Germany's 18. Inf.Div.-chit at start France 1940 ?

[Haspelhofen]

Dear all,

The Netherlands were invaded by Germany on the 10th of may 1940 by the 18th Infantry Division.
Just out of interest, I checked both the USE-playbook and Vassal on the France 1940-scenario.

I noticed that ...
1] the german 18. Inf.Div.-chit is missing on Vassals coordinate 2619 at the start of the France 1940-scenario, in contrast with the rulebook.
2] Instead of that, the Luftflotte 5 is positioned on that location in Vassal



Does anyone know happened here ?

Many thanks in advance !

[RobertBr]

You might find it more useful to raise Vassal issues on Board Game Geek. Is it correct in the scenario here on BGA?

[0wn]

I see no trace of GER 18 for this scenario in the 2nd edition Playbook, Living Rules from 2021-04-15.
It was however there in 2619 in the 2nd edition original Playbook, and replaced (in the Living Rules) with the GER 5 Luf with 2 Sorties, in the same hex.

With this information, i understand the Vassal has a correct set up.

[0wn]

Haspelhofen, I see you showed an image from the 1st edition of the Playbook, which is no more up to date.

For what concerns the BGA set-up of this scenario, i saw both GER 18 and the 5 Luf present in hex 2619.

[Haspelhofen]

You might find it more useful to raise Vassal issues on Board Game Geek. Is it correct in the scenario here on BGA?

Thanks for your reply Robert.
As you advised, I posted this on thread also on BGG.

[Haspelhofen]

Haspelhofen, I see you showed an image from the 1st edition of the Playbook, which is no more up to date.

For what concerns the BGA set-up of this scenario, i saw both GER 18 and the 5 Luf present in hex 2619.

Thanks for your reply Own !

I checked the online Playbook on the GMT-site, which is tagged as "2nd Edition". https://www.gmtgames.com/p-885-uncondit ... nting.aspx
Maybe it should be named "2nd printing of the 1st Edition" ?

[0wn]

This is a more up to date document, and widely considered as official i guess :
https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/2005 ... ving-rules

It is an update from the 2nd Edition.
This living rules is more recent than the one i quoted (2021-05-31), but still has

• no GER 18 in 2619;
• 5 Luf in 2619.

[Lord Vasta]

USE does not have every historical army for various reasons, e.g. actual size or length of existence. If I recall correctly, n this particular case we did a walk thru of counters and found there were too many German armies in the France scenario relative to the Main Event scenario. Rather than add a German infantry army earlier (which the Germans really don't benefit very much from), we move the 5 Luf to the France scenario. A benefit to this was a better simulation of German air superiority at the time.