Alternate Ground Combat

Unit type roles

Armor: 1d10; -2 to each roll if there is no allied infantry present; when there is 1:1 allied armor: infantry units, those paired units ignore terrain penalties

Infantry: 1d6; when there is 1:1 allied armor: infantry units, those paired units ignore terrain penalties; when 1 infantry unit is paired either with 1 armor, artillery, or air support unit, the infantry gets +1 added to its roll

Artillery: 1d8 and +1 added to total allied air support score; when attacking when defending engineers are present, must take lowest of three rolls

Anti-air defense (AAD): 1d6 but only applied against enemy air support; unit is the victor on its own victory table against air support (unless directly attacked by air support) but is eligible to take ground battle damage, as well

Deflector defense (DD): may only be used for defense (not attack); has no attack/defense roll but presence of 1 unit lowers the defender's die for damage step rolls by 2 (ex: 1d8 becomes 1d4) and each additional deflector unit lowers it by one more (1d2 is the lowest); may be directly attacked by special forces or air support

Engineers: 1d4 added to all defending allied units when defending OR 1d4 against defender’s specific target; 1d4 against attacker’s specific target; remove terrain penalties for a single type of allied unit

Air Support: 1d8 and ignores all damage from ground combat unless AAD is present (see AAD above); may also target AAD or DD directly for “margin of victory” comparison (where loser has default "1" value).

Unit Terrain Modifier Table

Terrain	Armor	Infantry	Artillery	AA	DD	Engineers	Air Support
Light Urban	-1	+1	0	0	n/a	+1	0
Heavy Urban	-2	+2	-1	0	n/a	+2	-1
Rural	0	0	0	0	n/a	0	0
Forest	-1	+1	-1	-1	n/a	+1	-1
Jungle	-2	+2	-2	-2	n/a	+2	-2
Sandy Desert	-1	-1	+1	+1	n/a	0	+1
Rocky Desert	-1	0	-1	0	n/a	+1	0
Mountainous	-2	+2	-2	-1	n/a	+2	-1
Coastal	-1	0	0	0	n/a	+1	+1
Tundra	-1	-1	-1	-1	n/a	+1	-1
Grassland	+1	0	+1	+1	n/a	0	+1
Polar	-2	-2	-1	-1	n/a	+1	-1
Volcanic	-2	-1	-2	-2	n/a	0	-1

Specialized infantry units (urban, jungle, desert, mountain, polar) receive +1 to their respective rolls (+2 desert; +3 polar); otherwise, perform as regular infantry

Margin of Victory Table

Margin of Victory	Victor	Loser
1 : 1 (tied)	1d6 steps of damage	1d6 steps of damage
>1.0 – 1.5 : 1	1d4 steps of damage	1d6 steps of damage
>1.5 – 2.0 : 1	1d2 steps of damage	1d6 steps of damage
>2.0 – 3.0 : 1	1 step of damage	1d8 steps of damage
> 3.0	no damage	1d10 steps of damage

Random Force Generation

1. Determine how many units in a force.

2. Roll (1d6 +1) x 10 for percentage of units representing infantry.

3. Roll (1d4 +1) x 10 for percentage of units representing armor; if armor percentage exceeds infantry percentage, reduce by 10% until below that of infantry; if total of infantry and armor percentages exceed 100%, reduce armor accordingly.

4. If total of infantry and armor percentages equals 90% or less, roll 1d8 and add 1 unit (not 10%) of the result:

• 1: armor
• 2: infantry
• 3: artillery
• 4: anti-air defense
• 5: deflector defense (TL 6 and above)
• 6: engineers
• 7: air support
• 8: special forces

5. Continue step 4 until total of 100% of units are represented. Multiples of each type are allowed.