Ancients

Ancients

Rule alterations/clarifications

 



Units at 50% or below cannot use their initiative to charge.

 

Up to 3 units can be joined together to form a brigade.

These all receive the one same order, units can join or breakaway

from the brigade but require a separate order.

 

Characters must lead from the front and may not leave when in combat

 

 

Lights will require an order with a -1 to charge into close combat unless target is also light

 

 

Melee units that move into 20cm of the enemy are pinned and

may only move towards the enemy

 (by the shortest route to engage in combat) or directly away from said enemy.

 

Units can shoot over friendly units as long as it is on a higher elevation

friendly unit must be nearer to shooter than enemy.

The Roman Ongar can fire over head at the same level.

 

Arc of fire for field artillery is a base width either

 side for scorpions and base width only for the Ongar.

 

 

 

Light horse when evading in their own

 turn can fire as they evade with a -1 to hit.

 

 

 

Pike units must move at half rate if turning/echelon.

 

 

Commanders

 

If a commander is attached to a unit in combat or under

 missile fire there is a chance that he will become a casualty.

Any unit(s) losing a round of combat and pushed back with a commander attached

 must roll 2d6 and achieve a result greater than the distance pushed back.

 If not then roll 1d6 1,2 good shield, 3,4 wounded -1 command, 5,6 dead Jim.