Second Front Errata Supplement, Mar 3, 1996 John M. Astell, with Rich C. Velay Axis OB. (clarification) Note that there is no Fuhrer HQ garrison box in Second Front; this garrison is included for the purposes of Grand Europa. Fuhrer HQ garrison units do not enter SF through garrison activation. Axis OB. (clarification) Note that a port fortification may be placed at Toulon during initial set up, even though Toulon is an unimproved fortress. Note that the -1 DRM for the unimproved fortress is cumulative with the -1 DRM of the port fortification. Axis and Allied OB. (clarification) Note that the rule that allows permanent airfields and forts to be placed during initial deployment (by expending resouce points) does not require the airfield or port be placed in the same area where its resouce point can be deployed. A fort or airfield may be placed in any hex the player owns where such an item may be built. For example, using a resouce point that would deploy in mainland Italy per the deployement instructions, the Axis player may place a fort on Sicily -- or even in France or Germany. Allied OB. (addition) The following OB information is missing from the Allied OB booklet should appear immediately before the "Sequester" portion of the OB for Jul I 44 Jul I 1944 MTO, French: Convert: 1x 4-3-8 Art X CEF to: 1x 3-2-8 Art X 1C (Afr) 1x 3-2-8 Art X 2C (Col) Convert: 1x 2-3-8 Hvy AA X CEF AA=5 to: 2x 1-2-8 Hvy AA X (AA=3) 1C, 2C Rule 28B (correction) The sentence "A cargo naval group does not have a combat zone." is incorrect. Replace this sentence with "A cargo naval group has a combat zone in the hex it occupies." Rule 37E (addition) In addition to cities, activated garrison units may be also be placed in any fortress within the activated district or region, as appropriate. Rule 37E1 (clarification/correction) The Allied Malta garrison uses the point city of Valetta as its garrison activation hex. "Airborne" vs. "Air-Droppable" Certain rules confuse the terms "airborne units" (per the unit identification chart, this is a specific unit type: the airborne/parachute-infantry symbol) and "air-droppable units" (per Rule 24, these are all parachute, air landing/glider, and parachute commando units). "Air-droppable is the correct term for the following rules: Rule 24B1 (Hex Ownership): All mentions of "airborne unit" should be "air-roppable unit." Rule 40B2/B3 (Axis/Allied Replacements): All mentions of "airborne RE" should be "air-droppable RE." (The rules here limit the number of air- droppable REs that may be replaced). Ignore the note referring to an Allied airborne division requiring 9 months to be replaced. Note that a precise reading of the uncorrected rules would allow, for example, parachute or glider units to be replaced without limit, with only airborne/parachute-infantry units being limited. The corrected rule fixes this, although for simplicity it allows an anomaly that is addressed in an optional rule below. Airborne/Air-Droppable Replacements (Optional) The correction of the "airborne" vs "air-droppable" confusion creates an anomaly in the replacement system: divisions with the airborne/ parachute-infantry symbol are not affected by the limits on replacing "air-droppable" REs, even though many of these divisions break down into air-droppable components. This optional rule addresses this: The divisions listed below are affected by Rule 40B2/B3's limits on replacing air-droppable REs: American 14-8 Abn XX: 4 airdroppable REs are required to replace division at full strength 3 airdroppable REs are required to rebuild cadre to full strength 1 airdroppable RE is required to replace division at cadre strength American and British 11-8, 10-8, 10-6, 9-6 Abn XX: 3 airdroppable REs are required to replace division at full strength 2 airdroppable REs are required to rebuild cadre to full strength 1 airdroppable RE is required to replace division at cadre strength German 11-9-8, 9-8* Para-Inf XX: 1 airdroppable RE is required to replace division at full strength 1 airdroppable RE is required to rebuild cadre to full strength 0 airdroppable REs are required to replace division at cadre strength Italian 5-8 Para-Inf XX (184 Nm only): 1 airdroppable RE is required to replace division at full strength 1 airdroppable RE is required to rebuild cadre to full strength 0 airdroppable REs are required to replace division at cadre strength For any unit that requires more than one airdroppable RE to replace/rebuild, the player must replace/rebuild the unit incrementally. Each 3-month period, he may spend his airdroppable RE replacement limit for the unit, marking the unit with a convenient marker. Once the unit has sufficient airdroppable REs for replacement/ rebuilding, the player may spend the appropriate replacement points and actually replace/rebuild the unit. The Straits of Messina The standard rules do not cover the Axis use of the Straits of Messina (26:3822, 3823, 3923, where the rail ferries are) adequately. In particular, Rule 34J, Landing Craft as Ferries, is a simplification of the actual situation and allows the Allies to interdict the straits far better in the game than they did historically. The simplest solution is to allow the Axis player (only) to treat the Straits of Messina as narrow straits hexsides: The Axis player may treat any rail ferry in these hexes as a narrow straits hexside, provided he owns both hexes of the rail ferry. For example, the Axis player may treat the rail ferry on the 26:3822/3823 hexside as a narrow straits hexside if he owns both 26:3822 and 26:3823. An optional, albeit more complex, general solution to the landing craft as ferries will be published at a later date. RichV@Icebox.Iceonline.com Europa, tomorrow's games about yesterday, TODAY