UBC System 7 Napolenics Rules

These are the UBC System 7 Napoleonics Rules. They are developed from the Game Designers' Workshop System 7: Rules Booklet, Copyright 1978, Game Designers' Workshop. Changes and expansions Copyright 198x, 199x, 2000 Bill Dixon for the UBC Group. Modification, interpretation and expansion by the U.B.C. Group.

Until copyright issues are resolved, only the changes made by the UBC group will be listed in these pages.

Introduction	1: Game Scale	2: Units per Player	3: Playing Area	4: Dice
5: Set-up and Terrain	6: The Referee	7: Game Duration	8: Turn Sequence	9: Weather
10: Visibility	11: Orders	12: Movement	13: Stacking	14: Formations
15: Unit Cards	16: Casualties	17: Enfilade	18: Infantry Fire	19: Artillery Fire
20: Melee	21: Morale	22: Generals	23: Terrain Effects	24: Skirmishers
25: Spiking and Manning Guns		26: Prisoners	27: Night	28: National Characteristics
Appendix	Updates and Changes	Charts	Tables	Figures

Index to UBC System 7 Rules

• Introduction

• Introduction to The UBC Wargamers set of System 7 Rules

• Rule 1: Game Scale

  • A. Distance
  • B. Counters
  • C. Time
  
  

• Rule 2: Units per Player

• Rule 3: Playing Area

• Rule 4: Dice

• Rule 5: Set-up and Terrain

  • A. Hills, forests, wide rivers, bridges and field fortifications
  • B. Buildings
  • C. Roads, streams, hedges and walls
  
  

• Rule 6: The Referee

  • A. Preparation for the Battle
    1. The Battlefield
    2. The Forces
  • B. Game Management
  • C. Limited Intelligence
  
  

• Rule 7: Game Duration

• Rule 8: Turn Sequence

  • 1. Weather Phase
  • 2. Order Writing Phase
  • 4. Movement Phase
  • 4a. Pursuit Morale Check
  • 5. Fire Phase
  • 6. Pre-Melee Morale Check Phase
  • 7. Melee Phase
  • 8. Breakthrough Phase
  • 9. Casualty Morale Check Phase
  • 10. Fear of Disaster Morale Check Phase
  • 11. Rally Phase
  • 12. Unofficial Phase
  
  

• Rule 9: Weather

  • A. Weather Determination
  • B. Weather Effects
    1. Clear
    2. Fog
    3. Light Rain
    4. Driving Rain Storm
    5. Snow
    6. Blizzard
  
  

• Rule 10: Visibility

  • A. Units
  • B. Hills
  • C. Open Woods
  • D. Dense Woods
  • E. Buildings
  • F. Skirmishers
  • G. Visibility Limit
  • H. Continuous Slopes
  • I. Ball Fire Shadow
  • J. Gaps
  • K. Earthworks and Walls
  
  

• Rule 11: Orders

  • A. Officers
    • C-in-C
    • Brigade Commanders
    • AIDEs
  • B. Brigades
  • C. Orders
  • D. Dependant Orders
    1. Charge if Charged
    2. Fall Back if Charged
    3. Form Square if Charged
    4. Fire and Fall Back if Charged
  • F. Multiple Orders
  • G. Communication between players
  
  

• Rule 12: Movement

  • A. Explanation of the Movement Allowance Chart
    1. Infantry
    2. Cavalry
    3. Artillery
    4. Road Movement Bonus
  • B. Movement Cost of Operations
    1. Changing Formations
    2. Firing
    3. Turns
  • C. Charging
    1. Diverting A Charge
    2. Following A Target
    3. Aborting a Charge
  • D. Execution of Movement
  • E. Unit Final Position (Fog of War)
  • F. Interpenetration
  
  

• Rule 13: Stacking

  • A. Infantry
  • B. Artillery
  • C. Generals
  • D. Cavalry
  
  

• Rule 14: Formations

  • A. Infantry Formations
    1. Troop Types
    2. Field Column
    3. March Column
    4. Field Formations
       • a. Line
       • b. Reinforced Line
       • c. Massed Divisional Column
    5. Square
    6. Skirmish Order
    7. Open Order
    8. Town Order
    9. Disorder
    10. Battalion Mass
  • B. Cavalry Formations
    1. Field Formations
    2. March Column
    3. Skirmish Order
    4. Disorder
  • C. Artillery Formations
    1. Limbered
    2. Unlimbered
    3. March Order
    4. Disorder
  
  

• Rule 15: Unit Cards

• Rule 16: Casualties

• Rule 17: Enfilade

• Rule 18: Infantry Fire

  • A. Restrictions on Fire
  • B. Firing Procedure
  • C. Modifiers to the Die Roll
  • D. Movement
  • E. Skirmishers
  • F. Over Head Fire
  
  

• Rule 19: Artillery Fire

  • A. Range
    1. Canister
    2. Effective Ball Range
    3. Maximum Ball Range
    4. Shell Range
  • B. Restrictions on Fire
  • C. Canister Fire
  • D. Ball Fire, Effective Range
  • E. Ball Shot, Maximum Range
  • F. Shell Fire
  • G. Shrapnel
  • H. Counter-Battery Fire
  • I. Firing at Buildings or Field Works
    1. Rubble
  • J. Rockets
  
  

• Rule 20: Melee

  • A. Melee Procedure
  • B. Melee Factor Modifiers
    1. Impetus
    2. Terrain
    3. National Characteristics
    4. Lancers
    5. Square
  • C. Breakthrough
  • D. Lines
  • E. Gunners
  • F. Attacks on Disordered Units
  • G. Flank
    1. Front
    2. Full Flank
    3. Rear
  • H. Continuing Melees (Original Rule)
  • I. Breaking Melee
  • J. Follow-Ups
  • K. Winner
  
  

• Rule 21: Morale

  • A. Morale Modifiers
    1. Instantaneous Modifiers
    2. Permanent Modifiers
  • B. Conditions Requiring Morale Checks
    1. Casualties
    2. Entering Melee
    3. Fear of Disaster
    4. Infantry to not Form Square
    5. Frequency of Checks
  • C. Rallying Units
  • D. Morale Rebuilding
    1. 1. Permanent Modifiers
    2. Reserve
  • E. Pursuit Check
  • F. Disordered Units
  • G. Infantry vs Cavalry
  • H. Grenadiers
  • I. Fragmented Units
  • J. Explanation of Morale Results
  
  

• Rule 22: Generals

  • A. Functions and Capabilities of Generals
  • B. Casualties to a General
  • C. Troop Reaction to the Death of a General
  • D. Routing Generals
  
  

• Rule 23: Terrain Effects

  • A. Open Woods
  • B. Dense Woods
  • C. Hills
  • D. Buildings
  • E. Rivers and Streams
  • F. Walls and Field Fortification
  • G. Sunken Roads
  • H. Fences and Hedges
  • I. Swamps
  
  

• Rule 24: Skirmishers

  • A. Infantry Skirmishers
    1. Fire Effects
    2. Movement Effects
    3. Melee Effects
    4. Morale Effects
  • B. Cavalry Skirmishers
    1. Fire Effects
    2. Movement Effects
    3. 3. Melee Effects
  
  

• Rule 25: Spiking and Manning Guns

  • A. Minimum Crew
  • B. Gunner Movement
  • C. Non-Specialists
  • D. Spiking
  • E. Capture
  • F. Destruction
  
  

• Rule 26: Prisoners

• Rule 27: Night

  • A. Effects on Combat
  • B. Night Moves
  
  

• Rule 28: National Characteristics

• Appendix: The Battlefield - Terrain in System 7

• Update and Change History

• Charts

• Tables

  • Building Size Table
  • Seasonal Day length
  • Weather Chart
  • Casualty Roster Chart 1
  • Casualty Roster Chart 2
  • Casualty Roster Chart:Artillery
  • Infantry Fire Chart
  • Artillery Range Chart
  • Canister Chart
  • Counter Battery Fire Table
  • Troop Type Melee Impetus Modifiers
  • Melee Resolution Table
  • Office Casualty Table
  • Reaction to Officer's Death Table
  • Crossing Sunken Road Table
  • Crossing Wall Table
  • Movement Allowance Chart
  • Crossing Sunken Road Table
  • Crossing Wall Table
  • Terrain Effects Movement
  
  

• Figures

  1. Infantry Formations
  2. Skirmish Order Example
  3. Cavalry Formations