ACW supplement available

The American Civil War supplement for S&R is now available.
You can download it for free at THIS LINK

Starter Napoleonic stats

As promised here a couple of generic Units for the Napoleonic period.
Generic Grenadiers/Guard and Light troops will follow.

GENERIC NAPOLEONIC LINE
AV=1/2/3; C=4
0-1 Officer (Leader), sword, 20 pts
0-1 Standard-bearer, flag, 13 pts
0-1 Drummer (Musician), 10 pts
1 NCO (Leader), sword, smoothbore musket (20/2), bayonet, 22 pts
6-20 Line Infantry, smoothbore musket (20/2), bayonet, 15 pts
Notes&Upgrade
You can upgrade the Unit to Veteran +3pts per figure

GENERIC NAPOLEONIC HUSSARS
AV=1/2/3; C=4, Mounted, Scout
0-1 Officer (leader), saber, pistol (10/2), 29 pts
0-1 Standard Bearer, flag, (saber), pistol (10/2), 22 pts
0-1 Trumpet (Musician), saber, pistol (10/2), 21 pts
1 NCO (leader), sabre, carbine (16/2), pistol (10/2), 25 pts
4-12 hussars, sabre, carbine (16/2), 18 pts
Notes&Upgrade.
They cannot aim and move within the same activation. Cannot perform Group fire.
You can upgrade the Unit to Veteran +3pts per figure.

Basic list for the ACW

An ACW supplement is on the way, but due to a growing request of lists to try S&R here a generic one suitable both for US and CSA.
A generic Napoleonic Line Unit will follow soon.

(Perry Miniatures)

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
US/CSA
AV=1/2/3; C=4
0-1 Officer (leader), sword and revolver (10/0), 24pts
1 NCO (leader), MLR Musket (30/2), bayonet, 24pts
0-1 Standard Bearer, flag, 13pts
0-1 Drummer (musician), 10pts
6-20 Privates, MLR Musket (30/2), bayonet, 19pts
Notes&Upgrades
This is a generic list for an average ACW trained Unit.
You can upgrade the Unit to Veteran +3pts per figure
You can upgrade one man to marksman +5pts
Confederates can give to the Unit “Impetus” at +3pts per figure
MLR= Muzzle Loading Rifle.

Notes on bayonets.
Re-loading a Muzzleloading musket (Smoothbore or Rifle) takes longer if bayonet is fixed. Add 1 to re-loading time when bayonet is fixed.
Miniatures are supposed to start the game with unfixed bayonets. Bayonets can be fixed with one action, it can be also a Group Action.

FIW supplement re-edited

A re-edited file of the FIW supplement has been uploaded.
Some wrong points and values have been fixed.
Last version is 0.2.1.

Revised lists for The New Zealand Wars

With the release of the official rules, here the revised version of the New Zealand War lists.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Smooth&Rifled released!

We are pleased to announce that the English version of Smooth&Rifled is now available.

You can get more info and buy the PDF at this
LINK

With the official release of S&R we have uploaded an updated version of the French and Indian War supplement that can be downloaded for free at
this LINK

(28mm Galloping Major)

Italian version available

The Italian version of Smooth&Rifled has been released.
More info at this link.

The English version is scheduled for December 22.

A preview

Here a preview of the Italian version of Smooth&Rifled that will be released in around 1 week. The English version is about ready and we plan to release it before Christmas.

This first edition of the rulebook will be a 24 pages PDF and will include also 4 basic scenarios.
With the release of the official version of S&R all army list supplements will be updated and some new are on the workbench, including the ACW, the American Revolution, Darkest Africa and the Boer Wars.

Pictures required for Smooth&Rifled

We are looking for some nice pictures of painted miniaures for the layout of Smooth&Rifled.
Miniatures should be single based, well painted and well photographed. All credits will be included.

The first version of the rules will cover from '700 to early '900, so figures should be of those periods.

Authors of selected pics will receive a free copy of the rules.
Interested? Contact us at dadiepiombo AT libero DOT it

Smooth&Rifled out before the end of 2011

Ok, few posts lately, but I was pretty busy with with the release of the fourth supplement for Impetus (Extra Impetus 4) and the new issue of Dadi&Piombo magazine.

Now the good news. Before the end of the year I plan to release the first version of Smooth&Rifled.

It will be a pdf, full colour, with a nice layout. I'm thinking to make it in A5 format as it works nice both for pc and for tablets.

The cost of the rules will be 8 euros, but with 8 euros you don't buy just this first edition but all the future versions.
Once a new version has been released you will receive the link for the free download.
Also if you have already taken SPAM, the 3.50 euros will be discounted.
This is a way to support the game evolution.

I'm pretty excited about this project and plan to publish a sample page of the forthcoming rules soon

Lists for Garibaldi's Expedition

Lists for Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand are available.
They include Garibaldi's troops and all the units of the Kingdom of Naples.
You can download the file (PDF format) HERE.
The Italian version of these lists is published in Dadi&Piombo #46.

New Zealand Wars supplement available

As promised, here the free supplement dedicated to the New Zealand Wars.
It has been developped with the precious help of Bjoern Cordes who has compiled the lists.

You can dowloand the free PDF HERE. Have fun with your Maori!

New Zealand War

Next free supplement, possibly out in around a week, will be on the New Zealand War. Keep tuned!

More lists for SPAM

Next issue of Dadi&Piombo will include more lists for SPAM: more troop types for the 1859 War and for Garibaldi's campaign.
A free pdf will be available through S&R yahoogroups. So join now!

S&R demo at DADICOM 2011

The past week end saw the return of DADICOM, the biggest wargames show for southern Europe. The first 10 editions of the show took place in Crema, near Milan. After 1 year of stop (due to the lack of support from the local administration), DADICOM moved in the Republic of San Marino.
Here a picture of the Smooth&Rifled demo.

A gallery of the show is available at this LINK

FIW supplement released

This free PDF includes beta lists and additional rules that allow you to play The French and Indian War using SPAM mechanics.

DOWNLOAD IT NOW!!

Please note that this is a first draft. Comments and ideas to improve this set are welcome. Join now the S&R YAHOOGROUP or enter the FORUM.

SPAM available

Dadi&Piombo 45 has been released and it includes "SPAM", the simplified version of Smooth&Rifled.

You can purchase the whole magazine or just the pdf of the pages including "SPAM" at this LINK

SPAM coming soon

SPAM stands for Siam Pronti Alla Morte (We're Ready to Die, from the Italian national anthem) and it is a kind of basic/beta version of Smooth&Rifled.
Rules are simplified but give an idea of the mechanics of game.

SPAM will be available in the forthcoming issue 45 of Dadi&Piombo (out in around a week) and for those who are not interested in purchasing the magazine, the pages of the rules will also be available as a separate pdf (at 3.5 euros).


Though written for the Italian Wars of Independence (Risorgimento), SPAM works for about every other 18th-19th Cent. conflict, once you have the right troop statistics.

The release of this playable "draft" is to allow us to share the general mechanics of the game so that we can develop it also with your help, above all for the making of the lists. Contributes are very welcome in the FORUM.

Keep tuned. SPAM will be available very soon!

Maori Wars

The major ...impetus to develop Smooth&Rifled is in the possibility to discover and wargame a lot of obscure and neglected periods.
One of this is the Maori Wars. Honestly the last period I ever thought to wargame, but have a look at the new range from Empress. Simply superb!!!

The British


The Maori

Figs are sculpted by Paul Hicks.

If you want to know more and share ideas on this period, there is also a yahoo group.
You can join the group HERE

From Wargames Illustrated website you can aslo download this very interesting
ARTICLE

French Indian War

The French Indian War seems to be one of the most popular period for skirmish games in the age of musket.
I have a good collection for the period, a mix of Redoubt and Front Rank figures, with some French regulars that still have to take their first action... and will do with Smooth&Rifled!
In the picture some Indians and settlers from Redoubt. The house is from Abbiati Wargames.

Smooth&Rifled at Hellana 2011

Here a small report of the first "official" demo of S&R.
The game (ACW) was run at Hellana 2011, the second major Italian wargame convention (in its 11th edition). It takes place in Tuscany close to Pistoia the first sunday of April.

I prepared a 120x80cm board (6 panels of 40x40cm) and developped the scenario along the longer side. I used 12 figures per side (28mm Perry).
Actually a 3feetx3feet board with that number of figures can work as well.

I made a couple of games, of about h1.30 each, including explaination on how the game works. Beeing the first public demo, players we totally ignorant about the mechanics and of course tactics were somewhat cautious in some cases.


Giuseppe (an Impetus player) is the first to try Smooth&Rifled

Confederates had an advantage in attack (charging into melee), while Unionists were classed as Veterans, a quality that gives an advantage in Saving Test (Saving Test is just for fire, so this gave more sense for Confederates to solve the affair at the bayonet).

The next test will be with some more figures. The game should work fast enough both with a few figs (10-12 per side) as well as with say 30 figs per side, with a greater use of "group actions".

First demo test

This sunday at Hellana 2011 (one of the major Italian wargames conventions) I will bring a play test demo of Smooth&Rifled. It will be based on the basic version that will be published in Dadi&Piombo 45.

It will be an ACW game, with just a dozen of figures per side on a 120x80 board.

A small report with some pics will be published next week, so keep tuned.

Poll resetted ?!

Sorry, but some strange reason (Gremlins?) the poll has been resetted.
Let's give it another chance.

Smooth&Rifled

Smooth&Rifled is a new skirmish game written by Lorenzo Sartori (author of Impetus and Breaking News) and that will be published in 2012 by Dadi&Piombo.

S&R covers the period from the 17th Century to the colonial wars of late 19th Cent.

A kind of preview of S&R is available in the forthcoming issue of Dadi&Piombo (issue 45), with a simplified version dedicated to Italian Risorgimento.

Keep watching this space for more info!