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11 Morale Check Dice-roll Modifiers:
Western Front Tank Leader
Errata and Updates
By Steven Bucey, May 17, 2009
See also the Updated Charts.
I have not included the Moving Fire and Facing rules from Desert Steel
because I think they cause more problems than they solve. You are
certainly free to add them in if you wish.
I also modified the spotting cover for being uphill to match that of
Soft Cover to avoid adding another exception case.
You can use the Western Front Tank Leader rules to play Eastern Front
Tank Leader scenarios. You just need to refer to the Eastern Front Tank
Leader rules for Soviet Tactical Doctrine. Also, treat all roads on the
Eastern Front Tank Leader map as dirt roads.
[1.]Rule Changes
4.3 Morale Phase
During the Morale Phase, players:
1. Flip all non-suppressed units of unshaken combat formations to
their front sides. Non-vehicles are disembarked from their
transports.
2. Attempt morale checks to recover all shaken combat formations.
Make formation morale checks for all combat formations that lost
a unit in the current turn. Flip units of newly shaken formations
face down.
3. Make morale checks for all suppressed units of unshaken
combat formations on the map to see if they recover; recovered
units remove Suppressed markers but remain face down.
4. Eliminate over stacked units.
5. Remove Fired, Moved, Quick Kill, Spotted, and Fire Zone markers
from the map. Also roll for the removal of Smoke.
6. Must check their formations to see if units are separated; Separated
markers are placed on units that are separated from their formation,
and are removed from units that have re-entered their formations
area of operations.
7. Shuffle the strike deck when in use.
8. Advance the Game-turn marker one box along the Record Track to
indicate a new game-turn; play progresses to the Reinforcement
Phase of the next game-turn.
6.64 German Command Formations
When a German command formation is activated any two of that
command formations non-shaken combat formations with a C3 rating
of D or better may be activated, and all active units of those
formations may perform operations.
9.15 Spotting Number and Die-roll
If the target unit is uphill (a higher elevation than the spotter) the
target is considered to be in Soft Cover for purposes of determining the
Spotting number (unless the unit is in also in Hard Cover).
9.16 Modifications to the spotting die roll:
-1 if target is entrenched
9.17 Cover
A unit that is uphill (a higher elevation than the spotter), is considered
to be in Soft Cover (unless the unit is in also in Hard Cover).
9.23 Fire Dice-roll Modifiers:
(From Len Quam, who indicates that it applies to all games)
Range dice roll modifiers are not used for indirect fire (all
other modifiers do apply).
Fire strengths can not be combined
When a unit capable of indirect fire spots its own target then its
fire strength is modified by +3.
-1 if the target is a vehicle in Soft Cover
If a unit is attacked by an enemy unit in the same hex and as a
result must make a morale check it must then add +2 to its morale
check dice roll.
13.12 Combining Fire
Delete this rule entirely units may not combine fire under any
circumstances
13.29 Spotting Your Own Target
When a unit capable of indirect fire spots its own target then its fire
strength is modified by +3, not doubled.
13.31 Transport Sequence
(Use this new transport sequence)
1.The transporting unit (truck or other vehicle) must occupy the
infantry, FO, or artillery units hex at the beginning of the Operations
Phase.
2.The transported unit must be face-up when the transporting unit is
activated in order to be transported. The transported unit is placed
underneath the transporting vehicle, facedown, to indicate it is being
transported.
a. The transporting vehicle pays no extra movement point cost
to pick-up or drop-off the transported unit.
3.The transporting unit and the transported unit may move using the
transporting units full movement allowance. After moving, flip the
transporting unit face down on top of its transported unit.
4.The transport unit remains transported until step 1 of the Morale
Phase. Units are considered to be in transport for the remainder of the
operations phase and can not be dropped off.
13.43 Effects of Entrenchments
Also, modify the spotting dice roll by -1
[2.]Scenario Changes
[2.1.]Delaying Action on the Marne (WFTL)
Question: It is stated that US units should be placed on map A EAST
from the hexrow xx06 and Germans on the same map WEST from the
hexrow xx100. This deployment leaves almost no space between
opposing units.
Answer (From Len Quam): As near as I can remember, the US setup
should have been west of Axx06 and the German East of Axx10. This
would start every one on map A with the US driving east towards map
B. I think this was in some official errata, but I don't seem to have a
copy.
[2.2.]The Rhine River Blues (WFTL)
Question: There are several German units with "T" designation which
means that these artillery units (towed anti-tank guns) cannot be moved
without trucks or halftracks. Since no German formation included in
the scenario has a truck or halftrack how can anti-tank guns from
HQ/Gerbel (148) and HQ/65 (139) enter the map if they can't move
without trucks or half-track?
Answer (Len Quam): There were supposed to be trucks allocated to the
Germans in that scenario, two each to HQ/Gerbel and HQ/65. This
gives both formations enough transport to lug all their stuff (a truck can
tow one "T" artillery unit and carry 3 infantry or artillery (the mortars)
at the same time.