Good evening,
we are still working on the layout and on the cover. The cover will be different to the previous covers.
Something else will be different as well. The Colonial Supplement will be printed in color. The layout so far looks great and it would be a shame to print it in black and white.
The contents is spread over five chapters. At a total of about 60 pages.
The first chapter is about New Rules like volley fire and formation rules, transport units, limber, rockets ( yes - with minimum range ) and other weapons. We also included the trumpets and flag rules from the LoM Supplement.
Chapter too is some fluff about the colonial age because I believe that wargaming also has an educational mission
Chapter Three gives an overview about tribal traits and other native special rules. I wrote rules for tactical traits like bad shots, advanced deployment, throwing spears and charges and psychological traits like fanatics, fatalists, bravery and others. These rules make it possible to design your own native troops that are not covered by the supplement. Theese special rules can also be used for adventurous Darkest Africa games.
Chapter four is all about army lists. The rules have a closer look at the British Army but can easily adopted to all other European trained armies of the colonial age. The supplement also covers lists for the Egyptian and Indian Army.
There are lists for The Zulus ( and others ) !
Chapter five is about optional rules. They can be used for special scenarios, larger battles or campaign games. They can change the game balancing a bit. Rules included are bayonet charges, extended coherency, guard units, densely packed troops, the famous square and others.
We still hope to get the supplement ready at the end of February but - and this is the bad news - it could be delayed until mid March.
Cheers
Björn
05 March 2008, 12:43:47 PM