RESOLVING SHOOTING OR CLOSE COMBAT Whether in contact, shooting or only shot at, each player dices for their

element, and adds its combat factor below and any rear support, flank support and tactical factors to the score: If against foot: +5 +5 +4 +3 +3 +3 +2 +2 +1 If against mounted: +4 +3 +4 +4 +3 +2 +4 +2 +0

Elephants Blades in close combat. Spears, Blades if shot at, or Artillery unless in a city or fort. Knights, Scythed Chariots, Pikes or War-Wagons. Cavalry, Camelry or Auxilia. Warband or Hordes Bows. Light Horse or Psiloi. Artillery in a city or fort. Camp followers or city denizens. Rear support factors:

Pikes add +3 and Warband +1 when in frontal close combat against enemy foot other than Psiloi, or Pikes +1 when in frontal close combat against Knights, Elephants or Scythed Chariots, or Light Horse +1 when in frontal close combat against any troops; if in any of these cases they have another friendly element of the same type lined-up directly behind facing the same direction, and both are in good going. Double elements (6Kn, 6Cv, 8Sp, 6Bd, 8Bw) not in a city, fort or camp add +1 when in frontal close combat against enemy foot and the double element is entirely in good going. Flank support factors: An element of Spears or Solid Bows adds +1 when in frontal close combat in good going against enemy foot if at least 1 flank edge is in mutual side edge and mutual front corner contact with a friendly element: of (a) Spears or Solid Blades if the supported element is Spears, or (b) of Solid Blades if the supported element is Bows. Fast elements neither give nor receive flank support. Tactical Factors: Add to or subtract from scores for each of the following tactical factors that applies: +4 +2 +1 +1 -1 If defending a city or fort; and either in close combat or being shot at. If camp followers or other foot occupying their own camp; and either in close combat or being shot at. If the general's element; and either in close combat or being shot at. If in close combat; and either uphill or defending any but a paltry rivers bank off -road. For each enemy element either overlapping or in front edge and front corner-to-front corner contact with flank or in full front edge contact with rear, or for each 2nd or 3rd enemy element aiding opposing elements shooting, or for each of up to 2 additional enemy elements also still assaulting a city, fort or camp. If any troops but Auxilia, Bows, Warband or Psiloi and in close combat in bad (not rough) going.

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