	40"	50"
carbine	12"	24"	30"
shotgun	4"	8"	10"
pistol	2"	4"	6"
bows	10"	20"	25"
spears	2"	4"	5"
12 pound shot & shell	60"	120"	150"
12 pound cannister	18"	36"	45"
Gatling gun	36"	60"	70"

Roll a D10 for each man firing, below numbers are "hits"
To Hit	Target in Open	Target in Soft Cover	Target in Hard Cover
close	0-5	0-4	0-3
effective	0-4	0-3	0-2
long	0-3	0-2	0-1

NOTES:

• Indians receive a +1 to their die rolls with carbines, shotguns and pistols.
• Units on horseback receive a +1 to their die rolls except for Indians with bows.
• Units that "aimed" on previous turn fire at -1 to dice rolls.
• Units that move cannot fire.
• When firing on mounted troops, roll 1D10:
  • On a result of 0-5 the rider was hit.
  • On a result of 6-9, the mount was hit.
  • If mount hit, as above, roll for rider (0-4 to avoid injury)
  • If rider hit, mount runs away & cannot be caught during game
• Artillery pieces have a 4-man crew: 2 men to operate the gun and 2 to help move the beast
• Gatling guns have a 3-man crew.

Artillery firing shot:

1. When firing shot, designate target unit and roll one D10
2. On a "hit" from above chart one figure is removed.
3. If the hit die result was a 0 the shot bounces and kills an additional figure.

Artillery firing cannister:

1. Use a swath on the designated unit.
2. All figures under the swath are removed from the game

• At long range, swath is 2" wide and 3" long
• At effective range, swath is 3" wide and 5" long
• At close range, swath is 5" wide and 6" long

Artillery firing shell:

1. When firing shell, designate target unit and place 5" diameter burst circle
2. Roll ten D10 (hits on 0-6)
3. Non-indian targets must test morale to remain in that area
4. Indians in target area about face and skedaddle a charge move

When firing a gatling gun:

1. Roll 12 combat dice.
2. Any die result of 9 jams the weapon for the next turn.
3. Jammed weapons take one turn to clear

Melee Combat

Roll 1D10 per figure in combat

• High roll wins
• If result is 1 point higher, the figure is captured (Cavalry) or scalped (Indian).
• If result is 2 points or greater, the figure is killed.

MODIFIERS TO COMBAT DIE ROLLS:

• Attacker charging +1
• Defender in soft cover +1
• defender in hard cover +2
• previous melee -1
• in water -1
• out of command radius (12") -4
• mounted +1
• Indian +1

NOTES

• Units without leaders (out of command radius) may not charge.
• Indians charging on horseback move through or by the target unit, throwing spears, lances, knives etc. but will not actually attempt to close
• Melee procedure is for whites closing on indians (they will stand to fight if trapped) or closing on other whites.
• No difference in fighting ability between Green, Veteran & Elite troops.

Morale

Test when:

• Green troops or warbands roll a 1D10 whenever you come under fire.
• Regular troops or warbands roll a 1D10 whenever a figure is eliminated.
• Elite troops or warbands roll a 1D10 whenever a leader is eliminated.
• Under shell fire (Indians fail automatically)
• You must pass morale to stand or charge.

How to test Morale: To pass morale, you roll 1D10 and compare it to your figure total. If the total is less than the number of figures you pass.

NOTES:

• If being charged by more than one unit, add +1 for each additional unit.
• Leaderless units are +1 to morale die rolls
• Indians charging on horseback move through or by the target unit, throwing spears, lances, knives etc.

Consequences of Morale failure:
If you fail morale, rotate your figures 180 degrees and move away from the unit that caused the failure for a standard move +1" per die.

Misc. Rules

A non-moving unit may choose to hold its fire and "aim" instead of firing. Such units gain a -1 modifer to ranged weapon attacks for one round. (Example: If a unit did not move or fire on turn 1 and did not move on turn 2, a unit would receive the -1 modifier to it's fire dice rolls on turn 2.)

If a command figure is lost, on your turn roll 1D10 and if the result is 0-2 you may promote a figure to command.

Please note: when rolling D10 dice: A result of "0" = "zero," not "10."

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