Stuart Murray provided suggestions on combining the StarGrunt rules with Victorian era troops. Laserlight (aka Chris DeBoe) provided about three minutes (his words) of editing plus the name RajGrunt.
Artillery comes at no more than one artillery piece per platoon, or even less, possibly one per company.
Regulars may change formations, using one action to do so. Formations include March (on roads), Open Order, Square, and Line. Units in Line may take two separate fire actions in an activation, firing front and rear ranks.
Detachments must be given specific orders in advance.
Given the ferocity of the natives and their treatment of prisoners, both sides should have a bonus to make Last Stand rolls--especially any French Foreign Legion units.
Imperial Forces
- British Army, 1860 to 1895: blue to orange. Home Service units may be green, while Rifles would be orange.
- Gurkhas: blue to orange
- Indian sepoys: blue
- Punjab Frontier Force: orange to red
- Regular artillery: blue
- Royal horse Artillery: orange
- Cavalry: green to blue
- Lancers: green to blue, with some exceptions--Bengal Lancers are orange.
Enemies of the Crown
- Pathans: mostly green with occasional blue
- Afghan Regulars: green and blue
- Egyptian Army: green, with later units blue
- Sudanese regulars: blue
- Zulus: mix of green to veteran depending upon unit type
- Ansars: green
- Fuzzy Wuzzies: blue
Weapons
- Musket: FP 0.5 Impact D6 (regular troops one action to reload, irregulars 2 actions, may not move and fire)
- Jezail: FP 1 Impact D8 (2 actions to reload, double range like a sniper rifle, may not move and fire)
- Snider-Enfield/Trapdoor Springfield Carbine: FP 1 Impact D8
- Martini-Henry/Trapdoor Springfield Rifle/Rollingblock Remington: FP 1 Impact D10
- Lee-Metford/Krag-Jorgensen/Mauser: FP 1 Impact D10. Can use FP 2 but must use a Reorg action (or, for Krag-Jorgenson, two actions) to reload before using FP2 again.
- Nordenfeld: FP D6 Impact D8 (Jam on 1-2 on D6)
- Gatling: FP 6 Impact D10 (Jam on 1 on D6)
- Maxim: FP D8 Impact D10
- Cav/Lancers: one/two shifts up in close assault. Lances cause Terror.
- Bayonets: British regulars openly fixing bayonets before a charge should cause a penalty to the close assault Stand roll for Pathans and Boers.
Organization
Irregulars come in bands of 10-20 figures, with one overall leader. All irregulars will have melée weapons. The proportion with guns will depend upon their nationality:- Pathans--up to 50%
- Zulus--20%
- Ansars--up to 50%
- Fuzzies--10 to 50%
Artillery comes at no more than one artillery piece per platoon, or even less, possibly one per company.
Regulars may change formations, using one action to do so. Formations include March (on roads), Open Order, Square, and Line. Units in Line may take two separate fire actions in an activation, firing front and rear ranks.
Other Changes
The Regimental Sergeant Major has leather lungs and retains a six inch communications range. All other leaders change communication range down to 3 inches. Command reactivations for units outside this range must be passed by a messenger--for the British, this is normally a mounted officer.Detachments must be given specific orders in advance.
Given the ferocity of the natives and their treatment of prisoners, both sides should have a bonus to make Last Stand rolls--especially any French Foreign Legion units.
