SQUARE BASHING: 2nd Edition

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The title 'Square Bashing' is a play on words. The game is played on a square grid, the units upon which will get bashed. Square Bashing is also the British Army term for parade and drill.

In the first edition the table size was 7 by 5 feet, split into one foot squares, which is a larger table that gamers may not have access to. In this 2012 version, the table size has been reduced to more manageable 4 by 3 feet with 6-inch squares and one player is now the attacker whilst the other is the defender.

SB represents divisional sized armies fighting each other and represents an idea called TUP : Turn Up and Play. You sit down, calculate the army, and construct a scenario -- you need 620 'points' of figures, dice, and markers.

The event section will allow you to gamble away your scenario dice allotment. In return you will suffer/enjoy events relevant to your historical army. Concurrently, the events will award attack points which when finally summed up will indicate the ferocity of the ensuing battle.

The basic games assumes 15/18/20mm figures using two figures per base. Smaller sizes such as 10mm should use the rules as written but perhaps add more figures to a base. Conversions are given for 25 and 28mm figures using bigger squares and a 6x4-foot table.