The_Good_Captain (Axis) vs. VictoryFirst (Allies) | North Africa, Rommel's Last Push

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2d10: 1, 8
1d10: 4

[The_Good_Captain]

@VictoryFirst

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[VictoryFirst]

Small question, you captured the British truck which became German, but also bought a German truck this turn. Now there are two German trucks on the board while there is only one allowed. Shouldn’t the British truck in Mersa Brega be destroyed?

[VictoryFirst]

Also, I reread the rules and the flanking bonus means “reroll 8s, 9s and 10s”. So that is equivalent to rolling a d7, not a d8 like you did. Fortunately you did not roll any 8s but maybe good to know for the future 😁

[VictoryFirst]

One more comment - you actually also have the option of rolling a battle in edit mode. You ignored the attack and then edited in the correct result afterwards, which is completely fine and even suggested in the game notes, but there is actually another method that you might also like.

1. Make all your combat moves and click “done”
2. Then it will ask if you want to fight in the battles. Don’t press anything yet
3. Enter edit mode
4. Now click yes
5. The game will roll for the units, while edit mode is enabled. Now, the special thing is that you can select any number of casualties you want, regardless of what was rolled. So you can basically ignore the roll.
6. Now you got the forum and roll a round of combat yourself.
7. Then go back to the game and kill all the units that are 1) killed or 2) retreat from combat
8. Then repeat step 6-8 until the combat is over

The advantage of this is that any trucks and supply in the territory will get captured automatically, so no need to have to edit those. Also, it would require less rolling on the forum as you can simply look at the units that rolled and count up the number of hits. Only in special cases, like rerolls, you have to go the forum and roll for those units. Nevertheless, even this method will require some editing as you have to edit spend supply and units that retreated that you had to kill instead. Still, it can be a powerful way if you know what you are doing.

[VictoryFirst]

EDIT step 6 is actually not necessary, my bad. In the paragraph below I said you can simply look at the rolls that TripleA made and that will be good enough for most cases. Just not in special cases like rerolls, only then you have to roll on the forum and for the units that have that ability only.

[VictoryFirst]

EDIT 2 actually you have to enter edit mode BEFORE you click done in the combat movement phase. Otherwise you won’t be able to enter edit mode if you have only one battle. If there are multiple battles, it is no big deal.

[VictoryFirst]

So to illustrate what I mean, I rerolled the battle in local but with edit mode enabled.

I am now able to choose any number of British casualties I want. I look at the rolls and check if they are correct. I can see that the scout car got a hit, the mech and one of the tanks (the first roll corresponds with the unit on top, and then the rolls are paired 1-1 from left to right and top to bottom).

If the mech or the two tanks rolled 8, 9, or 10, I would have to reroll those units on the forum. If the third die in the ‘3’ column scored a hit, I know that was the AT gun and would need to apply a tank as casualty.

Since there are three hits, I simply kill all British units.

In the return fire, one hit is scored. No special things are going on here, so I can simply choose a German casualty as normal.

This is the end result, now I need to edit spent supply from El Agheila and Mersa Brega. If it was a more complex battle, I might also need to edit:

1. Units that exceed the stacking limit
2. Defenders that retreated

[The_Good_Captain]

@VictoryFirst said in The_Good_Captain (Axis) vs. VictoryFirst (Allies) | North Africa, Rommel's Last Push:

Small question, you captured the British truck which became German, but also bought a German truck this turn. Now there are two German trucks on the board while there is only one allowed. Shouldn’t the British truck in Mersa Brega be destroyed?

The Germans captured a British Truck. It’s still a British truck and exists as a British truck with a German control marker under it.

Page 19. “Captured Allied trucks simply change ownership (place a control marker under them).”

Am I missing something?

[The_Good_Captain]

@VictoryFirst I’ll try out the edit mode next time!

[VictoryFirst]

@The_Good_Captain Oh man, you are right. I currently have this implemented the other way around. This means I have to update the module as well as the game notes.

[The_Good_Captain]

@VictoryFirst said in The_Good_Captain (Axis) vs. VictoryFirst (Allies) | North Africa, Rommel's Last Push:

@The_Good_Captain Oh man, you are right. I currently have this implemented the other way around. This means I have to update the module as well as the game notes.

Doh! Well, that’s why we’re playing it out =)