Napoleonic Rules

THE BRITISH HISTORICAL

GAMES SOCIETY

The The players should bring a pair of armies which are historical opponents these armies should be selected from the army lists in the rules or the 18^th Century Army lists. The players will have 3 hours in which to fight the game, this will be counted from the start of the Game set-up.

The player with the lowest points in the Swiss chess system may select which pair of armies will be used in the game, the second player may choose which army they wish to use.

player with the lowest points in the Swiss chess system may select which pair of armies will be used in the game, the second player may choose which army they wish to use.

The game set-up will be as in the rules, the number and type of terrain peaces will be determined by the umpire.

British players will decide whether to use battalion guns when writing their orders

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. The Umpire may examine any players orders during the course of the game.

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

	Winner	Looser
00	16	16
01-04	17	15
05-10	18	14
11-16	19	13
17-20	20	12
21-25	21	11
26-30	22	10
31-35	23	09
36-40	24	08
41-48	25	07
49-56	26	06
57-64	27	05
65-72	28	04
73-80	29	03
80-87	30	02
87-94	31	01
95+	32	00

Paul Fox, 31, Blenhiem Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 9TY. Tel 0121 449 7047.and queries on army lists and the competition rules should be addressed to him. 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.