Bayonet

Bayonet is a set of simple, home made skirmish rules by Oleg Zacharov for individual 28mm figures/elements, playing games from the Renaissance period until the Second World War.
Optional rules are in italics.
Later edits by moif are coloured.
Updates for playing in 10mm scale are coloured.

1 figure represents 1 (or a few) individual(s), or a single (small) vehicle or artillery piece. Heavy weapons, or rapidly moving or large vehicles are off-table or treated as terrain.

In the standard version of Bayonet, each pair of bounds lasts for about 2 s, during which figures move a few inches on the table.

Multiple, previous versions of the rules have carried on into the current version: Bayonet ++ was designed for a more highly paced, cinematic style of game and still forms the bulk of Bayoney_10.

Each pair of bounds lasts for about 10 s, and figures move around 10 inches. This is the scale and timing of the pre-firearm Skirmish rules.
In an attempt to keep some realism, automatic fire and repeating weapons enjoys some increased Combat Factors.

[Bayonet + is an intermediate version with each pair of bounds lasting about 5 s, ½ Skirmish movement, and slightly increased Combat Factors for automatic weapons. It is indicated by square brackets.]

Bayonet ++ [and +] is otherwise identical.
Figures are also unchanged, except for different movement, some different rates of fire and the Combat Factor modifiers for automatic / repeating fire.

Bayonet_10 is an updated version of Bayonet ++ designed for use with figures in the 10mm (1/144 to 1/150) range. All measurement is in cm rather than inches and subsequent rule updates are indicated by brown text.

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