19th Century Rules

THE BRITISH HISTORICAL

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19th Century Competition Notes.

The Rules used will be Principles of War, 2^nd Edition (Due out May 2003).

Players will select matching pairs of armies from any section of the current PoW army lists, if players cannot obtain a matching pair of armies please contact the umpire and he will see what he can do.

The players will have 3 hours in which to fight the game, this will be counted from the start of the Game set-up.

Game Set-up.

This phase of the game must not exceed 30 minutes.

The player with the least points on the Swiss chess system will select which pair of armies to use the second player chooses which of the two armies they wish to use.

The game set-up will be as in the Army Lists.

All orders and terrain objectives once written should be placed in the envelope provided by the umpire, and if the players have any questions about their opponents orders during the game the Umpire should be called and he will adjudicate.

Roads through woods and built up areas do not negate the line of sight or strategic movement penalties for the terrain, also roads through built up areas do not negate movement penalties.

The crest line of a hill continues off the hill and units must cross this crest line to see units behind the hill.

End of Game.

1) The player with the initiative may not start phase 4 of their bound within 15 minutes of the end of the game.

2) The results calculation will be detailed in the Army Lists.

3) The Swiss chess scoring system will be as follows.

Points Difference	Winner	Looser
00	16	16
01-08	17	15
09-16	18	14
17-24	19	13
25-32	20	12
33-40	21	11
41-48	22	10
49-56	23	09
57-64	24	08
65-72	25	07
73-80	26	06
81-88	27	05
89-96	28	04
97-107	29	03
108-130	30	02
131-165	31	01
166+	32	00

Umpire

Tom Penn. Talavera House, 138 Godiva Rd. Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 8TA Tel. 01568 613099. All other queries must be addressed to the organisers.

A modified Swiss Chess system will operate throughout the competition. Where possible players will not play against fellow club players in the first 2 rounds, nor players whom they have played in earlier rounds, nor against any relatives in the first degree of consanguinity. Thus a player cannot be matched against his/her spouse, parent, brother, sister, and/or child.

Tom Penn 2/9/02