The American-Indian Wars by J.N.R.Jeffers

The American-Indian Wars have been strangely neglected by the
boardgame manufacturers, if one discounts Waddington's 'Custer's
Last Stand' which is a boardgame with miniatures. The smaller
engagements are probably best fought with miniatures, using the
rules given by Donald Featherstone in his 'Skirmish Wargaming',
published by Patrick Stephens Ltd, in 1975. The Hayfield and
Wagonbox fights of 1866, for example, can be simulated
realistically by these rules.

Fortunately, the larger battles and the various campaigns can be fought
with considerable realism with the aid of Strategy & Tactics' 'Rifle
and Saber' (R&S) a game which never seems to have appealed to
boardgamers. Most of the important American-Indian battles can be
fought on the original map supplied with R&S, but the maps issued with
the 'Blue & Gray' quadrigames provide useful terrain for alternative
campaigns, if suitable adjustments are made to the scale of movement.
The basic details for constructing historical scenarios will be found
in Robert M Utley's 'Bluecoats and Redskins', published by Purnell Book
Services Ltd, in 1975. The same book gives a comprehensive set of
references for further study.

The following modifications of the basic rules of 'Rifle & Saber'
provide an effective and playable game.

1. Units 
For US Army infantry and cavalry, use EB and cavalry pieces, each unit
representing 10-20 men. Dismounted cavalry are replaced by MZ units.

2. Movement 
For US Army units, all moves are made according to the standard R&S
rules. For Indians on foot, the total allowable distance is doubled,
i.e. 6 hexes. For Indians horseback, the total allowable distance is
11/2 times the standard move, i.e. 12 hexes.

3. Combat 
Fire combat follows the standard R&S rules, except that units have
complete freedom to concentrate or disperse their fire on any units
within range. Each unit, however, can only fire once, in each turn.

Shock combat, however, is resolved by the use of the combat table and
failure to disrupt or eliminate defenders causes the attackers to be
disrupted. One attacking unit may, if desired, be moved into a hex
vacated by a disrupted unit.

4. Disruption 
Disrupted units retreat one half move (at least one hex) unless they are
in villages or improved positions. Disrupted units remain disrupted
until the next night move; 2 disrupted units may be combined into a
single undisrupted unit at any time if they can be moved to the same hex
out of range of enemy units. Disrupted units move at half the rate and
have half the defence strength of undisrupted units.

5. Stacking
US Army units stack normally as in R&S. Indian units can never stack.