Armoured-Clash-Rulebook.pdf

Armoured Clash Contents Page

Introduction

Command Ability Tests

Disorder Check Command Tests

Part 1 - he Game Basics

Opposed Command Tests

Dice

Rolling Dice

Part 10 - he Movement Segment

Dice Colours

Movement Actions

Changing Dice Colour

Cumbersome Movement

Force Structure

Flyer Movement

Command

Flying High

Command Tests

Driller Movement

Opposed Command Tests

Collisions and Ramming

Measuring

Moving hrough Friendly Battalions

Range Bands

Arcs of Fire

Part 11 - he Ranged Attack Segment

Height Levels

Weapon Systems

Declare Target

Part 2 - Glossary of Terms

Invalid Targets

Determine Line of Sight

Part 3 - Armoured Clash Statistics

Determine Range

Unit Stats

Compile Attack Dice pool

Weapon Stats

Apply Damage

Outlanking

Part 4 - Game Cards

Bombardments

Using Game Cards

Spotting

Drawing New Cards

Rockets and Defensive Fire

Turn Cards

Bombing Attacks

Reaction Cards

Ranged Attacks and Driller Units

Card Tactics

Part 12 - Boarding Actions!

Part 5 - Pre-Game Sequence

Declare Target

Game Set Up

Assault Point Dice pool

Decide Game Size

Apply Damage

Decide Scenario

Set Up Terrain

Part 13 - he End Phase

Game Board Edge

End of Game

Deploy

Break Test

Reserves

Part 14 - Victory Conditions

Part 6 - Choosing your Forces

Winning he Battle

Building A Brigade

Scoring Victory Points

Formation Types

Types of Objective

Speciic Formations

Exceptions

Choosing Battalions

Objective Diiculty Multiplier

Adding Up he Points

Margin of Victory

Part 7 - Terrain Features

Part 15 - Infantry, Transports, Aeroplanes

Terrain Types

& Fortiications

Terrain Table

Infantry Tokens

Terrain Table Explained

Transports

Bogging Down

Aeroplane Tokens

Cover Bonus

Fortiications

Additional Terrain Rules

Part 16A - Model Assigned Rules (MARs)

Part 8 - he Turn Sequence

Part 16B - Weapon Assigned Rules (WARs)

Part 9 - he Command Sequence

Command Distance

Part 17 – Generators

Command Units

Coherency

Part 18 – Command Abilities & Assets

Disorder

Regrouping

Starter Scenarios

Command Tests

Game Markers

Improving Command Tests

Index

PrImary ruleS wrIterS

Christopher Worth & Andrew Jones

ProjeCt leaDS

Neil Fawcet & Ben MacIntyre

SPeCIal tHaNKS Go to:

Derek Sinclair, Franco Sammarco, Christopher Drew, Christopher Peacey, Stephen Rhodes,

Ricky Brewer, Neil Parry, Steve L’Estrange, Chris Bint, Andy Moss and Steve Bowditch

The contents of this book are

February 2013 PDF

IntroduCtIon

A WORLD AT WAR

of mercenary contracts, imperial obligations or simple self-

defence – all are justiications for the Alliance Nations to enter

the conlict themselves, ighting alongside their chosen allies or

sponsors.

he year is 1872, and the greatest and most terrible war in the

history of mankind has been raging for the past two years.

Now that war has burst forth, the century’s tremendous

advances in industry and the awesome scientiic treasures of

the Antarctican Vault have been turned to darker purposes. he

science and technology that promised glory has instead been

harnessed to fuel the most destructive conlict for dominance

the world has yet seen.

On one side stands the Imperial Bond – France, the Prussian

Empire and the Empire of the Blazing Sun. he actions of the

brilliant but unstable General Oni, the Forbidden Hero had

plunged the Serene Empress Shinzua’s ledgling realm into

conlict with the world-spanning Kingdom of Britannia in 1868.

She found the Prussian Emperor Frederick Grunder, looking for

eastern allies in his nation’s war against the Russians which had

begun in 1869, and their two realms joined hands.

It is the world’s battleields that have seen the greatest changes

from this scientiic revolution in warfare. Great battleships have

long been the strong arm of nations and rulers at sea. But on

land, military power has long depended on the humble soldier

- until now.

Meanwhile, President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte of France, the

long-time European ally of the Prussians, saw a chance to regain

his own nation’s lost empire from the Britannians by aligning

with this powerful bloc.

Modern armies ield an amazing arsenal of ighting machines.

hese range from small, agile Ironclads with crews of three or

four, to vast land-battleships that dwarf a city block. Some nations

even build gigantic engines bearing entire airield facilities upon

their backs like an Industrial-Age Atlas.

Facing this trio is the Grand Coalition - the Kingdom of Britannia,

the Federated States of America, and the Russian Coalition. he

Grand Coalition was mostly orchestrated by the Queen-Empress

Victoria and her government. Following the formation of the

Imperial Bond, Britannia found itself at war not only in the Far

East, but right on its doorstep ater a devastating Prussian naval

raid on London in 1870.

Even the smallest of these metal beasts is a mechanical marvel,

packed with whirring drive systems, hissing steam-pipes or

bubbling fuel-tanks – oten even full living quarters for its many

crewmen and defensive troops.

he Grand Coalition was forged in battle in 1871. In the

Caribbean, the Britannians and the forces of President Nathaniel

Adams’ FSA fought together against a Prussian-Blazing Sun

ofensive; in the Low Countries, Russian forces assisted the

Britannian counter-attack against the French and Prussians.

hough possessing great power, the Grand Coalition is marred

by distrust between the Russians and Americans, each of whom

has their own designs on the Paciic.

Of course, aside from their engines, the greater mass of each

machine is given over to an arsenal of formidable weaponry.

Great cannons and howitzers sprout from heavily protected

turrets or armoured decks, clusters of deadly rockets sit on

adjustable launch-ramps.

Beneath their armoured shells, much of the space within a tank

or Land Ship’s hull is given over to ire-control systems, powder-

rooms, powered shell-hoists, and heavily protected magazines to

house their ammunition.

he mysterious Covenant of Antarctica kept its own counsel.

Having spread the irst treasures of the Vault far and wide, Lord

Sturgeon and his Council of scholars now believe that they

opened a modern Pandora’s Box.

Some even provide barrack-blocks for whole companies of

ighting soldiers as well as their own garrisons; the great vehicle

serving as protection for its vulnerable human cargo as it ferries

them into the heart of battle like a latter-day siege tower.

he desertion of Markov, Covenant Chief of Engineers, in 1866

had compounded the situation. For the Traitor of Antarctica, who

returned to his master Tsar Vladimir with a wealth of forbidden

knowledge, helped trigger the Russian march on Europe. It was

this action which had made the Prussians reach for allies, fusing

the wars of east and west into a single infernal World War.

Many of these mechanical marvels crawl over the land with

rattling tracks or great reinforced wheels. But others stride

on long metal legs with frightening agility. Still more, such as

huge rotorcrat and zeppelins, darken the skies. he strangest

machines burrow below the earth, erupting amid the foe like

terrifying artiicial volcanoes.

Now the Covenant follows its own path, seeking to be the Hope

that accompanied the misery of Pandora’s folly. Lord Sturgeon’s

hope is that by hampering the eforts of each side, forcing the war

to a stalemate, reason and peace might be restored. His armies

also work to capture or destroy perverted technology deemed

too dangerous to be allowed to exist.

What all have in common is their capacity for destruction. Even

a single medium tank is a terror, a barn-sized behemoth capable

of lattening a village if let unopposed by a similar power. But

this technical revolution means more than just a greater weight

of armour and artillery.

Around the great powers stand the Alliance Nations. Empire-

building, securing resources, rampant opportunism, the spoils

Armoured Clash

Armoured CombAt In A dystoPIAn World

he nature of war itself has changed. Reliable steam power,

rumbling combustion engines and even stranger energy sources

have made battles much switer, their terror and destruction

more wide-ranging. Telephones, teleprinters and wireless radio

networks allow a commander to directly inluence the battle like

never before.

Commanders are challenged to think at a strategic as well as

tactical level, planning the manoeuvres of your entire force in

advance, with the goal of achieving major military objectives.

At this level Commanders must manage their oicers’ actions,

logistics and resources, and take responsibility for keeping their

Brigades in good order.

Bizarre new materials, most notably the mysterious Element 270

– or Sturginium – have been harnessed by visionary scientists

and engineers to create devices with extraordinary properties.

he forces used in games of Armoured Clash revolve around a

irm military structure that varies between each nation. However,

individual formations are lexible enough to let Commanders

build their Brigade to suit the task at hand, or their own preferred

ighting style.

Super-strong or super-light metal alloys, generators that can

project walls of invisible shielding or savage lightning barrages,

weapons that spew incandescent beams of energy or waves of

blistering heat. All have been built by one nation or another,

desperately seeking an edge on their rivals.

Whether you prefer playing a irebrand leader like General

Sturm, or a more calculating, patient strategist, Armoured Clash

lets you construct a suitable force.

he greatest generals of the past would be at a loss to even

comprehend many of the war machines used by the armies of

the 1870s, let alone their amazing properties and the devastation

they can wreak. his Dystopian War calls for a new breed of

commander, tactician and technologist, and capable of bearing

the most awesome of responsibilities; for their orders will

determine the fate of thousands and their exploits will be marked

in history forever.

To bring about victory each element of your force must be used

in conjunction with every other, playing to their strengths and

compensating for weaknesses. he brute force of your armoured

Regiments cannot succeed without the ire support of your

artillery, the speed of your lanking Battalions and the staying

power of your infantry.

Armoured Clash is a full and comprehensive expansion of the

core Dystopian Wars wargame system, introducing an entirely

new set of rules, including the Coloured Exploding Dice System .

BRINGING FICTION ALIVE

he game is suitable for playing out any of the great land battles

depicted in the Dystopian Wars background, from the Battle of

Port Stanley and the extensive mobile conlicts on Cuba featured

in Hurricane Season Campaign Guide , to the grinding siege of

Terneuzen and the full set-piece fury of the Second Battle of

Waterloo depicted in the Storm of Steel Campaign Guide .

Armoured Clash is a game for massed armoured battles in the

dark alternate Victorian world of Dystopian Wars . Not for the

faint-hearted, Armoured Clash is a set of fast and furious rules

for the very largest and most epic of battles – vast advances on

deep defensive lines or battles deciding the fate of entire towns

and cities.

he rules system is suited to any style of play, from highly

competitive tournament games to extensive campaigns of linked

scenarios played between friends.

Each Commander has at their disposal full Regiments of

armoured ighting vehicles, lotillas of colossal Land Ships and

thousands of men, supported by lying machines, long range

artillery and even stranger weapons from the cutting edge of

1870s super-science. All are vital assets in the cause of sweeping

your enemies from the ield and claiming victory.

Armoured Clash has been made available as a series of free PDF

downloads from the Spartan Games website. hese downloads

will be progressively expanded and updated as new models and

nations are introduced into the Dystopian Wars world, along

with a constant stream of new scenarios, rules, variant army

lists and campaign documents that will keep Armoured Clash

exciting and up to date.

Commanders issue orders to their men entire Regiments at

a time, sweeping up lanks, seizing whole towns and clearing

objectives across a huge area. At such a grand scale, the emphasis

of Armoured Clash is not on individual units but full formations

ighting together as part of an overall battle plan. he single roll

of a dice can determine the fate of hundreds of men.

Prepare your forces, make your battleplans, and ready yourself

for the Armoured Clash!

Armoured Clash

PArt 1 - the GAme bAsICs

GAME BASICS

Armoured Clash revolves around few easy to master core game mechanics.

hese are laid out in this Game Basics chapter to help you quickly steam

your way through the battleields of Dystopian Wars, crushing your

enemies before you.

Black Dice:

Wherever you see the number of Dice to be rolled written in BLACK ,

you know that a natural roll of 6 always results in ONE success.

Blue Dice:

Wherever you see the number of Dice to be rolled written in BLUE , you

know that a natural roll of 6 always results in TWO successes.

DICE

Even the greatest Commanders cannot predict exactly what will happen

at any given moment on the chaotic battleield. Will your guns ind a

weakness in the enemy’s armour and turn them into a ball of smoke and

lame, or will the foe’s shield systems absorb the ire before you can scratch

their paint? Will you troops keep to their orders, or turn tail and run before

the unrelenting enemy?

Red Dice:

Wherever you see the number of Dice to be rolled written as 6 , you

know that a natural roll of 6 always results in TWO successes AND a

you can roll another RED Dice .

With Red Dice you keep re-rolling until you fail to roll any 6 ’s, and only

when you have inished rolling the dice do you add up the total number

of successes; so make sure that when you roll again you don’t roll a dice

that is already a success, or you may lose count.

To represent this important element of chance that covers the many

varied factors that inluence what happens on the battleield, Armoured

Clash uses two types of Dice.

ChANGING DICE COLOUR

Various in game efects may cause dice to raise or lower their Dice

Colour Level. To lower the Dice Colour Level by 1 , would drop Red

to Blue , or Blue to Black . To lower by 2 would drop Red to Black .

Conversely, to raise by 1 would change Black to Blue and Blue to Red

and to raise by 2 would change Black to Red .

he dice used are D6 and D3 . A D6 is a standard six-sided dice. A D3

requires the rolling of a D6 , with a roll of 1 or 2 equal to a result of 1 , a

roll of 3 or 4 equal to a result of 2, and a roll of 5 or 6 equal to a result

of 3 . Whenever you see a numeric value written before a particular type

of dice in the rules (for example 2D6 ) this indicates the number of the

paricular type of dice to be used.

If a Dice Colour Level is raised past Red , add an additional Red Dice to

the pool to be rolled, to a maximum of three extra dice. Conversely, if an

efect causes a Dice Colour Level to drop past Black , remove a Dice, to

a minimum of one Dice in total.

ROLLING DICE

In Armoured Clash rolling a D3 will generally mean adding the number

rolled to an existing value - representing things like a tank gaining a

sudden burst of speed, or an artillery barrage being more powerful

because the spotting crew pinpointed the shells on top of the enemy.

FORCE STRUCTURE

he militaries of the Dystopian world are organised by strict structures.

Rolling D6 is much more common, and is governed by the Spartan Games

‘ Coloured Exploding Dice ’ game mechanic. In most circumstances,

Commanders will be asked to roll a given number of D6 and count the

number of ‘ hits ’ or ‘successes’ scored. In most cases each roll of 4 , 5 or

6 will be classed as a ‘ success , however various efects can cause this ‘to

hit’ number to change.

To represent this, the force brought to the battleield will be organised

into a Brigade. he Brigade will be composed of between three and

six Formations, each with a Command Unit and broken down into a

number of Battalions. Each Battalion contains a number of models or

‘units, normally between one and ive. hese Battalions will act together,

and form the basis of the ighting force.

Regardless of the ‘ to hit ’ number required, rolls of 6 on a D6 behave

diferently depending on the Dice Colour :

Diagram 1: Diferent dice colours and their efect.

Diagram 2: Changing Dice Colour

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