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The Kaiser's Battle
Summary for the SPI board game
October 9, 2002
Sequence of Play
  1. Weather (turns 3 and after)
  2. Air Operations (turns 3 and after)
    1. Air Allocation Segment
    2. Interception Segment
    3. Ground Attack Segment
  3. Reinforcement (Allied -- service companies start Turn 6)
  4. Artillery
    1. Counter Battery (turns 3 and after)
    2. Persistent Gas (turns 3 and after)
    3. German Drumfire (turns 1 and 2)
  5. German
    1. Breakdown Phase (turns 3 and after)
    2. Movement
      1. First Movement
      2. Second Movement
    3. Combat Phase
  6. Allied
    1. Movement
      1. First Movement
      2. Second Movement
    2. Combat Phase
  7. Terminal Phase (check for Persistent Gas markers)
Combat Resolution
Quotient:
  Attacker's modified die roll x strength  
  Defender's modified die roll x strength
If quotient is ...
less than 1 => all attackers destroyed
1 or greater, but less than or equal to defender's morale => attacker loses 1 step in each stack and retreats 1
greater than defender's morale => defender loses steps equal to the difference of the quotient and its morale value

Die Modifiers:

Attacker
Fog: +1
Rolling barrage: +1, +2 or +3
Defender
Attacker's Supply: Isolated: +3
Out of Supply: +2
Out of Communications: +1
SOS Barrage: +1 or +2
Different Corps: +1
Terrain: Hilltop: +1
Town: +1
Redoubt: +2
Fieldwork: +1
River: +1*
Excavation: +1
Notes German Army

Five Corps from left to right:
CorpsStosstruppenInfantryCavalry
1. Gruppe Gayl0 7900
2. IV Reserves3901300
3. 17th Army51503900
4. 9th Army3902600
5. III Army51502600
TOTALS16480153300

Allied Army
Five Corps from left to right:
CorpsInfantryCavalry
18th41111312
3rd32101312
TOTALS73212624

Reinforcements:
CorpsInfantryCavalry
19th & 3rd323  
5th330  
19th648312
5th330  
5th660  
TOTALS21191312

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracking Totals
Weather Points Observation Ground Attack Interception

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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