by John M. Astell
Balkan Front Errata Sheet (Dec 1 90)
Counters: The British "W" brigade is artillery, not infantry. The German 395 OFK divisional unit should have its ID on the left, not right. The Greek F4F-3A and MB.151 air units are type F, not type B. The Italian 3-4-6 Inf XX labeled "59 Leg" should be "59 Cag." Maps: The city in 14A:1821 is Banja Luka, not Banka Luka. High mountain hexsides in the Alps are lighter brown than high mountain hexsides elsewhere. This has no significance in the game. Also, the rough terrain pattern slopped over a few hexsides, into clear terrain hexes. An otherwise clear hex with a minuscule amount of rough terrain in it is a clear hex. For example, on Map 14A, hexes 1228, 2426, and 4910 are clear terrain hexes. Hexsides 14A:4110/4209, 4109/4209, and 4208/4209 are both mountain hexsides and fortified hexsides. Rules: Rule 24B. Extended Range. In the second paragraph, the first sentence should read: "Transports may fly extended range transport missions by carrying half the standard cargo." The second bullet should read: "fly to any target hex within range of twice its printed movement rating, landing or dropping cargo there during the mission resolution step and returning to base during the air return step." Rule 25D. Air Landing Units. An air landing unit may make an air drop if at least one of its transports is a glider. (That is, its entire transport need not be gliders.) Rule 26B2. Amphibious Landings. The parenthetical note in the second bullet should read: "(the marine and marine commando units)." Rule 27. Weather. I used an early version of the weather table when writing the example for a No Change result. It should be: "For example, if zone D had poor weather on Jan I 41 and its weather result for Jan II 41 is no change, then the weather for zone D on Jan II 41 is poor." Rule 28A. The Axis. The note at the end of the second paragraph should read: "Allied forces may operate in all other Axis territory." Rule 33D2. Assault on Crete Scenario, Special Rule. Axis initial temporary airfields remain in play even if no construction units are present in their hexes. Rule 33D3. Victory. The first sentence of the second bullet should read: "He eliminates at least 4 REs of British forces and does not lose more than 2 REs of airborne units." Charts: Terrain Effects Chart: The combat effects of a dot city should be "No AEC." In the clear weather section of the TEC, delete the phrase "(except artillery)" from the combat effects of a high mountain hexside Air Combat Results Table: "Odds Ratio" should read "Attack Differential." Orders of Battle: German Position AA. (German 12th Army in the Balkan Campaign and Operation Marita OBs and the German forces in the Assault on Crete OB.) All German position AA is Luftwaffe, not Germany Army. German Intervention Reinforcements, Intervention+4. (Balkan Campaign, Axis Order of Battle.); also Axis Apr II 41 Reinforcements. (Operation Marita Scenario, German.) Although the instructions mention ground units, in each case there is actually only one unit to place. German Yugoslav Invasion Reinforcements, Intervention+0. (Balkan Campaign, Axis Order of Battle.) Although the instructions mention air units, there are no air units in these reinforcements. Italian Unit IDs. (Balkan Campaign, Axis Order of Battle.) Leghorn is not the English name of Legnano, as listed. (In case you're wondering, it's the English name for Livorno.) British Emergency Air. (Balkan Campaign and Operation Marita Scenario, Allied Conditional Reinforcements.) The British emergency air unit arrives as a reinforcement on the turn the Allied player uses the British Emergency NTPs. It is withdrawn from play on the next Allied initial phase. For example, if the Allied player decides to use the British Emergency NTPs on Apr II 41, the emergency air fighter arrives in the Allied initial phase of that turn and withdraws in the Allied initial phase of May I 41. Note: The vast majority of the aircraft for this unit were available for only a short time, and not indefinitely as the previous rule allowed. Assault on Crete Scenario, Allied Initial Forces. Delete the Blen 1 air unit from the scenario. (All Blenheim squadrons had withdrawn from Crete and dispersed to Egypt and Iraq by this time.) Delete the Mxd F air unit from this scenario. (The bulk of its aircraft had already withdrawn from Crete, as explained above, and the minuscule forces remaining do not warrant a counter.) Allied Reinforcements. (Plan Y Scenario, Allied Order of Battle, Yugoslav). The instructions should read: "Use the Yugoslav mobilization forces for the Balkan Campaign as the Yugoslav reinforcements for this scenario." More Balkan Front Designer's Notes Back to Europa Number 16 Table of Contents Back to Europa List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by GR/D This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |