COLONIAL STEAM PUNKS - QRS

*What you see is what you get.

Greetings Günther!
I trust that you are doing well and
applying yourself to your studies. I
find myself with little time while on
duty here in Lemuria but wanted to
write to you. I remember how
fascinated you were with your windup
toys as a child and thought you
would be interested in what I have
seen. Let me explain…
CLASS
Vehicles form the fourth class in Colonial
Adventures and are referred to as steam tanks
by infantry and cavalry alike.
 Steam Tanks – Armored steam driven
machines capable of speed and usually
mounting one or more weapon. For
generating enemy forces, each vehicle
counts as a number of figures equal to
five times its DV.

TYPE
INTRODUCTION There are five types of vehicles. This refers to
Colonial Steam Punks expands the rules for their means of locomotion.
steam conveyances found in Colonial Lemuria.
In effect, it is the nuts and bolts of how they are  Wheeled - Wood or metal wheels.
used in relation to Colonial Adventures. We  Tracked - Wheels enclosed in a flexible
provide the how and ignore the why because if metal track.
you are confronted with a Chinese Green
Dragon on the battlefield you need to know how  Half tracked - A combination of the
to deal with it. So as Onkel Otto would say above two types.
"Vorwärts!"  Walkers - Usually four legged but
sometimes less and sometimes more.
 Flyers - Vehicles capable of flight such
STEAM TANK BASICS as copters, fixed-wing aircraft, or gas bag
lifted craft.
For convenience sake we will refer to steam
conveyances as vehicles. Vehicles appear in
some of the Army Lists in Colonial Lemuria and QUALITY
not in others but feel free to use them if you play Not all vehicles are created equal and the better
a European army. These rules may also be used the quality of the vehicle the longer you can
for elephants counting them as DV 0. survive in one. Rolling 1d6 on the Steam Tank
Quality Table determines its quality.
DEFINING VEHICLES
Six things define each figure in your group: Steam Tank Quality
# QUALITY (1) SPEED (2) ARMOR (3)
 Class 1 Excellent (Rep 5) +4" +1 DV
 Type 2-4 Good (Rep 4) +0" +0 DV
5-6 Inferior (Rep 3) -2" -1 DV
 Quality
(1) Overall quality of the machine.
 Armor (2) Modifier to the base speed of the machine.
 Weapons (3) Overall craftsmanship or lack of.

 Crew
For ease of play we recommend using the
models WYSIWYG* style. This is recommended
but not required.

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ARMOR
Steam tanks have an armor value similar to the
DV found on page 28 of the Colonial Adventures
rules. Armor is rated as follows-
 DV 0 - Made from light organic material.
 DV 1 - Made from wood or lightweight
materials.
 DV 2- Made from multiple layers of wood
and light organic material.
 DV 3 - Made from thin sheets of metal.
 DV 4 - Made from heavy metal
segments.
Wings and gas bags are DV 0.
Turrets are one DV lower than the armor on the
main body.
and do nothing until he is replaced by another
crewmember.
Ensign
He drives the steam tank. If he is disabled the
vehicle will not move. He is second in command.
Engineer/Coaler
He feeds the boiler to keep the vehicle running.
If he is disabled the vehicle will slow down 2" per
turn until stopped. It can be restarted and will
move 2" per turn until reaching top speed.
Gunner
He fires the main gun whether it is a tank gun or
machine gun. If he is disabled the gun may not
fire. Sometimes there may be more than one
weapon on the steam tank and there may be (1-
3) an additional gunner in the crew.

WEAPONS TERROR
The fighting vehicles can be armed with a
Steam tanks are terrible creatures to encounter
variety of weapons. Refer to the actual model for
details. Here are the weapons that can be used- on the battlefield. Any unit charged by a steam
tank of DV 3 or 4 will count passing 2d6 as a
result of retire and a result of pass 1d6 or 0d6 as
Steam Tank Weapons a runaway.
WEAPONS RANGE FIRE DICE DAMAGE (2)
Mounted troops will not approach closer than
Machine Gun 24 5 1
Small Gun (1) 10/30 5/2 2 12" to a steam tank and when approached within
Large Gun (1) 10/60 5/2 3 12" will automatically move away to maintain this
distance.
(1)There is a chance that European guns (1-3) and Tribal
guns (1) will be rifled effectively doubling the damage
capability.
(2) This factor represents the damage that the weapon will
ACTIONS
do versus vehicles.
When active, steam tanks may perform up to
two actions but never more than one of each
CREW type.
Each vehicle will have a number of
crewmembers, ideally four. When there are VEHICLE ACTIONS
fewer crewmembers then not all jobs may be
 Move up to full distance up to 45 degrees
done. Note that when a crewmember is disabled
to the left or right of their front or change
another crewmember may take his place but at
the way the vehicle is facing up to 45
one level less than their actual Rep. See page
degrees while remaining in place.
13 of Colonial Lemuria for more info on
generating the Reps of the crew. Here are the  Attempt to charge.
jobs that the crew will perform during the battle.
 Fire.
Captain
Note that some of these actions may be induced
He takes the Crisis Tests for the vehicle and by the results of a Crisis Test.
determines where it will go and what it will do. If
he is disabled the vehicle will remain in place
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 Fire – Tester must fire at the unit that
caused the Crisis Test.
MOVEMENT  Halt – The vehicle will come to a halt and
There are two types of movement, voluntary not function in any way until next
when the steam tank is active and involuntary activated.
when caused by a Crisis Test.  Retire - The vehicle will halt in place and
gather their courage. If they are forced to
NORMAL MOVEMENT retire a second time will runaway instead.
Normal movement depends upon the type of  Runaway – Vehicle turns away from the
vehicle and the terrain it is crossing. See the cause of the Crisis Test, faces the
following Base Movement Table. This table closest edge of the table, and will move
replaces the one in Colonial Lemuria found on full speed each turn until exit the table.
page 14. Will not fire but will run over any infantry
or cavalry in the way regardless of which
Note that there is a -1" movement penalty for side it is on.
each 1 point of DV the vehicle has. Small guns
count as DV 1 while a large gun will count as DV
2 for movement penalties. In addition the listed
speeds can be adjusted by the Quality of the NP STEAM TANKS
steam tank (page 1).
If there are any Non-Player steam tanks on the
table they will roll on the NPC Steam Tank
Base Movement Movement Table when they activate.
Type Clear Woods Rough Road
Wheeled 12 6 (1) 6 (1) 12
Tracked 9 4 (1) 4 (1) 9 2 NPC STEAM TANK MOVEMENT
Half-track 10 5 (1) 5 (1) 10 (Taken versus Rep of the Captain)
Walkers 8 3 5 8
Flyers 12 12 12 12 # Dice Result
(1) DV 2 or lower steam tanks. Others may not move Passed
through. Pass 2d6 Steam tank with LOS to hostile steam
tank will advance and attack.
Otherwise, will advance and attack
ENTERING AND EXITING BUILDINGS closest infantry or artillery enemy.
A steam tank infantry may enter a building only if Pass 1d6 Steam tank will halt and fire at closest
the model can physically do so. Steam tanks enemy.
entering and exiting a building will do so at half Pass 0d6 Steam tank will halt and does not fire.
speed.

INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT CRISIS TABLE

Steam tanks may be forced into involuntary
actions and movement due to the results of a
Crisis Test. The procedures for taking a Crisis
Test will be described later. However, the
possible involuntary actions and moves are as
follows.
 Carry On – Vehicle behaves as player
desires.
Here is the steam tank version of the Crisis
Table.
WHEN TO TAKE THE CRISIS TEST
The Captain of the steam tank will take the
Crisis Test when any of the following events
occur.

 Charge – The vehicle moves at fastest TEST OF WILLS

speed into contact with the enemy.
This test is taken in the normal way.

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RECEIVED FIRE
Only taken by the steam tank if is fired upon by
artillery or steam tank guns.
WANTING TO CHARGE
This test is taken in the normal way with the
exception that vehicles will not charge other
vehicles.
BEING CHARGED
This test is taken in the normal way.
RECEIVED A CASUALTY (CREW)
Each time a steam tank takes a crew casualty.
WITHIN 6” AND SIGHT OF FRIENDLY RUNNING
FIGURES
This test is taken in the normal way.
LEADER LOST (CAPTAIN)
This test is taken in the normal way.
AFTER THE FIGHT RECOVERY
After the battle there is a chance that a
damaged steam tank may not be available for
the next battle. If a crewmember is a casualty
they will use the After the Fight Recovery Crisis
Test on page 23 of the Colonial Adventures rules
book.
RANGED COMBAT
Steam tanks fire as follows.
Only the following weapons can cause damage
to a steam tank. See the Weapons section on
page 2 for details on rifling.
 Machine or Maxim gun is capable of doing
1point of DV damage. These guns may fire
when active or in reaction.
 Small guns are capable of doing 2 points of
DV damage. These guns may fire once
when active or in reaction.
 Large guns are capable of doing 3 points of
DV damage. These guns may only fire once
per turn when active or in reaction.
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 Field guns are capable of doing 3 points of
DV damage and follow the restrictions in
Colonial Adventures.
 Field artillery is capable of doing 3 points of
DV damage and follows the restrictions in
Colonial Adventures.
 Fortress guns are capable of doing 3 points
of DV damage and follow the restrictions in
Colonial Adventures.
HOW TO HIT
To score a hit on a vehicle the shooter declares
his intent to fire. He rolls 1d6 and adds it to the
Rep of the crew firing or the Rep of the gunner.
If the modified score is ten or more a hit has
been scored on the target.
Subtract the damage that the weapon can do
from the DV of the vehicle.
 If the result is more than zero, this
becomes the new DV of the vehicle.
 If the result is a negative number then
the shooter may roll that many d6 on the
Conveyance Hit Locations Table on page
14 of Colonial Lemuria and carry out the
result.
MELEE
Infantry and cavalry may elect to charge into
melee or may find themselves in melee with a
steam tank. There is a chance that they can
inflict damage onto the vehicle. Steam tanks in
melee are devastating and handled as follows.
 The non-vehicle side loses one figure at
the start.
 Each side then rolls 1d6 for each point of
Rep of the unit or Quality of the vehicle
and modifies that number by
circumstances on the Melee Table.
 Steam tanks will add 1d6 for each point
of DV it has.
 Both sides retain all “successes”, any
result of a one, two, or three.
 Subtract the lower number of successes
from the higher number of successes.
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 The difference is the number of figures
that the lower side will remove as
casualties. If the vehicle receives more
casualties then the enemy they are
allowed to roll 1d6 on the Conveyance
Hit Location Table on page 14 of
Colonial Lemuria.
 When fighting more than one enemy
group the vehicle will melee normally and
apply the results to each group
separately as they occur.
 Vehicles will always count as even
numbers when in melee regardless of
the number of figures involved.
CONTINUOUS MELEE
If after a round of melee the sides are still in
contact the non-vehicle side will break off the
melee. See page 27 of the Colonial Adventure
rules for more info.
BREAKING OFF MELEE
Anytime a player is active he may choose to end
the melee and move at least 3” away from the
enemy but no more than 12” unless blocked by
terrain such as when having a back to
impassable terrain. Once the melee has been
broken off the inactive side will take a Test Of
Wills Crisis Test.
CREW CASUALTIES
Each time a vehicle takes damage whether from
melee or fire there is a chance that one of the
crew had been hurt.
Roll 1d6 versus the DV of the vehicle.
If the score is equal or less than the DV then no
one has been injured.
If the score is higher, then one crew member
has been injured. Roll at random to determine
who is a casualty and out of the fight. Crew
members may not return during the battle.
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BYOST
Here's how to build your own steam tank. Fill
out the Steam Tank Sheet on the Colonial Steam
Punks QRS in the back.
1. Find or build an appropriate model.
2. Determine if is wheeled, etc. (page 1)
3. Roll to determine its Quality (page 1).
4. Classify what type of armor it has (page 1).
Take the overall value of the armor
remembering that the turrets will count one
DV less.
5. Decide what weapons the steam tank
mounts (page 2).
6. Roll the Reps of the crew as per page 13 in
Colonial Lemuria.
7. Check its movement rates (page 3).
STEAM PUNKS
When a land is constantly at war mercenaries
are in demand. And steam tanks command top
dollar. An entrepreneur with a good crew and
tank can live a very luxurious, if often short, life.
As more vehicles were used in the wars more
broke down or were abandoned for one reason
or another. This unforeseen side of steam tank
warfare led to many tankers being unemployed.
Too proud to return to the ranks of the infantry
these men drifted from country to country in
search of work. Many of these dislocated
tankers were instrumental in spreading tank
technology to lesser countries. Eventually these
men, and in some circumstances women,
formed mercenary companies, known
collectively as the Steam Punks.
Perhaps it is a cultural thing, some say a lack of
honor, but these mercenaries are usually (1-5) of
European descent.
Although they are rare there is a chance that
one or more Steam Punk will be found on the
battlefield. Rolling 2d6 and scoring a result of 11
or 12 does this. Next roll 2d6 twice on the Steam
Punk Availability Table to see what is available.
The first roll determines the Quality, Armor and
Weapon while the second toss is for the Rep of
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the Captain. Players are encouraged to use LENGTH OF CONTRACT
whatever type of model they already have.
Steam Punks are hired for a set number of
battles. This is determined by rolling 1/2d6 and
Steam Punk Availability adding or subtracting the # Battles modifier off of
# Quality Armor Weapon Captain (1)
the Punk For Hire Table, but never less than 1.
2 Rep 3 DV 2 M Gun Rep 3
3 Rep 3 DV 2 M Gun Rep 3
4 Rep 3 DV 2 M Gun Rep 3 WAGES
5 Rep 4 DV 3 Small Rep 4
Steam Punks receive complete vehicle
6 Rep 4 DV 3 Small Rep 4
7 Rep 4 DV 3 Small Rep 4
maintenance and materials for their vehicle. In
8 Rep 4 DV 4 Small Rep 4 addition they receive room and board plus pay
9 Rep 4 DV 4 Large Rep 4 equal to the total of the Rep of the Captain and
10 Rep 5 DV 4 Large Rep 5 DV of the vehicle times two. The Captain is
11 Rep 5 DV 4 Large Rep 5 responsible for wages of the crew.
12 Rep 5 DV 4 Large Rep 5
(1) Crew Reps are rolled as per page 13 in Colonial GOING IT ALONE
Lemuria.
There may become a time where there aren't
any contracts available. Normally just advance
GETTING HIRED the campaign timeline and continue to the next
If desired you can choose to play a Steam Punk, turn. If using this with Larger Than Life you may
selling your services to the higher bidder. play this period of inactivity out.

Roll 2d6. *****************************************************

On a score of six or less there are no contracts As you can see my dear nephew these
available. Roll again next campaign turn. steam tanks as they are called are
On a score of seven to nine you may roll once wondrous objects. But as I am sure
on the Punk For Hire Table. you realize, they would not have a
On a score of ten or more you may roll twice on place on the civilized battlefields of
the Punk For Hire Table and you may take one Europe.
or none of them.
Give my love to your Mother.
If there is a contract roll 2d6 on the following
Punk For Hire Table to see what's available. Onkel Otto Burstyn

Punk For Hire

# Nation Enemy # Battles
2 Central Asian Russians -2
3 Afghans/Pathans British -2
4 Berbers France -1
5 Shambalya Chang Wang -1
6 Lung Ho Chang Wang 0
7 Chang Wang Ling Ho +2
8 Alawar Chang Wang +1
9 French Euro at random +2
10 Euro army of choice Euro at random +2
11 Euro army of choice Euro at random +2
12 Army of choice Euro at random +2
(1) Apply this modifier to the number of battles that you are
being hired for.

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COLONIAL STEAM PUNKS:
STEAM TANK
2 LD CRISIS TABLE
(Taken vs. Rep of the Captain)

A score of “6” is always a failure.

Reason Pass 2d6 Pass 1d6 Pass 0d6

Test of Wills  Fire even if have
(Taken when to rotate the turret.
enemy comes
within 12”)
Wanting to Charge  If facing enemy
steam tank will
fire.
 Otherwise charge.
Being Charged  Fire even if have
to rotate the turret.
 If weapon is facing then  Halt in place and may not fire.
fire. If not then turn
turret to face.
 If facing enemy steam  Halt in place and may not fire.
tank will fire.
 Otherwise charge but
only half speed.
 If weapon is facing then  Halt in place and may not fire.
fire. If not then turn
turret to face.

Received Fire  Return fire if can.  Halt in place and may  If already damaged then retire.
(Taken only if fired not fire.  If retired once before then will
upon by artillery or runaway instead.
steam tank guns.)

Received Crew  Carry on.  Carry on.  If already damaged then retire.
Casualty  If retired once before then will
runaway instead.

Within 6” and sight  Carry on.
of friendly running
group
Captain lost  Carry on. Ensign
replaces Captain.
If no Ensign then
next highest Rep.
After Fight  Steam tank ready
Recovery for duty.
 If the running group has  If the running group has an
an equal or lower Rep equal or lower Rep then count
then count as if passed as if passed 2d6.
2d6.  Otherwise if already damaged
 Otherwise halt in place then retire.
but may fire in reaction.  If retired once before then will
runaway instead.
 Carry on. Second in  Second in command replaces
command replaces Leader. 1 in 3 figures runaway
Leader. (min. 1), then carry on.
 If damaged then will not  If damaged then will not be
be available for next available for next two battles.
battle.

Base Movement
# Type Quality Armor Weapons Range Fire Dice Damage Captain Ensign Eng/Clr Gunner

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 Steam Punks!
Greetings Günther!
I trust that you are doing well and applying yourself
to your studies. I find myself with little time while on
duty here in Lemuria but wanted to write to you. I
remember how fascinated you were with your windup
toys as a child and thought you would be interested
in what I have seen. Let me explain…

When a land is constantly at war mercenaries are in demand.

And steam tanks command top dollar. An entrepreneur with
a good crew and tank can live a very luxurious, if often short,
life.
As more vehicles were used in the wars more broke down or
were abandoned for one reason or another. This unforeseen
side of steam tank warfare led to many tankers being
unemployed. Too proud to return to the ranks of the infantry
these men drifted from country to country in search of work.
Many of these dislocated tankers were instrumental in
spreading tank technology to lesser countries. Eventually
these men, and in some circumstances women, formed
mercenary companies, known collectively as the Steam
Punks.

As you can see my dear nephew these steam tanks as

they are called are wondrous objects. But as I am
sure you realize, they would not have a place on the
civilized battlefields of Europe.
Give my love to your Mother.
Onkel Otto Burstyn

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