Movement question

@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.

I would say of all the D&D variants we’ve played, the guys and I have almost no arguments or conflicts about rules etc with D-Day.

Cheers,
Starlight Sniper

thanx again, i played a very nice game yesterday  :mrgreen:

@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.

Welcome!

When you defend against the UK attack on order card 11, you may only hit UK units.  The US units didn’t attack, so they can’t be casualties.  When you attack on order card 13, you may hit any units in the zone, even the US units that didn’t attack before.

@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.

According to the FAQ from Avalon Hill you must declare your moves before the units are strafed and the move must be legal assuming no loses to strafing.

We have always played that the city has to be clear of the Axis at the begining and end of the turn. Moving a unit in during the turn doesn’t change control. Control is in step five of combat. The Axis move is after the Allies move. The Axis would move into the Allied controlled city. Combat would occur and if there are no Axis units left control would stay with the Allies. That isn’t in the FAQ.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/faqs/axisdday

Hope that helps.