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    The i RENAISSANCE of Tactics INFANTRY + on ISD eae Sate BS FOG ron PSS FANE ‘ My ig ° e~ ee Ke In This Issue ‘rt Director & Associate Editor Reworch Director & Managing Editor ‘Supplements Editor Buresueret, Copy Ester Gams Editor Diptomocy Editor ‘Stal Editors ‘Redmond Simonsen Abort A Not" ‘Nichols Metfeo FredSchachter David aby (MzAaxa) Sia Sackson Rod Walker ous Zocchi Dave Wires toery Russi James Flanagan Jenn Fiangen Steve Lise Dave Lavine Tony Morale Eahlohemann Fred vietmayer (The Game Analysis & Reviow Organization Charts Noval Editor Miniatures Eaitors PROFILE: The Me 109 Series By David iby TACTICAL GAME 14 No.2 page 12 Renaissance of Infantry 1150-1550) By Albert A Nofi Down Highway 61, thru State Farm 69, stoteoraphy Busby Serceey around Tactical Game 3 “4 “astrologer Phil Orbanesi¢ and into PANZERBLITZ... prety pels Syed! Suet op. 1428 STRATEGY & TACTICS MAGAZINE is Copyright, 1970, he SIMOLATIONS CORP. Pinte nahe USA Anais ese Susion of te Inity Ge Corpor. Al ers sd IF LOOKS COULD KILL 18 Sproat shuld eset to SAT, Box 296, Ne Yar 1008, (GAGE Reviews) S000 Adverse wre for our team ae $200 age ity Fino inane fasts wit out wool er ITS: DIPLOMACY taregutre wader ofthe Gores foeoren Conpeny, ne. 48 Warehom Si: Sanon, Masons GAMES By Sid Sackson 21 salen notes Arian to Rod of APY a PMGSY Rallis > Ofer printd th aime il ond Tender Lag Care REFLEX OFFSET. 26¥lot 2nd St New vor, NY PASSIN REVIEW By Steve Patrick 25 Fheowotk fy rtrd yeh Bona Binaingexperty done by ABLE SOORBINDERS sowie sy INCOMING MAIL Vox Populi, Vox Dei 30 SHEETS OUTSIDE THIS ISSUE (221 XS 1-Tae 14 Playing Board XS 2.Tac 14 Rules Shoat XS SPANZERBLITZ Rules XS BLUE Unit Counters XS SMUSTARD Unit Counters XS 6 Feedback Questionnat XS 7-Ad Sheet XS ? Anything ele you find there a Yosh srt of got our cletve ars pied ach ‘of "which apparently Supported” ons nother ina negative direction. First ofl Shout 60% of our reagers aint care too much Tor CHICAGO" CHICAGO type games, but 43% ian't core for naval games either. Had we the Space we would have Included a playing board Ter INVASION. The lack of 2 boord (although ‘ne can eally be mode by hand’) ei voractly ‘trace from the general bad vibes of iss 21. In ‘dition, PASS IN REVIEW and INCOMING MAIL convinued to do poorly. But changes In these areas were already inthe works 27d ‘appear inthis sue. PASS IN REVIEW wal now ‘et more ‘goneral in ts treatment of 9 certain "roa" Matar. Ia this issue we cover Books 0” ‘The Number of the Beast.” a“ wi POULTRON PRESS. call (2121 833-1336 qe ws.comments and op, OUTGOING MAIL “o the history and technology of armored fighting Vebiles. Comme are appreceted fwe'd ike {o'make therm mandatory, but somehow that Sppreach never seams 10. really work, INCOMING MATL wil henceforth be restricted to about one page, and the eters wil be edted, that, we ual ut out some of the gression teh our fe hope) aftering wit the water has to tay. Ho will oso sek leters which pose 2 ‘question of general interest. Wie will then anew ‘hose quastions’ in wither INCOMING oF Oureoe mar. UP AGAINST THE WALL DEPT-The great Up ‘Against the Wal Motherfucker haste caneinuet ‘erage. Aecording to our fesdback the fuckers ‘wor out over tha mothore by about 51 1049, (continued on page 27) And 0 begins another new feature, S&T PROFILES. Like our Campaign features, the PROFILES will delve deeply Into the technical sido of things cough the use of 2 vary “visual” approach. In addon, the profiles wil atways (uniess you fee! othervite) give 2 ‘considerable amount of “comparison” deta. In the ease of our first PROFILE on the Me 109 ‘aries, we gve you comparative data on every ighter the 109 ever met in combet (wel, almost, @ few 1086 sent f0 Japan went up ‘gaint some US naval aera, But you have tO draw the tine somewhere). Basically, ur PROFILES will wry to show the subject being “tude in ts total” environment. SO when we ts protileon German submarines you wil also (et dats on USand British anti-submarine ships inen you send in your feedback try ond give us same written comments on what you think ‘bout our PROFILE concent The author ofthis PROFILE, Dave iby, e317 year high schoo! student. Ths proves two things: V~there are practically no restrictions ‘on who may wnite Yor S&T, aside trom the {abilty t put one word infront of another and, 2-you don’t have to be an old soando to ‘know something about a subject (tthough we do "neve some. very knowledgeable. old {20.anda's around hore). Dave aio runs errands ‘around the office and operaes the postage By 1933 developments in engine technology fand high-speed airframe design had made the biplane fighter obsolete, Most of the worlds sirforces realized this, including the Luftwae, Which fsued contracts for the prototype of an monoplane fighter to four of Toading aircraft manufacturers, Focke-Wulf, Heinkel, and Arado Iaorerschmitt, in the hopes that they’ would develop a new fitter for the Luftwatte Prior to thi, Messerschmitt hed produced on outstanding ‘sircraft, tha Mo-108. A. light transport and training plane, the Me108 vst faster than many contemporary fighters, The basi ines and construction of the Me-108, 2¢ well" ae it excellent performance, were Incorporated in the now design. “The now plane, the Me-1OBVI first few in September, 1935, After brif patiminary fight testing, the Me-109V1 ves low to Traverurtde for compatition with the rival dosions. The Arado "and Focke Wu designe ‘were both ‘utdated and falled to measure up to their ipulated performance and s0 wore rected, ‘The Heinkel He-112, however, was 8 modern, lovrwing “monoplane comparable to. the MetOBVI, "To. further evaluate. them, the Luftwaffe ordered tan additional Me-109e and HE112s. Hovever, the Hel12 ran into By DAVID ISBY production troubles. The engine was prone to ‘verheating and the plane vas underpowered, 50 ‘he Luftwaffe chose the Me-109 as its stancbord fighter. Messerschmitt further developed the Me109 with a serie of prototypes (sve chart. In 1837, {he fist production model of the Me-108, the B:1, entered squadron service, Many of the Dilots were unenthuriasti over the Mo-100, "Their complaints included the weakness ofthe landing gear a fault never corrected throughout the Me-1OQs carer and resulted in thelos: of 8% of all the Me-100s built to landing oar In 1937, the Legion Kondor, the German air ‘g0up in Spain was being sorely pressed by the Republican. Polikarpov. [-15.“'Chaika”™” and 1-16/6 “Raia” fighter, which wore superior to the Legion Kondos’s He5t and Ar-68 biplane fighters, To. alleviate this situation, the LLoftwatte shipped e-109 fighters to Spain. “Three prototypes were used, soon followed by two stafflon of Me-1098.2, These arrate soon reversed the situation, Thie war not due to the performance of the Me-1008 but athor becouse Of the superior quality of the German plots nd {the tcties with which the Germens flew the (Me-109, the first modorn tactics suited 10 hihvspsed ‘ar fighting, @ ustrated on the 3 } eet) tacties chart. Those alveraft were joined by a Staffel of Me-109C-1s, soon followed by C25, “There nowsireraftensired the supremacy ofthe Legian Kondor In early 1938, the Luftwaffe was beginning to look with concern upon forsign aircraft evelopments. In” England, the Hawker Hurricane wae in squadron service andthe Supermarine Spitfire would be soon, The Franch were also reducing several naw fghtar planes, The Me-109C ond D might bo able ld the line’ fora while but 8 naw ane better sign vs needed, Heinkel was among those interested in producing’ the new fighter. The Luftwatfe Drdred fen evaluation planes of thelr now fighter, the Hel00. "Messerschmitt was developing the Intestin the Me-109 series, the [Me-tOBE, at the same time, Although meny of ‘the test pilots thought that the He-100 was superior fo the te 1O9E-1, it wes not produce. “This was because switching production from [Me-1096 10 He-100s would resutt in @ 6p in production duting the chengeover. The He-100 "has also not completely "debugged" and might develop. teething troubles. Finally Meserschmitt had friends. in. high places Heinkel dn’. So the Me-109 was the standard Gorman fighter when. Germany. attacked” Poland, ‘The Polish fighters wore outdoted and ware no match for ‘the 1098, They were shot out of the sky within week, “The fighter units of the Luftwatfe, re-oquipped swith E-2 models, now turned their attention towards France, wher the Froneh Air Force ‘wor reequipping with madam fighters, ‘placing older multipurpose machines. The hnumber of fighter sirerat nas nearly equsl, 0 the Germen vetories of May 1940 ware not due to weight of numbers, The Me-109 outclassed the Allied fighters mn France, only the Hurricane nd 0.520 fighters could come onywhore near Imetching the MeOGE in performance. The French azo contributed to their ovn defect By positioning mort of their airforce out of range ot the battle area and by their use of tight, Unwieldy formations for dogfighting, 2 fault Shared by most of the world’s irfores. The Mec1096"2"grined tote! sir superiority over France and drove offal lied threats to theie ‘upremacy wath heavy loses With France subdued, the Luttwatte now turned ite sttention® ‘towarct Britain, The Me 1OQE and it's twin-anginad stalemate, the Me-110 were pitted against the LA. F's Spitfires sand Hurricanes, Tho R.A.F. wat les hindered by faulty tactics than the Germans and they soon opted the "schwatm’” formation shown on the chart, In fighting, he "108. was at 8 dsadvantope as it could not turn as tight as the Spitfire, a llustrated by the chart. That was ‘bscaue the Spitfire had are, elliptical, wing, @ivingit more wing area to cary it's weight mth, End. hencs beter maneuverability. The Hurricane could also tutn inside the "109. The [Me-109E could dvs fartr than either of tho British fighters, ae it hada full injection rather than a carburetor. The 109 vas also hampered bby the fact that they had to escort bombar, ‘whieh restricted their feedom of action. Theit ‘hort range Was enether problom. Jertisonable ‘drop tanks, which would have solved this problom, had nat boon fittad bocauso of their ‘cltional weight, and also because the Me-110 ‘wee suppered to ‘ill the role of longrange reort, tock it could not fulfil 9 it wae 00 lunmanewverable <2 engage to engage enemy fighters. During the Sate of Britain, 802 ofthe {733 planes which the F.A.F. shot down were ‘Me-109s, ane during this time another 161 "109: ‘wore lost in acidents. Towards the end ofthe Batts of Britain, one thd of the Me 109% wore crdered corveried 2 fighter-bombers. The Feducod thei effectiveness a fighters ss they ‘cDuld not dog ight with bombs mounted. HOW TO DECIPHER AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE DATA lanartin itself) “The WING length is given to you in fest, s0 you an get an idea os to the relative sizeof the ‘arous sireratt [drawings are nt to sale). The WEIGHT also doe tte more than give you on idea st 10 the size of the aircraft. Weigh, however, als roughly indicative of how much “punishment” 8 pine can take because Ifthe plane is built wth any. kind of sil the fdsitonal weight will make the. structure Stronger and thus better able to. absorb ‘punishment [from violent maneuvering a well {5 trom enemy weapons). SPEED is given in ‘les per Nour and probably the single most ttectiveness in plane-to-plane combat (ich is that fighters are mainly for) CLIMB x gven in ‘verage itil clin in feet per sacond, Next 2 ‘Speed, this i probably the next mort important factor ina fighter's performance. Air combat, boing 8 three dimensional thing, makes rate of {chm about a important as speed. CEILING i= ‘ven in thousands af feet and is also important because many sir bottles are resolved before ‘they are sotally fought f one side has aheight advantage. Fire Powers given in pounds of shel fired from the plane's woapons in one second. ‘Anything over 2 pounds is "overkill" in ightorto fighter combat, although alittle extra tan come in handy in tight spot, HorsePower ‘0 Weight ratio fe tho omber af horsepower the {gine has for eoch pound ofthe plane's weight. ‘The higher this number is the more "ively" the plane will be. Another good indicator of performance, Wing Loading is the number of Pounds ofthe plane's weight each squsre foot of the plane's wing surface must ht for thove who don't slready Know, a pane flys by having the ‘ecuum crested by the flow af air uncer the plane's wing "It" the plane up an forwara) “This is probably one ofthe best indicators of 8 plane's "maneuverability. The. tower the umber the better, RANGE i given in miles (that’s total ries in the sie, going ena coming). USE eens time period in hich the plane saw ts ‘gesten use n action, VN indicates th plone’: Felative winerability to damage snd the abuse Ite pilots would give it in action. A combat rat's “useful” life is quite short. The Siframe (everything but the engine) might lst ‘mach 9 2,000 hours inthe at, ependingon how mich violet combst its and under what round conditions (the quality of atfieé and ‘aintenence) it operated. Usually the time was half of that. The engine, an the other hand, was ‘often good for less than ® hundred hours of combat vie (particulary in the ease of the "zouped Up” engines ued later inthe wa). Each viietion”=& plane would fly might take from ‘wo to (in the cast of long range Aled fighter frcorts) ten hours of air time. Fighter pilot ‘would normally fly only three or four @ week (nies you wanted them to. have nervous breakdowns) sthough during periods of heavy Combat (such w the Battle of Britain or, mein forthe Germans, the Allied bombing of Germany fighter pilots might 93 up two OF the times a-cay. Few man, oF Machines, can take this for long. The machines often needes {rom two to tx hours of maimtenence for eve hour they spentin the sir hoy Hike the lot, Gidn'e get some rest, they” would soo" sit. miereeess Sse ees = In ite 1940, meszrechmittstartid to redetion ines of the Me 109E in an atept ‘the airplane and reduce oF 9g, hence Increasing speed ond manguverabiity ‘The result wes the reengined and cleaned up [Me109F, The Feries also saw an attempt 10 decreare ‘and thor increare maneuverability by reducing the srmament, ‘This was effective against enemy fighters but reduced the chanote of succes opine the more heawly armored bombers. To recUfy this the Me-109F-4 wes produced. ited wo underwing cannon pods for use against enemy bombers. ‘The weight end drag penalties thase imposed reduced. speed and. maneuverability rather Severely. This marked the frst instance where Mserschmitt could not combine. adequate performance and adequate atmarnent inthe In carly 1961, NMo-109E-4s saw action in the Balkans-ogainst other Me-109Es! Thi ‘opponents were of the Yugoslavian Air Force fd most wore destrayed on the ground. All fother opposition in the Balkans ves quickly ‘vernelmed, When Germany attacked Rusia in June, 1941, the Me-108 again scored smashing victories over the Pussiang: The Ruston airraft were only slighty improved versions of those used in Spain. They were inferior to the Me-109 in performance, but were easy t0 maintain and ‘quick vo produce. [At this time the F190 mode its debut on the Channel front. It was not intended to replace ‘the Me-109 with the F190, but rather to fill the need to get new fighter plone under {development and the requirement for an aircraft to do heovier fighting, such ss rounct-stteck of omberdestroving, In North Africa, wo JAGDGESCHWADER of Me-100s had beer ia servies since the beginning of the campaign there, and although usually ‘outnumbered by the British, their performance ‘eat superior to that of most ofthe opposition, ‘nabling them tohold their own, Increasing opposition on all fronts lod to the ‘Those new aircraft were rapidly developed and ‘sued to unit, but their enemies were ro longer ‘outclassed by the Me-109, ‘An airplane ean be developed ene improved fnly so much, and the Me-109 was aching the 7 1 Saran | TURN | RADIUS One otsne soatne's |) ange uring he Bate of Beta GH Te Me 1 eo raged st aconds longer 19 comple the n= BATTLE OF BRITAIN DIVING Dut to te fiting of fut mjcton thors tree the Met08 could oven RAP Kes rc ther backs ele ng ‘SCHWARM_OR “FINGER FOUR’ FORMATION he wares of modem fighter aces, th fomaton woul ‘re ape nt tw pe of aan: for dog ahting, one bing te ede the‘ other the wing he ould + VEE OR “Vie~ Fomaton Omaoped ring the interwar yeu th {ermation estima oni olowing ‘te section lence er uae BY trot ofthe worssa frente opted. the. Germandewdaped Sar wt fab an id ott the ea’ to wile est up Sen The formation was oy {form sid wowed Yor fextty at Setcssthigh spot ana atu i tail end of its development. The basic design ddted back to the Me-108 of 1931, and eleven {years it fong time fora fighter to use the same basic design. There was never anything now or revolutionary in. the construction "of the Ie. 109, "unlike the -ighmaneuverabiity elliptical wing of the Spitfire or tha long range tnd high speed lara flow wing ofthe PST. The "709" victorias had been due to the fact they ‘hod been engaging enemy airratt of Inferior pertormonce thet had not been fully ‘developed. Equally important were the tectics ‘which the German used and al others adopted But the Spitfire, whose basic design vas contemporary t0 that of the Me-109, developed better, This wes due not only to the construction, but tothe ettude of the RLA iho did not force a plothora of different roles fn the Spitfire end developedand produced fnew fighter type to fill them, something the Germans were foath to do. The American P47 tnd P51 were more recent in the baie design than either the Spitfire or the Me-109, the Pt ‘only being designed in the fll of 1940. The ‘American planes were heavier than ‘thar European contemporaries as they carried more armor, heavier armament, and increase fet tankege, Ths reduced their maneuverability omewhat, but these wore not the pure “air superiority type fighters used in Europe inthe farerstagee of the wor, but longvanged ‘rategic fighters. Many ofthe lessons learned in fighting over Europe were incorporated into the American designs In the summer of 1943, the American 8:17 and 824" heavy bombers began thelr Stratgic bombing of Germany, The relatively weakly GERMAN JADGESCHWADER (19: 124 planes operational Approximately 25 in sac ‘co Gruppe 40 lone [Ep qa £59) 4 plane sehwarrn {Sfp 12 vine sate 41-45) eechwader 4 plane sehwarm US.A.AE WING wing Group [Ey squedron R.A.F GROUP Group ehyns Shy ssvedron M1009 1937 650 none, ‘Me100v13-— 1937 1100. SC aeel 1 550Ibs FB. ‘Me-109 19401100 SC D0.279 AS ‘Me-109e6 1980 1200 SC Met0ov2 1840 1200. SC.TF Met092 19411200 SC Mel0of3 19411300 SC Me10914/8 1941 1300 SC 109316 19451475 SC,N20, MN Ee Me09k2 1945 2000 SC.N20.MWW _ O21 IF Met0KG 1945 2000 SCN20MW 8 = 8 330.213 aD vod from page 5 srmed F and G versions of the Me100 wer inetfecive ogsinst 9 8:17, which required an ‘varage of sixpounds of shells hitting Ie bafore ‘going down. To. rectify this situation, Dombercestroyer versions ‘of the Me-108 6 were productd. Those feetured undenwing feannon pods which reduced speod by some thirty-five miles on hour and. increased wingloading by two pounds. These, hi making the plane more effective aguinst bombers, abviously reduced its efectivencss ‘guinet enemy fighter, This was apparent on tho Russian front, where maneuverability. was needed more’ than afmement, and the Underwing cannon were sometimes removed: but i became especially obvious in early 1944 when American P51 and P-47 fighters were sbie to escort the American bombers all he way t0 the targots an back by use of op tanks. ‘These aircraft seemed to combine into one sivereftall_the. things Messerschmitt found ‘ncompatabe inthe Me: 108. They featured ing ange, adequate armament and maneuverability, Nh speed, and excelent adaptability to any task they were called upon to perform. Even when carrying drop tanks, a PSID could ‘utpertorma Me-109G-6 with cannon pods ‘To enawer the menace of the longranged ‘American fighters, the Me-100 was altered into fn interceptor, ae show by the Me-109G-10, Which has inereased speed end maneuverability ‘due to decreased armament Even though thar factries wore being bombed, production figures for Me-109s eortinucd 10 =e increase, each plane using 10,000 balibearings Produced fom dispersed factories “The Me-109K series as 2 devolopment of the Inter interesptor © models. It was the peak of We: 109 development, but it was too little and 10 ate to sop the Allied Alt Offensive. “The production and development ofthe 109d fot end with. tho fall” of Germany. In CCzichosiovakle, the Avia company "built Iie-100% with dumbo engines instead of their Usual Daimler-Benz ones. Although builtin Several diferent types, t was not a success, ue Imainty to etrocious flying eheracterites. The {Ceeche sold # number tothe Israelis who we desperate for aircraft and used them with good ‘tfect during thee lar of Independence Spoin started producing M1095 in 1946, after Germany could no longer supply them. As they didnot have the Daimler-Benz engines ether, they used 8 Hispano-Suiza one, which was late replaced by a British Merlin engine, the sme 9: used in the ALA's Spitfires and Hurricanes. ‘The Spanish built rany versions ofthe Me-108 nd the last one was retird fom combat dutet in 1968, thirty-three yeors after its fist ight “ried in Spain, the Me-108 was abl to gun air superiority time after time. Wherever the German semy hed staged is smashing Bltzkreig, the Me-108 hed geined air superiority. As the tear progressed and the design aged, the role of the ‘Me-109" changed, from _irsuperiority fighter, to escore fighter, to fighter-bomber, £2 qa omberdertroyer, and. to Intrcptor, The ‘ign ei ws bales sound ar ahead hs time but Messerschmitt never followed up the FOREIGN UTILIZATION tend and it ves soon surpassed by foreign tirerote The ign wes sonarow as orequre | count ee Number Dates ‘wo oF three cifferet versions to fill the role ~ teed ‘Uhel ae filed by oneis enemy afore. Although often Eettered by it opponents, tthe end of te ve, FINLAND 100% used Sauituly handled e109 engage any panei | FINLAND Met0092 49 roroas | gine Saran fons {he word on neareven ems Mat0096 14 tonsa | BUNGARY Somme. g@ fui eatery by Many books hove ben written on the e100 | HUNGARY MetO9ut 3 wemas | QvG. Japan Tos for fae contemporary thee varying tor eroots 20 romoas | fatnsen, RUMANIA ‘reat to aces in gusty Willam Green's fl al Gut in Rue expanding ten volume (at present) series Lt pd jean nia. BULGARIA 109's MaMa Gk te sactND vet etooge-14 200 r04a.45 | nea int Garman ih WAR andthe thes volume FAMOUS — [oan aeite Z oroas | ote, USSh 108s FIGHTERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, w {her obtained fo evs see botn excallent works, proving men — | RUMANTA —Me-10963 @ wo10-4s | GosCAvin id's ond ‘siormation ei Noweat ME, and series 6 toeea7 | sgunst German 103 Marin Cat's simialy sled work are both dl 2 iat | TRACY foo tor Ret {Pod books onthe suet the 409. 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At least ONE complete game in eat isu and ‘only $1.50 per issue at the subserption rate, Gveit yf you haven't ateody. ‘One year {2dd'51.00 for non US address) $8.00 Two years {add $2.00 for non US asdress)$ 16.00, Tree yoort (dd $3.00 for non US addrest $23.00 [No fist lass shipment i oveilable. Moke al checks payable to the Poulton Pres, New York City residents include 6% sales tx, Now York state residents add 3%. Ali ‘subscriptions start with next current ve, Poultron Press, Box 306, NY 10009) " The RENAISSANCE of INFANTRY (1150-1550) An (SB) Game Feature By Albert Nofi ‘The designr of Tac 14 (AI Noti) never oven TRIED to design » game before. However, we now from exparlanes thet the most vial aspect (of designing» good game isthe bility 10.00 the (essaroh. And this area 8 Mr Nofi's VERY {trang point So we merely took him by the hand {with an occatonal foot placed smarty on his backside) and helped Al through the danger Hidden area. known as. ‘gome design’. Jim Dunnigan helped with the debugging of the (me prototype, technical advice on design and the ace kicking, Red Simonsen contributed his {ual invaluable asitance in ng clarity t0 the game rules and components And 0 i come to pass that Al Nof became a game designer. If You an find someone (0 hold a pistol on you long enough you, t00, can become 2 g27e esigner. HISTORICAL NOTES ‘THE RENAISSANCE IN WARFARE (09 August 378 A.D, near the Tracian city of Adrianéple, a Roman army of near 60,000 Legionary infantry. woe engaged and cut pieces By a horde of Gothie heavy cavalry, the Emperor Valens himeal fallingin the moment of defeat alongwith over 40,000 of his Lagionaires. ‘The. defeat of the Lepions had ot been Inevitable, but the inepinoss of the Imperial ‘eneraship, linked withthe reduced quality of the Logionsry solder had manager to outwaigh {he normal tactical inefficiency of the Gothic tribesmen and defeat had been the result, Thus Bogan wht hasbeen termed the “onal cycle inthe history of warfere. Henceforth, end for ‘vel nigh a thousand years, the Really armored Imamatterie was to be consiered the ultimate ‘reapon, at last inthe West. “This reputation ves actually one as much goines bby default as by hee fighting. Sa wel ingeaines ‘ded this axiom become that but rorely was th fever any effort to challange the mulled ranks ‘ith infantry, and on those rare occasions wien uch an effort war mage it uausly ended in Gisostr. There were, tobe sure, very rare cas of infontry_grning field from the cavalry But ually these were avenged in the next batts of the matter as blamed! on tome extrancous factor, such es the weather, oF taschery oF fexhaustion and never tothe possiblity thatthe ‘ldaxiom wes perhapsin error Cf course the condition of infantry was not ‘overly inspiting, inal of Europe the only regular infantry wos in the Byzantine Empireandon the Western fringe, fp Setain, The fest almost nyt operated ‘with cevalry in coordinated operations though it ould, and id, stand ‘lore wien called upon-and in Britain cavalry ‘war rae, until 105, when the Anglo-Saxon FYRO went dovin pefore the dtcplined and Coordinetad attack of Norman menatars and bowmen. Typically a Medioval bottle wes primarily & matter of horsemen, indged almost exclusively. ‘Toctcs vere simple: one rods out until he spotted the fos, couched his lance, end spurred his horwe forward ta conquer or die, Should ‘ame friendly foot be in the Wey, matte, {ride the scum down!] Serves them right for getting In the way oftheir bettors, That wast, ‘sentially, for over half @ millenium and moe, ‘The full-time, professional _manat-arms invariably had itll over the hestily mustered, iarmed, iid, led, and ill peasant militia ‘ho tried wath every fiber of their being to ‘ever’ a the callast opportunity ‘The Battle of Banevento, 26 February 1266, is typical of the period. During the later portion of the great struggle betwoen Pope and Holy Roman Emparor for supremacy in Europe the Popes awarded the throne of the Two Scie © Cherie of Anjou, Manfredo, King of Silly, Fightflly raed objections to this and war wos Inevitable, large Angevin etry descended into Italy in erly 1266 wile Manfredo gathered his leviss, including some Saracenic foot and light hore, forthe Kingdom of the Sicilies was not ‘only the most prosperous but also the most tnlightened in the West ot hat time “The two forces matin ate February near the city Of Benevento and the Angovine were in poor ‘ondlition indeed. Manfredo had but to wait and the invading army wuld have had the choles of Iarching home or starving t death. A gallant Knight conguers by the sword however, 40 he those to fight The two forces ware roughly the fame sae, but Monfredo's was fatally flawed Many of the Sicilian nobles were in sympathy wth the Angeins “The chit action of the bate revolved around the horse, there was brief nfentry skirmish but leave it out entirely. Then the horse wont att, ‘Oughly three thousand or soon each sie, nd thointantry scattered to the ings Esch side had dlvided his horse into three "patuis™—which may be called advance guard main body, and rear guardand they went at it {ull tit. The German horsemen of Manfredo's fdvanced and initally had the upper Rend, for they wore the new style pate armor, unt the Angeving noted that theit armpits were Unprotected and struck there, The Angavins ‘wore alse fortunate in that the Sillan main body came up too slow, giving thom time tO ‘cush the advanced guard, The main body sore thousand mercenary nore, broke under the full weight ofthe Angovins ond fled tho el eoving Mantrado alone with over 8 thousand doubtful Siiian hace against Charley entice army ‘The battle being lost Manfredo charged straight Invnith what loyal men he hed and died ikea ingrathor than fle the fod That, ina nutshell, was it, The Sicilians lst perhaps two-thirds of their force, Charles of ‘Anjou gave no quarter, ad ina few short hours the greatest state in the West, the Swily of the Hohenstaufen, had been destroyed, ‘Tho knightly method of waging war seemed unbeatable, The Lord Himself must intervene to ward the victory to the right. And, of cours Healone wes the tru judge. Modiovat tactics could, however, be frustrated for they contained the seeds cof their own Gestruction. The typical Medieval man-st arms ‘was 9 mighty wart but aoutey soe. Inthe Eleventh Cantury he came up agaist men who wore better solders and enly somewhat inferior 2s warriors, te Saracens. For nearly three hundred yaors the Crusades brought Western Chrisendor into contact with ‘the older chillzations ofthe East, This series of Imiltary operations aid more to change the West than anything ese, yet the West was more or less beaten in viral al of these vars ‘The Batle of Nicopolis, 28 Soptember 1396, wae typical of ‘what could happen when @ Magioval atmy encountered a Saraconic oF Turkish force better organized and. better isciplined~as they almost always wore-than Ieeif, The Ottoman ‘Turks, erupting out of ‘Anatola in the corly Fourteenth Century had ‘overrun most of the Balkans by 1396 when 2 (Grucade was preached against thom. The battle vwas Joined South of the Danube between Strong. Turkish force and mixed ranco-Mungarian ene of pethape 30,000 alt told, ‘wnat happened canbe tod in ase than a dozen lines. The Turks dugin their Bowmen and waited for the Crusaders, who obliged by attacking nan coordinated and Indisciplined manor. The French, who constituted the Christin rearguard, refused to remain i reserve, wonton ‘head mithout orders and were crushed by & combination of the effective bowen and the ‘Torkish light and heavy horse. The Crusader’ main body and aevance guard care up too late {0 help ana were turn torneo paces, In four words the “sandsrd Muslin tactics vere "skiers thar to death. Just don’tgive them 2 chance t come t0 arp x N- i Koight ‘The Crotadort never leaened, Tire and again ‘they would be beaten by thse same tactics and yer never dicemed the tus cause of their failure, More traumatic avons wore occuring in their rear, however, for infantry, $0. long eapised, iat beginning to restert Hell in Europe during the Grsading Epoch. The first major resppearance of Infantry ‘occured st the Battle of Legnaro, 29 May 1178, fohen the forces of the Lombard League, Organized by Pope. Alexander II, met and Sefeated those of the Holy Romen Empire under Frederick Barbarossa himself, inthe same great struggle which later sam the Battle of Benevento Frederick had taken his army into Italy agein, for the sith or seventh time, inn effort 10 finish off the Pope's resistance, ut he mode the mistake of taking only cavalry. The Lombard Ueaguea confederacy of mary cities-tacked hordes of men-st-erms, wihst they had was afew loyal nobles, some wealthy” burgers, ond = handful of adventurers, but they did have hosts of wall dil etizeng' militia not unlike Athens (Thebes in the Filth Cantury .C. These ‘people drilled regularly with pike and crossbow ld undoubtedly constitutes the only regular infantry in Wester Europeat the time. “The forces mat naar Milano and the fght opened ‘addy forthe Italians as their cavalry waa aren, fom the fied in a meeting engagement. The infantry formod up o give Bote, with pikes in ‘the center and crorsbowe on the winge and waited. Frederick, seeing an easy win, ordered his horse forward and was driven off me and ‘again-once barely getting avay with hi lie Meanwe the Italien horse ralied and swept into the Imperial troops while they were stl tangled inthe pikes. The result was a disastrous faut and for the frst time in centuries 8 mar battle had been ghined through vse of infantey. 1445-Freneh “Compagnie de Ordonnance du Foi” In an effort 10 provide for # reliable sanding force, and. inedently to reduce brigandage, the Constable do Richemont raed fifton, and tater another five, companies on this model. Esenvally thay were just a batter organized, tong. serving feudal. levy. These Woops prowed to be the origins of the Franch aning army. 1496-Spanish “Infantry of the Ordinanc of 1496" ‘Raited by Fernando and Issbella to provide 2 standing force against 3 possible French involvement. Subsequently the number of men rose, ‘These formations were” the Ssneetore “of the later” "Colunelae”™ and "Tercos” and they initiated the supremacy of the Spanish infantryman, whieh was to las for about 160 years, until Rcro: 1200-Medioval “Man-at-seme'” The “mana arms" wos actually a base combat team of from three to fv men, The knight and eure ere heavy eavalrymen and armed more or les alike, @xcepe that the squire wore no erest or {golden spurs. The page acted os body servant, Sidman, snd what have you. If crombowmen were prosant they” usually served with the Infantry. On occasion the erossbowmen and ege would be found mounted, usuelly on nog Not that anyone seemed 10 notice. Over the years the. Malian militia. deine and at Corteuova, some sixty years later, they wore outed soundly and eeryane locked upon [Legaone os a freak. But froaks havo a habit of Popping up aguin anc again, Far across Europe another effective infantry wes eveloping-or rather two more. The English had learned the wre of the bow from the Welsh and the Seots had naver been great for cavity, for their country was unsuited toi, so they chose the pike, At Falkirk, on 22 Juty 1208 thee 0 systms met forthe fst time. England was sill trying to subdue Scotland at this time ond Edward | brought a tong amy, perhaps as many as 16,000 horse and foot, nto the Lowlands where, at Falkirk, Salil and some 17,000 Scotch pikern awaited him “The Scots formed up well with crossbows in the intervals betoman the masive "sciltrors” of the pikeren. The insignificant Scots mounted army twas Grven off by Edward's knights. Then the main fight began. As at Legnaro the pikes ‘managed to hold off the horvemen but ther Edward brought his fongbowmen into action ‘The masive "Schilteons" (dense columns) were easy targets, the phalanx soon falling to pies Under the fights Of arrows and repested charges Of the menatarrrs, Edvard had won the day by Sombining his two mort numerour arms, the tbowmen ard the hore, Of course, it war the Intter arm which recived most of the credit ‘Such a combination dd not alveys work or wes not always posible, however asthe remarkably Similar Batter of Courtray, 11 duly 1302, 2nd Bannockburn, 24 tune 1314, In the fist it was the burgers of Flanders ‘revolting agpinst the Crown of France and nthe Second, ove of the interminable Ango-Scots ‘wars. Im both fights the cefenders, dhe Fleming: ‘nd the S2ot, were almost exclusively pikemen ‘Spposing lange cavaey forees with some bowen sacompanying. Both the Flemings nd the Scots, who numbered bout 12,000 each, formal up in marshy ground with ther flanks protected by broken ground, Streams, and anttcavalty pits. The French at Courtal ("large foree) and Engish (some 20,000) at Bannockburn charged right in falling {0 utilize theienovineonsiderable misile oops, and the result wasa slaughter. Aftor holding fora hile the pikes took advantage ofa brie pause in the fight to gp over tothe attack anditeally ext the menatarms tO pisces os they strugied through obstacles, At Courtal no quarter Was Qventhe Flemvsh replied “We don't speak French” to each plonand some 4,000 knights ‘ate soid to have fll, In both bettes a sturdy foot had routed the ‘ream of the horsemen But again the battle wns (continued on X82) Thi anticle on Tac 3 got kinda screwed wo ‘between hore and there. At fist it wes ust going to be the long promised revision ofthe orignal Test Series Game. But shorty after Steve List Finished his assent the gore was sold 12 ‘raion Hil 3s their Fall ume for 1970 fanother ‘new departure for AH). This sort of changed cverything. For now the game's designe, i Dunnigan, would have ro revamp the game for ‘commercial publication. Since. Mr Dunnigan hnevar does anything hail way, tis revamaing took on ail the aspacts of a complete redesign. To avoid confusion land there WOULD have ‘bean confusion, at you wil soon discover) we Imposed upon Mr Dunnigan to write a little ‘Designer's Notes pigge in order to explain to Aaland sundry fost what the hel is going 0. Hopefully, the contusion will ow be et 2 ‘We were going to drop Tac 3 from the TSG tine ‘ith the publication of AH's PANZER game (their name for the revieed Toc 3). But after ‘seeing Mr Dunnigam’s revised game we fel that Tac 3 shou stil be made avaiable, if only a5 uriauty pce. Taking the two games topethar you can see just how much a finished gome can be further devoloped. Along with articles by Steve ond Jim ve are ako Including the tna! rwision of Tae 3 rues (in other words, the res for Ais PANZER). tn adation we are giving you enough counters so that you can actually ‘lay » game of PANZER. Actually, the Avalon ‘il vorion wil be 8 much smoother article Each sie wall have 140 counters, £0 that You can “build” just about any combat unit used in the East betwoon 194248. In addition the bowrd (217%24" overall) is in three separate segments that can be recranged to form many ‘ferent ‘boards I that werent enough there ‘wl also bo a extra large “Reference Manuel” ‘hich wil be crammed with SBT quality deta In short, 2 very playable gome with excelent ‘realism and historical accuracy. A GAGE review (Of PANZER will probably appear in the next laave of SAT. TAC 3 ANALYSIS By Steve List Tectical Game 3 ls wll described by the term “Text Series Game”, It is an extremely small scale gar done in 4 board game format. One turn if minutes 100g and'2 hex ie only 250 this puts the game inthe realm ‘ecupied by miniatures, It hae drawn eritclem {rom miniatures playare for beng too simple and for not guite being e miniatures game. Ths is Uniustifed, for the game mas never intended 3s fen; rather it & ap attempt to place small unit ‘comet situations in @ boardgame format to ‘low elimination of the complex and tedious ‘rocedures often required in miniatures games. “Tool dose have Its foulte— many ruler are mbiguovs orf 0 be explicit. Many probiams ‘¢6 ignored ar ore glossed over for the sake of Simplicity. But it is a very. good blend of ‘miniatures combat with a boardgame forma {In consultation with the game's designer, {have helped to prepare rvisod rules and a section of ‘odulat optional rules to coreetealier errors, fxpand the scope of the game, and allow those tno wish to ncreae ite complexity. These new Components are ruffed in the magazine, The fest of this ortcle attempts to explain the Feaconing behind the various rules. ‘The chief complaints about the game, 36 ithered fram FEEDBACK qvestionneires and {fetes are th tremendous eect of mortar fie, lock of infontry mobility, and high eatuattis. “The 120 mm mortars used by both sides were ‘extremely powerful weapons, but they were not ‘ eesistable as thoy appear to be in many Stuations, To reflect this, some changer in combat pracedures have been made to put more realistic cutbs on the mortars. These changes are scussed belo. Lack of infantry mobility stands out, but this is the eae armored warfare foot mobile oops te simost static n'a mechanized environment ‘The movement rate of one square per turn 2.5 Kilometers par hour (about 1% mph). This is slow elk snd ise rearonabie sped for men on foot burdened with weapons, ammo, and & desivenot to et shot “The igh catunty rete is governed by three factors, The first ie somewhat illusory isnot rnoceetary to obliterate a unit to knock it out of Combat. Just diable enough men oF equipment 0 that physically or mentally the nit i Peat 1980s incapable of further action. The survivors con later roturn 9 combat, but it i simpler to ‘remove a unit from play father than coneoet laborate procedures for rallying. to9ps oF combining remnants into new units Mort games (of Tac/3 cover Wo short a period of time to Slow such factors to have any effect, The next factor in casalty rates is very rel ond is inherent In the trrain-tare i litle protective cover. The ‘mapboard is 2 hypothetical flat tract broken here. end there by sme hills, woods, and bollings, As a result, most units are on plain terrain, out in the open andvery vulnerable, The ‘ir foctorisrelate to wargaming procedures bevider protective cover, units in combat rly haavly on CONCEALMENT, on the sometimes valid principle of what the enemy can't see he (won't shoot, This wrt of "fog of war” effects txtramely difficult to build into a boardgeme, ‘pecaly a teteal game suchas this one. Some tempt ot this is mode In the we of inivect Hre ‘weapons, a6 will be sean, For thoso who are ‘eturbed by this lack of versimilitu, imagine that ‘both der have obrervation sreratt ‘overhead ‘continually supplying the ground forces with information on enemy movement “The play procedure of tne game i movement by consecutive turns, This is rosly unrealste, but its the only workable method. In order to somewhat compensate for thi, the defender fires fest and eliminated attackers are removed from play ‘before they can fire. This is an accurate Telection of One aspect of armored trarfare in WAT II: tank and SPoguns wore not ‘abilzed £0 the vahiclr had to stop to alow securete wunfive, Movement rules have been somewhat revised to Correct earlier mirtaker an to reflect the poor tron country performance of whesled veheles. {Note that fle trucks are penalized, Garman armored cars are not. This is becaus the trucke Employed ware merely “commercial 2ahee! tive truck chasis ited. The German cars used tn thie game are ll variants ofthe Sak 238, an Sohesled vehicle with better eros country performance than some tanks and halfrecks Combat procedures are not simple, de to the many. ‘yper_ of weapons involved. All the ‘weapons’ inthis game. lexeopt mortars) (continued on XS. ui pet ‘THEGAGE PAGE tit OS The GAGE review system has been a pet project of dim Dunniga’s fore number of years. He wos ‘2b)e 10 completa it only with the Invaluable ‘sistance of Red Simonsen and Jim and Joho Fianagan, Below, Red Simonsen, who had the tunenviable tak of translating Mr Dunngan’s hazy ‘thoughts’ into something comprehendabie, tells it like it can be tnderto0d 0 How many times have you read a game review lin S&T oF elsewhere, ran right out and bought ‘the gam, and found ¢to ba completely unlike ‘the gem gwingly described by the ertic. OF, conversely, perhaps you've held off Buying 3 title heavily penned by some would-be Walter Kore he's a. big shot critic in New York Gity(Editer’s Note] only te have some feliow ‘wargamer giggle at Your neivete when he shows You the fantantic game everybody else has boon Dieying for months. Even if youve never Suffered. the aforementioned extremes, Uindoubtabiy you've read. game reviews with very ite substance to beck up @ plethora of ‘pinion, Essentially, the problem iso lack of information and. an abrence of standards of Inan atiompt to romady this problem, we have developed GAGE (Graphic Analysis) Game Evaluation). The object of which, i to provide ‘3 much “hard” data as possole and to package IR in standardized’ format to. fclitate ‘communication and comparison. Out of the quantities” guven in GAGE. gamers shouts be able to derive many of the “qualities” of agven bare. Looking st the GAGE form, ane con soe that, goneraly” speaking, the "0. to. 9” rminichars subjectively summarize the hard ate contained in the tame GAGE form segment. RECON TAC3 (Again?) \Whan Stove List orginally di the Toe 3 article he had much more init than we felt should be decided to the gome. In effec, be ves redesigning the game, a habit meny game players acquire “The game's designer, dim Dunnigan, wes tle leery of letting someone eke muck sbout with his ge, particulriy sines Stave was coming 1 him for most of his technica! advice. The basic problem vas that Jin felt thet the gome should bbe kept simple and that if there was going to be {ny “complications” bult imo the game he ‘would do them ar he felt they should be done {Sounds like "Mr ‘Dunnigan's being. real "mother as far as his gama is concerned). tlt comes down to this, do You feet that there ‘should be spoce devoted in S&T to further rlar NOTES ON GAGE TERMINOLOGY For the most part, the GAGE form is self-explanatory. Ta siminate any possibility of ‘isinterpretation, however, ate elaboration ‘may be inorder, ULES SECTION: “Number of Distinct Game Variants Given” refers to separate independent geme-varionts, not” mersiy. advenced oF Tournament” games "formed by adding ‘optional rules. For example, a chonge ins omer order of atte would be a distinet Sarant but an optional supply rule would not “Revisions to ules in Existance” refers to substantial rule changes published by the ‘manufacturer under theseme game tile GAME COMPONENTS SECTION: “Grid Map" means typical map board environment such as the Toe’ 14 game included in this ius, "Ares Map" means e playing board such a as isue's CHICAGO, CHICAGO winere movement in the fame is more abstract ond generalized. "Mop Notation” refers to grmes in which movement is recorded in writing directly on the playing frface, "Real Space” games” ere usally mapless ‘movement oy-messurement tactical simulations(for example, most "miniatures" times, a well a5 TACTICAL GOEBEN in our Nest ise, fll into this category). "Paper Abstract” games ate those wich Involve the manipulation of values and/or cards without direct reletionship to » mapboard of positional splays of counters like poker or bridge) Sometimes a game may have more than one of ‘there systems employed in it In which ease ‘more than one box willbe checked. For ‘xample, JUTLAND ia combination gitenap/ Imapinotation /real space game. Four color process sprinting jargon for full color work. The 1914 mapboard 's printing ‘done by four color process. The BASTOGNE forthe game? As you know by now, Tee has been extensively revised for publication by ‘Avalon Hill in the Fail as PANZER. This it bbscoming confusing. cause many of the types of "additions" Steve proposed sro being Incorporated in “module” form into PANZER. OK, iets put it thi way, would you lke to soe further Tactial Gomes in SBT AS WELL AS revisions and additions t0 games of this type ‘ead presented? (This includes games in the “Tost Sores ine). Besealy, what we are thinking of is incorporating “games” with articles. For ‘example, we have an article coming up on the mnlitary forces of the NATO and WARSAW PACT countries. Alongside the data we would include @ “Tac” type game (Mr Dunnigan is Currently working on Tae B, which covers the 3960's In Europe). Also, we hove an article coming up showing the same thing Yor the Indo-Chine war (which may ge us investigated by the FBI, but that just shows you how Interesting it sh So lay the word on Us via the FEEDBACK. imap wee printed in four colors, but not four olor process. All magazine color photos are printed by Tour color process. ‘Type of Functionally Distinct Paying Pieces" rane units or counters which Nove apprecisb'y Gitferent. characterities. For instance, BLITZKRIEG infentry and. marine units ae NOT functionally cstnet, since the laters ‘merely a slighty larger version of the former. A ge" unit inthe same ge would, however be 2 distinct unit type due to is special landing eapability, SUMMARY SECTION: “Overall Accurscy" refers £0 both historical socuracy at well a the eel” of the simulation. Even. socalled historical games such a BLITZKRIEG and KRIEGSPIEL have an underiay of historical Coloration, Infact, @ sound bane smletion far_more important in respect to thi "Accuracy" rating than ean sbrolutely fithf order of atta, Wargomerstove to quibble over ‘hat regiment war whore n'a given bette, but ‘he whole question becomes rather moot the basic framework Is faulty. Therefore, a game ‘could get high accuracy rating even if a few. Units were misiabled ar tong. ar its overall Tationsle wor correct. Thie philosophy Tay Tritate 2 few dierhord nitpickers, but serous ‘gamers will be better served by attention to Wnt we feel ere the more relevant criteria of The “Overall Reecomendation” is based upon consideration of all the qualities of the game Dus the important valve receivedor-priee-aid factor, Whether or not a gure's subject deals tat “popular” area of Matory will have no bearing upon its reccomendetion, You can des with that factor according te your own whim, (One of the by-products of GAGE which we ‘would like t0 ste take hold is the stonderd nomenclature weed to dascribe geme types and Components. This "common language” facilitates communication end hopefully could bring # mesture of eomman sense and order t9 ‘gaming teminolony “The reviews onthe following pages consist of & GAGE page plus the more familar essey type review. Using the quantitive data inthe GAGE fed comparing tte the more subjective content fof the esray, readers should be able €9 gain better insight Into the particular biases of the eviewer and consequently be able to make an ‘appraisal of the game in question based upon information and Sound judgernent rather than In order to seciimete readers to the GAGE system , two established” games have been fnaiyaed ar well a Avalon Hil’ latest tite KRIEGSPIEL (sic. In the future, gomes wil be reviewed on a regular bast (at least one per issue) utilizing the GAGE system. We are aso Contemplating & policy which would require felatively unknown game menutacturers to submit their products to a GAGE:ng before they may advertise them in SBT. Let us know ‘what You think of that concept ‘Although 2 GAGE review is attributed to the analysts) doing the majority of the work and esearch on 6 given critique, the entire staft of S&T bringe their various areas of experi t0 bear on certain segments of the evaluation GAGE reviews wll each be essigned. & Permanent saquence number and perhaps when Enough are accumula they wil be epeinted tra eference source for gamers = GAA.GLE.tsroonic anetysis/ Game Evaluation) Analyst: THTLE!_KRIEGSPIEL_______ Publohen Reon Desiner! Thoms Nh SuRECT DESCRIPTION: | Abntract gue witha sgh Worl War oor ‘PRIMARY CONFLICT-ENVIRONMENT SECONDARY CONFLICTENVIRONNENTS SuiiTary ( 0 Air Lend © Sea) OPolitical O Economic amurtary ( Air O Land Sea) S poiitical Economic Psychological Social © Abstract O Other, [DP aychotoplea C1 Sactel [7 Aberact C1Other - Comprehensivengg incomplowe HTETSTETSIEL EY) complete Total Word Count: 8700 _ |, Reading/ Comprehension Time approx) 50 _ Min Number of Optional Rules: __19.___ Number of Distinet Gare: Variants Given. Revisions to Rules in Existance: _ NC ‘Rule Section Headings’ Bic me (1200 word); Viciory Conditions, How to Start, How to Play, Movement, Combat Alfborne Assault, Invaions Reinforcements, Terrain Explanations, Optional Ruler; Replacements, Corps Organization, Prisoners, Air Powwr, Weather, Fortifications, Logistic, lHolation & Supply, ffectof Terrain, Strategic Movement, Nuclear Capability Pace Negotiations, Adding more maps GAME COMPONENTS Piay Enviconment: “Grid Map © AreaMep © MapNotation ( ReatSpoce [Paper Abstract Other [Single Playing Surface. itutinle Playing Surfaces. _2__ Overall Board Dimensions: 8°16" Number of Folds:_1_ Number of Breaks:_ 0 oerd Composition: Paper Card Stack card ard 9 Plastic Cloth Wood Metal Numberof Colors: ©1101 203 4 Ofourcolor process Clarity of Symbotistion poor (OTTT2ISTAISTO PTE] excelent Type of Grid Modi ifany)__ Hexagon __Siee_875" Seale abstract Km Total Number of Grid Modular “796 ‘Types of Terrain and Percentage of Total: (C= affects conflict; M= affects movement) — Foret [CM 6.7%, River (C.M) 13. , City (C,M) 35%, Mountain (,1 7.4%, ‘Se hl) Bx, Beach (C) 2.8%, Road (24.8%, 282 hexes can be played on. PLAYINGREGES) Ste POE an 787 ___ compotion Wratowa OMe Owe NonberPerSise: ara Nunbor of oan PY Tota Suppied: _ 39 ‘Type of Functionally Distinct Playing iecss:Black-8 panzer g enadier, Sinfantry, two parachute, five special forces. Re- Sinfentry, 3 perachute, 6 armor, Sspecal frees Size of units not given. Physical Quay Tesi Eose of Handling orf OTTETSTATSTQZPPTE) excelent poor ([T2TaTa1gfe)pIaTa] excetens poor DTD TaTsT eI app) excetent [ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT LIST: including et up aids) 16.page battle manual with optional rules and examples of pay int. Two Combat Rests Tablet ste [each] of defen cares, Parti lips for joining boards Tie Ro be Tatas pero Tal Nurber of Tr x an PLAY MECHANICS Tat Side | 2nd Side] Complete = Basie 2s | 25 ‘All Optional ‘Set Up Time Min 1 2 3 ‘DECISIONS PER SIDE PER TURN. Player 1= (Bosc) 2-2 battler, parachute drop, an invasion, reinforcements [efar turn 4) movabout 10units Player 2— Same es

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