contentsIntroduction TheABOneSystem 4 BloodyKingdom 4 Contents 4 Acknowledgements 4Organisation FigureBasing&Scale 5 MovementBases 5 UnitOrganisation 5Unit Formations UnitDiagrams 6

Unit Types Infantry 8 Cavalry 8 Artillery 9Unit Profile UnitAvailability 10 UnitGrade 10 UnitTactics&Attributes 11 UnitEquipment&UnitSize 12 Artillery 13Initiative and Command Initiative 14 CommandActions 14Sequence and Movement GamesSequence 15 Movement 15 ChangingFormation 16 ChangingOrder 16Shooting Procedure 18 Damage 19 Artillery 20 RisktoGenerals 21 AmmunitionSupply 22Combat TheCharge 24 CombatProcedure 25 Damage 26 ResultsofCombat 26Morale UnitMorale 30 VictoryandDefeat 31Army Morale Procedure 32 Example 32War Tokens MainSubject 33 Sub-Heading 36 PlayingWarTokens 37Army Deployment Procedure 38Generals Profile CommandProfile 40

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contentsOrders OrderDefinitions 41Terrain TerrainTypes 42Ambuscade Rules 45Scenarios ActiveScenarios 49 PassiveScenarios 49Sample Armies EarlyParliamentaryandRoyalistArmies 51 LaterParliamentaryandRoyalistArmies 52 ScotsRoyalistandCovenanterArmies 53 IrishArmy 54

Battle of Edgehill RoyalistArmy 55 ParliamentaryArmy 57 TheScenario 59 EdgehillMap 60

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The AB One SystemBloody KingdomisthesecondsetofrulesusingtheABOnesystem.PlayersmaybefamiliarwiththerulemechanicsfromFather Tilly-theThirtyYearsWarrules,butbriefly,the system is designed to be fast and simple to usewhilemaintainingapleasingdegreeofdetailandperiod“flavour”.Muchoftheperiodfeel isdeliveredusingthe“war-tokens”system.Theseareaseriesofcardsortokensthatcanbeusedtointroduceadiverserangeofeventsorinfluences,frompowderexplosionstodrunkengeneralsorevenmutiniesandturncoats.Althoughtheseelementsdonotunduly influence thegame, theycanhaveaneffectatacrucialtimeandbecausetheareseparatedfromthemainrules-theydonotaddtimeandcomplexitytothegame.Ihopeyouenjoy!

Bloody KingdomHaving covered the Thirty Years War period with theFather Tilly rules, it seemed a logical step to extendthe rules to cover its near neighbour - the English CivilWar (British Civil War, War of the Three Kingdoms etc).Initially I thought thiswouldsimplybeacaseofwritinganECWsupplementforFather Tilly.However,themoreIthoughtaboutit,themoredifferencesbetweenthetwosubjectsbegantoappearuntilIeventuallydecidedtherewasenoughdifferencestowarrantadifferentsetofrules-andBloody Kingdomistheresult.

OneofthemaindistinctionIwantedtobringoutbetweenthetwoperiodswasthedifference introopquality.ThesoldiersthatfoughtinGermanywereoftenprofessionals,reasonably well trained and experienced in warfare. InBritainhowever,althoughmanythatfoughthadparticipatedin thefighting on the continent, themajority had not -andthisledtosomeinterestingdistinctions.Forexample,a unit could be led by officers and NCOs who had hadextensiveexperiencefightinginGermany,butthetroopsthattheycommandedmayhavehadnobattleexperienceat all - how would this combination of experience andinexperience play out on the battlefield? Or some unitscouldbequiteexperiencedbutnotverywelltrained,forexampleRoyalistcavalryregimentswouldlargelyconsistofthelandowningclasseswhowerewellusedtochargingaboutthecountrysideonhorsebackinpursuitofgameofvarioussorts-howwouldthiscombinationofexperienceand lack or training or discipline affect them in battle?TheseconsiderationsarenotaddressedintheFather Tillyrules,because,inmyopiniontheydidnotneedtobe.ButintheEnglishCivilWar,certainlyduringtheearlystages-theseareimportantandnecessaryfactors.

ContentsIncluded in the Bloody Kingdom rule book are sectionsdetailingtheorganisationoftroops,thetypeofformationsandtacticsdeployed.AlloftherulesnecessarytorunthegameincludingInitiative,GameSequenceandMovement,Shooting and Combat, Orders and Morale for individualunitsandthearmyasawhole. Inadditiontothis isthesectiondescribingthewar-tokensandtheirusageplusasystemregulatingthedeploymentofarmiesandasystemforgeneratingbattlefieldterrain.Towardstherearoftherulescanbefoundasection forconvertingthegametolowerlevel“companyactions”plusamethodforgeneratingscenariosforsmallerscaleengagements.Finally,therulesprovide an Edgehill scenario for Bloody Kingdom whichincludesamap,orderofbattleandunitcardsthatcanbeprintedoutforuseduringthegame.Andfinallyfinally,notforgetting the war-tokens themselves which players canprint-offanduseintheirBloody Kingdomgames.

AcknowledgementsIwouldliketoacknowledgethehelpandcontributionsofthose thatenabledmetowriteandpublish these rules.Firstlytheplay-testersHenry,Steve,Dave,Sam,Joe,Pat,Mick, Johnathanand theother Steve -whoall providedexcellent gamingoppositionanduseful rule suggestions.IwouldalsoliketothankthenumerousmembersoftheFatherTillyYahooGroupwhohavealsobeenveryhelpfulas well as the guys at Wargame Vault, Sabers Edge andTheAssaultGroupwhohavedoneanexcellentjobgettingthe rules on-line.Alsowellworth amention is the kindpermissiongrantedbytheguysatWarlordGamesfortheuseoftheimagesoftheirexcellentPikeandShotterangeandthanksalsotoJoeDeverwhohasphotographedmanyofourgamesandhaskindlyallowedmetousesomeofhispictureshere.

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Figure Basing & ScalePlayers have the option of basing all of their figuresindividuallyorinmultiplefigureblocks.Eitherisacceptable,howeverBloody Kingdom isasystemthatrequiresfigureremovalsoallunitswillrequireatleastsomeindividuallybased figures. Foot figures should be based on 20mmsquare bases, cavalry on 25mm by 50mm rectangularbases.Artillery pieces are based separately to the crew(which are based as other foot figures).The size of theartillerybaseisnotimportantbutmustbeappropriatetothesizeofthegun.However,ifplayershavefiguresbasedonslightlydifferentsizedbases-thisisnotaproblem-aslongastheyarethesameastheiropponents.

Figurescalevariesbetweenonefiguretothirtymentoonetofifty.Itisuptotheplayerstochooseanddependsonthesizeofbattletobefought.

Movement BasesMovement bases are pieces of card that the figures areplacedonandwhichdefinetheexactareathattheunitoccupies.

Unit Type Figures per movement baseCloseorderFoot 4-6OpenorderFoot 4SkirmishFoot 2DisciplinedHorse 3Horse 2

There are two types of movement base - infantry andcavalry. Infantry bases are two inches by three inches,cavalryarethreeinchessquare.Itisonthesebasesthatfiguresareplacedtodenotethattheyareorganisedintounits. For example, foot regiments will have betweenfourandsixfiguresperbase(dependingonunitsize)andhorseregimentswillhavetwofiguresperbaseorthreeifparticularlydisciplinedcavalry(suchas“Ironsides”).

If the players figures are not individually based but aremountedinblocksoffourorsixfiguresforexample,itisnot necessary to arrange themonmovement bases, themainconsiderationisthattheyconformtothebasingoftheopposingarmy.

Unit OrganisationThedepthofeachunit(thenumberoffigurerankstheunithas)isalsoimportant.

Unit Type Figure DepthInfantryregiment 2-3EarlyParliamentarycavalryregiment 2LaterParliamentarycavalryregiment 1Royalistcavalryregiment 1

Forexample,infantryregimentswillcompriseofbetweentwo and three ranks of figures on the movement base.Playerscanusethistorepresenteithersixoreightrankpike and shot units. Early Parliamentary cavalry will bedeployed in units two ranks deep while Royalist cavalrywillusuallybedeployedinonerank.

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Eighteen-manpikeandshotregimentdeployedonthreemovementbases,comprisingoftwelveshotfiguresandsixpikeinthreeranks.

Fourteen-manpikeandshotregimentdeployedonthreemovementbases,comprisingofeightshotfiguresandsixpike.

Twenty-fourmanpikeandshotregimentdeployedonfourmovementbases,comprisingofeighteenshotfiguresandsixpikeinthreeranks.

Eight-manshotdetachmentdeployedontwomovementbasesinopenorder.

Four-manshotdetachmentdeployedontwomovementbasesinskirmishorder.

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Eight-manRoyalistcavalryregimentdeployedonfourmovementbases.

Eight-man(early)Parliamentarycavalryregimentdeployedonfourmovementbasesintworanks.

Six-mancavalryregimentdeployedinopenorderonfourmovementbases.

Three-mancavalrydetachmentdeployedonthreemovementbasesinskirmishorder.

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