Standard Game Setup

Set up Sequence

1) Decide which side is the attacker and which is defender. In case of debate about this, each side roll a die with the high roller deciding who is attacker.

2) Roll for Air Superiority

3) Roll for Airstrikes (request chits)

4) Roll for Barrages (request chits)

5) Roll for availability of Defensive Works. Particularly optional; players may want to dispense with or limit presence of any defenses. Another option is to only allow the scenario defender to roll for defensive works.

6) Fill the Request and Wait boxes on the barrage and airstrike requests sheet

7) Roll for Setup Proximity

8) Place troops and start game. Players may want to arrange for basic troop placement to be written out ahead of time on a map in order to add some fog-of-war to the initial battlefield reveal.

9) As required during game play, consult the Combat Lull section for lull actions.

Air Superiority - Each side rolls 2D6, with the axis player applying the modifiers shown on the table below. The high roller has air superiority and rolls for airstrike ability. A tie results in no airstrike presence for either side. The die roll modifiers above also count for allies of the nations shown (i.e. - German modifiers count toward Italians, etc.)

Airstrike Availability - The numbered columns represent the amount by which the rolling player won or lost the air superiority roll. Hence, the greater air superiority victory results in greater airstrike availability. The ½D6, 1D6 and 2D6 are the numbers of six sided dice rolled, with the resulting value being the number of airstrikes available to that player. Individually listed numbers (5, 6, etc.) are the results required on a six sided dice roll in order for one airstrike to be available to that player

Defensive Works - The defending side rolls for each category once per 150 total bases present for both sides. The attacking player may roll 2D6 for trenches and 1D6 for minefields.