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THE RULES
Rules are standard DBA [4] with the following amendments inclusive of some inspirations from DBM [5] and Anthony Clipsom [3]:
SCALE
All given distances and measurements are for 15 mm scale.
5 cm = 100 Paces
ARMY ORGANIZATION
Armies are divided into separate commands. Each command has its own commander and its own combat and movement (PIP) die.
DEPLOYMENT
The English army under the overall command of William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton will commence the game having been deployed on the sloop of the hill. Elements of real and fake pits should be arranges as discribed in the battlefield section.
The French forces under the overall command of Charles de Blois, Duc de Bretagne will be arranged in three battles along the road from Morlaix to Lanmeur.
See the battlefield map for the exact position of the forces.
SEQUENCE OF PLAY
First bound belongs to the French army. All commands (French and English) will use their own D6 for PIP dicing.
TERRAIN
All hills are classed as good going. All wooded areas, the fields, the graveyard near the church and the area of Lanmeur are classed as bad going. The road has no effect on movement.
MOVE AND SHOOTING DISTANCES
Move and shooting distances are taken from the DBM rules:
Shooting:
Movement:
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Troop type
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Good going
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Bad going
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Knight
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150
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100
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Blades
Hordes
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100
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100
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Bowmen
Crossbow men
Auxilia
Psiloi
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150
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150
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MARCH MOVES
March moves may be used by both Armies in the duration of the game. March moves are identical to a tactical move in the DBA rules with the exception of the following:
- A march move cannot start or go closer to known enemy than 400 paces.
- An element can make or join in as many march moves during each bound as there are sufficient PIPs for, but cannot also make a tactical move that bound. The third and fourth march move will cost an extra PIP.
EFFECT OF CONCEALED PITS
When ever an element moves over a marker representing 'concealed pits' the marker is revealed and its real or fake character is known from that time on.
- If the marker is fake, nothing happens.
- If the element moving over it is foot and the marker is real, it gets a movement penalty like moving in bad going (to simplify calculation subtract 50 p form the move distance of the element).
Nothing else happens.
- If the element moving over it is mounted and has just revealed a real marker, throw a D6. Depending on the result the element must immediately react as follows:
- 1,2,3 and 4 = Riders temporarily dismounted. Element must stay 1 move on the marker and fights with -1 in close combat and distant shooting in this move. Use a marker (e.g. lichen of different colours for each bound)
- 5 = Riders and horses are confused and recoil 100 p.
- 6 = Nothing happens, the element passes. Deduct 50 p from move distance.
- If the element moving over it is mounted and the real character of the marker is already known, throw a D6. Depending on the result the element must immediately react as follows:
- 1 and 2 = Riders temporarily dismounted. Element must stay 1 move on the marker and fights with -1 in close combat and distant shooting in this move. Use a marker (e.g. lichen of different colours for each bound)
- 3 and 4 = Riders and horses are confused and recoil 100 p.
- 5 and 6 = Nothing happens, the element passes. Deduct 50 p from move distance.
COMBAT
Close combat and combat outcome are to be taken from the DBA rule book. With the exception of Hordes which are handled as follows:
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Hordes in close combat and distant shooting:
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Combat and shooting factors: against foot 2 against mounted 2
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If an element's total is less than that of the opponent, but more than half:
- Destroyed by knights if in good going. If not recoil.
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If an element's total is half or less than half that of the enemy:
- Counted as others: Destroyed
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The following factors apply to both Armies:
- When the commanding general of a command is lost, the command immediately loses the number of elements necessary to reach the next casualty status (e.g. from disorganized to demoralized)
due to out breaking panic. Elements are chosen by die (the element D6 elements to the left, the element D6 elements to the right, and so on). Lost commanders are not replaced (but PIP dicing for the command continues).
- When a command loses a 1/4 of its elements it is classed as 'disorganized' and will lose 1 PIP in each bound.
- When a command loses a 1/3 of its elements it is classed as 'demoralized' and will lose 1 PIP in each bound and receive -1 in close combat.
- When a command loses 1/2 or more of its elements it is classed as 'destroyed' and will commence fleeing.
WINNING AND LOSING
- The losing Army is the first Army to first lose half or more of its elements (taken from play or in destroyed commands).
- The game will be a draw if the English escape through the wood on the hill on the northern table edge without loosing more than half of their elements and after they destroyed at least one of the French commands.
- Anything else will be a victory for the side that at the end is in control of the battlefield.
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