Square Brigadier Quick Reference for Horse & Musket

THE SQUARE BRIGADIER H&M QUICK REFERENCE (corrected 10 mar)

SEQUENCE of PLAY: Alternate.  Roll orders, act then melee.

GENERALS: 1d6 orders, 1 order move or rally 1 unit or move 1 formation.  Shoot/Melee is free.  -1 if replacement gen.
Gen with unit,: If shooting hits 4,5,6=cancel 1, 1= dead. Melee 4,5,6 =hit on enemy 1 = dead.  If alone & adj. dice for capture.

MOVEMENT.  Any direction.  Stop when adjacent. If next to enemy front must fight or retreat. +1 on road. Stop when entering/leaving terrain except light.

SHOOTING: 1d/unit 2d if superior.  No shoot if move, in melee, fording or disorder. Cover cancels 1 hit per turn

MELEE.  2d/unit to front.  1d/flank, disorder or support. Both roll. Def fire roll 1st o/w simultaneous.

Cavalry Charge +1 die, Def Obstacle +1 die. Cover cancel 1 hit . Sq vs cav cancel 2 hits.
Attacker may take ground if opponent destroyed or gives ground.

MORALE.  1+ hit from shooting or melee = disorder, if already disordered = destroyed.  Units may cancel 1 hit from shooting bt retreating 1 sq and 1 hit from melee by retreating 1 sq.. 

Hits. Shooting or Melee: 4-6 hits Avg, 5,6 hits Elite, 3-6 hits Poor.

Rallying.  May stand or fallback 1 sq. 4,5,6 rally. +1 Gen or Elite, -1 Poor, -1 Adjacent to enemy. 

Generic Horse & Musket Chart
UNIT	MOVE	RANGE	SPECIAL
Infantry	2	2
Grenadiers	2	2	Elite, +1 die if attacking or attacked this turn
Skirmishers	3	3	Light Infantry, 1 die in melee
Native Spearmen	3		Light Infantry
Cuirassiers/Horse	2 +1 if attacking	-	Elite
Dragoons	3	-
Hussars, Turks	4		No charge bonus.
Light Artillery	2	4
18thC Artillery	0	6	May only move by marching. 2d at range 2.
19thC Artillery	2	6	2d at range 2 or 3.
Horse Artillery	3	4	2d at range 2.
General	4	-	19thC may have ADC to save up to 6 orders.
Wagons	1	-	1 die in melee
Note: Rifles increase range to 3 for line, 4 for light. Rifled Artillery is 1 die at range 2 to 10