Small General manual : Combat

The Basic Principle

The attacker throws three dice (3d6) and adds or subtracts any modifiers and looks up the resulting value on the combat table. If the attacker faces multiple enemy units in a hex the defender will fight with the unit that has the best chance to stand up to the attacker.

Combat table

3d6 Roll +- modifiers	Combat Result
3	ATT Destroyed
4	ATT Loss + Panick
5	ATT Loss
6	ATT Panick
7	ATTLoss
8	ATT Shocked
9	ATT Disrupted
10	no result
11	no result
12	DEF Disrupted
13	DEF Shocked
14	DEF Loss
15	DEF Retreat + Panick
16	DEF Retreat + Loss
17	DEF Retreat + Panick + Loss
18	DEF Destroyed

Detailed Rules

Artillery Special Rule

The worst dammage artillery can do is giving its target a combat state. Artillery can never cause a loss or destroy result. It can cause retreats, panick, shocked and disrupted results. Furthermore artillery when attacking will never itself suffer any losses. Keep in mind that artillery is vulnerable to attack itself with its defense value of 0.

Retreat Results

Retreats are done in a random direction, but can only be made into a friendly hex. If no friendly hexes are available the unit is destroyed instead.

Experience Growth

Causing disruption give 1 experience point. Causing shocked gives 2 experience points. Causing panick gives +3 experience points. Causing a loss gives +4 experience points. Causing a kill gives +5 experience points. When a unit reaches 5 experience points it gets its first experience level. When a unit reaches 12 experience points it gets its second experience level. When a unit reaches 20 experience points it gets its third experience level. When a unit reaches 30 experience points it gets its fourth and final experience level.

Modifiers and such

Landscape

Attacking units with foot movement in forest gives attack a -1 modifier. Attacking units with foot movement in town gives attack a -2 modifier.

Supply State

If attacker has a supply problem it gives attack a -4 modifier. If defender has a supply proble it gives attack a +2 modifier. If defender is out of supply it gives attack a +6 modifier.

Experience

For level 1 experience the unit gets a +1 modifier in attack. For level 2 experience the unit also gets a -1 modifier in defense. For level 3 experience the unit gets a +2 modifier in attack, and -1 in defense. For level 4 experience the unit gets a +2 modifier on attack and gives a -2 modifier if in defense.

Combat State

If attacker is disrupted it gives attack a -1 modifier. If defender is disrupted it gives attack a +1 modifier. If defender is shocked it gives attack a +2 modifier. If defender is panicked it gives attack a +4 modifier.

Simultaneous Attack

For all attacks so far including this one the hex side is noted down. The more different hex sides are used the better. 2 different hex sides gives +1 modifier to the attack. 3 hex sides +2, etc.. up to 6 hex sides which gives a +5 modifier.

Artillery versus Mechanized

If you attack a unit with mechanized move with artillery it will give a -2 modifier on the attack.

After combat

If no enemy units are left in the hex your unit will automaticly move in. After a unit has participated in combat it will lose all remaining move points.

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