the franco-prussian war - Strategy & Tactics

CONSOLIDATED ERRATASoldiers and Normandy(as of August 1973)SoldiersAs a result of post-publication playtesting, thefollowing errata has been assembled to clarifyan~fcorrect various errors or ambiguities in theorisinal game components.This Soldiers Errata follows the sequence ofthe rules folder.UNIT IDENTIFICATION TABLE (Correction):The Austro-Hungarian Field Gun platoon isincorrectly identified. The Field Gun platoonhasan Attack Strength of (3). The sample unitpictured is, in fact, an Austro-HungarianHowitzer platoon. Also the Howitzer Battery isnot pictured.GENERAL COURSE OF PLAY (Correction):There are in fact fourteen rather than fifteenSoldiers scenarios.MOVEMENT(C) (Clarification): Road Movement is definedas movement from one road hex to anotherroad hex through a road hexside. The cost toenter a hex when usin,g road movement is 112Movement Point regardless of the other terrainin the road hex. Units entering a road or bridgehex from a non-road hex must pay the entrycost dictated by the other terrain in theroad hex.(H) (Clarification): A unit moving from anon-bridge canal hex to a non-canal hex mustexpend three additional Movement Points toleave the canal hex. Note that units with aMovement Allowance of "3" may only leavethe canal via a bridge hex. There is noadditional Movement penalty to leave abridge-canal hex. Exception: Undisruptedinfantry and dismounted cavalry units mayalways move one hex even if they do notpossess sufficient Movement Points to enter agiven hex. [This allows infantry and dismountedcavalry units with a MovementAllowance of "3" to leave a Canal hex. It doesnot pertain to non-infantry or non-dismountedcavalry units.]COMBATGENERAL RULE (Clarification): Direct Fire ispossible only when the firing unit can trace aLine of Sight into the target hex. A unit mayuse Observed Fire if it can trace a Line of Sightto (but not into) the target hex, and the firingunit must also be able to trace a Line of Sightinto a Friendly hex occupied by at least oneFriendly unit which can trace a Line of Sightinto the target hex. All units which can trace aLine of Sight to (not into) a target hex in BlockingTerrain may use Observed Fire against unitswhich fire out of the target hex(es) even ifthere is no Friendly unit which can trace a Lineof Sight into the Blocking Terrain target hexfrom which the Enemy units fired. Note:Artillery Case (0) is exempted from the normalrequirements for Observed Fire in that a firingHowitzer unit need not be able to trace a Lineof Sight to its target hex, although it must beable to trace a Line of Sight into a Friendlyoccupied hex from which a Friendly unit cantrace a Line of Sight into the target hex.(A) (Clarification): To determine the range,count the number of hexagons between thefiring unit (exclusive of the hex occupied bythe firing unit) and the target hex (inclusive).(8)(Clarification): This rule does not uniformlyprohibit tracing a Line of Sight into a Town orWoods hex. Units may trace a Line of Sightinto a Town or Woods hex from an adjacenthex. Units in a hex adjacent to a Town orWoods hex may fire directly into the Town orWoods hex and may serve as observers forFriendly Observed Fire into that hex.(C) (Clarification): This rule applies to unitsfiring on Enemy units on superior elevation.The numbers on the Crest hexes refer to thealtitude in meters. Units beneath a target hexat which they are firing can trace a Line ofSight into (but not through) a Crest hex. Unitsat the same height or above a target hex atwhich they are firing can trace a Line of Sightthrough an unlimited number of Crest hexes ofequal or less altitude.(D) (Clarification): It should be understoodthat the unit in the examplecannot fire into theTown hex.(E) (Clarification): A Line of Sight may betraced into a Canal hex from an adjacent hex, aCrest hex, or along a straight line of Canalhexes from another Canal hex.(F)(Clarification): A Line of Sight may only betraced into an Enemy occupied Town orWoods hex from an adjacent hex. If a Line ofSight can be traced to a Friendly occupiedTown or Woods hex, it can be traced into thehex.(L) (Clarification): Units on Crest hexes maytrace a Line of Sight into any other Crest hexof equal or less elevation anywhere on the mapregardless of any intervening lower BlockingTerrain.(M) (Clarification): Units on Crest hexes maytrace a Line of Sight into any Crest hex on thesame hill (exception: on peaked hill with Crestof 75 meters. A unit on the hill below the 75meter peak hex cannot trace a Line of Sightthrough that hex). Units may trace a Line ofSight into a target hex of an inferior altitude if:(1) The Line of Sight does not pass throughany Crest of hexes of equal or higheraltitude (excluding Crest hex from whichthe unit may be firing). (2) If there isBlocking Terrain on the Line of Sight it mustbe closer to the firing unit than to thetarget hex.(N) (Omission): Exception: see lmprovedPositions Case (Dl.td) (Omission): Exception: see lmprovedPositions Case (Dl.(R) (Omission): In a case in which a unit'sAttack Strength is to be both doubled andhalved, the doubling is always done first.(S) (Omission): Whenever the combinedAttack Strengths of several units are to behalved, the total combined Attack Strength ishalved, not each unit individually.INTERDICTING FIREPROCEDURE (Clarification): Interdicting Firecan only be applied against hexes which thefiring unit can trace a Line of Sight into.ARTILLERY(B) (Clarification): See Combat Errata forGeneral Rule. Note: even if a Howitzer unit cantrace a Line of Sight into a target hex, if therange to that target hex exceeds 25 hexes theHowitzer unit can only use Observed Fireagainst that target hex.CAVALRY(A) (Correction): The references in this caseallowing Mounted Cavalry to attack non-cavalry Enemy units should also refer to EnemyMounted Cavalry units. Note also that theCase should include the following information:"As a hex may only be attacked once in asingle Fire Phase, Mounted Cavalry may notattack a hex that has been fired on by otherunits during the current mutual Fire Phases."(C) (Omission): It should be noted that"dismounted" markers do not count towardStacking Limitations.IMPROVED POSITIONS(D)(Omission): If a unit ends its movement ina hex containing Friendly units in lmprovedPositions, it does not benefit from thelmproved Position. A unit not in an lmprovedPosition must be attacked separately fromother Friendly units in the hex which are inlmproved Positions. This is an exception to therule prohibiting more than one attack against asingle hex in a single Fire Phase. The results ofthe separate attacks against improved andunimproved positioned units affect only theunit attacked, and do not affect other unitsin the hex.STACKING (Omission): Stacking limitationsapply at all times including during the FriendlyMovement Phase.TRENCHES(C) (Clarification): Treat Trenches like Canalhexes for determining whether a Line of Sightmay be traced into a hex in which a Trenchmarker is located.(F) (Omission): Trenches may be deployed inany terrain unless specifically state otherwisein Scenario deployment instructions.RESERVE UNITS(B)(Correction): There is a typographical errorin the first sentence. The word "day" shouldbe changed to "die."SCENARIOSScenario #4Order of Battle (Correction): The nine cavalrysquadrons of British Reinforcements enter themapsheet Mounted.Scenario # 5Order of Battle (Correction): The German OBshould note that the two machine gun sectionsare horse-drawn.Scenario # 7Order of Battle-German Deployment ( Correction):The German deployment should beanywhere south of Wood "V" inclusive.Scenario #9VICTORY CONDITIONS (Correction): TheBritish Player wins if there are less than threeundisrupted (not unpinned) German units intown "B" or Wood "P" at the end of thegame.CREDITS (Correction): Lenny Glynn should becredited with Game Development rather thanGame Design.THE MAPSHEETTERRAIN EFFECTS CHART (Omission): If aunit is attacked from both higher and lowerterrain, the Defense Strength of the hex isalways "2." See Movement Errata fordefinition of Road Movement.IMPROVED POSITION TABLES (Correction):In the first sentence delete the words "andfiring iti the subsequent Fire Phase, i.e. a unitwhich enters an lmproved Position may fire inthe immediately following Friendly FirePhase."