Terrain and Hex maps

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I saw your post sitting so long I registered to give you a few pointers on maps. Most if not all the WotC map packs are themed in some way. Originally they were 2" hexes but were changed some time ago. The map packs you mentioned are themed as follows: North Africa - 3 Desert maps and on reverse side 3 jungle maps. Eastern Front - 3 town/factory maps and on the reverse side 3 Russian steppes maps. There are two starters, the one in the cardboard box is the old one and contains 12mm mini’s and 2" hex maps. the new starter is in a blister pack and has 15mm mini’s and 3" hex maps. The maps in the new starter are mixed forest/hills/clear. The rules and revised cards are downloadable through the WotC site.

@Half-Track:

Looks good, lets test it out.

Germans should get some obsticles for free, 4 free pill boxes and 3 sandbaged MG42.

I also think allied infantry should be allowed an attack to destoy obsticles.  On thier movement phase you can declare an infantry to destroy an obsticle in an ajacent hex (basically the infantry is placing the explosive).  On the attack phase the obsticle is destroyed on a roll of 4 or higher.

Only think the only thing missing is the German artilary firing on the beach.  How do you recreate that?

How about a similtanuous game on a seperate map, round for round.  With US para having to take out some german artilary in a hedgerow.  Until they destoy the artilary, the artilary fires on all beach units.  I’m not sure how to use the artilary.  I’m thinking on the d-day map, at the beginning of the movement phase, roll three dice.  On three sucesses the unit gets a face up disrupted counter.  Rolling three sixes and the unit is immediatly destroyed.  Again this is just an artilary attack for any units on the beach.

DZ, I’ve never seen your comments about this but I have some more ideas.  I still like the idea about the sandbagged MG42 and pillboxes.  I think both side should have

Artilery-Bombardment (I actually stole this from another scenario)
Germans would be able to target the beach hexes, only the beach. 
After the iniative phase the German player would roll one die.  The result is the number of units disrupted by the artilery bombardment.  (Germans players choice for disrupted units)

Naval-Bombardment
The allied warships will be able to target a certain number of hexes inland. 
After the German Artilery phase, the allied player will roll two die.  The result is the number of units disrupted by the naval bombardment.  Units in pillboxes are not affected.  It costs three to disrupt a sanbaged unit.  (Allied players chioce for disrupted units)

African maps will be available from me soon. I hear HBFronts is also working on a few campaign related maps for Tobruk. So there will be options.

Playing on the 3 inch heses is a little odd for desert combat given the possible ranges and open lines of fire, however I will be putting up a few for download soon too.

Honestly, I have definitely been looking for something like this.  But I’m not sure if you’re talking about the same thing as me; could you possibly provide a link that shows the finished product?

The same hex is neither front nor rear. Currently this only matters for one unit, the Archer, since otherwise it would be able to fire in the same hex.

Superior Camoflauge prevents you from targetting a sniper in cover, but if there is another legal target (in this case the PG), then you can simply target it and then blast hits everything else in the square.  This is somewhat like firing at a transport, where you can’t target the unit being transported - but blast will still hit it.

By the way,  one other way you can do set-up that we prefer:  1) Look at the battlefield carefully,  2) put a divider thru the middle of the field so you can’t see opponent’s forces as they are set up.    Makes for a more dramatic and interesting design!    Also we add one other feature we like:  Start 4 hexes in instead of 5… again we feel it makes for a more interesting approach (in this case, we also add one turn to max length of the game, 11 instead of 10.

Even when I was in top shape I think I would have gotten winded after the first 200 meters, especially if I was carrying gear and a firearm.  Units would move semi-cautiously even when in a hurry.  I still don’t see it as being realistic, but sometimes you have to sacrifice reality to gain better game mechanics.