From: Ted Raicer <TDRAICER@AOL.COM>
Subject:      AQ clarification and suggestions

An important clarification on AQ rule 17.1. I thought this rule was clear
enough until I played Jim Falling at Avaloncon and discovered Jim (and
presumably many others) were reading the rule differently than I intended.
Under 17.1: "Although all the units in a hex do not have to attack, no more
than one enemy hex may be attacked from a single hex" means EXACTLY that. In
other words (and hopefully more clearly) a single hex may only attack a
single hex; units in the attackers hex may be withheld from attacking, but
they may not attack any other hex. This obviously makes it harder to get a
combined attack (as was intended).

Finally, Jim thinks that if the Germans hold back no units in strategic
reserve at the start they can always overwhelm the British. I'm not really in
agreement, but what a player of his abilities says has to be taken seriously,
and for those who agree with Jim that the current rules  favor the Germans, I
suggest requiring the German player to keep a minimal historic reserve on
turn 1 consisting of all the non-M (M) Stoss divisions, 17 in all. Players
may still of course add another 7 divisions to the reserve if they wish. This
may be combined with my earlier suggested Allied historical set up, allowing
any number of infantry divisions to set up in non-front line hexes in March
provided all the front line hexes required to have an infantry unit in the
rules still have 1.

Again, these are not official rules changes (though I will ask MIH if they
may be considered official optional rules) for those who agree with Jim that
the Germans have too much of an edge at the start. For those who aren't
finding this to be the case, use the rules as written.

Ted