BLITZKRIEG COMING IN OCTOBER!

1 "*TheVOLUME2, "*"*"*"*AVALONHILLP ublishedFirstDayOfEveryOtherMonthPublica tionOffice:210 West28thStreetBaltimore,Maryland21211 Full- YearSUBSCRIPTION$ " BLITZKRIEG " COMINGINOCTOBER!LargestAvalonHillWargame Ever,ScheduledForFallPublicationIIL"Blit zkrieg",thegameoflighteningwarfare, ,afteryearsintheplanninganddesignstage, "TacticsII",morein-tricatethan"Bulge",an dmorecom-plexthan"D-Day"and"Midway"putto gether," BLITZKRIEG " "x22"triple-foldmapboard-500/0largerthan anypreviousAvalonHillmapboard."Blitzkrie g"isafictionalbattle~'gamepatternedafter Germany' "weak"countriesbecomeengulfedinatremendo us conflictwagedby"BigRed"against"GreatBlue ."Mostofthecon-tinentissurroundedbyseath usinva-sionscanbeattemptedasin"D-Day."In addition, ,Airborne,Armor,Marines, ,s trate gic,tactical,bombel' ,evennew-erthanin"Bulge", , (sonamedbecauseitissandy) combatoccursfastandfuriouslykeepingplaye rsontheirstrategicaltoes.

2 " BLITZKRIEG "hasBOB'SBLUNDER:ConsumerPane ltestersintentlyanalysea strategicmis-takeduringanexhaustivetestg ameofa '65" BLITZKRIEG ",atthisverymoment, ,directmailorderstothegeneralpublicwilln otbeprocesseduntiltheretailstoresbecomes tocked."General" ,wewillaccept- NOW- directmailordersfor" BLITZKRIEG ."Uponrece ipt, inits2ndPrintingTheBattleoftheBulge,newl yre-leasedinMarch'65, ;however, ,theBattleManualincorporatesa "engages" (. 25 ) 'llgetitalotsoonerifyoualsoenclosea 6"x 9"self-address-ed,returnenvelopecontaini nga5 "BulgeBattleManual" , $ ," BLITZKRIEG "willretailfor$ (Notaxrequired.)Add65 coveringDelaware, ,Virginia,WestVirginia,NorthCarolina,Sou thCarolina,Georgia,Florida,Kentucky,Tenn essee,Alabama, :NoSSin3SS, (3-4-3).

3 49S5, 'salterationsappearofminorconsequence,su chasatwo-droppara-chuterulefortheGerman6 th,ourre-searchdepartmentisnotadversetos uchdesigner' , "missing," "Nicholson2425 MeadowRoadLouisville5, , , , - - StudentsofHTheBulge"shouIdwritetoMatthew BuynoskiofBattleCreek, ':-AnorganizationknownasSPECTRE isattemptingto"conquertheworld".havebeen requestedtohelprecruitmembersforananti-S PECTRE group( ).Allrequestsforinforma-tiononplay-by-ma ilclubsshouldbeaddresseddirectlytotheclu bsandnottome,thebestIcandoistoforwardthe letters---Likewise,questionsaboutremedyt hissituationI stronglyrecom-mendthefollowingrevisionso fthetournamentrules: , :1)Theiruseislimitedto10factorsperturnan d5 )TheymustbeusedinCOn-junctionwitha :The17squaresupplyruleisridiculous!

4 ,aunitwithin8squaresofRouenwouldrequireI sup-plyfactor;between9and16squares,2fact ors, , :ThisruleisamendedtoprovidethatallAllied paratroopscandrop3timesandtheBr52 Infisconsideredairportable, , (1-1-3) ,thisunit' :Addthefollowingunitswhicharemissingfrom theinitialorderofbattle:ALLIED-Br1stArmD iv,Br15 InfDiv,Br30 InfDiv,Br50 InfDiv, (0-1-4),19LW(1-2-2),30 MobileBrig(2-2-4),allavailableanywhere;l OSSP anzerDiv(6-6-4),2 ParachuteDiv(3-3-3) TurnI- 363 Inf(1-2-2);Turn3- 89lnf(4-4-3);Turn6- 70 Inf(4-4-3),6 Para(3-3-3),64 Inf(1-2-2);Turn7- :<49 SSpzGrenBrig, ~5 ISSpzGrenBrig;Turn9-59 Inf(4-4-3);TurnII-100 MotBrig(2-2-4), Q06pzBrig,107pzBrig(2-2-4),108pzBrig(2-2 -4),IIIpzBrig(2-2-4),112pzBrig(2-2-4),11 3pzBrig(2-2-4);Turn13-105pzBrig(2-2-4);T urn14- 7 Para(5-5-3);325 Security(1-2-2)(appearsinPariswhenAllied unitscomewithin5 squaresofParis).

5 Allreinforcementscomeinonstarredsquarese xceptwherein-dicated.* !D-Day'65Re-visitedTothoseofyouwhohaveD- DAY'65tournamentrulesviousthattheGermanc annotEDITOR- coveringMaine,NewHamp-shire,Vermont,Mass achusetts,RhodeIsland,Connecticut,NewYor k,NewJersey,Pennsylvania, ,Baltimore, ,March,May,July, ,correspondingsecretary,haswrittenusthef ollowingforpublication:" ' " ,:" , " 'yveto."Newleagueaddress-AvalonHillP-B-M League,6413 AustinburgRoad,Ashtabula,Ohio44006."Laur encePlumb126 WashingtonHighwayAmherst, ,withD-Dayaclosesecond-- -IwouldliketohearfromallLeMansfansandpar ticularlythosewhohavedesignednewcarsandC OUrs-es---Asyet,I havereceivednOlettersfromthestatesofTenn esseeandMis-sissippi,getwithity'all!- uAnycol-legeintheSoutheastwithanAHclubsh ouldcontactAHforpublication,alsopleasein formme-- - TotheRichmond,Virginiawriterwhoneglected tosignhisname:yourplanforD-Dayiswork-abl eandI , ,Illinois60614 EDITOR- coveringOhio,Indiana,Illi-nois,Michigan, Wisconsin,Minnesota,Iowa,Missouri,Arkans as, , ~mes' ,ofcourse, :Ambush:VietNam,Korea,TacticsIII,WWI,WWI I, "x24"tothewallandfloorsizesof9'x6'and22' x20' ,theownerofthatmonster22'x20'boardclaims tohaveinhisgameroomathomesome"42handmade onesofnolesssizethan48'x 4'.

6 "Canyouimaginethesizeofhisgameroom? ' , ) , 'tdrawwhatIexpected, , ,Stalingrad,TacticsII,D-Day, :"HowintheH---didLouisianaendupinthemidw est?"Well,allI cansayis:"OnlyAvalonHillknowsr" , "areagoodtraininggroundforexpandingasold ier'smind,ifhewouldbeagoodcommander'and' TheyarealsoagoodplacetopracticethePrinci plesofWar;for,generallyspeaking,hewhomak esbestuseofthemprevails."Hetoldmethatthr uhisyearsofexperienceasaprofessionalsold ierhehaslearnedthattherewereno"mysteriou ssecretsbe-yondthePrinciplesofWar'anditi smerely'excellenceinexecution' wouldliketopubliclyproclaimmyappreciatio ninTomBos-seIer'scolumnwhichI feelisagreataidtofurtheringones' (Ihopethisdoesn'tgivehimaswollenhead.)It 'sthefirstplaceIturntowhenI receivemyissueofthe"General.

7 "Thatis, , ,suchas, ,questions,ideas, ,NebraskaEDITOR- coveringNorthDakota,SouthDakota,Nebraska ,Kansas,Montana,Wyoming,Colorado,Idaho,U tah,Wash-ington,Oregon,Alaska, , (quotingfromtheWATERLOO instruc-tionsheet):" ,ifbattleoddsare29to10,thuslyingbetween2 to1 and3 to1.,itisroundedoffto2 " ,examplescanbefoundinmilitaryhistoryofou tnumberedforcesdefeatingorgettingthebest oftheenemy, to1,ifwewouldfol-lowAH'sformula,i. e.,"allfractionsareroundedoffinfavorofth edefender."Herethefractionwouldbe9/10,pr ac-ticallyanotherwholemultiple, ,AHhas,ineffect, , ,letitbeknownthathence-forthsuchconditio nswouldexistmak-ingitpossibleforoddsof6 to7 tobeconvertedto1 to2 oroddsof4 to9tobecome1 'tit?Yetthat' ,"Wellwhatgreateffectcancomefromjustthat smallchangeinprocedure.

8 "Thetruthofthematteris, ;he' !TheCorrectiveMeasureTocorrectthissituat ion,whichhasgonebeyondthepointofenduranc e, ,nowonlyfractionsof1 ,a 4 to9wouldbea1 to2 because4 whendividedinto9,leavesa fractionofonly1 ;wouldbea 1 to)becauseherethefractionwould' includedwasthatnotonlywouldthedefenderge tthebenefitofthefraction, ,underthen, 3 to1 insteadofa 2 to1 sincethefractionis9 wouldbea 3 to1also,sincethefractionisgreaterthan1 feelitisvastlysuperiortoAH' ,thesysteminvolvesonlythesetwosteps:(1)D ividethesmallerfac-tor,whetheritbeattack erordefender,intothelargerandobtainaquot ient;(2)Ifthefractionisgreaterthan1/2,go tothenexthigherorloweroddsasthecasemaybe , '}sorcom-mentsconcerningthisarticle,plea sewritetomeaboutthem.

9 I enjoyhearingfromyouandwouldliketolearnwh atyou,thereader, 'sarticleonWATERLOO defense,I havereceivedmanyletters,thegreaterpartbe ingofthe"Idoubtit" ,fromRichardShagrin(Albuquerque, ),haschallengedmetoa 'vehardilyacceptedhischallenge,forI'masm uchindoubtabouttheworthofmyideaasheisand I' ' :the"oddscomputation"methodemployedbyAva lonHillformanyyearshasbeenquiteaboneofco ntention. ,AvalonHillfeelsthatthecarryoverpoint,wh etheritbeexactlyonthewholenumberasitisno woronthe1 ,themselves,tobetterplantheirattackssoth attheydonotwindupwiththe29-10,6-7odds, ,likethenewoneinBattleoftheBulge,willref lectcorrectivemeasuresinthetables,themse lves, , ' ,CaliforniaEDITOR- coveringOklahoma,Texas,NewMexico,Arizona ,Nevada,Cali-fornia,Hawaii, sue' ,youwillreadthesituation,de-cideonwhatyo uwoulddo, ,however, ,LeHavre,Rouen, ,theSomme, ' 'sacrosstheSeinewouldnotonly' , , YSituation:TheJapanese, :ItseemstomethattheJapanesehaslefthimsel foutona ' ,anstillgetpowerfroma **I wouldverymuchappreciateanycommentsanyofy ouhaveoutthe.

10 'sobviousthatalltheabovesituationsarecor rectlydiagnosed, "Bulge"ISUnbalanced??byDavidArnesonFirst offI wouldliketosaysome-thingaboutthatcolumni ntheJuly"General"thatsaid"Bulgewasun-dou btedlyoneoftheworstAHgames."I disagree100%. "";::.Jr~'' edoholdthemupmorebutbecausethebasicgame' 'sThirdArmy,orper-hapstheyshouldtiedownh alfadozendivisionstryingto' donotbelievethatthealliedplayershouldbea llowedtousemorethansixfactorsperturnandn otusedatallwhenastrategicairattackislaun ched(thealliedairforcewouldhavetoputthei rallintotheattack). 'snextsuggestionissen- ,nottomentionthefactthattheGermanscouldc rossthemountainswestofStavolt 'reuseditgivesa combatunitbehindittimetobuilda automaticvictoryoverthede-fendersandalls ubsequentunitsthatpassthroughthesquareha ve1/2ofthereremainingmovementlost(basicm ovement).