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Underthejoint managementof Mike InghamandGerlyElliott wewill bepresenting
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announcingdatesfor majorone-week campaigns
to takeplaceduringtheholidayseason.

Regularvisitorswill noticeseveralneweventson offeraswellassomeofthe old favourites. In addition

wehavemadevadouschanges to theterain andalmyliststo createa freshchallenge
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StmpleCombatResoftrtlonUslngDlce
By Timothy McCoy Price

Theserules are intendedto be usedas a simplemethodof

resolvingthe combats that take place within the larger EXAMPLEOFCOMBAT
frameworkofa game.Theyaremeantforthosebaitlesthattake As an examplewe will take part of the battleof Tannenburg
placein theboardingactionsofNavalGames,theOpenBattles duringthe Firsl World War. The German20th Corps,under
that are encounteredwhile playingMatrix Games,and the Schokz,is attackedby elementsof rhe Russian2nd Arny,
confrontations
thatappearduringback-to-back MapGames.In underSamsonov. TheGermanshave4 brigades. theRussians
8.
short,thosesmall.butvital, elemenctbatarepartofthewhole The Russians are poorlytrainedand equippedand exhausted
that makesup a Wargame,thathaveto be resolvedquicklylest afteradvancingfordaysoversandysoil. EachRussianUnit :
the Gameilselfgrindsto a halt. l. The Germansare very well trained, but are not In a
defensiveposition.Each German Unit +1. The battle is as
The BasicRule
follows:
Thebasicruleis asfollows:
RUSSIAN: 25533131
1 x6'SidedDice= I xCombatUnit
GERMAN: 3531
Thesizeofthat CombatUnitwill. ofcourse.varyfrom gameto Lined
U p r n dM o d i f i e d . R U S S I A N : 4422221I
game.Iniheboardingactionit maybeaslittleas5-l0men;in a
GERMAN: 6414
MapGame,it couldbe asmuchasan entireBrigade.or evena
Corps. lose: I 22
RUSSIAN: 4
TheM€thod CERMAN: 6.1.11
Tbediceon theopposingsides
arerolledasfollow!:
Roll the Dice.Line themup, Highestvs.Highest TheRussians arepushedbackNith oneBrigadeDestroyed,and
2 Brigadesarenowfightingwith a 2. OneoftheGermanunits
Ifone sidehasmoredicethantheother,anydicethatareexka. hasexpendeda lot of ammunition.so losesits +l advantage.
and scorelessthan the lowestdiceof the sidewith the fewer (These'rnitsare represenledby boldnumbers.)The Russians
dice.areignored. orderan altackthe verynextday.
Thc Resull RUSSIAN: 611126,16
Eachdicerepresents a CombarUnit, andthescoreson thedice
GERMAN: 6232
representhow w€ll they did in that particularengagement.
Comparethe twodicethat arepairedoff: LinedupandModified: RUSSIAN: 544lllll
GERMAN: 6 il3l
The higherdicebeaBthelowerdice
Reultofs€mndDry: lose; 5
Equal scoresare ignored. Each dice defeatedrepresentsa RUSSIAN: 143
push-backin large combats,or a deatb in small€rcombats. GERMAN: 6,1 3
Threedefeatseliminateoneofthe opponenfsCombatUnits. lose: 3
The Russians succ€ed in pushingbackoneofthe Germanunirs
Thestrengthin thissystem is in the numberofvariationsyoucan and forcinSan alreadydepletedunit to use up even more
build into a very simple mechanism.Each defeat€ould be ammunition,but arepushedbackth€mselves and3 unitsusea
translated into a -l thenexttimetbedi€eis thrown.Whenyou lot of ammo. As the Russian success is malched by Russian
-3,
exceed the unit is eliminated.Matrix Argumentscouldbe failure, the line irself holds- The Russians decide to attack
usedto add +1 to the valueof a specificdi€eused.The usual again,thenextdaywithoutgivingrheGermanstimeto recover.
modifiersfor: Troop Quality. Fortified Posirions,State of RUSSIAN: 6554.1124
Supply,etcican allbe factoredinwithsimple+ or modifiers. CERMAN: | 244
You could even take supply and fatigueinto accountby
sayingthateac-h 6'isthemaximum anyunitcanscore.Thiswill Linedup,ndModfiiedi B!!!!!It LLLIaLLL (rRu$in6= r)
allowyou lo keepscoremoreeasily,as you caniurn th€ dice C E R M A N : ,ll3l llCerhm= l
- l

overafterthrowingthem.to reflectthemodifiersused,without
havinglousea pieceofpaper.It ahomeansthattwoEliteunits. RUSSIAN: 5433
perhapswith +3 modifiers,are likely to have 'nconclusive CERMAN: 3
lose: ,ll 2
combats(thesamedicescore)whenfightingeachorher.at leasr
50%of the rime. The Russians, throwingtheir freshestunitsinlo the front line.
Reserves canevenbe takeflinlo accountby addingthevalue finallyoverwhelmthe Germandefenders. who losea Brigade
ofdicethrown'inreserve (score = scoreonthedice l)tothe (the depletedone) and have two others on +0. Had the
valueofspecificdicelbrown"in the front line". Germanshad time to have fortified their position(+2), the
The results€analsobe easilytranslated into battlereportsto outcomecould have been very differ€nt. In the game the
passbackto the players,aseachdicerepresents a specificunit. combatresolutiontook lesstimeto work out thanit did for vou
Thrs, its forlu.escanbe plottedfrom battleto batrle- to readthisexample.
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armour type. Each Batde has a command€rbasedon a sma ,
mundish bas€along wilh his own flag (bamer). AI measure-
Rnlesfor theWars ofthe Roses ment is from flagpoletop to flagpole top sothe moutrtingof one
flag per unit is vital (and pretty).
By PeteDtokuorth
Troop Classificrtiotrs
There are 4 morale classes:
INTRODUCTION men-at-irlms
These rul€s wer€ originally written almostten yearsago. In the retalnen
Scnnitargroup we hav€usedthen for a campaignandto refight merc€naries(indudes lrish KeIn)
in sequence€very battl€ of the wars. If I were to re-write them levies
today I would halve both the movementand rangesand would There are 3 armour classes:
baseunits iD 'standard'WRG elem€nts(groupingthen in fouls m€n-at-arms(plate)
to give 16 figure standardunits). However they are published armoured (brigantine"smail etc)
here in their original form. They arc meant for 25mmfgur€s, unarmoured(helmetonly if lucky).
but could be usedwith l5s, adjustingsizeswhere appmpriate.
Although intended for the wars of the Roses,they work well
enoughfor the Hundrcd Yearswar or anyEuropeanmediaeval PLAY SEQIJENCE
conflict. The combat rules use Feathentone-style savitrg
Herald's sideshooting(Others morale)
throws, but avoid any other mndom factols. 'Shootitrg sticks' 0) (2) Other side shooting- NOT Attack Aggressive(Herald's
canbe prepar€dwith the.shootingcasualtiesmarkedon them in
morale)
bands. (3) Compulsorymoves(New "hang backs"and routs)
The title is gleanedftom the openingspeechof Shakespeare's (4)
Write and declarecharges(T€stsaDdresponses)
Richard the Third. (s)Chargemoves
Assunptions: (6) Herald's side nomal moves
. Shootingwasvital but never battle winning. (7) Other sidenomal moves
. Meleeswere hard fought slogs. (8) Melee (and morale)
. Units were fed in to rugby scrumq?e melees. (e)Battle morale requests(and Tests)
. Characterof commandenwassiqrificant. (10) Crasedisorder startedbefore this move
. Batdes(wings)were the main taaical elementsnot units. (11)Herald movesto other side
. The pres€nceor absenceof shieldswasnot signdcant.
. Wargamesare games(for fun) nor simulations(for acauacy). MOI'EI\,TENT
Units AI foot troopc 6 inches
There strculd be 2 to 5 Battl€s per side (usualy 3). EachBatde Mount€d menat arms 8 inches
shouldconsistof 4 to 10 utrits (usualy 6). Units are basedin 3 CuIrours l0inches
blocks,€achblock with a 40nm wide fiontage (basedepthsarc Commanders 8inches
not significant but 20mm for men-at-armsand 40mm for al Aggessive attack add 2 inches
others is pleasing). In the c€nfte of eachmiddle baseis placed Deductl4 moveto: Wheel,Tum (9tr/180'),Line ! Col, move
the unit flag. Mounted troopGand foot men-at-armsare two per in rcughterarn.
base(6 igues to a uni0 all othersfour per base(12 figuresto a Gunsmaynevermoveor berelaid.

25mmMedievalarchenpaindd by Simon Chick, showing hisbasingnAthod. Thc oddfi8ure noutted on a tiingulnr baseallows
the neat rcprcsentationof the zig-zag|omation sometimesadop6d by English longbowmen.Figwes are WaryamerFoundr|
kx-Citadel].
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Infaotry can interpenetratefriends facingsame/oppositedirec-
Mcthod
tion without penalty. Cavalryonly interyenetratewhenrouting.
Add up total unit facton, addtacticalfaclors; addcommanders'
militaryabilities(if fighting);add d6. Compareto opponent's
SHOOTING total.This is donefor eachseparate melee.
Nearest target within 22.5' of srraight ahead. Overhead Result
shootingallowedonly for longbowsandis NOTpenalisedfrom Exactlyequal Draw
hillsides. Marginal winner Otherside-l cas
Rsnge l0' 15" 20" 2g' 30" Winner50% andover Othersidepushedback
Longbow 2 1** 11 1
Crossbow 1 I l l l winner 100%andover Othersiderouted
Handgun
Iactols, count one rangeextra for: BATTLE MORALE
Eachintervening friendlyunit (onlyin samebattle). Takewhenrequested byopponent(May ask2 x No. of eneny
Each2 figureslost. Battles),or optionallydrop one leadershippoint. Throw d6,
If targetin cover. add/subtract factors,addcommander's leade^hip(if not dead,
If shootersaredisordered. caDtured or wounded).
cutrs- 2xd6Only on Herald'smove.Ranger5" per cr€w
No steadyMen-At-Arms
andd6-2s
2-4 Stops,5-7 Miss,8-12Hit. InflictsdG2 casualties
SavingThrows
Eachunitrouted/destroyed 2
Anyfriendly Battle retreating/off
3, 4, 5,6Foot Men-at-Arms
Shotat/meleedby'friends' (i.etraitors)
5, 6 Armoured foot?late cav
6 others/- I from guns,handguns or cfossbows. -3
Any friendlyBattlerouting
C-ommanderdead -3
TINTTMORALE
*s or maydrop l leadenhippoint.
Testwhen€asualties/2* Eachsteadyunitup to6 +l
BasicFactors Battleflagonhill +1
Men-at-Arms6
Retainerc5 Enemybatdefallingbacldrouting(Onlycounlonce) +2
Kem^,lercenaries4 Resulls
Lery 3 9 0 K
Random 8 Do not advanceslandard
7 Halt standard
5=+l 6 Fallbackstandard8" andhalt
6:+2 5 Fallbackstandard12'andhalt
Behindcover +l 4 Fallbackstandardofftable
Commanderwithunit + l/2 leadership 3 Rout
Missiletroops -1
Disordered t
Each* (shootingmoraleonly) t COMMANDERS
Eachsixthlost I Commanders havefour qualities.Thesemay be dicedfor. or
Cavalrychargingdefeoces -1 assignedby the umpire in a historicalscenario.If diced for
Shotat in flanldrear -2 throw2 d6 andhalvethe result,roundingtowards4.
Resultl MilitaryAbiliry (Addsto meleefactorcif he fights)
1+ O.K.0- HangBack(melee/charyed=Rou0 l-eadership(Adds to morale tests)
1=opponentwntesorders.2= hold
l-oyalty(Onlyfor scenarios.
IIAND-TO-HANDCOMBAT Personality(May rewritetheir own orders.checkbeforefirst
Figues Eligibl€ move)
Thos€unitsthat contacttheenemy,plus(aftertbefirsrperiod) o=Recklessmustthrow I or Atrackaggressive
onenewunit per roundmaybe addedto therearofeitherside's 5=Brave.mustrhrow l-4 or Attackaggressive
existingcombatants. 4=Obeyorden
Unit factoN 3=ob€y orders
Men-at-Ams 8 2:Cowardly, mustthrow5. 6 or Defend
CurroudArmoured Halbediers 7 r:Stupid, randomd6:
UnarmouredHalberdiers 6 6=Attack Aggressive (+2" move)
Kem/Pikes 5 5=Attack (movetowardsenemyandcharge)
PeasantvArmouredMissiles 4 4=Attack (movetowardsenemyandcharge)
UnarmouredMissileTroops 3 3:Engage (move1o15"range,NO CHARGING!)
Tsctical factoN (add or subtract as appropriate ro the melee 2=Defend(do not advance)
total) I =Def€ndnow;retesteachtimeHeraldis received
Folowingup +2 Personality to join melee:
alsodictateswillingness
Terrain advantage +2 6=Reckless, throw l orMUST join anymeleein 8'
Lance/Kern +1 (lst period of melee 5=Brave,throw 1-4or MUST join anymeleein 8'
Pikenotpushed back +1 only) 4:Normal, player'schoice
Eachmissingbase -1 (Per unit per periodup 3=Normal,player's€hoice
Eachdisordered unit -l to4) . 2=Cowardly, needsto throw5, 6 to join a melee
l=Stupid, throw: 1+ opponents'choice:5, 6 player's
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RISK TO COMMANDERS Wirfim.. ids 6 di.l for ll. Ah!r, Adlg.
&d IAM/PC tulc oI coaFler.
Throw2d6top testfor a hit when: I.gIET REIEf,SE
Shotat 2 rEE SNTOERSATSKIRMISEER
Winningmelee 2,3 At kst wu dn anad b dabbt?in all the peiods vou tncy wjrhout havin! b
manaa4. vout stn thc -on ot th. d'ztut 25m 6Eut4 now bant
Absolutelosingdraw 2,3,4 dod@d u;Jud- hast tun6 fnn qd' "ma n ,hos. @ads whr'\ e
\o, a ndi nket p.hd Now t. irg Lhs ds, cnd tadin otbsud you @
a
Pushedback 2,3,4,5 dabbte awdv Oneo"nv rcn ded as d Nrpot"atu 'kindh edne ihas b.4
Routed 2,3,4,5,6,7 edndeo q n"e ar c ,s.t dztn?d w?"rbns systd ltts cu.* you
a;nDt"lc rcibt 6et he w"a@E nd hu .apabttna. lm ant -. to ksa
lf hit throwd6: bh,ia vou ded? "n wd@n o"t" ttuh ts rn? to'c.h'm sudlilv ddnaE.
1,2dead bonu. tPaa6. u n"cc6dnet,nM
b^co.;n ke tgth c@tul "aeo6. ho6* skn n4' tl,]s auaa qn?s ia
3,4Captured(woundedif shotat) the frthch Pdolunan. Nawonk Cffie4 tn:4 MLht a wen as he
A!ned.@west HMe.dE @tDad mNndtnt6tuf hed,tsabledandvau
5,6wounded t" ene uP tat Ptdv 6 {v Perioa rm
.rtt'atu b sat ,nh A ou-^ .ih|| tuu@e s rJud?d fa, -inulcneous nP h
'which
ka dMt E usuzily die d.adest Nsb autohattc fP fat nod@ ud
DISORDER frtuisdc dna. Pani. fa.16 md sho.k t ffi wounds, It6, fans,badyrcnr 6
wel 8 jhllivtdua! statds.he.\s, even belging fot na.r (espaialv tu Flastuhah
Causes
are: hnst ncke 1o. " tN nd dtu4 gme n ay penod So tc"t 'ouaelfta a nu
eaod u No tu Chnlnas tot anh tta8s + P&P
Roughterrain OI}IER ITIlts, complde gm?s syneffi for ANclENTs, RENAISSaNCE(pike &
shot), EMPIRES(rclonial dpansion). MICRO TJlNrs aI asp€ds or amouEd
Chargedfrom flank/rear wad&" rJudi& prcedmmeo ddd"r1. dn ri/6 mna, &bod. rop'.
Any interpretation
nol at 90" Irb* ."masetnatorcr n $? mrd- or ru dashdror
(am€i ror $? rod.m "no anoat m?d dd pnod An lhe .bde a,. pded al
Chargingthrougha unit
Routing WORID WAI ONE NAvar, lhe 6€n seninEdisk ar the momar, rearuG inctude
MINIs, TORPEDOEs. IETIGRAPHIC COMMUNICAIIONS, RI'{MNG
Morethan8"tuomBatdeflag aCROUND. COLUSIONS,MIICHANI SHIPPINGand lols mo!e. alou an hids
6 st$p'ns Ddds" ' m'iaw. dei€tu3
N.B. Disorderlastsfor restofthe moveit startsin andall next! ma@? dd 6ahr Cnocalh$ s!".d bp r]'. d?ni* o' meFly hpo*
-"'"-."r '-Gl;tu AI dEks fl69s +PAP
Solo
'€neFyv.6io6 ofANCIENIS, RENAISSANCE,EMPIRES& FANIASY .x(r$ m€
io rrpds€ you solo Eame6. Now Yor farcu e unn ftalt is on the linc
ala.as +Posbge
BATTLESTRUCTURE
B.PICR,52AANRBOIIOII, EADFIELD,
BattlesshouldNOT be intermingled.Unitsshouldstaywithin SRt4aaY.
Yt EYDE.CEESiEIaE
(but will
8" of Battle flag. Curroursrnaymoveindependently P6bl Rat6: UK 75p !.r drsl (oE ofX2.OO)
Eurole + i 5x sar&cc or +201 fo' atl m.l,
sufferdisorder) andMAY movebetweenbattles. R6r ofrhe wodd 20* s!'6ceor r25lfora&m.ll lalrO'd.Bpr.ese
Cun, ma] NEVERbe mo\edor realigned. burma) arlimer dsli \?. (DD 6r HD) dd .lr.3.s or s.25)
be partofa Batde(Measurefrom mouthof gun).
N.B. Cavalrycanonly interpenetrate/beinterpenetrated
by
SIMON'S SOLDIERS
A prcf4sional paillng sedice for walgameG bv a mtgamer.
ORDERS AII scal€scareredfor (up lo 110m) but 15!m a sp€cialry.with a
oumb€r of sttudardsavailable to sun lou tasreed Your pockel.
OrdersinGVW arewrittenbeforemovel by the Commander'
in Chief for himselfand his other Battle commanders. Every For a lstm s@ple sd f,l-50 io 14 Cae Ffyanon, Ba.lia,
qith unorder. B!tdg6d, Mid. GId. CF31 zHG or cootacr
Balrlecommander mustberssued Sloo! Charlesorlh m 0656 768556 fo! delatls.
Ordeftcannotusuallybealtered.but a Commander-in-Chief
maysendout newordento a Battle(whichmustbedeliveredby
a unit of currours)ifthe C in-C canlhrow lessthanhisMilitary
Ability (onechanceonly). At least2y3ofthe unitsin the Battle(whicharecapableofdoing
lfsuccessful2poinb are deductedfrom the Commanderin so) musltak€ a full movetowardsthe enemy.Any non-missile
Chiels leadership andtwo pointsfrom the receivingcomman- unitcapableofchargingmustdoso.
der'sMilitaryAbility whenit is received. Engage
An ordercancontaina sequence ofinstructions whichshould All missilearmed units (and
"Halt the commander)must move
specifythe amountof time in periodse.g. 3 movesthen towardsthe enemy
until they are in at leastthe 20" shooting
range.NO unit nay voluntarilymoveascloseasl0'orless. NO
A commanderwill onlyobeya limitednumberofinstructions unit may initiatea meleebut may join an existingm€leethat
in a sequence up to the valueof their Military Ability (e.9. a alreadyinvolves unitsfrom thisBaule.
commanderwith a Military Ability of only I who receivedthe
order "EngageNorthumberland s battlefor 4 movesand then Defend
attack" would only obey the engage part of the sequence and No more than 1/3of the units able1o do so may move.The
Battleflagmay not movemorethan8" from the startingpoint
Commanders who receiveonly an actionpan to theirorders wherethe Defendordercameinto effect.(Usuallyrhe staning
(e.g. "Atrackl") will applyir io the nearestenemyBattlethatis position).Unitsmay iniliatemeleeprovided,asusual,theydo
not retreating. notleavethe Battle(8"ftoln flag).
Ordersmustcontainoneofthe followingactions: Retire
Attack Aggr€ssive Al least2/3 unitsin the Battle (whicharecapableof doingso)
Movespeedsfor all unitsin the battleareincr€ased by 2". But musi move a full move towardsthe baseline.This is only
shootingis allowedonly when this side hasthe herald.(See intendedfor usein campaignsand scenanos.
gamesequence secron.J
At least2/3 of the unitsin the Batde(whichare capableof
doingso) nust take a full movetowardsthe enemy-Any unit
capableofchargingmustdo so.
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ERINGOBRAGH
The FrenchInvaslon of Ireland 1798
byPhil Ingram

Late in the afiemoonof 6 August 1798three frigatesflying green flag. The problem {or Humbert was his inability to
Britishcoloursarrivedin asmallbaynexttothetownofKillala, persuade the localgentrytoofficerhispeasant"Irish Brigade".
Co.Mayo.Theshipsattractednuch Iocalcuriosityand,pleased He placedlittle confiden€ein the Irish withoutsuchleadenhip
to welcomea rare visit from his navalcolleagu€s, the town s andthefirstrealconflictof the campaignhadto be forcedupon
garrisoncommander rowedout 1ooffer a catchof fishwhichhe him when an advanceby a mixed force of 400 yeomenand
hadmadeearlierin the day. On beinghauledaboardhowever regularcavalryfrornBallinahadto becountered. With a rougly
he wasshockedto find himselfamongsun-tanned veteransof equalforce of grenadiersand line infantry GeneralSarrazin
theFrencharmy.For Irelandthe dayoflibe(y rlasat hand;the advanced to meetthemseveralmilesnorthofthetown. At first
Frenchhad arrived.Quickly landingstoresand an advance the yeomanryshowed some determinationin exchanging
guardof infantry,the Frenchoccupiedthe town aftersome volleyswiththe French,but Sarrazinpinnedthemdownwith a
resistancefrom the localyeomanry and hoisteda greenflag slowadvanceby the grenadiers to theirfront, whikt a partyof
abovethe mostprestigiousbuilding.Above the gold embroi- lineinfanry andIrish outflankedthem.Seeingthismovement,
deredhary wasthe old rallyingcryr "E/in Go Bragr" (Ireland Maior Kerr, in commandof th€ loyalists,ordereda retreat
for Ever). whi€hturned;nto a rout on the arrivalo{ a party of chasseurs
headedbv Hurnbenhimself.
Castl€bar
BACKGROUND Realisingihe dangerofstayingtoo longat Killalaandawareof
For muchof the i790'sa srnallgroup of lrish revolutionaries the overwhelminggovernmentforces closing in on him,
knownasthe UnitedIrishrnenhadbeenorganisingforarevolt Humbertdecided1o risk all on gaininga major victorywhich
in Irelan,ldndlobblinglor Frenchmrlrtar)intervenlion in irs might loosenthe stranglehold
and act as an incentiveto Iish
support.By theendof 1796theireffortswererewardedwith the rebellion.He ihereforepublicly announcedthat he would
appearance of a Frenchfleetcarrying12.t100soldiersin Bantry advanceon the 3,500govemmentforcesdefendingthe county
Ba\, sourh-wesr Ireland.Covernment defence'$ere in a townof Castlebar. Leaving200Frenchbehindto guardagainst
deplorablestateandit seemedthatthe islandwouldfall easily, a raidfrom Sligoon the storesaccumulated at Killala,Humbert
but for the miracleofaconlrary wind whichpreventedlanding begana narch bythe mostdirectroutedownthemailroad.His
andledeventuallyto the abandonment ofthe wholeproject. armywasnow 800Frenchandaroughlyequalnumberoflrish.
The fright of this episodegalvanised the governmentmto The Bntish commanderat Castlebarwas GeneralHutch-
actionand within weeksthe entire leadershipof the United inson,an officerwith re€entexpe enceunderAbercrombyin
lrishmenwerein Dublinprisons.Despilethis,majorrebellions Europe.His instructionswereto containHumbertandwhere
took placein WexfordandUlsler andwereonly defeatedafter possibleavoida co.flict, the resultof whichcouldswellrebel
muchbloodshed. The only leadersat Uberlywerethe lobbyists numbers.Awareofthe dangerfromthemailroadhehadposted
in Franceandit wasat thei instigationthat aflotherforcewas half hisentireforceat the strategicbridgeat Foxford.He now
assembled on the Frenchcoasl.Much of this wasdivertedto waitedoutsideCastlebarwith his army entrenchedon either
Egypt by a youngNapoleonwhosepreference was for more sideofthe mailroad.(SeeMap B.)
exoticadventure thanlvhatlrelandcouldoffer.Thisleft a small Humbert meanwhileadvanceddown the mail road several
residueof 5,000men in threeprojectedfleets.The "Amy of milesthenturnedwest,avoidingFoxfordby anexhaustingnight
Ireland"consisled of 3.000menunderitsComnander-in-Chief
GeneralHardy to sail from Brest;1,000men,includingmany
emigres,sailingfrom the ChannelPonsi and a further 1,200
underHumbertwhowereto sailfrom Rochefort.Bureaucratic
CAMPAIGN T/|OVES AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 1798
delaysin providingcashheld up the wholeexpeditionin port
and Humbertbecameso frustratedthat he raisedthe money
himself and set sail on 6 August, Ieavingthe rest of the
expedition1omeethim later.After nanowlyevadingthe ships
of the Royal Navy, Humbert anived at Killala sixteendays

THE CAMPAIGN
Bsllina
Humbert'sarmyconsisted of 1,130menmadeup mainlyof Une
infantry.with two companies ofgrenadiers, two4pounderguns
anda squadronofthe 3rd RegtofChasseurs, wholackedhorses
and trere ro b€ found local mounts.His instructionswere to
incite,supplyandco-operate with existingIrish forces.He was
to join with Hardy at the earliestopportunityand meanwhile
had to arm and train his lrish allies.He stayedin Killala for
three weeks for this puryose and was soon thoroughly
disillusionedwith the oualitvo{ the reruitswho flockedto the
22
marchthroughbog and ov€r mountain,aroundthe shoresof
LoughConn,duringwhich-despite theeffortsofthe Irish,who
had to pull the guns over the rough terrain - one gun was €-
abandoned. Hutchinsonhad not considered the Dossibilitvof
lhismo!e andfullyexpecred a warningf'om Forfordbelorethe '*?nB
arrivalofthe French.At 3.00amreportswerereceivedthatthe
Frenchwer€advancingdown a rockytrack to the righl of the
govemmentposition-Thesurprisewasunpleasant, but certain
kw. \ lf'ft-r
ly not iEedeemableas it was five hours beforethe French
advanceguardactuallyappeared.Hutchinsonand Lake (who
hadjoined the anny only a few hoursbeforethe battle)were
fightingon preparedgroundoftheir choosingandstill enjoyed
parily in overallnumbersand total superiorityin both cavalry
andartillery.
Humbertbeganthe assaultbycommitingtheIrishBrigadeto
a frontalcharge.Formedin a raggedcolumnof 800men, they
cameon at a run. After driving in govemrnentpicketstheir
confidenceswelledand they chargedthe centreof rhe first
government line.The gunsin the first linewerehandledby rhe
RoyalIrishArtilleryunderCaptainSho(allat whosecommand
they stayedsilentuntil the lrish werewithin 100yards.They
th€nunleashed an accuratevolleyof grapeshot whichsentthe
lrish runningbackwardsin shocked€onfusion.As a unit the
Ifl\h Brigade plaledno funherpartIn theba le
The French now formed two columns. The first. of
grenadiers, movedagainstthe centreof the govemmentline,
whilstthe second,of line infanlry,altemptedto envelopethe
governmentleft. Again this attackwasdrivenbackwith some
lossfrom accurateartilleryandmusketfire. The singleFrench
gunwasdestroyed beforeit couldunlimber.At a lossasto what
to do. Humbertnow droveforwarda vastherdof cattletaken
from farmsen roure.It washopedthat thesewouldbreakthe
government linesandcausethe typeofconfusionnecessary for
a Frenchviclory. But underfire the cattlesimplytumed and
stampeded throughFrenchlines. surrounding houses.Again rhe arrivalofrhe chasseu$proved
Humbertwasnow in a difficult positionand conremplated loo much lor thederenders sho qerecurdownaroundrhegun.
retreal to Ballina. This possibilitywas no doubt made less Frenchlossesamountedto 168killed andwounded.whilsrth€
attractiveby the countryoverwhichsucha wilhdrawalwould loyalistslost an estimared400 killed and woundedand 200
haveto takeplacein thefaceofthe enemy'scavalry.It $asall or prisoners, hal{ofwhon defectedro the Frenchafterthe battle.
nothing.The entireFrenchforcedeployedin openorder and Irish rebellosses areunknown.
advanced.overlappingthe govemment left flank. Taking Coloon€y andBalinamuck
advantage ofthe unevengroundandthe highhedgesandwalls. After Castlebar the Frenchrestedandgovemmenrforceswere
casualties werelight andasthe Frenchclosedto musketrange evacuatedfrom surroundinggarrisons.harassedby roving
the Irish nilitiasuddenlypanicked.Throwingawaytheirpacks gangsof Irish insurgenls. As Irnh viceroy, Cornwallishimself
andmusketsthe meno{ the Kilkennymilitia ran for Castlebar. took overall commandof governmentforcesand impressed
They were followedby the Longfordmilitia and the Galway uponall juniorcommanders rheneedro avoidanorhe; defeat
yeomanry, leaving the Fraser Fenciblesto withdraw in whichcouldplungelargeareasof the counrryinto revoh. By
dismayedorderin the faceof the Frenchadvance.Seeingthis strippinggarrisonshe painstakingly gath€reda largearmy ar
rout, the Frenchquicklychargedthe gunsand bayonetledthe Athlonewith asmanyEnglishandScortishunitsas possible.His
bemused gunnersat theirstation. beliefwasthat Humbertwould headfor ihe midlandsor the
Within Castlebarpanichadtakenhold. Enrirecavalryunits northin thehopeof findin-ssupportamongthernorepolirically
had riddenthroughthe town and on to distantTuam without sophisticated populationsof rhoseareas.To prevenathis he
pause.Offic€rswereattemptingto rallytheirmenwith threats. planneda slrrtegyinvolvingthe gradualrestrictionof French
whilst a terible crushof carts,guns. men and animalshad movements by surrounding armies,culminatingin a confronta,
developedon the bridgeout of the town. Amongstthis rout tion with overwhelming force.
someresidueoTresistance continued.Smalldisparate elements Dismayedby rhefailureofHardy ro landin hissupportand
ofvariousunitsfoughta delayingretreatbackto thetown,firing awareof the gist of the CornwalUsplan. Humbert marched
from behindeachbedgerowastheywent.This boughttime for north from Castlebar.covering56 milesin 36 hourswith the
theFraserF€ncibles anda numberofCarabineers to formup in intentjonof Iinking with ihe Uniled Irishmenof Ulster. His
thetownsquarewithtwocurricleguns. for€ewasswollenby an influxoflrish recruirs.now numbering
Frenchmomentumseemedunstoppable andtheyweresoon around2,000,andthearrivalofthe Frenchgarrisonof 200frorn
withinthestreetsofthe townwheretheloyalistshadbarricaded Killala.Th€ characterofthe campaignnow changed,with the
and loopholedmany buildings-After an hour's fightingthe Frenchbeing pursuedand harassedall the way by closing
buildingswere clearedandthe Fenciblesforced towithdrawby govemmentforces.From Enniskillenceneral Nugenr was
the affival of the chasseurs who overan the gunsin the town advancing sourhwith 1.000 menandLenfieldgun' To hisrear
square-A desperatebattle took placefor the bridgewhere Humbertwaspursuedby a forceseveraltimeshis sizeled by
militia menand F€ncibles,aidedby a curriclegun. held their Lake,who pushedforwarda ruthlessvanguardofHompesch's
ground againstincreasingnurnbersof French snipingfrom mountedriflemenunderCrawford.With no pretenceof justice
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they hung or shot anyonethoughtto be connectedwith the
rising.Comwallishimself keptbetween HumbertandDublinto
prevenl a suddent attempt on the capital- Realisingthe
hopelessness ofthesituationandthe direpersonalimplications
First Empire
Tho Inlgmational lragazing lor tho seaious
of defeatrnanyof the Iish beganto desertand ii wasonly by
postingFrenchoutriden that this naturaltendencycould be
NepoloonlcWaagrmsr.
lsr 9 o|n Ndl
discouraged.Both sides were keen to avoid a general "An deld rqdl", _rl! rlrt tlE h.btr !..d.dl", "Th. h.uL
engagement andwhena confrontationdid occurit wasusually ..ri.ld @ ihl6{iw .nt *!drv,.", rep llp th. go.d wdll '
at the instigationof an over-zealouspart-timecommander. At fie e jus ! fd q'd.s ftd lh. lr@ing mt of ffi ?,@ Fts
Tubbercurry,forexample,CaptainO'Hara led our 400menof EnpiE u&8, Pal&/i&,
the Corrailineyand Coolavin Yeoman Cavalryagainstthe Frs EopiE i! r iprdlt dFinin! bimolNy pobliqtjd, cdfin rinB
Frenchadvance guard.Theresultwasa govemmentrout with a 6 N.pold c Hiday u.l ws!Eid8- Prck! eilh infdr.tirc .nj.ks
6 b6d6 lrl udftm, Evics d lig@, nrl€ .!d 8u6, tming
handtulofcasualties. ft16 d sri6.rd d infmliv. &d liEl, ddas Lc dio
Near the villageof Colooneythe Frenchhaltedbriefly to Fid EnpiE n oly rhiLbL by dier $t€.n'Fl6 a fi6 ft d $.
breakfast underthehedgesandpickapplesin a nearbyor€hard. ldvqds wid:h tl' h.8.2!r.
Whilstthiswastakingplacea shotlandedamongthe trees.They Subsc.ipdonralos.
wereunderattack.With two gunsand600menofth€ Limerick U.r,, B,F.P'o .d eEC. alU 95
militia, ColonelVereker,the Sligoconmander,advancedlo
meettheFrench.The ensuingstruggleeamedhim the peerage. cb.quqP.O.,lfi.o./C$lt FFblc ro Fld Ehpic pl*,
Verekerhadsecuredhisleft flankon a riv€randon hisrighthe B.ct tmha! d is I ' 8 e rsiLblc fd 12@ a.h imludir.
placed100menin hillyground.Onthe flatgroundin thecentre pd.g.. Ul(. B.FX.o- E€-C. 6lt- RGnd wdld lz80 a.ll
he placedthe bulk of his force, alongwith one gun on a hill, NEWIEAGLESIX
coveringthe road to Sligo, and anothernear the riverbank. Do yd *d ..sy b poir[ .d .ffativ. Nrpoldi. wrgm. mi€?
Humbertrespondedbysendingalargebodyof Irishrebelsbya Do y@ ld b e imF6iv. liB d n'f$ty .!d qElry ESnrqts?
circuitousroute to arrive on the governmentright, whilst Ol c@ yq d., lrd w rd a vilh E AGLE SIX!
demonstrating with theFrenchregularson thegovernment left. wl'F s t@ Fr d6r tm $d wb.t c d.t? FAGLB sIX @ $Lb
dinrihtdl hr Firs FipiE c dd* h.ld. EAGLE slx c figw
The advan€eof the regularswas held up for an hour by the
blo.b Inf.!r.! @. i. tlo.L d 2t. GhLy h iind. ErL blocb d 8
accurateartillery fire from the gun on the hill. h was being li8@ Irfr'trr e Ard i@ i<p d drb to lh. rd6 d lh. f..t
directedby an Englishmannamed Whittier and with each C.{lry iul.Nd 8.@ n6.o? b hds |be
successtul shotthemilitiaseemed to growin confidence.French EIGLE slx tlo.b oG i! F.b d ro .Dd cd jul 12.40p.. FcU
marksmenweredetachedwith the aim ofsuppressing the gun, wit[ itruEdn& cfiet th. fouflilt F& c .hiLbL.
but theycouldnot hit Whittier.In a criticalposition,with the 3dv.Hrnytudpd
attackingstalling,a horsemandashedfrom the Frenchlines 3 d t 6 Hdry a-rt|d. r'd pd(
3dt'!Hd,'.edRd|.dG[d
and,with bulletswhizzingabout him, simplyrodeup to th€gun, ? .* t r ? H.'r'y srd hF stu d Pd
drew a pistol and shot Whittier dead. The horsemanwas l rn bYariq'lorsc
1 d tlc'j'ujrrorree!
Bartholemew Teeling,an liishmanin Frenchservicewho was t r* t r H..v, c.vn'y r'h 6.r*n
later hung for his heroics.With a loud cheer the French
advanced oncemoreand the lrish appearedto the rear ofthe A{ir.bb s :a Id.Jfy tEE bro.b, cff.d cruF .!d LiEba
governmentright. Out'flanked and demoralisedVereker
ordereda retreat which tumed into a rout back 1o Sligo. I2..o F. F.L L{.rrr f6 . Fmr . fi8@!
Pl@ dd rot P+PU& B'F.P.O.
Casualties wereroughlythe sameon both sideswith 60 killed 30* EeF 1ot R.s d Wdld
andwoundedbut, althoughthe militiahad 100takenprisoner, rb$ nnr! .L.qB FFbL b Fit EdpiE,
Humbertwastherealloser:hecouldill-affordtoloseanymore NE\M FIRSTEIIPIRESCENICS
precioustroops.Despilethe "victory" his posrtronwas now a Ee 88. oa sp.ria quli.y 116 rnd fldr* N@.ls qF5 od
lookingincreasingly desperate. d6 .{iLbk. To nr,!y to li! l'& sd SIt f6 lis!
Incrediblefeatsof marchinghad beencounteredby Lake, EAGLESOFTWARE
\{ho wasnow only a matter of hoursbehindhim. With little Th wrld'3 lq<!n! N{d@i. @Fla lbL r.p b.ulc n.dantio
chanceof reachingUlster Humbert tumed west with the sysd t6 tb. IBM FC .rd Corp.tibl6.
intentionofsupportinga revoltin progressin Westmeathand Fdfotr Tb. E d. v T.ci{l lo* l.wl rinulirio. 124.95
Longford.Comwallisrealisedthe threat and movedto head coFlibL xo.bl4
him off. On the eveningof 7 Septemberthe rcmnantsof the tl{95
midlandsrevolt staggeredinto the Frenchcamp, defeated. ft. C.DFigF, rtd!.lio[, g'lFta
Nothingremainedfor Humbertbut theoutsidechanceofa dash tl9.95
on Dublin.Togain speedhe discarded eightcapturedgunsand NEWI
wasreward€dwh€nhe wasableto crossthe Shannonah€adof Bii!.rLl GnDda.ciql riDuLrio ryna OA,95
both Lake and Comwallis.The road to Dublin was now Foll* TIE E !i.
_No knla .
apparentlyopen,but the prizewasan illusion.HeadingLake's !n , mc d.. . .iD'rLiio, it r lib b.ir8 thd!!"
army ColonelRobertCraufordhad kept doggedcontactwith Pd .!.1 P..bn!
Ple .dd 55 P+? UI., B"F!,o' & Eec.
the French and was now in a position to force a general
l0l N6 E.EC, Eutoqrl R.i. d w6ld
engagemenl. On 8 SeptemberHumberthad to turn and face ClEqs Fy.6b ro E C. Soft*@ pl.e,
Lake'sarmy of around5,000men anda dozenguns,knowing
nowthataheadofhim on the roadto DublinlayCornwalliswith FidEbpiE & E lt Sdftw
an army o{ a similarlydauntingsize.The issuewashardlyin u Be! sa..q HilN.r,
doubt,Humbert'sonly goalwasto retirewith honour.AJtera BddgDo.r,\
briefresistance the 850remainingFrencbsurrendered. Of the Stu?.&.,
wv166HL
thousands of lrish who had joined them only 1.000remained
dl4686tA55t76er
andthesewerelefttofight alone.Theystoodwhilstvolleyafter
volleywas pouredinto their ranks.eventuallyrunninginto a Tnd. E !nn3 w.lcd.d,
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bogwheretheywerehunteddownandshownno quarter.Those associated with'the Diddymen",flowerporhais,swallowtail
fewfortunateenoughto be takenpisonerwerelaterhanged. coats,kneelengthbreeches with stockingsandbuckledshoes.
Looseshirtsandwaislcoatswere alsopopular.Thesenen were
usuallyannedwith the traditionaleightfoor pike. Contempor,
POSTSCRIPT ary printsshowthat the rebelsof 98 werefondof weanngany
Six daysafter the surrenderof Bali.arnuckceneral Hardy captureduniformavailableand officerscouldbe id€ntifiedin
finally\et sail.unawareofHumben s fareapanlromsomenews suchamanner.Nofiguresarecurrentlyavailabletocoverrebel
of theearlyvictories.Thefleetwasintercepted off the northem forces(I hada word wiih the guy at the Redoubtsrandandhe
coastof Donegalby a squadronled by Sir John Warren.A save me a very odd look!). [A penrir. look? Ed.] Spanish
desperateflight, then an engagement occufiedin which the guerillasandFrenchsansculottesprovideobvioussubstitures,
French.totallyoutgunned (oneshipofthe linevenussix),were but for rhepuristthereis no altemativeto lengthyconversion.
forcedto surrenderafterfourhours.NinesmallerFrench ships
madea dashfor home.but sixofthesewerecaDtured andfound The GovernmentArmy
to befulloftroops andsuppliesofall sorts. For convenience thiscanbe dividedbetweenthe lrish andthe
Scots/English units. All can be reprcsentedby early British
Napoleonic f igur€ssincethepart-timers appearto haveenjoyed
TIIE ARMIES dressing like their regular counter'parts. Prints showa wide
varietyof headdress, Tarletonsand roundhatswere popular,
The French but bicomesand(perhapsanachronistically) stovepipe shakoes
The French were to a man hardenedveteransof earlier predominate.The list of governmentcommandersshowsa
campaigns in Italy. Their small but balancedforce acquired wealthof established achievement and future promise.Corn-
moreanillery after eachvictory.but the cavalryarm wasnot wauisaod Lake servedwith distinctionin Americaand India.
availableearlyin the campaignowingto the delayin obtaining whilstfor CraufordandSir JohnMoorefameawaitedin Spain
local horses.The seventyoffrc€rsin the small army and a ten yearslater. Even Hutchinsonlater redeemedhimselfin
disproponionate numberof seniorofficersis indicativeof the Egypt and at Eylau and Friedland.By contrast,local loyalist
Frenchintentiollofprovidingcadresfor the Irish. commanders wereproneto the mostrashandoutmodedtactics,
Frenchinfantryworebicornesandcanbe represented by any which could have endangeredthe whole campaignwithout
Revolutionaryor early Napoleoflicfigures.The French€om- Cornwallh\ restraining hand.
manderswere all as experienced as their men. Humberthad
expeiencenot only in the convenlionalbattle.but alsoin the Thelrish Loyalists, Militia andYeomanry
guerillastrugglein the Vendee.He lat€r servedin the West The lrish militia consistedof a Catholicrank and fil€ and a
Ind'e\and.alrerfalhngour offavour$rrh\apoleon..a$acrion Protestanr officercorpsrecruitedbv a ballotsvsrem. Theywere
atNer! Orleansandin the MexicanRevoh, often ill-trained and iu-equipped as absentee landlords often
madeabsentee soldiers.Doubrsabout their loyaltygenerally
Th€ Reb€ls provedgroundless. althougharoundl00ofthem defectedafter
Mayohadno tradilionofrevolutionaryacdvity.Thereforefew Castlebar.In a wargarnecampaigneachdefeatshouldbring
educated localnotablescouldbefoundto form anofficercorps. with it a modestpercentage chanceof militiadefection.
The French brought with thern 5.500 musketsand many The Yeomanry consisted of betreroffProresrant volunteers,
uniformsandtheyconcentrated on trainingan "Irish Brigade" who purchased iheir own equiprnent.In the Westof lreland
of 500men.They werenot over-impressed with the qualityof they would have been concentrated in the towns. Although
theirnewrecruits,oneFrenchofficersuggested trainingathird b€tter armed than the militia, they do not appearto have
of themandhangingthe rest.The lrish werenor familiarwith performedsignificantlybe$er. They would not be subjectto
firearmsand their earlyattemptsat learningresultedin many defections.
damagedmuskets.lndeedHumbefl nearlylosthis life whena
recruilaccidentlyfired hisgunandthe shotmissedthe general EnglisbandScottishUnils
by inches.Eventuallyall po\r'derhadto be takenfromthe Irish Englishmiliria wasapparentlyof a muchhighercalibrerhan
in Kiualabecausethey were wastinga greatamountfiring at the'r lrish counter-parts and shouldbe treatedas such.Tbe
ravens.Judgingfrom the r€bel performance ai Castlebarthe Fencibl€s were regular volunteerScotsregiments, recruitedon
trainingeffort was not wholly suc€essful and thenceforththe conditionthar theydid not serveoutsidethe Britishkles. The
Irishqeremorelil,elylo be employed in flankingmovemenrsFraserFencibles wereperhapsth€onlyBritishunit to leavethe
whichinvolvedlessriskofrouting.but delivereda psychological field of Castlebar wirh honour.They weremuchsteadierthan
blowto a staticlinearenemy. any of the Irish soldiery. thoughnot quiteup to thestandards of
However.there were instancesin which the rebeh fought the French.Owingtorhesimultan€ous actionin Egypt.British
with outstanding courage.At Ballinamucka partyof300stood regularr€gimentswere very thin on the ground in lreland.
theirgroundandwereslaughtered to the lastman.Two weeks Those regimentspresentduring this campaignwere often
later,duringthe governmentreconquest of Killalamanywere mer€lyservingasdepotsforrecruitsandwouldhavebeenwell
observed"running on death with as little appearanceof belowpaperstrength.
rcflectionor concemasif theywerehastening to a show .
The 500 men of the "Irish Brigade were arrned and
uniformedbytheFrench,althoughcontemporary printssuggest THEFRENCHINVASIONIN WARGAMING
that some retained their civilian headdress.The uniform TERMS
consisted of the scrapingsof Fr€nchnavaland militarystores As a campaign the invasionof 1798is loadedwilh *whatifs'. If
andfun coulddoubdessbe haddesigninga suitablyoutlandish Hardyhadbeenableto rendezvous with Humberriif Humben
compositionoutfit. Ahernatively.ordinaryFrenchinfantryin hadarrivedin time to supportthe rebellionin the rnidlands;if
campaign dresswouldsufficeaslongastheycarrieda greenilag Bonapartehadtakenmoreof an interesl. . - The wholerhing
for identification.Theseflagshad eithera tree of libertyor a offers an infinite number of scenariosfor the warsam€r
harpat theircentre,surrounded by themotto"Erin Go Bragh'. inleresred In morerhuna one-offbaltle.Sricking ro wh;t drd
The rebelswhoremainedin Killalaor ioinedtherebellionafter happen.in anycampaignHumbens maingoalmuslbe to slay
theshareout o{ kit wouldhavewornthetypeofdressnowadays in the field aslongaspossibleandinflictsom€symbolicdefeat
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soldiers.Hardy'sarrival can lhen be a djced-forpossibitirr. arrangedin the form of a skirmishbasedon the Bartholemew
ldeallyrhe governmenl lorcesrhoutdseekro emutarerhe Teehneincidenrar ^Coloone)Pla)e|\could'epresenlindi-
ComwallisstrategyofisolatingtheFrenchandavoidingconflict r idualFrench mark(hen. gunnerwhr rerandTeelinghimsetf.
until overwhelming numberscanbe broughttobear. eachseekingpersonalglory beforerheircheeringcomrades.In
On tbe r\argamestable. Casrlebarand Colooneyoffer the the caseofTeelingandthe Frenchthe possibiiryofhirting and
rareopportunityofwirnessing rheflight ofthe Redcoars before beinghit mustobviouslyincreasethe nearerrhey venturcto
the victoriousFrenchcolumn.Momentsofmasspanicgivethe governmenl lines.Whittiercouldbeplayedby theurnpire,with
wargameran mterestingproblemand an opportunityfor an the goalof holdiogup the Frenchadvancefor a setnumberof
earlyvisit to the pub. lrish rebelswere prone to panicwheo move'or of,coringon a casudky,poinrs slsrem.
tacedwith anythingin a red coat. Similarly,trish militia and
yeomanrymight flee at the mosl inconvenientmomentwhen
facedwith advancing French.Yel thisis not the rlhotepicture, ANDFINALLY . . .
lor rherebel..aswe hdve,een.oftenfoughlwith\on(iderable
Thisarliclewouldnol be complerewitboutan Irishism,soher€
deierminationand. if Colooneyis anyrhingro go by, the
it is . . . Whencapturedby his ersrwhilecomradesand being
Loyalistswerealsocapableofaudacityandcouragewhenfaced
with Frenchregulars.The conrradictoryactionsof i -trained sentenced for defectionto therebelsafrerCastlebar
awit ofrhe
Longford militia savedhis neck by explaining,..Sureyour
soldierscan be reflectedby using a speciatpanic factor in
honours,Ithinkit wasthearmythatwasthedeserters,Istayed
additionto conventional moraleratings.Whenrebelsarefaced
with Redcoals.or militia face French, a sinple roll of a
percentage dice with. for examplea 5% or 10% chanceof a
panic-stricken rout.Onceoneunitroutsotherswill thenhavean
jncreased possibility
of followingthemoff rhetable.Manymor€
variablescouldbe addedto this. but in orderto keeDit simDle BIBLIOGRAPHY
andgiten an rdeaot rhe unprediclabilir) andirrdlionatit) of R.Kee. The GrcenFIag.Usefulintrodu€tion.
panic I would prefer a straightforward fixed percenrage V. Gribayedoff.TheFrcnchInyasionof lrclandin'98. Dated.
chance.When re-fightingCastlebar,dice againby company but a goodread.
whena routingunit entersihe temporaryshelterof the lown. R. Hayes.TheLastInvasio"o//relar?d.Outrageously biased.
The mixedresultswill help achievethe scatteredresistance ThomasFlanagan. Iie ye ofthe Frcnch.Af^scinatirgrccert
whichoccured in reality.Wilh theserefinements it is possible
that a unit may performcreditably,but is equallycapableof P. Haythornethwaite. Unifo ns ol the FrenchRevolutionary
astounding cowardice. Waff. Containssome of the unilorms of units involved,
CastlebarorColoonevareobviouschoices for i conventional includingan Insh rebel.
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HISTORY
CASUATTIES, AIVDTHE
.BENEFITS
OFWAR':
ARepIyto C1utsPeers.Part 1.
By GuyHalsall

In a recent article,'A historical perspectiveon casualty
rcmo\al'(wI 5'7, pp.23-25 ), ChrisPeers,whomI findoneof the
mostinteresting of the currentgenerationofwargames *riters,
hasprovidedme with a greatdeal of food for thought,and I
havebeenInlprredto put pento paperanderpresimyopposing
views.(')I will beginby discussing the topic of casualties and
andthen(in part2) dealwith
theirrepresentation in wargames,
Chds'sclosingr€marksin 'A historicalperspective on casualty
removal' remarkswhich,perhapsbecausethey wereoverly
condensedinto a short section,I found rather disturbing.
FinallyI will rnoveon to look at the implicationsofallthis for
the placeol histor) in wargamesmagazines. This larler is an
issuelong ago mootedby RichardBrooks"'and one whichI
find especially important,the more so as it hasrecentlyb€en
re-openedin a public correspondenceinvolving - again- Chris
overall.Then I will discuss the representation
of casualtiesin
wargames. To anticipatemy conclusions, the upshotof allthis
will not so muchbe a completedisageementwith Peersas a
changeofemphasis.
We mustfirst of all ponderthe evidenceupon whichPeen
baseshis argument.It has to be noted that for most of the
'pre-gunpowdelera we do not havethe detailedor reliable
casualtylists(exceptfor notables)or battleaccountsne€essary
to support preche argumentsabout the exactscaleand morale
importanceof battlefield losses.we do, however, have
increasing quantitiesof suchdatain the modemperiod.This
'evidential'discrepancy is boundto makeany allegeddiffer-
encesin the importanceof casualtiesbetween'prer and
'post-gunpowder' warfaremoreapparentthanreal.

And soto casualties. The essence of ChrisPeers'argument is MISSILEFIRE

that casualties were the productratherthan the producerof I-€t us now considermissilefire and its effects.Doessuchfire
battle resultsin the 'pre-gunpowder' (ancientand m€dieval) whittleawaya unit, moreor lessregularly,alongits front, or
era.Beforeonesidecollapsed in rout, casualties wereprobably doesit cutinto a unit?Do troops'fill in' fromtheback,or'close
too light to reducesubstantially a unit's frontageand thusits up' gapsfrom the sides?Let us dealwith the se€ondquestion
fightingvaluein the line ofbattle. This beganto changein the first.It shouldbe evidentthat forlhe menofa unit to continue
'horceandmusket'erawhen,at leaston occasions, unitscould calmly steppingforward into their fallen comrades'places,
be decimatedby particularlyeffectiv€burstsof tuepower. whenthe latterarefallingthickandfastrequiresa gooddealof
Finally,in themodemperiod,saysPeers,technology hasmeant training, disciplineand high norale. Calm replac€mentof
that unitscanbe blow away'in shortorder.One corollaryof casualties in this fashionmusthavebeenthe exceptionrather
thisis that the small'arm€ed'€lite',whichcoulddefeatenemy thantherule,A morenaturalreactionwouldbe to closeup the
afterenemy(because batrlefieldcasualties for winningarmie\ gapsby squeezing in from bothsides- closingup on the colours
weresolight)wasdominantuntilsometimearound 1650-1700.as it would later be termed. mtcydides (The Peloponnesian
HencePeed conclusionis that casualties may be ignoredin Wdr, 5.6) mentionesthat a hoplite\ primaryconcernwasto
'pre-gunpowder' wargames andpartiallyincludedin horseand keephisunshielded sidecoveredby theshieldofthe manto his
musketencounters, but theyarestillessential in moderngames. right-If thisnan fell, sucha warriorwouldbeaslikelyto stepto
we can isolatea numberof premisesupon which Peers' his right as to wait for a man from the rear rank to march
argumentisbased.Findythereis an assumption thatcasualties forwardinto thegapin theline(thisisall partof thewell-known
will be replacedby men'filling in'from the back.Casualties phenomenon ofthe 'rightward-driftingphalanx').Io mostsuch
thus affe€t a Ulit's depth rather than its frontage. Peers shield-wallwarfarethe tendencywill havebeenfor the shields
thereforestatesthat a Fredericianthree-deeD line will needto to closeup ratherthan leavethe gapto be filled in from the
suffer33% casualties beforeits fightingefficiencyis affected. back.
Connected to this is, obviously,a beliefthat casuahies tendto
be inflicted more or less evenly along the line. A unit is The reasonswhy front-rankerswouldquicklycloseup sucha
graduallyworn downfrom the front. Equallyalliedto the first gaparequicklyapparentif weconsidertwofurtherpoints about
premiseis a failureto treatcasualties inflictedby 'firepo$er',at the 'shield-wall'scenario.The first is that a manhit - whether
a distance,separatelyfrom those sufferedin hand-to-hand fatally or not - by missilefire is likely to fall or stagger
fighting(not includingrout andpursuit).Thislatteris crucialin backwards,preventingthe rear-rankerfrom noving forward
determiningany difference,concemingcasualtiesand thejr immediately,and encouraging nervousfront-rankersio close
efJects,betweenancientand medievalwarfareand its more up thegapthemselves- Secondly,inmanyancientandmedieval
mode counterparts. Thereis, also,in place,an assumption armies,rear rankswere lesswell armedand protectedthan
that'numbersof casualties' equal'numbersof menftillpd',and forward ranks. which must hav€ made them reticentabout
evidentcon{usionbetweenthe scak of casualtiesand their steppinginto the front line. ln somecasesthis will havebeen
battlefieldimportance,and indeed betweenthe effectsof conpoundedby socialfactors.Wh€rea lineof aristocrats, who
firepowerand the effectsof casuahies. Finally,as mentioned, believeit their privilegeto occupythe foremostposition,has
Peersassumed that the 'pre-gunpowder' periodsdifferedfrom be€nthinnedby fire, it will be aslikely to closeup itselfas to
the modemperiodsin all theserespects, allowmenofinferior standingor birth to sharein the'placeof
I shouldlike to dealwith thesepremisesand assumptions,
firstlookingat the evidenceuponwhichtheyarebased,thenat 'Closingup' is thenprobablymorecommonthan 'filling in'
'distanteffecf casualties (thosefrom missilefire), followedby wherecasuallies areinflictedon a front rank. Whathappensif
casualties from hand-to-hand fighting,andfinallyat casualties missilefire cutsinroa unit?Obvioudvthisis Dlausible in horse
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andmusketbattles,whenroundshotcouldcuta slvathethroush es infLicted
Casuatti
a lineofmen.lr is.however.
encounter.
alsoplausible in a pre-gunpo*dir
In somewaysthesituationwherecasualties biteinro
a unit at onepointratherthanwearingawayat it alongthefront
rank is moreplausiblein an ancientor medievalbattle.Most
warrion werereasonably well protectedfrom the firepowerof
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the day, providedthey kept their concentration. Momentary

localhedconfusion aswouldbe causedwhenonefront-ranker
was hit and fell or staggered back throughthe ranks- could
causeconcentration to lapse,guardsto drop and casualties to

Troopsunderfire will, furthermore, often bunchtogetherfor

protection thusreducingthe unit'sfrontageand keepingits
depth constant- rather than calnly fill in from the back,
thinningthe unit'sdepth but maintainingits frontage.In our
ancientand medievalshield-wallexample,rearranksexposed
bytheshorteningofthe front rankwouldbeaslikelyto fall back
to the rear(fig. l.4b) or squeeze in on theirneighbours to keep
behindthe vacantplaces(fig. l.aa). Two examplesof this
happeningmay be cited,onefrom the eighteenthcentury,one
ftom the fourte€nth.At rhe battle of Mollwitz (1741)the
Austrianinfantry,facedwith the awesome weightof fire (and
unnervingprecision manoeuvres) of thePrussian foot, bunched
togeth€rfor protection;were herded'like sheep'(their whire
uniformsdidn'tdo muchto sparethernftom the analogy);lines '1 trb
turnedinto columns.In 1332a sinilar thing happenedto the .
Scots at Dupplin Moor. Flinching away from the English
archery they became so crowded together that the battle
becamea massacre with deadpiled'a spear'slengthin heighf.
Other tactical effecls of fireDowerand 'distant effecf
casualties canbe nored.At Falkirk (1298)the EnglisharcheN
shot into the Scottishschiltrons,openingup gapsioto $hich 1.Lr
their knights could charge.At Cr6cy (1346) the English
longbowmen shatteredthe chargesof the Frenchknightswith
devastatingfire which opened up holes in their lines and
broughtmassive disorderbothuponthelineswhichsufferedthe to sabrethe Russian
batterywhichwasthe objectof its charge.
casualtiesand upon those following behind, lvho had to
Evenrhecamagewrolght on rhe BririshArm) on lhe firstday
negotiatethe deadbodies,riderlesshorses,woundedmen,and
of lhe Somme(4) did nor prevenrcedain tadical obiective\
so on. If we believe Herodotus (Histo es yll.Zn), the lasr
beingtakenandlimitedgainsbeingmade. To besure,casualties
phaseof the Spartandefenc€ofThermopylaesawrhe Persians
'300' inflictedby 'modern'firepowerare greater,but the moreone
standingoff and wipingout the lastof the with archery. thinks about it the less
differencethere is betweenthe
Ratherlater,at Pylos-Sphacteria, according to Thucydides, the 'pre-gunpowder' andmodernerasin rermsof thetacticaleffects
Spartans lostonethird of theirhoplites,*tred largelyby missile
of missilelire andthe casualtiesit inflicts. Two points needto be
fire, beforethe remaindersurrendered(The Peloponnesian
wat 4.2).
Even in pre-gunpowder battles, casualtiessuffered from Firstly, the critical differencebet\r'eenearly modem and
missilefire €ould have profound effects,shorteningunits' modem warfareandthat in the ancientandmedievalperiodsis
frontagesand openingup gapsin the battle line. A second a difference in theconcepts of therolesoffirepowerand evenof
questionworthaddressing is whetherornot missilefire andthe infantryitself.Fromthe sixteenthcenturyonwardsinfantryhas
casualties it produc€dcouldhavetacticaleff€ctsin stoppingor increasingly beenseenas an instrumentof massedfirepower,
driving off attacks. using shock weaponsonly in the final phasesand then often
Onoccasion it could.Theexampleof Bourgthdroulde (1124), more for moiale than physicaleffect.Earlier,if it playedany
discussed in M 58,is a casein point.De Meulan'sinitialcavalry part, it was usuallyas close-fighting troops.Mhsile fire was
charge was wrecked by the loyal archen shooting down the often seen as valuable only as a'nuisance factor'beforethe two
rebeh'hoNes,Thereareinstances, especially in thelatemiddle sides closed.In most ofthe medieval era inthe Westalltactical
agesin westemEuropeand in the medievalMiddle Easr,of thinking centred on close'fighting cavalry: infantry, whether
attacksbeingdrivenoff by missilefire. On mostoccasions about close-fighting or missile-armed, was as often as not seen:ls
which we have information, however, attackercdo manageto iffelevant. Clearly there were exceptions to this, such as the
close.Evenat Cr€cy,the Frenchknightsusuallymanagedto longbowera in BritainandFrance, butwherethereissignificant
reachthe Englishlines.ln this,however,Istruggleto seemuch missilefire its tacticaleffectsseemto be mthersimilarto those
differencebetweenthe ancientandmedievalperiods,andthe of moremodemfirepower.
earlyrnodem (thewargamer's'hofse andrnusket') andmod€m.
ln modem warfare, attacks€anbe stoppedby firepower, but
they frequentlyaren't. The lossessufferedby the Prussian TACTICAL EFFECTSOFFIREPOWER
Gdld€atSt.-Privat(1870)did not stopthe Prussians fromtaking Herc we move on to my second point, the tactical effect of
ihe positionand winniog the battle. The Light Brigadeat firepoweranditsrelationship to casualties. I hopetheforegoing
Balaklava(1854),'stormed at byshotandshell'fromthreesides discussionhasshown that casualtiesfrom missilefire coald be
andIosingtwo thirdsofits strengthin casualties, still managed sienificantin numbersand effectsin ancientand medieval
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battles.We mustadmit,however,that the effectof lirepower twentiethcenturies, mCl€es arerare.If onesidefailsto stopthe
oftentendsto be moralratherthanphysical.Anyonewho has other with firepowerit frequentlybrcaksor falls back before
readBugeaud'saccountof a Frenchattackon a Britishline in contact, or is rapidly bowled over by the attackingunit
the Peninsula will havebeenstruckby the fact that it wasthe (especially, in eighteenth-and nineteenth-c€ntury warfare,if
psychologicaleffect of the calm British line and its steady thelatterisin column).BugeaudtFrenchunit brokebeforethe
volleys,andaboveall the bayonetchargewhichfollowedthem, Britishbayonetchargereachedit. Pa(lythisis, again,theresult
*hich brokethe French:the Frenchwerenot physically'blown ofthe placeof close-fighting in differingmentalities.
In modem
away'by deadlyaccuratefiring. My understanding of recent periodstroops expect,in defence,to stop an attack with
work on modem firepower is that it is more often than not the firepower;in attackthey expectthat if they presshometheir
lrei8ftt of firepower put down on them, rather than casualties attackthe enemywill aheadybe half beatenand may indeed
lost, whichc.usesattackersto stop, becomepinneddown or fle€ beforecontact;prolongedheavyhand-to-hand fightingis
retreat,Whereveroneencounters tacticallysignificant
firepow- theexceptionratherthanthe rule andthe soldierknowsit. On
erin ancientandmedievalbattlesthesamelessonseemstohold the contrary, in most ancientand medievalwarfare close
true. The Bretoncontingentat Hastingswasdrivenoff by the fightingwas the accepted,and honourable,centre-piece of
rftock of the barage of missiles, followed by aggressive battle.Troopswerepreparedandequippedfor longhardspells
close-fighting. On manyoccasions attackers weredrivenoff by offightingat closequarters.lfboth sideswereevenlymatched
theweightofanows,stonesandspears hurleduponthemrather in termsof numbers,armourandfightingqualitythen, asjust
than by the €asualties they inflicted,howevernumerousthey outlined, casualtieswere a significantfactor in producing
mayhavebeen(thisiswhathappened to mostSpartanattacksat results.Iwouldnot denythatthesameis nottrueofsuchm€l6es
Pylos-Sphacteria). in modernbattles.I rathercontendthat suchinstances were
The tacti€al effects of missile fire in ancient and medieval fewer,wheretwoequallymatchedandmotivatedforcesclashed
battlesdo notappeartobedranaticallydifferentfromthosein
more modernwarfare.What differsis firstly the numbersof
casualties lost to firepowerin early modernand modernwar
(but out of muchbiggerarmiesof course),and secondly,and OVERALLCASUALTIES
moreimporiantly,the roleofmissilefirein tacticalthinking.In What about overall casualties?Th€ victors of decisiveancient
post-medieval warfarenot only haveever largernumbersof andmedievalbaltlessufferedfar lessthanthe losers-Sowhat?
infantry (and ever larger fractions of the whole force) been The sameis true in decisivemodern battles(comparethe
armed with missile weapons.the tactical importanceand openingstagesof the Germaninvasiono{ the USSRin 1941).
duration of the shootingphases'of battle have increased Could, however,'pre-gunpowder' casualties
reachsignificant
dramatically. As we will see,thislatterdifferencehasmoreto proportionsamongthevictors?Thismightgiv€usaguideto the
do with thesocio-political effectsofthe riseofthe modemsiate levelof€asualties in the 'pre'rout'stagesof battle-
thanwithcasualties andbattlefieldtactics,oreventechnology. Chris P€erscitesHerodotus'Hrrto'ies(Ix.73) as evidence
that the Sparranslost only 91 casualtiesat Plataea(479).
r Herodotusis a greatread,but hardlya reliablesource.Earlier
in his accounthe givesthe strengthof the Greek amy as
So we moveon to hand-to-hand fighting.ln mcl6es,it must 110,000,and that of the Persianas 300,000.To envisagean
surelybe concededthat the infliction of casualties upon the encounterbetweenalmosthalf a million men in 479 BC is
enemywasa major factorin producinga result.Whilst these plainly ridiculous: such numbers were rarely reachedin
mayindeedhavebeenquite light andtberemayhavebeenno nineteenth-century battles,whenmasscons€ription and,more
hugedisparitybetweenvictorsandlosersbeforeonesidefled, importantly,organisedsupply lines existed-Herodotusalso
this is a point whichcannotbe ignored.This is not to saythat citesPersiancasualties as 257,000.This is not the sphereof
casualties were the orl, factor involv€din determiningthe soberhistorialfact . . . Wheredoesthat leaveour 91 Spartan
resultofa mel6e,andnoris it to saythatthesidewhichinflicted casualties? Evenif Herodotusis a reliablesourcehere(which
the most casualtieswould necessarily win. But in a classic we may doubt), his accountplainlyrefersto 91 deadSparran
'shield-wall'confrontationbetweenroughlyequalforcesit was zrtabl€r.How manymorewerewounded?Ratiosof killedto
theinflictionofcasualties whichallowedgapsto be createdand otherlosses in avictoriousarmylie betweenl:3 and 1:5,which
exploited,breakingup an enemy'sformationand ultimately wouldgiveSpartancasualties as300'500.To thiswe mustadd
defeatinghim. the helotswho, saysHerodotus,outnumbered the hoplitesby
If we return to Hastings,there can be no doubt that the seventoone.Thehopliteswillhaveshielded themfrommuchof
Englisharmy was beatenby being worn down. Casualties the halld-to-hand fighting,but their lack of armourwill have
mounted, the fine was, significantly,shortened.and the made them more vulnerableto the Persianarchery. Is it
Nomans tumed the flanks.Eventhen therewasno realrout reasonableto assum€that twice as many helotsas hoplites
andnany of theEnglishstoodandfoughtuntil cutdown.Other would havebecone casualties? We are now approaching the
examplesof troops being wom down and then wiped out, I,U)o mark. Herodotus,dubiouslyagain.saysthat the Laca'
\"ithoutrunningaway,canbe {ound.The Swabia.swordsmen daemoniancontingentnumbered50.000.It n'rst have been
at Civitate(1053)furnish one such. In its last battle, Erik very much smaller: the largest recordedarmy which the
Blood-Axe'ssmallarmyis specifically saidto havebeenbeaten kingdomofEngland,with a popultionofperhapsfour million,
because althoughit killed manyof its enemies,thesecouldbe put into the field in the fourteenthcenturyonly numbered
replaced,whereasits own line was graduallyand irreparably 32,202,and that may have been split into severalforces.
wom down. The Spartansat Thermopylaeare another Suddenly,€venif we believeHerodotus,his testimonyleaps
example.Peers'contentionthat we can 'effectivelydiscount' from beingevidenceof a pitiful numberof casualties to beinga
the idea of troops in 'pre-gunpowder' battle sufferingcatae recordof Spartanlossesof somewhere between5% and 10%
trophic lossesbefore their morale€ollapsedis quite simply (say500casualties out of 5,000hopliles?) or morc-of their
mistaken,whetherone considersdistanteffect casualties or army.Quilea signi6canl dintin a victorious
army.15\
losses in mCl6e. The lessonis underlinedif we look againat Hastings.The
In all this, casualties are possiblymol€ importantthan in victoriousNormanarmywasso batteredthat it hadto r€stand
post'medievalwarfare. In the eighteenth,nineteenthand lick its woundsonthe battlefieldfor threedays.It is,of€ourse,
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to the ancientand medieval.A further point, not made by
Peers,is that if one abandonscasualtyrcmovalone mustgo
completellover to an 'elements'system.All 'headcounting' whatconstituted, in our terms,an'element'ofknights,lighter
nust go. Firingandfightingeffects (whether expressed in terms cavalry, Iootsoldiers or whatever,withoutlosingthe charact€r-
of casualties or fatiguepoints)basedupon numbersof figures istics of the period (as one would if one had to treat them as
firing or fightingmustbe abandoned. After decidingthat it is though they were exactly the sameas, for example,Roman
theefficiency of thellnirwhichdetermines fightingeffectiveness calaDhracts or Gallic warbands).
ratherthanthe numbersof men.andthusabandoning casualty As for myself, I keep €asualtyremoval and simplified
removal,it is illogicalto go on 'counting heads'whensomeof head-counting, but as part of a rvider systemwhich treats
thoseheadsshouldn'ttechnicallybe there. One of the more casualties separately from the psychological effectsof tactical
coherentcriricismsofWRG ?th edition(which,incidentally,I action.In my Crimean Warrules casualties are assessed, but the
like fot &ftain .redr of ancient wargaming) was that it fell tacticalresultsofa fire-fightaredeterminedby a separate test.
betweenthe two stoolsof 'figurecounting/casualty-removal' In my earlymedievalrulescasualties remaina factor,but are
and'elements/efficiency'. DBA haswiselyavoidedthis. kept in perspectiv€.The result of a melee is assessed by
Thereis muchto commendan'elements'approach. Few, if comparing the two sides' respective numerical strength,
any,generalshaveeverknownhow manymentheycomnand impetus,armour,morale,thevalueofthecommander, depthof
or how manyarein a givenunit, in the waywargames generah formationandsoon. Casualties areworkedout on the basisof
do. I f€el,though,that suchan approachis on the wholeberter what kind of advantage, if any, one sideestablished over the
suitedto post-medieval warfare.IndeedI think I am right in other in such a test. In later rounds, ifcasualties are removed,
sayingthat it wasfirst usedin wargamesof twentieth-cenlury theothersidemayattemptto breaktheshield-wall at thatpoint.
armoured warfare. Thereis much greaterstandardisation ofthe I do not. howev€r, remove casualties, as such, butplace themto
military 'element' - infantry battalion, heavy/lightcavalry the rearofa unil, asstragglers. Thishasa valuablevisualeffect.
regiment(heavy/ligbt arnouredunit), artillerybattery,etc.-in The longer,andthe moreheavily,a unit is engaged, the larget
rec€ntcentudes.Marlburian,SevenYears'Waror Napoleonic the crowd of stragglers limping off to the rear behind it. This
infantrybattalionstendedto be aboutthe samesizeas each brings me to my final point about casualties id pre,modern
other,cariedthesamekindsofweapons, andwereemployed games,whichisthat an ancientor medievalcommanderonthe
in
smallbattlefields ofthe day(beforegunsmokeobscuredthem)
Pretty anarogousways. couldsee how heavily hisunitsweresufferingby thenumbersof
ln ancientandmedievalwarfarethereis muchmorevarietv
to be legrslared for. Unils camein all sizesand there wasi bodies surrounding them or the numbersof walkingwounded
bewilderingarrayofweapons,armourandfightingtechniques. struggling backfromtheline.My systemrecreates thisasI think
Differenttypesof troopscouldbe mixedinto a singletactical it should be. Significantly this meansofcasualty assessment was
unit suchasthe earlymedievalshield-wall with its melangeof rather more rarely available to the general in the age of large
ordinarywarriors,mercenaries, €lite bodyguards, archersand armiesandmassed firepower.
so on, The elementmustrelateto a real conceDtual unit. the
infantrybattalion,the cavalryregiment,etc. If it doesn't;if it NOTES
rather represents the gamedesigner'snotion of a coupleof ' In fact I found IYl 57 all round one of the mostinteresting
hundredmen,anynumberofwhich mayconstitutea unit, and rssuesfor a long time - congratulations and thanksto all
whichmaybetakenoffasaneffectofenemyaction;thenweare
backwherewestarted,with a slightlyrefinedandglodfied(but 'R. Brooks,'Down with History!', MiniatureWaryames41,
conceptually no different)systemof headcounting.Insteadof Oct.1986, pp.11-12.
'onefigureequals20 men'we have'oneelementequalsabout ' Readers'Letters.w153-54.56.
200'.Where\ the bis difference? a Here, Peersis slightlymisleadingto imply that this affected
If one attempstoireare an elementssystemfor the whole unit frontages. The British battalions ^ttacked in a deep
medievalpeod, let alonetheentire'pre-gunpowder' era,what formation,a seriesofwaves,ratherthansinglelonglines.
one inevitablyendsup with is a bastardised elementssystem ' The percentage casualties on the winningsidein the bulk of
usingtheveryblandestcategori€s andnot reallygettingto grips the battfes fisted in the appendix to Chandler's The An of
with anyofthe manysub,periods involved,in whichoutlooks, wotate in the Ase of Marlbororg, are of about this order of
mentalities and fightingcustomshad rheir own paniculal
features.'o'The only way aroundthi< problemwould be ro 6 I madesomepointsaboutall thislongagoin 'Thephilosophy
restri€tthe rules^ystem to onegeographically andchronologi- of the armylisr', Miniotute Warganes3s,Ap 1986,pp.2a-30.
cally very linited area (no bad thing). The Anglo-Norman ' I could.immodestly,add to the seriesthe battle of Thielt,
campaigns described by S. Simpsonwouldbe onecontender.o) whichI described in 'The battleof Thielt,21stJune1128AD',
Here onemightbe ableto identifycontemporaries' norionsof MiniatureWaryames 26,July 1985,pp.1417.
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MATRIXGAMES
By Bob Cordery
Oncein a whilesomethingnewarriveson the wargames s€€ne HALT
andhasa major impact.Thoseof you who are old enoughto LARGE FORMATION
remember theappearance of thefirstsetof Wargames Research LOVE
Group Rulesnill probablyagreethat they had an important MORALE INCREASES/DECREASES
effectupon wargamingbecause,whetheryou loved them or MOTIVATION
hatedthem.theyinfluenced a largenumb€rofpeople to takeup NORMALMARCH
wargaming,and they were an attempt to turn what had OPEN BATTLE
essentiallybeen a "fun" hobby into somethinga bit more RALLY
serious.WRG look the Research part of their namevery RECRUIT/DESERT
seriously,andtriedtomakesurethateverythingtheypublished REST/PREPARE
wasasaccurateaspossible. RETREAT
Somepeoplewould arguethat the settingup of Wargame ROUT
Dev€lopmenls overten yearsagobashad.in the longrun, an SHAME
equally fundamentaleffect upon wargaming.in thal the SKIRMISH
membersof WD werenot afraidto try somethingdifferentin SMALL FORMATION
thecauseofdevelopingwargaming. Sometimes theresujtswere SUPPLYLINES
failures,but moreoftenthannol theysparked off newideasand TACTICAL ADVANTAGE
showedwargames thattherewerealternative andoftenbetter TERRAIN EFFECT
- waysof doingthings. VICTORY/DEFEAT
The latest in this line of high impact developmentsin WEATHER EFFECT
wargamingis lhe Matrix Game.This hasbeenunderdevelop- WILD CARD
ment in the United Slatesof Americafor somey€ars,and its
onginator, Chns Engle. has been cxhibitingthe concepfs Duringthe courseofa gameturn, the playersselectup to five
potentialatU-S.Wargames Conventions forthe lastt\\'oyears, cards from the Matrix, and these form the basis of an
''ar8ument".
bul asyet it hasnot hada very widecoverage in the U.K- and
Europe.I hopethat this a|ticle will go someway to changing
thatsituation.
THEARGUMENT
Thereare somecynicswho, havingseenthis stageof a Matrix
TIIE PHILOSOPHY
BEHINDMATRIXCAMES Camein progress. havestatedthat thiswasthe idealgamefor
wargamersbecausethey love argui.g . . . and for once the
ChrisEnglebeganto developthe conceptthar becameMatrix ability
to presenta good argumenlacruallydoes confer a
Gamesbecause he initiallywantedto createa sysrembywhichit positive
':ole-play advantage to a player.ln the Matrix came. however,
waspossiblefor a player1o an entirecountry.He
the argumentis not aboutthe rules . . . it is one of the rule
wastold that hewouldhaveto usea number-based systemif he
wanted somethingthat would work, but he fek that rhis
The Argunent" shouldbe a strucruredin sucha way as to
essentiallymissedthe point.Whathe wantedwasa systemthat
meet the following criteria; namely ir should contain an
reflectedthe intangibleaspects of a nationsuchasits culture. ACTION.
a RESULT, up to three REASONS. and these
beliefs,and perceptionsof itself: in essencea model of a
elementsshould bedrawnfrom the Matrix.For example:
nations characier".
Takingas his startingpoint the work of EmmanuelKant, Exsnpl€ l:
Chrisbeganto developa "matrix"ofwordsthatwouldform the ACTION ''I will FORCEMARCH
my troopstowardsthe
frameworkIor his "model". To this he addedceorge Hegel's
idea that argumentand counter-argument (thesisand anlith- RESULT bringtheir forcesto OPEN BATTLE. I cando
esis)leadto a synthesis or consensus of ideas-Thusthe basic
ideaofthe Matrix Gamewasformulated. REASONI my troopsareREST(PREPAR)ED,
Like all good ideas,the Matrix came is very sinple in REASON2 I hare lhe fAC|ICAL ADVANIACE be-
concept.but hashugepotentialin that ir canbe adapredto fit causetheyarenot expectingmetodo this,and
almosteverywargame.lt is particularlysuitedto dealingwith REASON3 my troopsLOVEtheir country."
the politico-military
aspects ofcampaigns. but canalsobe used Example2:
to resolveany aspectof combatif the pardcipants haveopen REASON I ''Because theenemyhd, a LARGE I-ORMA-
mindsa.d theabilityto think rationally. TION nearto my CapitalCityand
REASON2 is threateningtocut my SUPPLYLINES,
REASON3 rhusforcingme ro admir(VICTORY/)DF-
TIIE MATRIX FEAT.
The maincomDonent ofa Matrix Gameis a setor "Matrix of ACTION I inrendlo u.e rhemounlain passesknownonlr
"cue"cards.Ina basicMatrix these"cues are: to my troops(TERRAIN EFFECT)to allowme
AMBUSH to outflank the enemy forces guarding the
ANGER frontierand
BATTLE CRY RESULT make a surprise attack upon the enemy's
FATIGUED homeland,thusforcingthemto RETREAT.
FEAR Examplel:
FORCEMARCH REASONI ''AlthoughI havea SMALLeTFORMATION
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ACTION : by attacking(OPENBATTLE) theirforces
REASON2 : in the jungle during the monsoon season
(WEATHER EFFECT).
ufl'dIiodom Harc9! M iinlntb Memlmfi6
REASON3 : I cando this because they are not expectingto
haveto fight at ihis time of year (TACTICAL
ADVANTAGE).
Allthree of tbeseexamplesshowhow.with a bit ofimagination
dnd'alionallhinkinB.rr rspos!blero presenlverypersua\ive
argumentsas to whal shouldhappenin the next move of a ?w;r&Na s_rdli€4*
campargn.
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RESOLVING
THEARGUMENTS ru d B{{n(vr.n orxrlqr'q rr
u**nu;
Onceeachof the playershaspresentedhis 'Argument"for a
game-turnto the Umpire.thenthe lattermusrdecidewhichof
the Argunents' submitt€dwillbe successful. Thiscanbedone
in a varietyof ways,but rhe most widely usedmethodis by ^rq: r€qdi K&Mrrffi:HedsiE3o);tu.ivM bry16n):

di€e-throw.ln thiscasethe Umpirejudg€swhethera paticular

''Argum€nt is -Slrong"(needinga dices€oreof4,5, or6to
be
successful) or "Weak (needinga dice scoreof 5 or 6 to be
successful). andthenthrowsa D6.Ifrhe scoreissufficient.then
the Argumenr" i,,uccessful:if norrhenir fail\.
The onlyexceptions to thisare: 'r.t v a. s td ardr. ^od b"
M'ba{yto*rna,4wu*
I ) \4hen two or more play€rspr€sen("Argunents" that
ar€ incompatible(e.9. they argue that rheir forceswill
receivethe only availablesuppliesnextturn)- In thiscase
bothsidesthrowa D6. andthe higherscoring'Argument '
is successful and lhe other fails. If both throw the same
score.the!'keepthrowingdiceunrilonesideprevails.
2) Whentwo or more playe.spres€nt..Argumenas"that
are thesame(e.9.they arguethat a particularunit should PROVDLY
be sentinlo a specificareaor province).In this caserhe
-Argumenf' M U STbesuccessful. unlessir is incompatible
wilh another_Argument. in whichcaseir is resolvedb!'
PREsENTs,,.
dicethrowasshownabove.
qRINDEL ToM HB
Onceall the -Argumenis havebeenresolvedassuccessful or Nodoslpasageh
J0
not.andrhere\ulrsh!te beenrecorded on lhecdmparen map. 11311@THENBLTRq
playthenmoveson to the nextgameturn. SWEDEN
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POSTSCRIPT h'..d&d,I.d,aItd

I hopethal this hasgivenyou someidea abouthow to play a

Makix Game.but rhe only sure'fireway to reallyundentand
q MNqIE
how one works is to play one. As Chris Engle says. 'They o6reqffiXldFlg*IdF
IAIN
CMNq Yo|JI MODELsJ\TsIICE
describea methodfor d€cidingthe outcomeof crilicalevents
ratherthantellingthe playerswhatrhe possibleourcomes are.
The methodsare simpleto learnand easyto play. bul yield a
nearlvinfinitevarietyof potentialoutcom€s.' 1Utuh,d ta. q tu ta ho"a.d.,n
ordicrpr,.,treli{rr'|rt@'.*id
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34

OFD.B*A.
PROGEIUY
By Phil Barker
I was interestedto see the DBA renaissance adaptionsin Foot & Guns". His gameswere supposed to train reinforcing
Waryamesl ustated. sincea renaissanceset, currently Py&e& corpscommanders for my game, but they enjoyedthem too
Sfto@ for lack of a better name, was our tirst attempt at
extendingtheDBA systemto otherperiods.Thefirstgamewas Oneofhis scenarios was1870Franco-Prussian- Whilelosing
a FrenchWarsof Religionbattleplayedin Christchurch, New in a historicatlyimpeccable way, the Frenchgenerallaunched
Zealand,in which Henri of Navarrein th€ shapeo{ Brian hisCuirassier divisionin a lastfling deathride.He threw6, the
Sowmanrode over me!Thiswas actually before DBA had gone ceman I, which was necessary for the resultthat folloq'ed.
on sale. Another derivativewas first suggested at the same Two brigades of needlegunswererun o!er' The automalic
convention, purelyasa catchytitle, andthisis now availableas .ursuitthensenrIn tumovertheCorpsCommander. thearmy
the Horaesof the Thingsfanrasyset. ;eserve artitlery and the Kaiser's large and cumbersome
"You haveset
It had becomeapparentduringtestingthat the basicsyslem headquarters. Fingerswerepointedaccusingly.
couldbe extendedat leastto the endof the l9th Cenlury.An backnilitary science50 yeals."he wastold. HFG shouldbe
attemptby anotherwargamerto adaptit to world war Two publishedin 1993andthe otherswill thenfollow alongastime
alsoworked.bul not in ny opinionaswellasa differentsimple
systemthatweareworkingon.However,whenlhe prototyPeof The Socrel)ofAncienrsSOACql conference sawan ancient
"Hordes"wasdemonstrated asaone-offlatenightfun gameat skirmishvenion of DBA usingsingle25nm figuresin placeof
theWargames Development COW conferenc€, oneplayerwas troopelementsandan earlyprototypeofDBM. Both willalso
heardto remark"You know,thismagicsystemwouldbe ideal featureat SOAC 92, togetherwith new rule seis by other
for airstrikesin a €arrierwarfaregame"-This also led to a
morningafter prototyperule set which I will get aroundto DBM can be considereda blend of DBA and 7th edition.
fioishingsometime. FromDBA, it getsits basictroopclassification, commandand
So why has the renaissance set nol appeared?Basically. combatsystems. Fron 7th,it getsitstableandarmysizes (hence
as "For the wars of multitudeJ'), ils
because I canonly work on one new thing at a time and then its title. whi€htranslates
only whenobligations to finish or improve conventional rule ground and troop scales, its varying battlefield conditionsand
setsI wasalreadycommittedtopermiited.because PaulBailey deployments and a pointsvaluesystemto makecross-period
said"do the big sell€rsfirst" and becauseour originalwelsh competitiongamespracti€al.
DBA testeninsiston concentrating on the setsthey like best. This lastmay raisea howl of annoyance in certainquarters,
Thesewerefirst "Hordes",originallywritlen only for a s;ngle bur recognises thar it is not alwayspracticalfor the ownerof
fun demo game, and rhen "De Be is Multitudinorun". an traditional large wargamesarmies to restrict himself to
ancientsetfor gamerswho like a big tablecoveredwith figures. opponentswith armiesthat hisloricallyfoughthis own. There
ofwhichmorelater. wasveiledcricitismi Slingrio,of my multi'playerdemogame
The prototypeP&S differedfrom DBA in havinga more at lastyear'sSorietyof AncientsConfer€nce for my choiceof
advancedcommandsystemand somedifferenttroop typ€s. "BarbarianConspiracy"opponentsfor my 25mm Late Ro-
Foot addeda Shot categoryfor formed blocksof firearms, mans-This wassimplybecause noneof my Pictish,Saxonand
Pikes,Blad€s,Bowmenand warband remaincd,and Psiloi Irish armieswerebig enoughon their own for a four-players_a_
changedto Skirmishers to includeforlornsof sho1.Mounted side game. My only other armiesin 25mm are Seleucids,
addeda Dragooncategoryandadaptedsomeothers.whichnow VikingsaodJapanesel
amongoth€rsincludeCavalry(who chargeswordin hand), We originallyintendedthat DBA andTthshouldcontinuein
Pistols(whodon't)andSpahis.Campsw€rereplacedbynobile parallel.Thisis still true in that we willsupport7th aslongasa
andsometim€sterfied baggage. Navalelementswere added. largeenoughnumberof gamersstill wantto playit. However,
P&Swentout to a numberof DBA {aoswho pleadedfor it, we$aduallycameroundto the ideathata big batdederivative
but testingwas in a sensedisappoioting. Nobodycould find ofDBAwas desirable, ifonly to provideaneasyprogression for
muchwrongwith it, so just playedit happily.Now testersare beginnersfrom DBAto biggergames. wehad aho beenstruck
supposedto find faultsl By now, "Hordes' testingwasin full by the superiorityof DBA to 7th in two particularways.One
swingandpushed P&Saside. Itwillstillbepublished.probably wasDBA gameslookedmore realisticbecarseof the n€edto
in late1993,butwill be muchimprovedby incorporati.glessons keepelementsin line.Theotherwasthatthingscouldbeseento
leamedfrom "Hordes"andDBM. happe.- This was not becausethe gameswere shorter.but
The next set to be demonstrted,at COW 90, was called becausemovesand combatdecisionswere constantlybeing
"Boots and Brandy" in honour of wellington, Blucherand madethroughoutthe game.By contrast,watching7th edition
Napol€on, who were all fictionally present. This was a gamesaftertheinilialboundsisalittl€ like watchinggrass grow,
multi-player6mn Napoleonicgameplayedon a smalltable. andwatchingearliereditionsmotelike Waitingfor Godot.
Here I over'reached mysel{.The rulesworkedwell, but while Our testers'reactionssuggest that DBM will largelyreplac€
we had 11 corps on the table, we could not get 11 corps 7th and 6th. One early indication of this was wh€n th€
commanders arounditlA hurriedrethinkof scales followedand Australiangroup that was helping with army lists for 7th
resultedin no less than four relatedgames.The first was stoppedwork after testingan early versionof DBM, on the
"Hors€,FootandGuns",a DBA sizegamecoveringthewhole groundsthattheirlabourwouldbe wastedl
periodfton 1700to 1900.This seres asan introductionto the Troop classification is an extendedversionof that in DBA.
other three sets.
All ofthese use full sizetablesand largertroop Some extra class€s are added. but the main thrust is to
scalesandsplitthe time periodbetween them. sub-divideexistingclassesin finer grad€s,currendy €alled
They are "Tricorne& Musket", "Shako& Bayonet"and Superior(S),Ordinary(O),Inferior(I), Fast(F) andException
"KeDi and Rifle"- Of these. I demonstrated"Shako and (X)- For exanpl€,TemplarsareKn (S),cataphracts areKn (I),
"Horse.
Bayonet"at COW 91, while John Arnitage put on GothsorNormans areKn (F),Janhsari€sand Indianor English
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longbowsareBw (S),dummyelephantsare
towersareWWg(X). Theeffectofthedifferences
or increase
El (X), andmobile

(S)add+1to a winningscore
brittleness.
isto de€rease
ifshooting
ffion0flheDarkA$
andto a losingscore at all times.(l) deduct l from a losingor A ttttlt toktkLrthdMttr hftst iddisti(,ns to our l5nl
rvrfios oidr Dr*Agcs nngcdc cnoushto hIc v\tr\wbard
,evelscore ifin closecombat,or from a losings€oreiffoot b€ing
donningihcn mail rcidr fi,r thc lirv. Fini lnrnc! thc \Jikings.
shot at. (F) deduct 1 from a losingscor€if in closecombat joininsrheirbrorhcr5 in rms iirexi\ rclcr\.d.Ihcn c{)mcsthe
duringanenemyboundor shotat. secondbrrchof fie Rus.ftc \rrior! .f rhesieppes, r splcndnl
Thereareno unitsassuch,or at least,theyhaveno effecton groupof ligurcslookingrarJd\tnmrernd r kningprirr$rush...
play. An elementrepresents,not a unit, but the smallesl
poss'ble'ndependent sub-unil.Severalelementsmay havethe THE \,'IKINGS tul I1\rmdr r$rtrrt(] ntrtld Nrlr
Yl{ 29 l|rir(ti\rid\ rh rn.d(tl
sameshieldDattern.one of them includeofficerand standard lUSt\LJrn Rsl,{hrdnr..
andbemovedtogetherasa convenient sizedgroup,burtheyall n m i{ \nlr + rl.lrr,l h ilN
vtx 30 \oi \i(r0 dr .N r!
r ' , 1 + r f f n i h ' N ' , ] I , 1i J T , / . l l lU,lO\rm'. h ' h^or *n'.1
fight independently andcaneachmoveseparately if required.
Sinceelementsare removedseparately,there is a degr€eof YrxIr riRrrirr\rridrr
trd r.
Jn] lih \NrI.l \h].lJ J,ldi]
casualtyremoval.Because the groundscaleis that of7th, rear
ranksare morecommon.Lossof an elemenloften causesthe THERUS- romonr'i udic dinoldld tiiqrb,5
rah 3.rdr atu t non v\ia;lll
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We alsoreintroduc€regularandirregular,whichreflectsthe t0, t\\Jmr0!Nr s.l+L'hJ !rrd. ( riiriu r '4l!11ri, Jir0l \ dl] r
easeof control. Regularcommandsall hav€PIP dice of the
samecolour.All arethrownby the C-in-C,who thenallocates A rrosperous New
themto commands. In a multi-playergame.thisprovidesample
causefor recrimination!Alliedandirregularcommands
differentdiecolourandthrowtheirown. A commandis resular
havea
TWODRAGONS
il it\ general\ lrooptlpe i. regular. Irregular\orherthanlghL
troopsuseextraPIPSwhennot movingsrraightaheador along
PRODUCTIONS
Somelroopsarealsoclassed as impeluous. Whcn in sighl
of enemy.it costsI PIP to movethem srraightforward.but 2

trMG
PlPstomakethemhak.other$'ise iheymoveassingleelements
straighttothe neareslenemyelemenr-In practise.an irrcgular
army is only marginallyundercontrol.Evenfor regulars.the
PIP dicingsystemrestrictstheplayermuchmorethananyorder
writing syslemever did. Playershavealwaysbeen expertin {Painted Compantl
Miniatures
evadingtheir own ordersl The usual result is that a good
barbariangeneralshouldhavemost of his much largerarmy Availablefrom stockmanymanyunitsof foot
underconrrolfor mostof the game.lf not. he will be ableto mountedandartillerypdcedfrom 60p per figute.
walchthementhusiastically do theirownthing.andmaybestill
win the battle for him. A regulargeneralwill retain control Stockfiguresusedasstandardare,Miniature
unlesshe "practises troopingthe colourin the presence of the Figudnesandwhereavailablethe brilliantnew
€nemy'orterrainor theenemygetin theway. A.B.figureJarenowbeingheldin stock,finished
Whena commandhaslost a criticalnumberof elements.it readyto sendout.
becomes demoralised. It €ontinuesto dicefor PIPsbut canuse
only I of theseto advance.Any otherscan be usedto halt THE COSTINCLUDESTHE FOLLOWING:
elenenlsor groups.Any elements noteith€r advanciog,in close Thecostof the ffgure;Paintingof the ffgure;Scenic
combat or halled then flee individually.Oth€r commands texturedbasing;Vamishin mattor gloss;
continuefighting.Thereisnocounting-up ofarmypointsvalues
to establishvictory.whichis achieved whenthe enemyhaveall Commandgroupsincludedwhereappropriat€;
fledthefield. Flagssuppliedwhereappropdate;Postagecharge
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unusuallylavishwith spacewhile keepingour usualmodest insuredpostage.
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But. because ofthe amountofmaterialavailable,thisis nowthe
secondofathreepartseries.All comments madein thefirsipan
concerning dressand equipmentare alsoapplicablehere.The
regiments listedhereandin panthreewereformedorreformed
duringor after1701.With the exceptionoftwo, RoyalBaviere
and Enghien(seepart three)all weredisbandedat the endof
the war. if not before.With the exceptionof the few foreign
regimentsraised. all carried plain Colonel'sColours.The
&apeaud'ordina ce,,xhereknown.are listed.Lirtle informa-
tion is availableon the uniformsof rhesereginents,but for
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BACKTOBASICS
VI:CAMPAIGNS
by Richard Clarke
way backin thedarkdistantdaysoftheearly1970s lleft behind ftom one battleto the next. with somesystemto separatethe
ny childishwaysandwentto "Big School".This in itselfwasa deadfromthewounded.Somethingsimple like y3casualtiesare
cultureshock. going from a smallvillage prep schoolto a large dead,73lightlywoundedandreturntotheir unitsthenextday,
townGrammar.I wassomewhatoverawed.But thiswassmall and % badlywounded,returningafter two weeks.This does
fry to whatwasto follow.As parl ofoursettli.gin procedure we involvesomebookwork,but thisis verybasicandcanbe done
were shownaroundall the blocks,wingsand other bits that easily,espe€ially in thisageofcomputers.
madeup the school.On what I think wasthe secondday we A systemformovingtroopsonth€ mapmustbe devised.but
wereintroducedto the libftry, an impressive placewith rows againthisshouldbe basic.Movementratesfor thevariousarms
androwsofbookson everysubjectunderthe sun.Havingbeen for roadandcrosscountryprobablybeingenough.withthe odd
toldwecouldlook around,Irememberglancing firstat rne Red variablefor forestsor mountains.
Badgeof Couragehy StephenCrane, putting this backI picked The fact that the two statesare in isolationon an island
up thebooknextto it. Godonlyknowswhaifilingsystemwasin enablesthe playersto concentrateon the matt€r in hand.
use.asthis turned out to be War GameCampaign:by someone Wories aboutthe inlentionsof neighbouring statesare easily
calledDonaldF. Featherstone. I wasshocked.to saythe least. dismissed, simplybecause therearenone.This optionwill give
Eversincemy earliestchildhoodI hadplayedwith toysoldiers, an uncomplicated producr.which,if highlysimplisric,is at least
goingthroughall the usualphasesof rollingmarblesat them, a startingpointwhereteethcanbe cut.
field gunsthatfiredmatchsticks andsoon.But herewasabook
thatseemedtobe describing gameswithtoysoldiers playedwith
rules.And what was more-not iust battles.but entire wars! 2.TIIE NOMAPCAMPAIGN
Well,I washooked.I1didn'ttakelongbeforeI discovered some Overthe pastsevenyearsor so,our clubhasplayeda seriesof
ofDon'sotherbooks,andthingsreallystarted to roll.l caneven games,which,strungtogether,can looselybe saidto form a
remembersinplifyinga set of the ruleslhat appearedin tva' campaign. Thesegameshavefollowedthe fortunesof General
Ganer, lookingbackI hateto think whattheymusthavebeen Bombastico and CrownPrinceRudolpho.two Italiancolonial
like, but it starteda ballrollingthathasyet to stop. officers,in their fight againstthe notoriousRas Begusand
Eversincethat dayI haveviewedcampaigns with somekind Mahidi Pasba.Whilstno maphaseverbeenactuallydrawnof
of religiousawe. Someoneoncesaidthat the highestforrn of Equatoria.the plot of land so hotly contested,we all havea
wargamingis rhe campaign.So how doesa personrelatively clearpictureofthe issues involved,andwhatthefruitsofvictory
newto the hobbystan campaigning? FirstI wouldsayreadMr or defeatwill be. Eachgamefollowson frornthe previousin a
Featherstone's book.In thepastsomehavefoundit fashionable haphazardlylogical way, with timely interventionsfron
io mock his work as simplisti€and unrealistic,this is pure neighbounng BritishandFrenchcolonialforcestime andagain
churlishness. Ask them what sort of wargamesthey were savingthe less than great Generaland Prince. ln the last
fightingin the early 1960sand seehow realhticand complex instalmentBombasticoand Rudolphovaliantlydefendedthe
theirgameswere,probably rollingmarbleslikeme! Attheend Pasha'sharem, their Bersaglierimanningthe walls of the
of thedayDon Featherstone hasdonemorefor our hobbythan pleasuregarden,whilst Rais men plunderedthe rest of the
anyoneelse.Undeniablyhis book Wat GameCampaignsis townat will. Sucha flightof fantasyasthiscanonlyevolveover
simplistic,but it is also a bloody good read and an excellent theyears,itsimpactbeingheightened byitselementsofanarchy
startingpointfor anyonewantingto begincampaigning. andunpredictability. It wouldI doubtbepossible to a€hieveth€
Next, try and find a local club. If the) hale a campaign sameresultsintentionally.Certainideascan,nevertheless, b€
running,seeifyoucanjoinin. Your rolewill probablybeasmall usedin a moretraditionalmanner.Ratherthanusingmapsto
one,eveninsignificant, but thisis a goodwayto learn.Failing dictatethe flow ofthe campaign, we cantry simplyusinglogic.
this, you'reon your own. This is hopefullywherethis article ln this mannerwe canstartoff with a simpleencounterbatale
mayhelp. betweentwo forces.Logi€allyonesidewouldat leastgainthe
One of the greatjoys of campaigning is that battleshavean upperhandhere,holdingthe fi€ld at the closeofplay. At this
inst^flt raison elene. As we saw last month, writirg s€enarios pointthedefeatedplayershouldbe consulted asto hischoiceof
cantakesomelittletimeandeffo(. With acampaignthere isno next move. ln all probabilityhe will want to fall back to a
suchproblem.All partiesrealiseexactlywhatis at stakein each defensiveposition.The next game shouldthen involve the
battle or skirmish.Cenerah treat their forceswith a desree winnero{ the filst attemptingto assaulta defensiveline. This
more care when rherr lorsescarry over ro rhe nerr bairle. couldtakethe shapeofa riverline,preparedpositionsorsimply
suicidalassaultsbecomeat tactic of final desDeration rather a strongline of hills.The casualties from all battlesshouldbe
thanan everydayoccurrence. €arried over, as with the island campaign.In this way a
For a first campaignI wouldkeepit simple.Let us look at a €ampaigncan last for as long as the playerswant, avoiding
numberof waysthiscanbedone. virtuallyall papershutflingactivities.Onceagainprettysimple
stuff, but the elementof continuitygivesthe feelofsomething
grander.
I. THE ISLAND CAMPAIGN
Crealetwo smallcountries,possiblyon an island,andlet them
fight it out. Supplyrules should,at this level, be minimal. J. THELADDERCAMPAIGN
Something like "always
in supplyunlesssurrounded". Thiscuts Thh systennreallyanoppo(unityforthe novicetotreadinthe
out a loi of paperworkandbook-keepingthat, for a beginner,is footstepsof the masters. Ideal for recreatinghistorical
not only unnecessary, but alsooffpulting.Carryovercasualties campaigns withoutall the messydecisionmaking.A lilt of all
the battlesof rhe historicalcampaignshouldbe drawnup in
chronological order.Mapsofthe individualbattlefields should
be drawnup, scalingdownto fit$e playingarea.Somedegree
of distortionis boundto happenhere.as everythingis shrunk
downto fit thetable.I don'treallyworryaboutthis.lf lhe forces
usedarescaleddownlikewise,thetacticalproblemswillstill be
thesame.If yourenemyholdsa dgewilh 40%of hisforce.rhat
,mol.canbe two unitsor twenty,in gametermsit reallymakes
liide difference.
Oncethelistandmapsarepreparedwearereadyto go. Start
with the rniddlebattleof th€ list, fightingthis until one side
withdrawsfron the field. If Red wins move one steDuD the
Iadderto rhenexlbalrle.lfbluew'n\moveone\reDdoqn The
Red player'sobjectivemustbe to reachthe top of the list, rhe
Blue player\ to reachthe bottom.Thh systemdoeshavethe
drawbackthat somebatdesmay be duplicated.One simple
altemativeis to playall thebattlesin a row, awardingpoints for
win\anddraws.rarherlite lhe Foolball Leasu€
4.THEBORROWED
CAMPAIGN
Somewouldsaythat thisis a bit ofa cheat.but who cares.It is
certainlya reasonablyeffortlessway of settingup a good,
realisti€campaign.It simply involvesfinding a boardgame
representingthe campaignyouwantto fight.Ifyoule luckythe
exactgamewill beavailable. Thiswill provideyouwith a map.a
set of rul€s,and victoryconditions.The only changeyou wilt
haveto makeis 1osubstitutethe game\ combatsystemwirh
your favouritesetof figurerules.This oprionako givesyou a
on therablerop. or jusrihe
choiceoffightingall the encounrers
Shouldyou not be so lucky the idealboardgarne not being
produced- all is nol lost.Try to find onetharcoversthe same
geographicalarea. I played an excellentEnglishC;vil War
campaign basedon a Warofrhe Rosesboardgame for example.
If you cando this you will at leasthavethc map wirh major
towns and roads marked on a handy hex patrern. With a
reasorableknowledgeofyour own campaignyou cansetyour
ownobjectives
andadjustthe movementratesifneeded.
5. THEMINI CAMPAIGN
This is quitesimply,andobviously,a smallcollection oflinked
battles,rhatisnevergoingtogetverybig.This againisan ideal
introductionto campaigning. Sometimes with campaigns. if the
end is not in sight interest may dwindle, but with a mini
€ampaign the ultimategoalcanalwaysbe seen,spurringon all
pa icipants.Goodchoicesfor theseareoperations wirh limited
objectives. Onethatcriesoulto be gamedisArnhem,or more
specifically"Market Garden"asa whole.This couldbe fought
in a naxnnumo{ threeganes.The Allied objecrivebeingto
seizeinlacttheRhinebridgeat Amhem.thecermanssimplyto
stop them. The first game would be the armouredcolumn
startingat onFendof the tableattemptingio link up with the
101stAirborne near Eindhoven.The second,the push on to
Nijmegenandthe 81stAirborne;and the third the atrempted
link with rhe Britishat the final objective.The PolishBrigade
could be inlroduced as and when the player wishes-To
encourage urgencyin the Allied playersrheycouldbe settine
obj€ctives for eachstage.Thelongertheylakein gamesone and
two. the moreflak the Parasiake at Arnhem.Thisway.evenif
th€yrakeEindhovenandNijmegen,it rnaynot bequickenough
to saveist Airborne.
Otherpossibilitiesfor thistypeofcampaignareendless. They
couldincludeConfederate attemptsto rake a railheadbefore
Union suppliesarrivetFrenchattemplsto relieveMetz in the
Franco-Prussian Warl British tribesemendrivine a Roman
advanceguardinto the seabeforeCaesararrives;Mutineers
attemptingto rakeLucknowbeforcthercliefcolumngetsthere,
andsoon. Alwaysrememberthatbothsidesmustbeableto see
thattheirobjectiveis withinreacb-
All th€formerarerelativelyeasyandpainlesswaysofstarting
campaigning. There are, I am sure, plentyof alternatives to
these,and if you think you've got a good idea, try it. The
impo(ant thingto rememberh keepit simple.The cruxof the
campaignshould, at this stage,be the gamesit produces,
ever)thingelseis merelythemeansto that end.
But whathappensnext?You'vefoughtyour first canpaign,
andyoursecond andthird,andnowyouwantsomethingmore.
It is temptingat thisstagetocomplicatethingsin orderto mak€
yourcampaigns morerealistic.Thiscaninvolvefillingin returns
andrequests for amrnunition, slavingoverhoursof paperwork
in a role more akin to a clericalofficer than a commanding
officer.Thereis,I amgladto say,analternative.ltispossibleto
keepthesystems simpleevenin thebigg€stof projects,allowine
moredme{orthe importantparts,the fightingandpoliticking!
By wayofexampleI am currentlyrunninga campaignat my
localclubwhichis anythingbutmini.Startingin1857it haseight
statesrepresented,Pruss'a,France,Baden, Wurttemburg,
Bavaria,Hesse,Austria-Hungary andPiedmont.Thesenations
havelhe wholeof Europeto reshapeover th€ next fourteen
yearsup to 1871.Despitethis,eachnationhasonlyonesheetof
A4 to fillin eachturn-andeventhisisin theshaDe ofa "fill in the
relevantbox" questionnaire. So, h .w is thh done?Well, for a
stan, the nationsaregenerallyat peacemostofthe time, their
armiesdemobilised. All theyworryaboutis how to investtheir
income.For this I havecreateda simplesystem.Ratherthan
usinga hexsyslem.eachstateismadeup ofregions,ratherlikea
''Risk" board. Eachregionproducesone unit of wealtheach
month.or two if an industrialised region.Ratherlhan making
the playersaccountfor suchpetty itemsas toilet rolls for the
palacehousehold.or "Brasso"for the GuardCuirassiers, this
incomeis considered asdisposable. Ifyou like, profit aftei the
day to da! costsof runninga nationhavebeennet. This cash
canthereforebesp€nton excitingtbings, suchasdevelopingbig
guns.settingup espionage networksorbribingthePope.
Whenwarsdo startthe systemof regionsremovesneedfor
in-depthreportson whereforagepartieshavebeensentout or
the sitingof the camplatrines.Eachregioncan supportone
Army. This meansthat all the availablefigurescanbe usedin
eacharmy.two Armi€softhesarnenationnotbeingallowedin
the sameregionat the sametime. I feelthat asthe participants
areplayingtherolesofKings,DukesandEmperors,theywould
be morc concernedwith Grand Strategythan with petty
jockeyingforpositionoftenseenwithhexmaps
Eachregionhasonemainfo ress,so siegesrnaytakeplace.
When field armiesmeet in battle historicalmaDsare used.
qhereavailable. lo drawup lhe bartletield. Failingthis rhe
terrain is randomlygenerated.Casuahiesare groupedinto
killed,wounded.andbadlywounded.the detailslogged byme,
lhe umpire.In thisway the pseudocrownedheadsof Europe
spendtheir time plotting.bickeringand backstabbing, aswas
done historically.rather than handing over the reins to
accountants. as.undersomesystems, they may be temptedto
Hopefullythiscollectionofideashasbeenofhelpto someone
out there. As I saidbeforethereare manypossiblesystens,
nonemorerightor wrongthananyother,so ifyou do hit on a
good idea give it a go. Next month we shall look at hidden
movementwlthoutlears.
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of waryatnes lustrate l have been askedto describethe
constructionof m) Greek temple.I wastaughthow to make
wargames buildingsby thc 01d Maesiro himself(thelale and
muchmissedPeterCildcr). so any merit in my own effoftsis

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I enjoy making terrain. but am more than willing to use
commercialitcms where available.wilh my reDewed'nterestin
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The tetnple built & describetlh| Pe!( DuLktrorth, heft as a into thc project.
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THEMODEL
The main thing about wargamessceneryis that it MUST be
The Barracks
robust.At the very leastbuildingswill be movedaround,they 325Underhill Road
will probablybe storedpoorlyandverylikely will be regularly
transported to clubnightsor evento shows.For thisreasonthe
London SE229F,A
templewasbuilt by creatinga box from Pllrood, nothingless 08t-299-4200
will standthe test of time and it is a tedble thing to seethe NewWargamesshopjust openedin London.
labourof houlswastedin a moment'saccident w e , t o c k b u ' l d i n a l r o n l r n w e e k l e y v, r l l a a e C r e eann d H o v e l s ,
The dinensionsof the templeare determinedprimarilyby K&MTrees. Hum6rol enamelbnd"cnl( odi-nl\.PererP,! Droduch.
the materials used. The only useful and tim€ effective way I lsures hom l-rnrds! Fo,aeandCienadier,fislresbrDixon
'pantiles'is to usethe M'niarure\and8al(le HondursMiniature', pldbooks, rulesantl
havecomeacrossto represent Plastic panledarmies Di( from hobbtede.. Napoleonkship\ frcm
"Wils" the modelrailway
sheetingsold for that purposeby Skyrrex ..rhislisLCerslon8eralllhetine.
people.Iwantedthetempleto bereasonably large,soeachside Do comeandvisit-openinghours
;fthe roof is a full sheet-Note that the roofsof thesearcient Mondayto Saturday9am-5.30pm
structureshavevery shallowslopes.Thesew€rethenedgedwith
individuallycut cardboardtiles.
Theftiezeat theftont andrearwasproducedby laying15mm
Equresinto a bedol rhinlymxed Terrion filler to ploducea
bts-re[ef effecl. A lilde backgrounddetail was added by
scorineinto the ddedfiller.
The-oatterned areabeneaththe friezeand aroundthe side
walls wasmadeby glueingon card. Strips of thin cardproduced
theladderpattem.Concentricsquares werethengluedinto the
gaps.Thisproduceda reqsonably 'classical'
effectfor a minimal
effort.
The modelwasnowstartingto look abit'ToP Heavy'withaI
thedetailneartheroof.To redress thebalance laddedabandof
fur nonlon
@emlkof Gameg
a cut up sheetof
detailedstonework round the base. Thh was
'wills' randomstonework.At the centreof the front I inserted m!tsPoms@ounties
another'Wills' spare,a Georgiandootway(well, at leastit's
neo-classical).A coupleof stripsofcard indicatingthe general
shapewould have done, sinceall the detail was eventually
hiddenby th€ pillarslA few oblongsof thin cardweredotted
aroundthe restofthewalh to giveacutstoneblockeffect-
The pillarsthemselves were the tri€ky bit. I usedthe small
dnME
lgrsunr 91 BALLARDS LANE
piecesof dowellingsoldto help thoseof us with no caryentry
skillsproducesolidwoodworkjoints.Theseareribbedand- it LONDON,
FINCHLEY, N3
had aireadybeenpointedout to me look a bit like classical
so
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pillars.Unhappilytheyw€renot tall enoughformypurposes,
I cunninglydoubledtheir heigbt by glueingthem togetber
AvalonHill,Chaosium, Columbia,
end-to-end I Sadly,sincetheyaretaperedat theendthismeantI
FASA,
neededro fill in the gaps.This madefor quite a lot of work so GDW,Games lCE,
Workshop,
anothertime I wouldjust cut uP somelengthsof dowelto an [/inifiqs.Palladium,
Mavfair. Standard,
appropriatesizeandaddthe ribbingbyscouringthemwith the SteveJackso-n,TSR,VictoryGames,
sideofa sawblade. WestEndGamesandmany,manymore
Real classicalcolumnsare fluted (narrowerat the top) I -rryus-
couldn'tseehow to manag€that, but got the generaleffectby oPFN 6 DAYSA \dFFKs.30am5pm lsar fiopn)
makingthedetailsatthebottombiggerthan thetop.At thebase
I useda washertopped by a wide piece ofdowel. The topsare
(onceagain)concentric squares ofcard.
I then added$hat the old maestrousedto call a layer of (seen & blue)l€nd to look furrherawa) lhan warmcolours'
gunge.Thisisa verydarkshadeof "make-it'yourself'textured lorange& redl. In an effon lo get a deep.solideflectfrom lhe
paint.Tetrionfiller, dark matthousePaintandadroPof wood shadingI concocteda very dark Sreengunge.Tbe layersof
gluearetheessential ingredients,but anywater-based hiqhliqhlswerethendry b'ushedon top.Thesehighligh15
material were
in moderatequantitieswill usuallyenhanceth€ magiceffeci. no1iu;rliehterin tone burwere increastnglywarm colours.ihe
Thisisusedto providetextureto otherwiseflat,boringsurfaces;finalshadewasactuallypink!I wasquitepleasedwith the effect
to add strength,secureany potentiallyloose details, and and haveusedthis techniquefor paintingelephants(againit
providean undercoatall in one!You canseewhy I useit on all helpsthen to look largeandsolid).
My researchindicatesthat friezessuchasthe one shownwere
actuallypaintedin garishcoloun. I realy felt that whilethisis
'look right',soI chick€nedout andinstead
trueit justwouldnot
PAINTING pickedout the g€ometricpatte in light blue.A quickcoatof
brick red on the pantiles finished the job - just as the
The undercoatdescribedabove should be very dark, but photographer arrived!
NEVER black.The old maestrowas alwaysinsislentaboutthat
and right too as black producesa very dull looking model. I
recentlydid an art cource,soI decidedto apply'colourtheory'
'cool colourJ
=L-9-LJ--9=L-L-9
to paintingthe temple.Colour theorysaysthat
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(7-llpm). ContactJon Crane(0252)330837.or write to the The event will includedisplayand participationwargames,
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THE TRING WARGAMESCLUB AGM was held on 16th and buy standand a wargarnes competition.Hot food and a
October1992,when the new committeewas electedfor the licensed barwillbe available-For moreinformationcontactSue
forthcomingyear.The club willcontinueto neet everyFriday Gorfinge,Flat 6, Byron House.74 ChurchRoad, Redfield,
eveningat the New Mill CommuniryCenrre, Tring, and BrisrolB559JY.
visitorynewmembersare alwayswelcome.For d€raihcontacr
the Secretary.Keith Spedding.143 Healh Road, Leighron MIGSCONXIV historicalgamingconventionwill be held
Buz?ard,Beds.Tel: (0s2s)376539. on SaturdayMay 29 and SundayMay 30. 1993at the
CRAWLEYWARGAMESCLUB is pleasedto announce that, Holiday Inn ar 150 King St. E., Hamilton, Onlario,
in additiontoits regularFridaynightrneerings from 7pmuntil Canada-Eve.ts will include tournamentsin WRG 7th
1lpm, ilnow aho meetsonthe firstSundayofeach monthfrom edition ancients,DBA and Advanced Squad Leader.
lpm untilTpmat Southgate CommunityCentre in Crawley.The Participationgames will be presented involving the
Sundaymeetingsare popular with thosememberswho find it following periods of history: Ancients, Medievals,
difficult to get to the Club on Fridays becauseof other Renaissance, 7YW. Napoleonics,ACW. Colonial,WWII
commitments.and those who wish to play a longer garne. andModerns-Therewillalsobe sevenltabletopminiatures
Anyoneinterestedin joining shouldtelephoneJohn Date on gameswith a Fantasyor ScienceFiction theme,and even
Horsharn(0403)257843. somehistoricalboardgaming. Gamesfor the kids will also
be presented. Extensive dealers area. On site
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28thIEBRUARY 1993,Alder Valley GamersSocietypresent reservations and mention MIGSCON). For more
lst Contact.Venue The Union Building, Hospital Hill, informationwrite to: MIGSCONXIV. c/oP.O- Box 37013,
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