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Well, I've been kicking this around a bit and thought I'd post the rules and such here.

Any feedback is much appreciated. We've been using regular sized playing cards as the "Units".

Thanks!

Elements March
Lf, Skr, Cav, Art Value 4-8 squares

Rank Value Unit Points
Common, Uncommon, Rare Value 1-3

Grit Factor
# -1 if flanked for each flank, 0 if surrounded

Attrition
Value 1-12, when reaches 0, unit falls back March value +d6 each movement turn and is
effectively beaten.

Morale
Any unit that has an equal or less Grit Factor and is within 6" of the falling
back unit rolls d6. If the die roll is equal or less than the units current Grit Factor, the unit keeps
fighting. If the die roll is over the units current Grit Factor, the unit starts to fall back, but may test
each Round, or stops when they are engaged. You can not engage a beaten unit.
Engaged units who fail their test, suffer a -1 to their Grit Factor as long
as they are within 6" of the beaten unit.

Game Play
Round based, with alternating turns
Round consists of each unit (yours and opponent) making 1 movement, attacking, and
psychological turn
Turn consists of 1 unit making move. Players cannot have more than 2 turns in a row.

Players use 54 card deck consisting of 25 black, 25 red, and 4 Psyche cards.

Psyche Effects - only one psyche effect per unit per round.
Inspired Fearsome
Unit does not suffer loss of attrition this round. Unit can not be attacked this round. Disengages.
2nd Wind Battlefield Wits
Unit gain back half remaining Attrition, up to General's range for effects is doubled this round.
original amount.

Rule of Three
Must have 3 lower ranks before able to take next level of troop

Rank & File
Unit gets one Free 90* move during movement phase

Skirmishers
Can only be included as a 4th unit to current rank and does not count towards Rule of Three.

Cover negates Skirmishers attacks. If Skirmishers fall back, they are removed from the board.

Combat Power
d6 + number. Both players roll and compare scores. If the Defender wins or ties, the
damage is deflected/defened. If the Attacker wins, the difference in the die rolls is the
amount of attrition removed from the defenders unit. Ties go to the Defender.

Characters
Characters can move anywhere on the board once each round. Choose carefully!


Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

Spartans

Leonidas - Spartan - Master Soldier - Allows two units within 6" to regenerate d3 Attrition Points per Round.
Spartan's (Hoplites and Guard) do not lose Grit points.

Common Units
Helot Hoplite LF 4 1 6 1 2

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Spartan Hoplites (R&F) LF 4 2 9 4 4

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Rare Units
Spartan Guard (R&F) LF 4 3 11 5 6
C
U C CS
C 17 Elements
C 22 pts
R U C CS
C
C
U C CS
US C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

Macedonia

Alexander - Greeks - Master Tactitian - At the beginning of the game and each round, Player gets
a free turn with one unit. This does not count against the two turn max.

Common Units
Macedonian Hoplites LF 4 1 7 2 3

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Drilled Hoplites (R&F) LF 4 2 8 4 3

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Rare Units
Companion Horsemen Cav 8 3 10 5 5
C
U C CS
C 17 Elements
C 22 pts
R U C CS
C
C
U C CS
US C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

Rome

Julius Ceasar - Romans - Master Engineer - All units within 6" of Ceasar can ignore terrain.

Common Units
Principe Legionaries LF 4 1 7 2 2

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Hastati Legionaries (R&F) LF 4 2 8 3 3

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Rare Units
Triarii Legionaries (R&F) LF 4 3 9 5 4

Scorpion Battery Art - 3 4 4 d6
Allows player to target one enemy unit not behind hard cover. Soft cover has no effect.
Can fire into engaged units uncovered flank/rear. Does not count for Grit reduction.
C
U C CS
C 17 Elements
C 22 pts
R U C CS
C
C
U C CS
US C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

Carthage

Hannibal - Carthage - Master Psychologist - Can nominate up to 2 enemy units within 6" and
reduce their Grit rating by 1.

Common Units
Numidian Spearmen LF 4 1 7 2 2

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Punic Heavy Cavalry Cav 7 2 9 3 3

Punic Marines (R&F) LF 5 2 8 4 3

Rare Units
War Elephant Cav 6 3 12 5 7

C
U C CS 16 Elements
C 21 pts
C
R U C CS
C
C
U C CS
C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

Celts

Boudica - Celtic - Master Inspirationist - Any unit within 6" that falls to an attition value of 0 can
roll a d6. 1: unit is removed from play, 2-5: unit falls back but can try again if within 6", : 6 unit
regains d3 attition points and does not disengage/stops falling back. Opponent still receives unit
points for initially breaking the unit.

Common Units
Rank & File Warband LF 4 1 7 2 2

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Scythed Chariots Cav 7 2 9 4 3

Levy Cavalry Skr as unit 2 -1 -1 2

Rare Units
Fanatics LF 5 3 8 9 6

C
U C CS
C 17 Elements
C 23 pts
R U C CS
C
C
U C CS
US C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

The Huns

Attila - Huns - Master Horseman - Two Hun Horsemen (Cav) within 6" of Attila can make another move
if Player has completed two turns in a row.

Common Units
Frontier Cavalry Cav 7 1 7 2 2

Uncommon Units
Scythian Heavy Cavalry Cav 7 2 9 3 3

Levy Cavalry Skr as unit 2 -1 -1 2

Rare Units
Stone Thrower Art - 3 4 4 d6
Indirect Fire - ignores all terrain. Can not fire into engaged units.
C
U C
C 14 Elements
C 20 pts
R U C
C
C
U C
US C




Unit Name Element March Unit Points Attrition Grit Combat P

The Vandals
Germanicus - Gauls/Goths - Master Infiltrator - Any unit of skirmishers can cover any unit within 3" to either side.
Common Units
Rank & File Warband LF 4 1 7 2 2

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Uncommon Units
Dacian Falxmen LF 5 2 8 4 3

Levy Mercenaries Skr as unit 1 as unit as unit 1

Rare Units
Noble Cavalry Cav 8 3 9 6 5

Levy Cavalry Skr as unit 2 -1 -1 2

C
U C CS
C 18 Elements
C 24pts
R U C CS
RS C
C
U C CS
US C

Hmm - didn't really translate well. I have an Excel sheet with better view if anyone is interested!

Thanks!

Hmm . . . No comments?

It's kind of hard to decipher. It seems more like notes or a draft outline than an explanation.

Is there a way to import a document into the text? It would be easier to read/understand if I could as it's currently sitting as an excel spreadsheet.

Just click the 'attachments' button under the post field when replying or editing a post. From there you can attach a document or excel spreadsheet.

TY TY TY! It has been updated.

Resurrecting this idea from 7 years ago - geesh...

Let me know if you have any thoughts please.

So how are you going to go about publishing this if you were to perfect this system?

Well, we have a local gaming group that includes a history teacher and a writer. This idea stemmed from basically trying to have a hands on tool for kids to get familiar with historical battles and coincided with the release of the movie 300 (hence 7 years since my last post on this subject). We have left this on the vine since then but I wanted to throw it back out there to see if there was some interest.