800 Fighting Englishmen (800 FE) Boxer Rebellion Action Deck

Unlike previous Action Decks for 800FE, the Boxer Rebellion Deck is “weighted” to represent the mix of Allied and Chinese units/factions which characterized the conflict. Including the usual Command Bonus cards, the 800FE Boxer Rebellion Action Deck totals 56 Cards, 8 more than in the other 800FE Decks.

The Chinese are represented by 12 cards cuing Boxer units to Move/Fire, plus cards for units of the four Chinese Armies engaged between Peking and Tientsin. There are five cards each for units of General Nieh’s “Tenacious Army,” General Sung-Ching’s “Resolute Army,” General Tung-Fu-Hsiang’s “Kansu Braves,” and General in Chief Yung-Lo’s Manchu Bannermen.

For the eight combatant Allies, the Action Cards are provided in the same proportions as each nationality comprised the total forces engaged (prior to the arrival of the German East Asia Brigade). Consequently, there is one card each for the Italians, Austrians, French, and Germans, two each for the British, American, and Russians, and five for the Japanese.

If any of these contingents are not represented on your table top, the otherwise unnecessary cards may be used to cue Movement/Fire of other, more numerous units in your collection. Similarly, European and Chinese Army units not present may have their cards removed from the Deck prior to play.

By this arrangement, the Players on both sides will not only have to deal with the usual uncertainty of order of Movement and Fire of their own and the enemy’s units, but must allow for each “faction” of his forces having their own say when they feel like, rather than as the C-in-C might–exactly as in the real conflict!