Question on 2 rule technicalities

@the_good_captain Yes. From page 16 of the Rulebook:

During this step, Axis land units move and patrolling Allied fighters react. Each fighter in a region rolls to strafe each Axis unit moving into or out of that zone, including reinforcements. The Axis player indicates all units that are moving, then the Allies fire one at a time against target units.

@SS-GEN said in Blockhouse Questions:

Questions.
Can the allies either attack a Blockhouse or just leave that zone with the Block house ?
If the Allies are in a zone with a Blockhouse do they have to do combat and cannot move out of zone ?
Seems to me they get a choice of moving out or attacking.

They cannot move out. Blockhouses are land units, so they are locked in combat.

Block houses get to attack at 3 against lone allies units in that zone on axis combat turn ?

Yes.

If say there’s 2 block houses in a zone with 5 allies units attacking 1 axis unit in same zone and allies get 3 hits the Block houses are destroyed along with the 1 axis unit correct ?

Yes.

@Albert:

The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or where secrecy is essential. For a given operation, the same D-Day and H-Hour apply for all units participating in it. When used in combination with numbers, and plus or minus signs, these terms indicate the point of time preceding or following a specific action. Thus, H−3 means 3 hours before H-Hour, and D+3 means 3 days after D-Day. (By extension, H+75 minutes is used for H-Hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.) Planning papers for large-scale operations are made up in detail long before specific dates are set. Thus, orders are issued for the various steps to be carried out on the D-Day or H-Hour minus or plus a certain number of days, hours, or minutes. At the appropriate time, a subsequent order is issued that states the actual day and times.

Correct.  Good explanation.  WWII had many “D-Days”, but the one on June 6 1944 became so famous that it has tended to overshadow the rest, and to occupy a category by itself.

@conanthelibrarian:

While I’m on here, any other of the smaller AA games (like battle of the bulge) that you guys recommend?  Im playing this with my 8 year old, and I like that he can understand and play with me.

Thanks alot.

@Krieghund:

D-Day is the easiest A&A game of all.  Battle of the Bulge and Guadalcanal are a little bit more involved.  However, if your son can handle D-Day, maybe he can handle one of those as well.  I think I’d try Bulge before Guadalcanal.  If you do, let him be the Germans, as it’s harder to play the Allies in that game.

I’d agree with this. Looking at the rules it might seem Guadalcanal is ‘simpler’ but you have to make many more “if I do this what will my opponent do,” decisions a lot faster and GCNL eliminates the reinforcement charts creating a daunting set of decisions regarding reinforcements.

If you are also new to BOTB playing the Allies will be a good handicap for you as it is tougher to play the Allies and will be easier and more interesting for him as the Axis on the attack.

I’d wait till you’re bored with D-Day though.

@D.Asymn:

From now on any new maps and rules you come up with go into the house rules room. That is the discussion thread for all  house rules and ideas.

Thanks

:-) Welcome D.Asymn.

This is simply direction to optional rules and not a full blown discussion of them so pretty much within the bounds around here. Most of the single theatre variants don’t have as much going on in terms of either strategy talk or alternate rules talk compared to Anniv. or Revised or '42.

Those forums would get cluttered very quickly and hence have a forum for strat talk and rules questions and another for ‘house rules.’

Nothing to worry about here, this isn’t going to turn into a full blown new rule set for D-Day. :)

@Gewehr:

: Why do the Germans have no fighters? To me they should atleast have 1 in the reinforcements box.

The Luftwaffe was not a factor on DDay!!

It is shorter than Guadalcanal. D-Day is the shortest A&A game (poor play aside.) Guadalcanal is a close second though.

great.  thanks a lot.