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CHARGE PIKES! V 3.0 English Civil War Miniatures Rules by Wesley A CHARGE PIKES! V 3.0 English Civil War Miniatures Rules By Wesley A. Rogers Table of Contents Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................1 Game Scales................................................................................................................................................................................1 Troop Types ...............................................................................................................................................................................1 Mounting Figures.......................................................................................................................................................................2 Bases for Figures.....................................................................................................................................................................2 Units ............................................................................................................................................................................................2 Morale Grades ...........................................................................................................................................................................2 Formations..................................................................................................................................................................................3 Infantry ....................................................................................................................................................................................3 Naked Foot, Pike-supported Foot, and Heavy-Armed Foot ....................................................................................................3 Infantry Deployment ................................................................................................................................................................4 Mounted Formations ...............................................................................................................................................................6 Artillery Formations ................................................................................................................................................................6 Hits ..............................................................................................................................................................................................6 Hits Against Pike and Shot Units.............................................................................................................................................6 Generals and Command............................................................................................................................................................6 Visibility......................................................................................................................................................................................6 Steadiness and Order.................................................................................................................................................................6 Disorder...................................................................................................................................................................................7 Exhausted Units.......................................................................................................................................................................7 Recovering from Shaken or Disordered Status........................................................................................................................7 Morale States..............................................................................................................................................................................7 Turn Sequence............................................................................................................................................................................7 Initiative......................................................................................................................................................................................7 Movement ...................................................................................................................................................................................8 Moving Routing Units..............................................................................................................................................................8 Moving Pursuing Units............................................................................................................................................................8 Charging..................................................................................................................................................................................8 Impetus.....................................................................................................................................................................................9 Counter-Charging....................................................................................................................................................................9 Evading....................................................................................................................................................................................9 Interpenetration .......................................................................................................................................................................9 Open and Protected Flanks .....................................................................................................................................................9 Maneuvers and Formation Changes......................................................................................................................................10 Skirmish Movement................................................................................................................................................................10 Recoil Moves..........................................................................................................................................................................10 Movement Chart ....................................................................................................................................................................11 Shooting ....................................................................................................................................................................................11 Basic Procedure.....................................................................................................................................................................11 Timing of Fire........................................................................................................................................................................12 Priority of Fire.......................................................................................................................................................................12 Shooting Over or Through Other Units.................................................................................................................................12 Shooting Through Gaps.........................................................................................................................................................12 Artillery Danger Zones ..........................................................................................................................................................12 Moving and Firing.................................................................................................................................................................12 Shooting Table.......................................................................................................................................................................13 Combat......................................................................................................................................................................................13 Basic Procedure.....................................................................................................................................................................13 Figures Eligible to Strike.......................................................................................................................................................14 Cavalry Recoil .......................................................................................................................................................................14 Pike-Supported, Naked, and Heavy-Armed Foot...................................................................................................................14 Pistols in Combat...................................................................................................................................................................14
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