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BATTLEGROUP •
RULES
TABLETOP WARGAMES RULES FOR 15mm & 20mm MINIATURES
by WARWICK KINRADE
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Written by
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warwick Kinrade
Archive Photography from .
. . . . . . . . . Canadian National Archive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Novosti Archive, Moscow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . US Army Signals Corps
Miniature Photography by .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warwick Kinrade
Art and Sketches by .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Pentland
Production by
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Artorus Games Ltd
Proofing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Hyde
Main Playtesting by .
. . . Piers Brand, Gary Byrne, Tom Hannigan,
Cyril Vallin, Brain McAfee, Ken Kinrade, Michael Hughes, Andy
Edwards, Russ Mason, Andy Fox and Captain Beaky .
Miniatures shown from the following manufacturers: Plastic
Soldier Company, SHQ Miniatures, Elhiem Figures, WarModelling,
AB Figures, Battlefield/Blitz Miniatures, Britannia Miniatures,
Wargames Foundry, Altalya, the HobbyDen, PMT, Unimodel,
Airfix, Revell, Italeri, Dragon.
Models from the collections of: Ken Kinrade, Piers Von Brandt,
Tom Hannigan, Sean Allen and Warwick Kinrade .
With special thanks to: all those that helped out, in large or small
ways, including Will Townshend of Plastic Soldier Company and
especially my wife and boys, and the invaluable support of my
family and good friends . Also, the Irish (and not so Irish) members
of the GMG games club, and the gaming community on the Guild .
Produced by Iron Fist Publishing Ltd . First published in Great
Britain, in 2013 . The contents are © Iron Fist Publishing Ltd
and may not be reproduced without the prior permission of the
publisher .
All archive photographs are used under licence and with
permission, except were they reside within the public domain . The
copyright of all images is recognised and no claim is intended .
Images may not be reproduced without the prior permission of the
copyright holder .
Printed in Lithuania, 2013
ISBN: 978-0-9573132-2-4
Battlegroup
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Battle Group Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
How this Book Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Gaming Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Your Battlegroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Game Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
CONTENTS
BASIC SCENARIOS
Attack/ Counter-Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Flanking Attack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Defence Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
High Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Battlegroup Organisation Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Rules Reference Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Battle Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
THE RULES
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The Turn and Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Example of a Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Open Fire! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Area Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Aimed Fire (with small arms and machine guns) .24
Fall Back! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Infantry Close Assaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Infantry Weapons of World War Two . . . . . . . . .28
Aimed Fire (with High Explosive shells) . . . . . . . . .30
Aimed Fire (with Armour Piercing shells) . . . . . . .32
Anti-Tank Grenades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Indirect Artillery Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Morale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
The Battle Rating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Unit Special Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Anti-Aircraft Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Battlefield Engineering
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Vehicle and Gun profiles
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