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German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:56 am
by Arstavidios
There are a couple of German regiments deployed in finland.
they are treated as finnish units for all purpose including manpower. is this WAD or should they be german units attached to the Finnish armies?
or did I again abuse
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 1:05 pm
by elmo3
19.1.2.2. German Units in Finland
German units are permitted in most of Finland, however they are restricted in their ability to move into a small portion of Finland and areas north of Leningrad until certain prerequisites have been met. German units cannot move east from Finland into the zone delineated on the map by the two German No Move Lines and the Finnish No Attack Line unless the Axis control Sviritsa (X90, Y12) or Lodeynoe Pole (X92, Y12) or both Leningrad and NW Leningrad. German units that begin their turn in this zone may move normally even if the Axis no longer meets the prerequisites to relax the restriction, but no other German units will be able to enter the zone until the prerequisites have been met again.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:21 pm
by SigUp
I think he is talking about the two regiments of the 163rd Infantry.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:45 pm
by Arstavidios
Yes the two regiment of the 163. ID
they're supposedly german units but i suppose they are treated as Finnish units to avoid some restrictions and make things easier to manage.
not really a big thing, but I was just wondering if it was a deliberate design decision or just an oversight in the unit database.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:54 pm
by Joel Billings
Deliberate design decision to deal with the fact that there were some German units fighting with the Finns, but we needed a simple system to prevent abuse of this ability. So what you see in the game is a deliberate compromise given that it's often much harder to code exception rules in a computer game than it is to allow them in a board game.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:57 pm
by morvael
Exceptions in board games are easy to allow (a few lines of text), but they are hell to keep track of.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:22 pm
by gingerbread
Like this one:
Exception: dead camels may be transported by air.
(CNA)
Anyone played it? - I haven't.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 10:05 pm
by Don77
Lol
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:21 am
by olorin42
CNA (Campaign for North Africa) is awesome. Friend and I played it twice. 3 turns a week ... really Logistics in North Africa. There are a few good one-liners in that rule book.
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:02 am
by carlkay58
CNA was a great game - it just took forever and a LOT of paperwork. Actually played the entire campaign with a friend over three years (about real time!).
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 7:51 pm
by Chaplain Lovejoy
Bought it, admired it for years on the shelf, sold it "unpunched."
RE: German regiments in finland
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:14 pm
by Numdydar
We played it with four people, 2 on each side. This way we could switch out the paperwork some
As someone already said, this was not a war game, it was a logistics game where you could occasionally fight lol.