V1.
Order of Play.
Phase One: Determine who has the initiative
Each player rolls a D6. This will determine the
order in which players activate their tanks.
Phase Two: Activations
Players now each take their turn in accordance
with the initiative sequence until all tanks have
been activated.
Phase Three: End of Turn
Once all players have activated the turn ends.
Phase 2. Activation. ACE ability to change 1
Command Dice to non-Wild die/Activation.
Command Dice. (Roll 6 Dice to start with, but
Command Dice may be reduced either Temporarily or
Permanently due to damage to tank or crew.)
DRIVE. Each Drive Die allows you to:-
1. Move Forward 2D6 inches. *†
2. Reverse 1D6 inches. *†
3. Turn on the spot up to 90o – using
one of your 2D6 from 1 above.
4. Turn on the spot 91o to 180o. Req. full Drive D6
5. Rotate Turret up to 60o if stationary.†
6. Cross a Minor Obstacle. ‡
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* May turn up to 89 if moving & rotate
turret up to 60o if moving for free. May not move
off the table, stop on table edge.
† Slow Turrets may only rotate 1 X 60o per activation.
‡ Major Obstacles require Two Drive Dice to cross.
ACQUISITION. Each Acquisition Die is used
to try and acquire a target.
Must have LOS to target, 60o forward arc from turret
(or front of tank if no turret) if ‘Buttoned’, 180o if
Unbuttoned. ACQ lost if no LOS, or outside arc.
Target in Open, is acquired Automatically by an
Unbuttoned Tank.
Target in Open, is acquired using 1 Acquisition Die by
a Buttoned Tank.
For each Minor Obstacle intervening, 1 additional
Acquisition Die will be needed.
For each Major Obstacle intervening, 2 additional
Acquisition Dice will be needed.
Target is Low Profile, +1 additional Acquisition Die.
Partially obscured = Minor obstacle.
Largely obscured = Major obstacle.
Phase 1. Initiative.
The players each roll a single D6 for each tank to
determine the sequence of play in the current
turn. The dice roll is adjusted as follows:
+1 if player’s tank has ‘Ace’ status
+1 if player’s tank has ‘banked’ a ‘Wild
Dice’ in the tanks previous turn (+1 for each
die banked).
Draws are re-rolled.
AIM. Aiming can only take place
when the target has been Acquired.
Arc of Aim: Target must be within 60o arc of
turret (or front of tank without a turret). If no,
turret, tank must pivot before aiming.
One Aim Die is needed to Aim.
Any number of additional Aim dice may be used
to -1 to firers required score to hit a target.
Aim is lost if either tank moves.
Unloaded tanks may aim but must load before
they can fire.
SHOOT.
See overleaf for Shooting Process.
RELOAD. Use 1 Reload Die to
reload.
Tanks start the game Loaded.
Tanks with Rapid Fire Guns do not need to
reload between each shot in a single activation,
they can reload at the end of the current
activation or before firing in a subsequent
activation.
WILD DICE. Each Wild Die may be :-
1) Changed to any other Command Die.
2) Banked to give +1 to Initiative Die Rolls
next turn, per D6 banked in this way.
3) Add -1 to “To Hit” score required per D6.
4) Add 1 Additional Strike Die in step 2 of
firing process.
5) Recover a Command Die lost to Temporary
Damage. Can be rolled in future activation.
Quick Reference Sheet. Shooting process (To Hit procedure)
Step 2. Continued.
Shoot dice allow the tank to fire. In order to
shoot, the tank MUST :- Compare Hits (Ordinary and Critical) to
a) Have Acquired a Target, and Saves :-
b) Be Aimed, and Saves exceeds Hits :- No effect.
c) Be Loaded.
Saves equals Hits :- Roll 1D6 :-
Adjudicate if shot is being fired at Front, Flank or rear. 1 – 5 = Target tank retreats that
If Target has Heavy Armour, flank shots count as being number of inches.
from the front and rear shots count as being made from 6 = 1 Command Die
the flank. ♦ temporarily lost.

Step 1. Roll to Hit. Modifiers are to base score To Hit.

Hits exceed Saves by 1 or 2 :-
MORE Critical Hits than Ordinary
Roll 2D6 :-
Hits :- then 1 Hit is Permanent,
Target score To Hit in Open under 48” 6 = Hit.
others Temporary.
Target score To Hit in Open over 48” 7 = Hit.
More Ordinary Hits than Critical Hits,
Intervening Minor obstacle +1 or equal :- All Damage is Temporary.
Target Partially Obscured +1
Target is a ‘Small’ Tank. +1 Hits exceed Saves by 3 or more :-
Intervening Major obstacle +2 Target Tank destroyed :-
Target Largely Obscured +2 More Crits than Ordinary =
Each additional Aim Die. -1 applied to one shot Tank Brews up, killing crew.
If using a Wild Die. -1 applied to one shot Otherwise, crew bail out.
+/- any adjustments due to damage to the
firer, OR Bonus Cards. Temporary Damage – Lose Command Die
to Damage section. May be recovered with
Any tank rolling an unmodified Double One ends turn
immediately and loses all Acquisition and Aim Tokens. a Wild Die.

Any tank rolling an unmodified Double Six receives Permanent Damage – Remove a Command
additional +2 Strike Dice. Die Permanently (Max 1 per shot unless
Step 2. Effect of Hit. Roll 1D6 for each Strike Factor of tank has Iron Fist) + Roll 1D6 to see if shot
his tank, adding +1 D6 if target is unbuttoned or unable to hit Hull or Turret :-
Button up. 1,2,3,4 = Hull.
May add +1 D6 for a Wild Die if desired. 5,6 = Turret.
See what damage occurs on Ladder of
Shot is against : No Ordinary Critical Permanent Damage.
Effect Hit Hit
Frontal Armour 1,2,3,4 5 6
Side Armour ♦ 1,2,3 4 5,6
Rear Armour ♦ 1,2 3 4,5,6
♦ See Note on Heavy Armour above.
Player controlling Targeted Tank rolls 1D6 for
each Armour Factor.
Each 5 or 6 = Save.
Impossible Hits. e.g. hull down tank cannot be hit in hull. Then Permanent damage to hull is ignored,
but permanent loss of Command Dice still applies.

Zero Dice. When Command Dice are reduced to Zero, then crew bail out. Bailed out tanks cannot be
re-crewed.
The last tank to remove the last Command Die is credited with the kill.