Joseph Miranda - 11:27pm Jun 12, 2000 PST (#1329 of 1334) 

   It may be that, as three different games are incorporated into
   Fr.For.Legion, the issue 200 rules had to be compressed. 

Yes. We had to cut many of the optionals, space limitations on the
rulebook and all. They'll be in MOVES. Or you can pull out 1st Afghan
War or SNS. 

Joseph Miranda - 11:37pm Jun 12, 2000 PST (#1330 of 1334) 

   French Foreign Legion, Dahomey. I presume 'of' is supposed to be 'or';
   no big deal, but... The French set up second and so all the fortresses
   and towns are unoccupied. I presume the Dahomian forces cannot set up in
   the two coastal fortresses where the French can? 

Answer: Yes; Dahomians may not set up in any hex on or adjacent to the
coast. 

   Should this really say "any town or fortress except Whydah/Porto Novo"?
   (I don't see the reason for specifying Kana in the setup instructions
   since it is just a town like any other. Did I miss something?) 

Answer: This is correct. 

   I started to move and the sequence of play says there is an "Attack from
   March" which seemed the thing to do against a little village with a
   Dahomey delaying force in it, but I don't think there are any rules for
   Attack from March. Was this cut out? (Noticed the term appears on the
   modifiers list on the mapboard, too) Same for Ambush? 

Answer: Cut for space reasons, alas. 

   I tried an attack and the artillery fires first, but my artillery
   counter had a weapons type of 'A'. I can't find an artillery weapons
   type of 'A' -- 'A' is "advanced breechloaders with magazines" but there
   is a picture of a cannon on the counter. Is the type supposed to be F? 

Answer: Actually, it is an advanced (fully automatic) machinegun. 

   The terrain effects chart shows a completely filled jungle hex and a
   completely empty clear terrain hex. What about the hexes where it looks
   like a clear path is hacked through the jungle. Still jungle or clear? 

Answer: If there is any jungle in the hex, it is considered to be all jungle. 

   No 'hill' or 'jungle' on that list of die roll modifiers on the map.
   They are listed in the terrain effects chart. 

Answer: Use TEC modifiers. 

Joseph Miranda - 11:46pm Jun 12, 2000 PST (#1331 of 1334) 

Weapons types as they appear on the FFL counters and as they are on the CRT: 

Artillery types: L = LMA F = FMA M = LBL B = FBA R = RL 

Machinegun types G = EMG A = LMG 

Infantry/mounted infantry/camel corps types M = ML R = RML B = BL A =
MBL S = SS 

Cavalry types C = CV 

Other types N = No weapons 

Joseph Miranda - 11:49pm Jun 12, 2000 PST (#1332 of 1334) 

   Set-up information is mixed up for some of the scenarios- Desert Hawks
   (Algeria 1840) has scrambled counter descriptions for instance
   (incorrect color identification of units). 

Use the setup information from the back of the counters, which gives the
game and year of reinforcement group. 

Joseph Miranda - 09:35pm Jun 14, 2000 PST (#1337 of 1337) 

FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION 

   From the authoritative position of having played half a turn, it looks
   like the Attack from March would make it a completely different game. 

ME: Yes. Makes delaying tactics different. You can't use a single unit
to hold up an entire army. Also, the aggressor can send ahead an
advanced guard to clear roads and then let follow on forces march
without delay. 

   I was comparing the combat tables between French Foreign Legion and The
   Sun Never Sets, and I see quite a few artillery types have shifted
   columns. That is, you now roll on a lower (weaker) column for these
   types. Is change that specific to FFL, or should those columns shifts be
   retroactively applied to TSNS and 1st Afghan, too? 

ME: Applies only to FFL. 

   I am thinking about playing the "On to Algiers" scenario of FFL, and
   have some questions about optional rules (I already have The Sun Never
   Sets and First Afghan War). The Optional rules from Sun Never Sets that
   are not included in FFL are: Sieges; Intelligence & Fog of War; Attack
   from March; Ambush; Evasion; Atrocity & Fair Play; and Capturing
   Weapons. My first question is can these all be used for FFL as written
   in SNS (changing references to "British" to "French" where appropriate)?

ME: Yes. 

   My second question involves the Fair Play rule. I have noticed that the
   reverse side of the atrocity markers in FFL say "Assimilation" rather
   than "Fair Play" - is assimilation the French equivalent of fair play? 

ME: Yes. French were big on assimilating colonized peoples, at least in
theory.