Correct; You are max allowed 4 units to the Utah Beachhead unless you roll under a 4… so it is still necessary to roll (last game I played I got snake eyes :| )

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Casulties taken by indirect fire (fire resulting from one side getting to fire like Sea bombardment or AA Fire at planes) are permenantly removed from play… casulties from battles in which both sides take part are first removed to the casulty zone so they can be removed at the end of combat…

a hit is determined by the number in the column you are rolling in… i.e. on Omaha the Allies place their infantry in the first column and the Artillery in the second which is 1 and 2 respectively… The axis place all Infantry and Artillery in their #2 column and any Blockhouses in the 1 Column 2 and 1 respectively…

Allies fire first since they are the attackers…they roll 1 die per unit in their first column scoring the following rolls: 1,1,4,3,6,6 - 2 Hits (for the 1’s)… the Axis places 2 Infantry in his Casulty Zones… The Allies now roll for their second Column and roll a 5 and a 4 gaining no hits… the Axis now roll back starting with their first column rolling a 1 and 4 - 1 Hit (for the 1)… the allies place 1 Infantry behind the casulty zone… In the second column you roll a 1,2,3,4,2,5 - scoring 2 Hits (for the 1 and 2)… the allies place 2 more infantry behind their casulty zone… All casulties are removed from the board and the units are put back on the board…

Hope it clears it up… If it still doesn’t make sense just ask me to clarify the areas that don’t make sense…

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I played a second game soon after the first in which I again played Germany. I lost on turn 9, however, I realized we were not playing correctly.

1. The allied players were placing their bombers in spaces with allied ground units. This is against the rules.

2. We were counting the blockhouses in the 8 unit stacking limit and they are not counted in the limit.

3. Allied players were moving their land units off of the beaches in the presense of blockhouses. They should not have been able to do this.

4. Allied players were not reinfocrcing correctly and didnt realize that the first two lines of reinforcements go to only certain beaches.

Had those four rules been followed I believe I would have won easily once more. As I said, I lost on turn nine.

Here are the major differences…

1. The Turn order is determined by a sequential action of cards that give orders to one side or the other…

2. There is no production… Instead Troops come in via a reinforcement chart that you roll for to determine what comes ashore (or from Rouen and Rennes)

3. The Objective (for the Allies) is to seize 3 VC (Cherbourg, St. Lo, Caen) by turn nine and hold them for a turn… otherwise the Germans win…

4. There is now a limit of 8 Land Units for one side or the other (so The Allies can only have 8 units in a zone and no more, the germans can not have any more either)…

5. Allies can only have Aircraft… German Artillery are AA capable… The Germans now get Blockhouses that get to target Allied units coming ashore… Plus all German defends on 3 instead of the allied 2  :wink:

6. Fortune Cards (optional) can give one side or the other an advantage brought on by bombings, shortages, Weather etc.

7. Tactic Cards (optional) give a one time use advantage to one side or the other…

8. Battles only last one cycle, so you have to be selective to not tie units down…

here is the rulebook: http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/rules/axisdday.pdf

Overall it is more of a training game to teach the mechanic of fighting to new players imo… but it is a great short game… Although it can get boring with the same strats that usually get played… IF you want blockhouse pieces though get it…

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Fo Sho, the game is awesome. I don’t know what it is about it but as soon as I saw it knew it was gonna be a hit.