Entrenchments in river/bridge hexes and/or airfield hexes.

[vince hughes]

Brett,

reading the historical intro etc and seeing as it is the mouth of the Juba river, I would say it is a Major river and thats why they need the only bridge in that area as VC's.

The scenario 'Other' section on card 1 is poor not to mention what type of river this is and it should be submitted for errata by yourself. It seems strange that none of the five other plays have mentioned it. There are no crossing numbers probably because there are no ENG units, but one could argue that there are no crossing numbers because it is a Minor river. Either way, major or minor is usually clarified in the 'other' section of the scenario card.

ALL modifiers count in assault, there are no maximums. So stack em' up if they apply bud !! The -2 for the river is only in the first round though.

The bridge negates the -2 for assaulting into a major river. This -2 is for an opposed ENG crossing of a Major river hex, or if not crossing, it counts that the 'defenders' are probably lined along the bank taking easy pickings at enemy units entering the bank side on the other side of the river. Remember, assault is not always hand to hand if hardly ever. But instead, close in SMG, Grenade throwing nose-to-nose point blank fighting, with both sides trying to out-stealth the others as well as kill em'.