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The One Brain Cell Scenario


THE ONE BRAIN-CELL VIETNAM RULES

MOVEMENT

Moves alternate, one squad at a time. A squad comprises a section of 8-10 men, or up to two mortars/howitzers, or one chopper/tank etc.
Infantry     8 inches on roads
                6 inches across country
                4 inches through paddy/rough going
                enter window or vehicle - deduct 2 inches
                cross hedge or low wall - deduct 2 inches
                climb high wall - deduct full move
                Machine guns and mortars with only one crew move half distance.

Riflemen, MG and SMG armed troops may move half distance and fire, or be stationary and fire more effectively
Mortars and Bloop guns may move or fire.
Radio operators may move or communicate.
Running adds half to the basic move but can only be kept up for 1 turn before the man must slow to a walk or stop.

Lorries, wheeled vehicles and tracked APC's
    24 inches on roads
    10 inches across country
    5 inches across paddy fields etc.
Wheeled vehicles cannot cross obstacles, tracked vehicles deduct half move for low walls and hedges.
Vehicles can debus 2 men for each 1/6th of move while moving, and embus 2 men per 2 inches of move while stationary.

Tanks   12 inches
    deduct 3 inches to cross low walls, ditches etc.
If moving over 6 inches deduct 1 from cannon fire effect and fire Mg's at half effect.

Choppers        
Move 32 inches per turn and may gain/lose height at a rate of 12 inches per turn. This is included in the overall movement. i.e. A chopper flying at 12 inches height may move 20 inches and land. The height should be stipulated on the base for purposes of machine gun range. If moving over 10 inches in total machine gun fire is at half effect.

The turn ends when all friendly and enemy squads have moved. Morale outcome moves are made first at the beginning of each squad's move.

INITIATIVE
Each squad leader has a zone of authority and an authority level assigned to him. Typical zones are 6 inches in all directions and authority levels will vary from 4-7 depending on the ability and training of the leader concerned. The authority level represents the number of men under his command that the leader can get to act at one time. In addition to this 1/2d6 is rolled for each squad representing the number of men who can operate independently in the turn.
Those men not under authority may not move except to retreat towards the nearest table edge(at half speed) or to flee or move closer to the squad as a result of a morale check. They add 1 to all morale effects and -1 from firing while out of command. Should the squad leader be killed another member of the squad will assume authority though his level will be 1 lower than the previous leader.





FIRING

Rifles and SMG's. Roll one 1d6 per man firing, deduct 1 for fleeting targets, add one if firer has not moved.
  Rifle range Long 16inches
    Med 10 inches
    Short 6 inches
        
Smg's deduct 2 inches from long and medium range.

Target
  lying standing soft cover hard cover soft/blind
short          
5,6 4,5,6 5,6 6 7
med          
  6 5,6 6 7  
long          
  7 6      

Vehicles count as standing targets. Soft/Blind fire is into bushes etc. just in case enemy are concealed there.

Machine gun casualties are reflected by the total of the dice throw or where a specific number is indicated one man. The targets must be within the same 3 inch burst square. Fire at fleeting targets or from vehicles moving 5 inches or more or by men moving half distance is at half effect(round down) or -1.

  MG range Long 24 inches
    Med 16 inches
    Short 10 inches

  lying standing soft cvr hard cvr soft /blind hard/blind
short            
  1d6 2d6 1d6 1/2d6 1/2d6 6
med            
  1/2d6 1d6 1/2d6 5,6    
long            
  5,6 1/2d6 5,6 6    

Mortars and Bloopers
Each mortar bomb destroys one inch square. Roll for scatter and roll distance of scatter on 1d6 .Use GW dice. Maximum range for a blooper is 24 inches.
Moving vehicles cannot be targeted and can only be hit by accident
FIRE EFFECTS

Rifles and MG's
Roll 1d6 for each hit achieved and consult the following table
  1,2 3,4 5 6
  pinned wounded disabled dead

Pinned and wounded men cannot move or fire in the subsequent turn. Wounded men deduct -1 from firing and deduct -2 inches from all moves. Any man wounded twice becomes disabled.

10 Hits in total (or 5 hits in one move) will destroy a lorry. Dice for occupants
1,2,3 - Dead 4,5,6 - Escape.
Non destroying hits on lorries have half effect on occupants. Roll on the table above ignoring pin effects.


Large calibre guns. (Including Rocket Launchers)
Automatically destroy soft vehicles. Dice for occupants. For men riding on tanks and APC's roll 1d6 for number killed.

Roll 1d6 to hit. The number required to hit is equal to the range divided by 6 inches. E.g. Range of 6 up to 11 inches hits on a 2,3,4,5,6. And 24 to 29 inches hits on 4,5,6.
Effect on armoured vehicles
  N/E Immobilised two moves Destroyed
Range 0-10   1,2 3,4,5,6
Range 11-20 1 2,3 4,5,6
Range 21-30 1,2 3,4 5,6

Add 1 if shot is to rear. Subtract -1 from the front.

Mortars, LCG firing HE and bloop guns
In the open - All men in the 1 inch burst square are killed all equipment is destroyed. Half the men in adjacent squares are pinned unless protected from the blast.

On a building- If the target is a hooch all occupants are killed and all equipment is destroyed. If on a solid building all occupants of a single room are killed, all others are pinned unless protected from the blast.

Vehicles - Lorries Hit on the cab or bonnet are destroyed. Lorries with cabs or bonnets within the adjoining squares are immobilised for 2 moves.

Mortar smoke rounds flow downwind for four inches and last one turn.

Grenades in these rules are mostly used for disabling vehicles and clearing rooms. The thrower must touch the object he is throwing into or through. If it is a vehicle it must be stationary, or he must be riding on it. If the thrower moves more than 3 inches he must take fire before throwing.
Roll 4,5,6   to destroy lorry, room in building or entire hooch.
Roll 5,6   to destroy an immobilised tank or APC.

Evac must be arranged for disabled men. One man can move another at half speed, two men may move one man between them but must deduct -2 inches from their move.

MORALE

Morale must be checked by any man under the following circumstances
The first time under fire.     Roll 3,4,5,6 to pass
Seeing a friend go down within 4 inches.  Roll 4,5,6 to pass
Being wounded for the first time.    Roll 4,5,6 to pass
Being under fire and out of command.    Roll 3,4,5,6 to pass
        
        Elite forces add 1 to the roll
        Civilians deduct -1 from the roll
Take the morale check immediately and apply the result in the next turn.

Morale effects

If the morale check fails the man is forced to take the following action in his next turn.
        
  1,2 3,4 5 6
Action to be taken Pinned for one turn Run for nearest cover and go prone. Pinned for one turn. Panic-Disregarding all cover the man moves towards either the squad leader or takes cover behind an MG team Blind panic- The man flees towards the nearest table edge at full speed.

Panicers may be rallied if they are pass through a squad leader's zone of authority and they test successfully for morale. They then count as pinned for two turns while they regain their wits.
        Elite deduct -1 from the roll.
        Civilians add 1 to the roll.

COMMUNICATIONS

All units must be given orders prior to battle. Little more than a single line is required
E.g. Clear the wood . Recon the village.

Tanks and mortars will answer to a specific person .
E.g.         Squad leader
        Company commander
        HQ
They will try to support a specific squad by contacting their opponents or supplying supporting fire.

Radio communications will pass through two levels of authority per move.
E.g. a call for Evac. choppers from a platoon commander will pass through
Company HQ
Regiment HQ
Chopper command.
i.e. one and a half moves to get through and one and a half for a reply to reach the platoon.




HAND TO HAND

Modern HTH with bayonet and rifle-butt tends to be nasty, brutal and short. Any figures in base to base contact at any time are assumed to be in HTH. Both participants roll 1d6 and apply the modifiers below.

Civilian -1   Elite +2
Barehanded -1   Surprised -1
Wounded-1

The combat result is then applied according to the difference in scores. If the scores are tied the figures are assumed to be deadlocked and HTH continues into the next turn.

Difference is : 1-2 Loser is Pinned
  3-4   Wounded
5+   Disabled.