Victory Without Quarter

Before the game roll per brigadier: 1-3 solid; 4-6 roll again for a personality. Buffoons only move and on 5+ change written orders; Reckless must order charges when in range; Fighting Man attaches for +1 to hit but -1 morale elsewhere; Cautious on 5+ switch to hold/withdraw; Stupid on 5+ issue a random order; Brilliant issue two orders.

Roll for each brigade officer before the game begins. On a 1-3, the officer is considered solid and will enact the C-in-C's orders to the best of his ability.

A C-in-C may order any unit by courier, which moves 3d6" per round on the C-in-C's card; any doubles mean the order has gone awry. Only one courier may be on the board, and couriers cannot rally shaken or routing units.

A Courier moves 3d6 inches per round (on the C-in-C's card), but any doubles on the dice indicate the order has gone awry

Brigades are issued general orders in writing at the start (attack the enemy left, hold a line). Units must be ordered in general compliance unless the C-in-C issues new written orders in person or by courier.

Each brigade should be issued general orders in writing at the beginning of the game (attack the enemy left, hold a defensive position along a specified line, etc).

An Officer card issues an order to a unit in command and moves the officer 12". Brigadiers order units of their brigade within 6"; the C-in-C orders any unit within 12". A horse regiment can be ordered as one only if squadrons are within 4" and receive the same order.

A Brigade Commander may issue orders to any unit in his brigade within six inches. A C-in-C may issue orders to any unit in his army within twelve inches.

An attached commander gives +1 in melee and +1 to morale; his card can then only order that unit. When the unit takes a Casualty Marker he must save on 3+ (shooting) or 5+ (melee) or be removed; he is swept away with a routing unit and captured or killed if it is destroyed in pursuit. A C-in-C within 12" gives +1 to morale.

A commander may be attached to one unit in his command, giving that unit bonuses to melee and morale.

Foot may only charge foot that is Shaken, in Open Order, in March Column or defending an obstacle. Horse may charge Steady foot or horse after a morale test; galloper range 16", trotters 12", cuirassiers 9". Horse may not charge a defended obstacle; targets must be directly in front. A failed charge becomes a full normal move.

Horse may charge Steady foot or horse, but must pass a Morale test to do so.

Evading horse moves 3d6" toward its edge and is Shaken; if the charger can still reach it, it is destroyed. Open-order shot may evade 2d6. Melee winners must pursue unless passing a morale test (-2 for horse); if the pursuit roll beats the rout roll (2d6 foot, 3d6 horse) the routers are destroyed.

If the Pursuit roll is higher than the Route roll, the fleeing troops are destroyed.

Foot 4", horse 8", cuirassiers 6", limbered light guns 6". March column doubles these; pike stand cannot move. Maneuver allows a facing change of 45 degrees or less plus half move in open terrain.

Foot regiments move four inches. Horse regiments move eight inches. Cuirassier regiments move six inches.

A Maneuver order changes facing or formation. Open Order ignores rough terrain and is harder to hit; Pike Stand cannot move, fires at -1d6 per stand in any direction and makes horse hit only on 6+. Dragoons may mount or dismount with a half move.

Formations include March Column, Line, Open Order, and Pike Stand (Foot only).

Movement is halved in rough terrain or when crossing a linear obstacle; units in Open Order move through rough terrain without penalty.

This is reduced to half in rough terrain or if the unit crosses a linear obstacle.

After firing a unit receives a Reload Marker and loses the +1 Volley Fire bonus. Markers are removed for both sides when a Reload card appears, or for a Steady unit given Hold orders beyond 12" of enemy foot. Events like Bad Powder impose a permanent marker.

The marker remains until a Reload card appears in the Order Deck (all markers in play are removed from both sides)

Soft cover -1, hard cover -2 for small arms. Against artillery, hard cover adds one range category and is destroyed on 5+, and cannot be hit at long range. Artillery needs line of sight but may fire over friends from higher ground if no friends are within 8" of the target.

Hard cover adds one range category, but is considered destroyed on a 5+.

Foot roll 3d6 per stand of shot, trotter horse 2d6 per stand, artillery 3d6 per stand (4d6 vs enfiladed, pike stand or column, 2d6 if shaken). Firelocks add 1d6 per stand; shaken units lose 1d6 per stand. Saves: cuirassiers 6+ medium/5+ long, horse 6+ long, artillery 5+, open order vs artillery 4+. Units must target the closest enemy unless passing a morale test.

Roll 3d6 for each stand of shot in a regiment. Score a hit on a 5+.

Foot 0-4" short (+1), 5-8" medium, 9-12" long (-1). Field guns 0-6/7-18/19-36", light guns 0-3/4-9/10-18", +2 short and -2 long. Trotter horse halt 8" away but count as short range.

Range: 0-4" Short, 5-8" Medium, 9-12" Long.

A brigaded horse regiment makes one morale test to charge. The first squadron fights the first round; from the second round the squadron behind also fights at the -2 not-charging penalty. On defeat each squadron tests morale in order, with -1 cumulative per previous failure.

In the second and subsequent rounds, the supporting squadron behind the first is also allowed to fight

Dice: foot 2d6, horse 3d6, cuirassiers 4d6, dragoons 2d6 per stand; modifiers +1 veteran, -1 raw, +1 horse charge, +1 high ground, -1 per casualty marker, +1 officer, -2 horse not charging. Saves: steady pike 4+, cuirassier 5+, horse 6+. Combat is simultaneous. Artillery contacted is overrun.

The side that causes the most unsaved Hits is considered the winner, the other the loser.

The loser is automatically pushed back two inches and tests morale. Melee continues on subsequent activations while units remain in contact. Winners must pursue unless they pass a morale test.

The loser is automatically pushed back two inches. The loser must also make a Morale test.

Horse that charge foot in Pike Stand only hit on 6+ regardless of modifiers; horse cannot charge defended obstacles, and foot can only charge disordered or obstacle-defending foot.

Horse that charge foot in a Pike Stand only hit on a 6+ regardless of other modifiers.

Horse test if any routing friendly unit is within six inches when their card is turned; foot only test for routing friendly foot.

Horse must test if there is a routing friendly unit within six inches when their Order Card is turned.

A Hold order allows a shaken or routing unit to test morale if no enemy is within 8"; success returns it to Steady. Routing units that are charged must evade or be destroyed.

Either status may attempt to rally if issued Hold orders as long as there are no enemy units within eight inches.

All units start Steady; the first failed test makes a unit Shaken (losing 1d6 per stand in fire and melee), a further failure makes it Rout (2d6" foot, 3d6" horse). Artillery can be Shaken but not routed.

If a Steady unit fails a Morale test, it becomes Shaken. If a Shaken unit fails a Morale test, it Routes.

Tests occur when charging steady enemy, on a Casualty Marker from shooting, a hit from artillery, losing melee, and for nearby routers. Modifiers: +1 veteran, +1 brigadier attached, +1 C-in-C within 12", -1 raw, -1 shaken, -1 per Casualty Marker, -1 unsupported, -1 horse charging steady pike, -2 horse testing not to pursue.

When a unit is called on to test Morale, they do so by rolling 2d6. A passing result is 7+.

Stand and Fire range is rolled (2d6 foot, 1d6 horse; veterans -2, raw +2): if the roll exceeds the charge distance there is no time to fire, and raw units over 12 fire too soon. Hits force a morale test; failure halts the charge at that range. Pike stand vs horse needs the attacker beyond half charge range and a morale pass. Countercharging horse test and move 2d6 toward the charger, halving the rest.

Work out the shooting as normal except that the range will be 2d6 for foot and 1d6 for horse. Veterans subtract two from this roll, while Raw troops add two.

The deck holds a card per unit (a horse regiment shares one card), one Officer card per C-in-C and brigadier, two Artillery cards (all batteries of both sides may fire), two Reload cards and one Turn Over card. Orders are Hold, Move, Maneuver or Charge. Scenario cards for reinforcements or engineering may be added.

The Order Deck consists of one card per unit. When a unit's card is drawn, the commanding player may issue one order to the unit.

The Turn Over card is shuffled into the deck; when drawn the deck is reshuffled and a new turn begins, so some units may not act in a given turn. This prevents precise positioning just outside musket range.

Astute readers will notice that the Turn Over card will probably come up somewhere in the middle of the deck before all of the units have had a chance to act.

Fire and melee use d6 pools, morale 2d6, movement randomisation 2d6/3d6, and events d66.

Roll 3d6 for each stand of artillery. Each result of 4+ scores a Hit.

For each 6 rolled, re-roll one die: target 7 hits on 4+, 8 on 5+, 9 on 6, 10 cannot hit.

For each die that scores a "6", you may re-roll one die and consult the following table

Scale 20-30 men per figure. Foot: three 60x60mm stands; commanded shot two stands; horse squadrons of two 80x60mm stands; artillery one stand. No army lists or points are provided; optional variations cover small regiments and Swedish brigades.

As this set is not intended for competitive play, there are no army lists, point values, or army composition tables.

Grades modify melee, morale and stand-and-fire timing. Horse are also classed as Gallopers (must countercharge, charge 16") or Trotters (pistol fire, 12" charge).

Units should be classified as Raw, Trained, or Veteran.

Events apply to the next appropriate card drawn: e.g. Rousing Speech (+2 morale within 12"), Pig Headed brigadier, sermon (+1 morale), Bad Powder, desertion, Friendly Fire, surprise reinforcements, The Shadow (reorder the next six cards), sudden rain disabling firearms, a unit changing sides.

Roll 2d6 (different colors read as "10's" and "1's") on the charts provided below

Provides terrain notes (walls hard cover, river impassable except at bridge, hedges linear obstacles) and historical deployments for Parliamentarians and Royalists.

The Parliamentarians deploy first within 24” of the right side of the battlefield.

Hits from an attack are resolved and then dropped. A single artillery hit forces a morale test; three hits from one artillery, shooting or melee attack place a Casualty Marker (and a morale test). Each marker gives -1 to hit and morale, and when markers equal the unit's stands it is removed. No rosters or figure removal.

Hits do not accumulate from turn to turn. If a unit survives the results of taking the Hits, they are dropped and cause no further effects.