Two new additions to the 'Dominion of ...' rules

Recently, Steve Parker sent me a copy of his latest additions to the 'Dominion of ...' rules, DOMINION OF THE CLAYMORE, TOMAHAWK AND TALWAR rules ...

and DOMINION OF FREDERICK THE GREAT rules.

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The DOMINION OF THE CLAYMORE, TOMAHAWK AND TALWAR rules covers the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, the French-Indian Wars in North America, the Anglo-Cherokee War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and the battles that were fought in India and in the West Indies.

The rules are very similar to those in the earlier DOMINION OF THE SPEAR AND BAYONET rules but have been modified so that they can be used for the wars that took place outside mainland Europe during the middle third of the eighteenth century.

There are five different types of unit:

• Line Infantry: These are infantry that fight in close formation and rely on firepower to destroy enemy units. They are normally armed with muskets
• Ambushers: These are infantry or cavalry that attack enemy units by ambushing them.
• Skirmishers: These are infantry or cavalry who fight in a dispersed formation and rely on firepower or missile weapons to destroy enemy units at a distance.
• Melee Units: These are infantry units that are armed with spears (Spearmen), bayonets (Bayonets) heavy swords (Claymores), fighting axes (Tomahawks) or cavalry. It includes all troops that prefer to fight the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
• Artillery: It includes all artillery.

Examples of units include:

• Trained militia armed with muskets and fighting in close formation – Line Infantry (cost 2 points).
• Militia armed with muskets, fighting in s dispersed formation, and using cover – Skirmishers (cost 2 points).
• Starving British infantry in a fort – fortified Line Infantry (cost 3 points).
• Jacobite Highlanders armed with muskets and claymores– elite Claymores (cost 3 points).
• British Highlander infantry – elite Bayonets (cost 3 points).
• Best European infantry firing volleys – elite disciplined Line Infantry (cost 4 points).

The book includes Army Lists for twenty-four battles:

• Prestonpans (1745)
• Inverurie (1745),
• Falkirk Muir (1746)
• Littleferry (1746)
• Culloden (1746)
• Arni (1751)
• Jumonville Glen (1754)
• Fort Necessity (Great Meadows) (1754)
• Monongahela (Braddock’s defeat) (1755)
• Bloody Morning Scout (1755)
• Lake George (1755)
• Plassey (1757)
• Carillon (Fort Ticonderoga) (1758)
• Condore (1758)
• Plains of Abraham (1759)
• Wandiwash (1760)
• Sainte-Foy (Quebec) (1760)
• Echoee Pass (1760)
• Third Panipat (1761)
• Martinique (1762)
• Siege of Havana (1762)
• Bloody Run (1763)
• Bushy Run (1763)
• Buxar (1764)

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DOMINION OF FREDERICK THE GREAT rules cover the main battles of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years War that were fought on mainland Europe. It is a development of the DOMINION OF THE SPEAR rules and includes a number of rule changes as well as some period-specific new rules.

There are four different types of unit plus an optional type of unit:

• Line Infantry: These are infantry that fight in close formation and armed with muskets.
• Skirmishers: These are light infantry who fight in a dispersed formation and use cover.
• Cavalry: Includes heavy cavalry (e.g. Cuirassiers and Dragoons). Light cavalry (e.g. Hussars) are assumed to be part of the cavalry units used in these rules.
• Artillery: It includes all artillery.
• Optional Light Cavalry: Includes Hussars and Cossacks as separate units in some of the smaller battles.

Examples of units include:

• Austrian infantry in line and armed with muskets – Line Infantry (cost 2 points).
• Austrian infantry behind defences – fortified Line Infantry (cost 3 points).
• Mixed cavalry Cuirassiers and Hussars – Cavalry (cost 2 points).
• Prussian infantry – elite Line Infantry (cost 3 points).
• Tenacious Russian infantry – disciplined Line Infantry (cost 3 points).
• Prussian infantry flank marching before a battle – elite disciplined Line Infantry (cost 4 points).

There are also four Optional Rules. These include:

• Optional Alternative Activation
• Optional Unreliable Troops
• Optional Light Cavalry (see above)
• Optional Weather

The book includes Army Lists for twenty-four battles:

• Mollwitz (1741)
• Chotusitz (1742)
• Dettingen (1743)
• Madonna dell’ Olmo (Cuneo) (1744)
• Fontenoy (1745)
• Hohenfriedberg (1745)
• Soor (1745)
• Kesselsdorf (1745)
• Lobositz (1756)
• Prague (1757)
• Kolin (1757)
• Hastenbeck (1757)
• Gross-Jägersdorf (1757)
• Rossbach (1757)
• Leuthen (1757)
• Zorndorf (1758)
• Hochkirch (1758)
• Güstow (Tornow) (1758)
• Minden (1759)
• Kunersdorf (1759)
• Liegnitz (1760)
• Torgau (1760)
• Burkersdorf (1762)
• Freiberg (1762)

This period of history is one that appeals to many wargamers who like to create their own imagi-nation armies similar to those used by Brigadier Peter Young, James Lawford, and Charles Grant. To meet this need, the book contains rules that can be used to generate imagi-nation armies.

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The DOMINION OF THE CLAYMORE, TOMAHAWK AND TALWAR and DOMINION OF FREDERICK THE GREAT rules were written by Steve Parker and published in 2025 by Orc Publishing. They can be bought in PDF format from Wargame Vault for £4.40.