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    When Empires Clash!
    When Empires Clash!
    When Empires Clash!
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    When Empires Clash!

    By Bob Cordery

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    These rules have been designed so that players can fight typical small battles between European Colonial armies and their opponents during the period between 1875 and 1910. They use a gridded battlefield, which removes the need to measure both move distances and weapon ranges, thus speeding up the whole process of fighting a wargame. It also removed any doubts or possible disputes as to whether or not a unit has moved too far or if it is in range or not. They also incorporate simple combat resolution systems that likewise speed up game play. The armies needed to fight battles with these rules are small by most wargames standards. This means that you can 'raise' lots of small armies rather than a couple of big ones.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJun 14, 2017
    ISBN9780244614256
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      Book preview

      When Empires Clash! - Bob Cordery

      When Empires Clash!

      When Empires Clash!

      Gridded Wargame Rules for fighting colonial battles and campaigns during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.

      by

      Bob Cordery

      2017

      Eglinton Books

      Copyright © 2017 by Robert George Cordery.

      Robert George Cordery has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher in writing except for the use of brief quotations in a book review or scholarly journal.

      Typeset in Arial font

      Published by Eglinton Books

      84 Eglinton Hill

      Shooters Hill

      Plumstead

      London

      SE18 3DY

      United Kingdom

      First Edition: 2014

      Second Edition: 2017

      HardbackISBN 978-0-244-31422-4

      PaperbackISBN 978-1-326-02369-0

      EPubISBN 978-0-244-61425-6

      Contents

      When Empires Clash!

      Contents

      Introduction to the First Edition

      Introduction to the Second Edition

      Definitions

      Explanatory Diagrams and Illustrations

      General Rules

      Battle Rules

      Army Lists

      Bibliography

      Introduction to the First Edition

      These rules have been designed so that players can fight typical small battles between European Colonial armies and their opponents during the period between 1875 and 1910. They have evolved from previous sets of rules that used area movement and simple combat resolution systems, and have been inspired by DBA (De Bellis Antiquitatis), HOTT (Hordes Of The Things), and TTB (Table Top Battles).

      I do not have a lot of time — or space — to devote to wargaming, and I want to fight battles to a conclusion in a relatively short time; hence the use of area movement and simple combat resolution systems. The use of a gridded battlefield removes the need to measure both move distances and weapon ranges, thus speeding up the whole process. It also removes any doubts or possible disputes as to whether or not a unit has moved too far or if it is in range or not. Simple combat resolution systems likewise speed up game play. If a player can remember how to resolve a combat situation after using the system for two or three turns without the need to refer to the rules, then the system is good enough for me. It may not be ‘perfect’ — I have yet to find a system that is — but it should produce a reasonably accurate result.

      The armies needed to fight battles with these rules are small by most wargames standards. This means that I can ‘raise’ lots of small armies rather than a couple of big ones. This is both easier on the finances and enables me to buy, paint, and base a complete army before my interest begins to wane.

      The main bulk of the rules deal with what the players need to do before battle commences and Army Lists; in fact the actual battle rules cover ten pages (including examples of how to use some of the mechanisms and explanatory diagrams) and can be learned by most players within a couple of turns. Battles take about an hour to fight, although they can take longer if a larger battlefield and larger armies are used.

      I fight a lot of my battles as solo affairs, and the mechanisms I have used can be used either by solo wargamers or for conventional face-to-face wargames. The rules also include options for fighting battles that arise from a campaign and for fighting one-off battles.

      Bob Cordery

      London, September 2014

      Acknowledgements

      No set of rules is ever the product of one person, and this

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