"Live Free or Die" Test Game Part 2 (Hoist By One's Own Petard)

 There now 5 additional rule amendments:

1. Firing at skirmishers in woods - Roll an additional D6 of a different colour when firing (cover dice). If the cover dice comes up 4,5, or 6, a 6 hits as usual, if it comes up 1,2, or 3, a double 6 is required. This is adapted from the Spotting Dice in Dave Brown's "O Group" rules.

2. Volley fire - for each double 1 thrown a "firing disorder" marker is placed on the unit representing loss of fire discipline and/or dwindling ammunition. No further volley fire is permitted until these have all been rallied off which may be done by selecting all or part of them for removal during the General's Action phase or the Dressing The Ranks phase. Firing Disorder markers do not count towards casualty removal.

3. Charge - A General adds  a number of dice equal to his star rating  to a  unit to which he is  attached when dicing for the charge movement. The highest 2 dice can then be chosen. The unit's rating factor is then deducted from the final score (whether or not there is an attached general) and this is the amount of movement available. Note that this may result in a unit recoiling if it is of poorer quality! Terrain deductions apply to the move as normal.

4. No volley fire to or from a built up area.

5. Class 1 and 2 units suffer no disruption penalties for formation changes in good ground.

What could possibly go wrong?

One more rule that will be added is that Indian troops count as one morale grade higher when in cover.

The position at the end of move 8:

Seen from the US side, skirmishing between the US Rifles and the Voltigeurs Canadiens continues on the left  flank. The small line unit in blue has lost a base and suffered a firing disruption, and General Brown is rallying disorder from one of the grey (note the correct spelling!) coated regiments. The second grey coated regiment has pressed forward to the base of the ridge to exploit the withdrawal of a regular British battalion. To their right two militia battalions in line are pressing forwards, whilst further forward on the right flank the militia skirmishers in the woods are still effectively harassing the Canadian militia battalion on the road.

From the British  / Canadian position:

So having congratulated yourself on coming up with a brilliant rule to reflect loss of fire discipline and or dwindling ammunition, you throw four 1s when issuing volley fire. The Royal Scots receive 2 Firing Disorder Markers in the same turn that General Riall is severly wounded and carried from the field to be replaced by an officer with a reduced command rating and zero stars.

To be continued...........