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6 The African Wars Standard Game Rules v1.0
Procedure
[9.1] Declare Attacks: The player
declaring the attack during their Combat
Step is the “Attacker” and the other player
is the “Defender,” regardless of the overall
strategic situation.
The Attacker begins their Combat Step by
declaring all of the Battles they will
initiate that turn (i.e., which units will
attack which enemy units, in which hexes)
before any are resolved. Then, each
individual Battle is resolved, one at a time
(plus Momentum Attack follow-ups; see
9.7), in any order the Attacker desires.
A previously-declared Battle for that turn
cannot be called off after seeing the results
of earlier Battles; it must still be conducted!
[9.2] Resolving Combat: A unit’s Combat
Strength is the number of dice it rolls (die
rolls are shown as this symbol: z) in its
effort to score Hits against enemy units.
Most units have a single Combat Strength,
but some have two: e.g., 0/1, or 1/2. The
first number is its “Attack Strength,”
which is the number of dice it rolls when it
is attacking; the second number is its
“Defense Strength” and is used when that
unit is defending. A ‘0’ Attack Strength
means that unit cannot attack, but it does
still defend using its Defense Strength.
[9.3] Terrain/Supply Effects on Combat:
During Step C of the Battle Sequence, refer
to the Terrain Effects Chart. It explains
how terrain affects the current Battle with a
reduction of the number of dice thrown by
the Attacker. These effects are:
[9.3.1] Defending Across Hexsides:
Certain hexsides (e.g., River hexsides),
when between the hex the Attacking
units occupy and any adjacent hexes
occupied by Defending units in that
Battle, subtract the indicated number of
Attacker’s dice, but only from among
those specific units attacking across the
terrain-affected hexsides at that Battle.
After these dice have been subtracted,
check the terrain in the Defender’s hex.
[9.3.2] Defender’s Terrain: After the
hexside terrain dice are subtracted from
the Attacker’s roll, if the targeted
defending hex terrain benefits the
defense, subtract the indicated number of
dice from the Attacker’s total Red +
Black dice that remain. If the defenders
occupy one or more hexes with more
than one different terrain type, apply the
single terrain benefit that is most
advantageous to the Defender.
[9.3.3] Supply: Unsupplied attacking
units cannot attack. Unsupplied defending
units roll one fewer die (i.e., -1 z).
[9.3.4] Red Dice First: Each subtraction
of dice performed must be from the Red
dice (z) in that group first.
[9.3.5] Restricted Attacks: Units with
Red Movement Allowances (i.e., Tank
and Motorized units) can attack into
Marsh and Forest terrain hexes only if a
Road crosses the hexside between their
hex and the Defender’s target hex.
Example: Four units attack a unit in a Forest
hex as illustrated below:
At first, the dice roll sums look pretty good for
the Attacker with z z z + z z attacking
dice versus z
z defending
dice, but it looks
very different
after checking for
terrain effects!
Checking for
hexside effects first (9.3.1), the two green
units are attacking across a River hexside
(shown by the blue arrow) with z z + z. The
River hexside subtracts two dice from among
all the units conducting cross-hexside attacks at
that Battle, and Red dice are always subtracted
first (9.3.4), so the adjusted strength of the
cross-river Attackers is reduced to z.
Next, the terrain in the Defender’s hex itself is
considered (9.3.2). This is then subtracted from
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