The next card drawn is that of another tribal leader. With this card Player B orders the leader and his warriors moved by the previous card, to advance to contact against the Spanish troopers; but, before Player B can move, Player A announces that he will use his reserved card of Lt Toledo. The Spanish platoon now fires again, killing the tribal leader and various Moro warriors. Player B, the recipient of the original card, must now activate another Moro tribal leader.

If the End of Turn card is drawn, all discards are shuffled back into the Order Deck. Any and all cards held by players must now be surrendered and shuffled back into the Order Deck.

When troops arrive as reinforcements their cards must be added to the Order Deck during the same reshuffle that triggers their appearance. This way they can act in the same turn they appear on the board.

Clarification:
The player is provided with X number of individual soldier cards during the game. These cards will allow the player to use an individual soldier at a critical point in time in order to accomplish something. The figure can do whatever is asked of him (providing he isn't stopped in the attempt of course) and his actions will certainly echo some of the superhuman efforts that are always undertaken by individual soldiers during a battle (to save a buddy, earn promotion, etc.).

At the same time though, it must be understood that these cards are limited and are not the norm. You will control your troops via officers, NCO's, leaders, etc. It's just that every once is awhile, you will want to use an individual soldier for some task and the card deck gives you that possibility, while allowing for the randomisation of the game mechanics themselves. You could use ALL of your soldier cards on one individual (to reinforce success) or you could use them on a one for one basis on figures throughout your command. Either way, you have the limited option to use individual soldier figures as you see fit. Use them wisely.

ACTIONS

MOVE: A figure may move all, some or none of his maximum movement allowance (in inches or centimetres). He may move off in any direction at the beginning of his move, but must continue to move in a straight line, making no further turns. He must end his turn facing in the direction in which he has moved.

• Regular and better infantry characters may move up to 20 cm. They can move as far as they like up to that distance.
• Raw infantry troops have to roll a 3d6 and must move the actual distance rolled in cm (up to a maximum of 18 cm), or until they reach an impassable obstacle.
• Officers always move as regular or better.

To pass any wall or hedge the figure/unit must roll a 1d10 and deduct this number from their movement allowance. If it does not have enough movement allowance to pass the obstacle it must wait until next card/activation and re-roll then.

Terrain Effects Chart: (formal movement allowances, classified in both linear and area features)

Clear (Open Terrain/Road-path) Movement: All forces and figures (infantry, cavalry & artillery) count Clear terrain (and various elements thereof) as x1 movement allowance. If a figure has 10cm movement allowance he can move 10 centimetres across an open field, down a road or what have you. There is NEVER any penalty for moving across clear, flat, open terrain as long as x1 cost is spent.

Fire: turn to face in any direction, then fire. The rate of fire depends of the weapon used and the formation adopted.(See Shooting below)

Rally: Only officers and NCOs can be used to control demoralised troops. An Officer or NCO must spend a full turn to rally demoralised soldiers within half of his command radius. Rallied troops rout again when the next level is reached. (See RALLYING rules for more detail)

Reform: is used to reform troops back into cohesive formations. Any number of adjacent soldiers can move 5 cm to close up a gap within a formation. (May only be ordered by officers and NCO's)

Activate: only officers and NCOs can activate figures of their unit(s) within their command radius. Activated figures can perform any action allowed them by the rules. NCOs cannot activate officers. Subordinate officers cannot activate their superiors.

Example: A veteran soldier with a full movement allowance of 20cm has 5cm of clear terrain and an area of jungle to traverse. Clear terrain movement is not penalised and can be crossed at the rate of 1 x movement rate; so the figure reaches the edge of the jungle with 15cm of movement remaining. IF the figure decides (or was so ordered) to enter the jungle to the fullest extent of his remaining movement allowance, he can penetrate a further 3.75cm (15cm movement remaining / Jungle movement modifier of 4) and stop there, until his next turn.

SHOOTING

Individual fire:
The soldier can fire without restrictions, except that the line of fire must not pass over any friendly figure base(s), or is totally blocked by a high wall, a house or thick bamboo forest. A figure firing individually can target any other figure including officer/ chiefs and NCO's /Tribal leaders (though certainly not figures on ones OWN side).

Activated fire:
A NCO or Officer has activated the soldiers for firing and those soldiers are not in any formation. To apply casualties to the enemy you must use the area fire rule.

Formation fire:
You can fire through the base of a friendly figure if the figure you are firing with is directly behind and adjacent to the figure you are firing through (around).

If there is a continuous (and contiguous) line of figures in lateral contact (i.e., a line), all the figures in that line are considered in command IF the command radius of ANY officer or NCO (who just drew a card and used it) is within range of ANY figure in that line. To apply casualties to the enemy you must use the area fire rule.
Three Rank line. As many as three files can fire in line, but the die roll of the third line is rolled in a separate box. For every ONE (#1) rolled, a random figure of the second or first line is killed or wounded.

Arc of fire: Figures in individual and activated fire can fire in any direction. Troops in formation can fire within an arc of 90 degrees to their front.

Saving roll. For each hit rolled you must roll another die. For each SIX ("6") rolled, one Hit is eliminated. Each mounted cavalry figure has a saving roll of 4, 5 or 6. If a 6 is rolled then both the horse and rider are unhurt. If a 4 or 5 are rolled the soldier is unharmed but his horse is dead. In any other case both man and horse are eliminated.

Area fire: When a group of active figures fire upon a group of enemy figures you must trace a line to the nearest enemy figure (not in close combat). Then you must calculate the number of hits resulting from your fire and apply the hits in a semicircle (centred in the selected enemy fig.) with a radius equal to the number of soldiers firing (or grapeshot gun rating), in centimeters.

Applying hits: After checking for saving rolls, you will get a number of hits that must be applied to the enemy forces. If a single figure is the target then it is eliminated. If the hits are the results of area fire you must eliminate at least 3 soldiers before a NCO can be removed or 6 soldiers before you can eliminate an officer. If the NCO or officer is the only figure within the area fired upon and no other soldiers are available, you are then allowed to kill off the officer or NCO. If there are more hits than figures in the area the surplus hits are ignored.

Example:
Lt. Toledo has given orders to fire to the troops within his command radius. There are 16 soldiers in a two deep line formation. Since at least part of the formation is within his command radius the entire line is considered activated.

Because they are in formation they are using area fire. It must be ranged to the nearest enemy figure in the arc of fire. The unit is armed with Mauser rifles (Repeating bolt action rifle) and the target is situated 30 cm (12 inches) away. A die must be thrown up to 48 times (3 x 16 soldiers) (multiple dice may be used so long as the total adds up to the indicated number of firing dice).

To hit an enemy figure you must roll a 6 (firing at long range). Supposing that you rolled seven SIXES you now eliminate the other dice. Roll the seven remaining dice for attempted saves, for every SIX rolled again you eliminate a die. The remaining dice on the table are the final hits achieved.

Now you begin to eliminate enemy figures at your discretion within the semicircular area determined by the target figure and a radius equal to the number of firing figs in cm or inches. Supposing that two dice have been eliminated in the saving roll, now you can take away up to four soldier figures, or three soldiers and one leader/NCO. You can't eliminate an officer because you do not have enough hits.

CLOSE COMBAT

Every time a figure moves within 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) of an enemy, the figure must stop and resolve a close combat. If contact is the result of a unit activation you must move all of the figures activated before esolving the close combat.

Pair off opposing figures that are in contact. Each figure throws a 1d6 with and applies the appropriate modifiers. The figure with the higher result wins and the other is killed. If there is a tie, you must roll again.

Formation modifiers:

• If in a single rank formation the figure wins ties
• +1 If in formation and there is a second rank directly supporting the fighting figure (i.e., adjacent / contiguous).
• +1 if in formation, fighting cavalry from the front and a third rank is supporting the fighting figure.
• +1 for each supporting / allied figure to the flank of the fighting one that it is not in close combat.

MORALE

It may seem a little difficult at first, but it really is an easy system and "user friendly" to novices.

Example:
Spanish Command:

2 Companies of 79th Regiment of Infantry:	160 soldiers	Regular
	9 NCOs	Seasoned
	4 Officers	Seasoned
1 Company of 8th Jaeger Battalion	80 soldiers	Seasoned
	5 NCOs	Veteran
	1 Officer	Regular
1Platoon of the Guardia Civil Veterana	15 soldiers	Raw
	1 NCO	Regular.

You have:

• 15 Raw soldiers
• 162 Regular soldiers
• 93 Seasoned soldiers
• 5 Veteran soldiers

The odd chits are always added to the last group. So now we have five groups of 18 chits.

Each time that your command has a casualty you take chits from the first group.

• When you have eliminated all of the chits in the first pile, all of your RAW troops become demoralised.
• When you have eliminated all of the chits in the second pile, all of your REGULAR troops become demoralised.
• When you have eliminated all of the chits in the third pile, all of your SEASONED troops become demoralised.
• When you have eliminated all of the chits in the fourth pile, all of your VETERAN troops become demoralised.

You eliminate chits as you suffer casualties: (a casualty for morale is a dead or seriously wounded figure, prisoner, soldier or a figure that left the table)

A demoralised troop moves at twice its usual movement allowance, away from the enemy and towards its entry / starting point, each time the End of Turn card is drawn. If this point is blocked by enemy forces, the demoralised forces surrender.

When additional forces enter the table as reinforcements you must calculate the number of moral chits separately for each force. When the reinforcement arrives you must add their moral chits to those of the forces already on the field.

This could mean that a previously demoralised unit reverts back to its nominal state upon the arrival of reinforcements!

Example: Using the same troops as in the last example. Imagine that the 93 seasoned soldiers enter the field on the 3rd turn. So the initial morale level of the first force will be 53; divided into five groups gives a final result of: 10 chits for each morale class, hence:

• Raw: 10
• Regular: 10
• Seasoned: 10
• Veteran: 10
• Elite: 13

Therefore, any soldiers of the Guardia Civil Veterana that were unable to leave the table now have morale chits again (and thus a legitimate Morale level), so they will be able to follow your orders as normal on the very next turn.

Optional Rule:

Blocking Terrain (definition):
Any terrain taller than the (tallest*) figure (unit/formation) is considered blocking terrain for line of sight purposes. A single tree, small building or sand dune will NOT block LOS. A cluster of trees, buildings, sand dunes, etc. MAY block LOS. Being in the middle of a jungle / forest, large town, or within a bowl caused by surrounding sand dunes WILL block LOS.
*= tallest in this sense does NOT mean that suddenly you have a ten foot giant in your unit / tribe.

Height Of Figures When Determining Lines of Sight:

• Man on Foot- Six feet tall (6')
• Mounted figure- Nine feet tall (9')
• Man on roof of house-Twelve Feet tall (12')
• Man in church steeple- Twenty Four Feet tall (24')

Based upon the size and/or terrain of the scenario being played, some players MAY want to add a bit more authenticity to the game by restricting how and when the benefits of reinforcements are applied.

IF playing on a map where jungle / heavy forest / blocking terrain is present, a clear line of sight rule must be used. IF ANY figure, in clear terrain, can physically SEE the reinforcements then it is considered that ALL figures, in that immediate unit / formation (i.e., squad), can see the reinforcements and the benefits are immediately applied.

If a formation is surrounded by blocking terrain but has at least one unit at the EDGE of the blocking terrain (in or out of, is not a consideration, as long as the figure is adjacent to the edge) with a clear view of the reinforcements, then the morale benefit is applied at the beginning of the NEXT player turn.

If a figure or unit is DEEP within blocking terrain, then reinforcements MUST make physical (base to base)contact before ANY benefits are applied. If the unit / figure in blocking terrain is in close (base to base)formation then the results are applied immediately. If the unit / figure is in loose (open) formation, the benefits to morale to the entire unit cannot be applied until the next turn.

RALLYING

Rallied troops will rout again when the next pile of morale chits becomes exhausted!

Example:

When the last chit is drawn from the RAW pile, all RAW troops rout. IF (and when) a group of RAW troops are rallied, they will act as usual until the pile of REGULAR morale chits is exhausted. They will then ROUT again!

Firing charts

Optional Rules

Types Of Artillery

There are two types of artillery: (for ease of play, we will use the same definition given to ACW artillery)

• Napoleons: muzzle-loading pieces able to fire roundshot and grapeshot
• Rifled: breach-loading pieces able to fire shrapnel and grapeshot.

To hit with roundshot: You must designate a target point within LOS and throw a die. If you get the required number you have impacted on the target. If not, you must throw again, using the deviation table.

You must be able to draw a straight line from the bore of the gun to the impact point. Every figure in that line is hit. It must throw a saving roll to survive.

A round shot bounces after the first hit. Every figure in line at the bouncing length is hit also.

To hit with grapeshot: Automatic (as long as it is within range), Apply the rules for Area fire.

To hit with shrapnel: You must designate a target point in LOS and throw a die. If you get the required number you have impacted in the point. If not you must throw again, using the deviation table. The shrapnel explodes over the designated point and you must throw a die for every figure within the area of impact.

A gun must have a crew of 6 artillerymen. For each artilleryman less than 6 you must subtract a 1 "to hit" modifier. Two infantry or cavalry figures can substitute for a trained artilleryman.

Cavalry

Cavalry has Order cards separate to those of infantry. (You can't use a cavalry NCO to order infantry, etc.)

Cavalry adds a card to the order deck for every 10 troopers or less. Each cavalry officer adds 1 additional card to his usual number (so a veteran officer has 5 cards).

Raw cavalry moves 6d6 cm. And must move straight the distance rolled.

Regular cavalry moves 20+5d6 cm and can elect to move straight within any distance between 0 and the result rolled.

Seasoned cavalry moves 25+4d6 cm and can elect to move any distance between 0 and the result rolled, making one turn of 45 degrees or less.

Veteran cavalry moves 30+3d6 cm and can elect to move any distance between 0 and the result rolled, making two turn of 45 degrees or less.

You can fire pistols and revolvers while mounted, with a -2 modifier.
You can fire carbines while mounted, with a -3 modifier

Killed and Wounded

After you have performed all of your die rolls to determine the exact number of your troops that were killed, you have the option of rolling to see if some of the killed were actually wounded and if so to what degree they were wounded, thereby accruing all the benefits and drawbacks associated with having wounded. Both sides must agree to use the wounded rule before the beginning of the game, or it is not used at all.

For every killed figure from your side roll another 1D6 and apply the results:

If a 4 was rolled the figure is wounded in the torso.

If a 5 was rolled, the figure was hit in one of his legs and cannot walk without assistance.

If a 6 was rolled the figure may perform all actions as before, except now he must pay double movement penalties (due to losing blood, weakness, etc.)

Before the game, each player (side) must write down his course of action in regards to how he will treat his seriously wounded throughout the course of the game. That slip of paper must be then given to a neutral bystander or sealed, initialled and given to the opposing player for safekeeping. The players are given two options and two options only. They will decide whether to be Compassionate or Ruthless.

If a player chose to be Compassionate he must do all that is reasonably possible to give aid and succour to his seriously wounded. This will generally be in the form of helping to drag the wounded to a safe place behind the lines.

If a 4 was rolled, the figure must be dragged with the assistance of at least one other figure and all movement penalties are quadrupled for the healthy figure. If two figures attempt to help a seriously wounded figure (die roll 4), he may be moved at double the movement allowance.

If a 5 was rolled, the figure can aid somewhat in his rescue and all movement penalties are tripled for the healthy figure that has come to his assistance. If two figures attempt to help a seriously wounded figure (die roll 5), he could be moved at normal (x1) movement rate.

Seriously wounded (die rolls of 4 or 5) figures behind the lines may be gathered at a central location and/or used to defend a position. Firing ranges are doubled for calculation purposes and movement is NOT allowed

If a player chose to be Ruthless he must ignore all of his wounded and proceed with his plans. He can at NO TIME during the game attempt to give aid and relief to his troops. However, if at any time an enemy figure comes adjacent (in base to base/figure contact) to any of the enemy wounded, they are immediately declared and considered dead and their weapons and ammunition may be removed together immediately at no extra penalty to the opposing player!

At any time during the game, each side may challenge the other side to see what they decided to do in regards to their wounded. This may only be done ONCE and it may only be done when an opponent is attempting to give aid to his wounded.

If a player is found to be doing the opposite of what he wrote down, he immediately suffers ten percent (10%)casualties to his healthy forces (roll to see how many are wounded and killed using the above procedure) and all pre-existing wounded are now considered killed (regardless as to whether they were rescued or not).

Note:
While the "Civilised" player is certainly allowed to be Ruthless during a game, his forces will suffer a 5% decrease in Morale if he chooses to do so (reflected in the overall number of chits/movement cards allowed). If playing a campaign game, (the Baler Scenarios for example), the rate of morale dropping increases 5% with every scenario played in chronological order.

Example:
The Spanish player in the 1st Baler Scenario may elect to be compassionate in regards to casualties and suffers no adverse penalties. However, in the 2nd Scenario, he really wants to relieve the troops in town and decides to be ruthless. Even though this is the first scenario he chooses to be ruthless in, his morale is decreased by 10%, because it is the second scenario in a campaign game.

LITTLE COLONIAL NOTES

Little Colonial Rules is an indirect relative to the Old West Skirmish set: "Rules with No Name" by Bryan Ansell. You can find it at the Tim Peterson website: www.icenter.net/~gisby/, or by e/mailing gisby@icenter.net

This is a game that uses a lot of dice. It helps if you roll them within a little box. I playtested by rolling into two boxes, one for general firing and the other for the saving rolls.

I recommend having several timber rods pre-cut to 60, 40, 20, 15 and 10 cm to measure the different firing ranges and command radii.

The cards must be illustrated generic enough to serve for the general encounters of the war you are playing. You can then add special cards for personalities, officers and so on.

I used to supply the necessary playing cards for the scenarios designed to play with LCR.

As you may have noticed, this rule set can be used to play both solo or with other people and with little or no necessity for a referee since the Order deck manages the game.

I hope you like this game, but I welcome all of your comments.