Colours 2011

It is that time again when we prepare for the two day show at Newbury racecourse on 10th/11th September.  We will have our normal position up on the first floor and will be running a Vietnam skirmish using these rules.

Easy reference cards

 In order to hopefully make things somewhat easier for the players to reference their units stats, I have come up with the following cards which give brief details of the relevant information required to play.  These should provide players with an easy reference for their own units on the table

Below are the blank cards for both Unit and Asset details.  A set of blanks will be included in the rules to fill in.

UNIT REFERENCE GUIDE
UNIT TYPE		ACTIVATION			AP (INCHES)
Leader Ability		WEAPONS	RANGE	D6 PER ACTION	10	20	30	45	60
Ballistic skill
Leadership
Ability
Speed per action
Armour F/S/R

ASSET REFERENCE GUIDE
UNIT TYPE		ACTIVATION			AP (INCHES)
Leader Ability		WEAPONS	RANGE	D6 PER ACTION	10	20	30	45	60
Ballistic skill
Leadership
Ability
Speed per action
Armour F/S/R

Below are examples of how we fill them out, specifically for our Vietnam games but the basic principle is the same whatever period is being played.

Firstly a card for a US Squad.

UNIT REFERENCE GUIDE
UNIT TYPE US INFANTRY SQUAD 10 FIGURES		ACTIVATION			AP (INCHES)
Leader Ability		WEAPONS	RANGE	D6 PER ACTION	10	20	30	45	60
Ballistic skill	4	M16	30”	1	1	1
Leadership	8	M60	30”	2	2	1
Ability	4	LAW	30”		7	6	6
Speed per action	3	Grenade launcher	8”-24”	3 (per turn), 5 up to 8”
Armour F/S/R

And now for an M113 transport vehicle

ASSET REFERENCE GUIDE- M113
UNIT TYPE		ACTIVATION			AP (INCHES)
Leader Ability		WEAPONS	RANGE	D6 PER ACTION	10	20	30	45	60
Ballistic skill		.50cal  MG	40 “	3XD6	2	1
Leadership		M60 MG	30”	2XD6	2	1
Ability
Speed per action	4”
Armour F/S/R	11/ 11/ 13