CAMPAIGN SEQUENCE OF PLAY
Initial Phase
1) Check for Automatic Victory [17.2].
2) Adjust FWA Air Points [11.0].
3) Helicopter Readiness [13.4].
a) Units in “1 Mission” or “Grounded 1” move to “Ready”.
b) Roll for units in “2 Mission” box. Pass, go to “Ready”; Fail, go
to “Grounded 1”.
c) Move units in “Grounded 2” to “Grounded 1”.
4) Return Hidden Movement markers [16.3].
Recovery Phase
1) Remove “First” and “Final” Fire markers for BOTH sides.
2) Recover Fatigue [2.6.7].
3) Replace HQs [12.4.2].
4) Use Replacement Points to rebuild units [15.1].
First Player Turn
(First Player conducts all the phases in this order)
First Observation Phase (FWA turn only)
1) Fly OV-1, 1/9 OH-13s, and 1/9 Gunships to any hex containing a
Hidden Movement marker [16.5.1].
2) Defender declares or declines Air Defense Fire [14.0].
3) Reveal all units firing ADF.
4) Resolve ADF.
5) Roll for Observation for each hex [16.5.1.3].
6) Observation and Gunship helicopters bombard revealed units.
7) Return helicopters to appropriate Mission box.
8) Place or Move Patrol markers [16.5.2].
9) Roll for observation for Patrol markers [16.5.2.2].
Reinforcement Phase
1) Place new and/or Withdraw units [15.2].
Concealment Phase (PAVN turn only)
1) Conceal units not adjacent to enemy units and not within patrol
radius of enemy patrols [16.1].
2) Remove desired dummy Hidden Movement markers [16.1.1].
3) Place new dummy Hidden Movement markers [16.1.1].
Movement Phase
1) FWA Player may voluntarily “close” Operational LZs [13.1.1.2].
2) Move ground units (possible Ambush [16.6] if FWA using ground
movement).
Combat Declaration Phase [6.1]
1) Declare all maneuver and assault combat (place markers).
Offensive Bombardment Phase [10.1]
1) Declare Bombardment using air points, helicopters, and/or artillery.
2) Declare and resolve ADF.
3) Resolve Bombardment.
Combat Reaction Phase
1) Conduct Combat Refusal [6.2].
2) Conduct Defender Reaction [6.3].
Combat Resolution Phase (per defending hex)
1) Attack Coordination [7.0] (this may negate declared Maneuver
Combats [8.0]).
Maneuver Combat Step [8.3]
1) Determine Combat Odds.
2) Choose lead units.
3) Determine column shifts based on ER difference between lead
units.
4) Both sides, attacker first, allocate support fires from air, heli-
copter, and/or artillery. Then, both sides resolve support fires.
5) Attacker rolls on Maneuver Combat Table applying any DRMs.
6) Extract losses, conduct retreats, apply Fatigue.
7) If defender vacates hex, attacking units may advance.
Assault Combat Step [9.0]
1) Defender allocates and resolves air, helicopter, and/or artillery
for Defensive Bombardment.
2) Defender rolls first on Assault Combat Table, applies DRMs,
and applies results immediately.
3) Attacker rolls on Assault Combat Table, applies DRMs, and
applies results.
4) If units on both side remain, both sides roll against highest ER
in their stack.
5) Conduct a second round of combat if either side passes its
Efficiency Check. Only a side which passes may roll on the
Assault Combat Table.
6) If the Defender is eliminated, the Assaulting units must ad-
vance.
Final Observation Phase (FWA turn only)
[Identical to the First Observation Phase]
Final Concealment Phase (PAVN turn only)
[Identical to the First Concealment Phase]
Second Player Turn
[Identical to the First Player Turn]
Game Record Interphase
1) Remove “Closed” Operational LZs [13.1.1.2].
2) Reset FWA Air Points counter to “0”.
3) If this was the last turn of the scenario, assess Victory [17.0],
otherwise advance the Game Turn marker.
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 Crib Notes
US 1/9 CAVALRY SCOUTS
• Always coordinated when only
DELTA, CIDG & 1/9 attacking;
ignore them for coordination if
other units present
• 1/9 UH-1Ds may ONLY transport 1/9 infantry
companies
• Retain their full MA after loading/unloading
regardless of terrain
• May Retreat from Dense Jungle using helicop-
ter transport
• Must remain w/i 6 MPs of Patrol marker (if
both are on map)
1/9 PATROLS
• May be placed in any hex
• May be reinforced by non-road
ground movement (if on map)
• May be reinforced by helicopter transport if
parent unit is in An Khe, Duc Co, Plei Me, or
the Brigade HQ
• If parent unit on map, must remain with 6 MPs
or be removed
• May not be placed if parent unit Fatigued
HOSPITAL
• Allows Fatigue Recovery (unless
Fatigued)
• Allows Replacements (unless
Fatigued)
• Can not, itself, receive Replacements
• Can not be eliminated via Bombardment
(receives Fatigue instead)
• Must be last step lost (except for HQ)
• May not Retreat (eliminate instead)
• Removes Hidden Movement markers when
eliminated
HEADQUARTERS
• Have only one step (reverse side
is a Replacement HQ)
• Allow Fatigue Recovery (unless
Fatigued)
• Allow Replacements (unless Fatigued)
• Can not be eliminated via Bombardment
(receives Fatigue instead)
• Must be last step lost
• Remove Hidden Movement markers when
eliminated
LEADERS
• +/– DRM to Maneuver/Assault Combat
• Allow Fatigue Recovery
LT COL MOORE
• May roll on Broken Arrow table
when defending (once per game)
• Automatic coordination for US
battalions
LT COL TRUONG
• –1 DRM for Artillery Bombard-
ment within 2 hexes
• ARVN may attempt Combat
Refusal when stacked
• Automatic coordination for ARVN attacks
• +1 MP for ARVN units
DELTA
• May move ZOC to ZOC for +1 MP
• May attempt Combat Refusal
• Always coordinated when only
DELTA, CIDG & 1/9 attacking;
ignore them for coordination when other units
present
• Retains full MA after loading/unloading regard-
less of terrain
• May Retreat from Dense Jungle using helicop-
ter transport
• May not be chosen as lead unit when attacking
with non-CIDG unit
• Patrol marker may not be placed when Fatigued
• May not be Ambushed
DELTA PATROL
• May be placed in any hex
• May be reinforced by non-road
ground movement
• May be reinforced by helicopter transport
regardless of DELTA’s location on map
• May not be placed if parent unit Fatigued
HIDDEN MOVEMENT MARKERS
• May not be placed w/i Patrol
radius (except Hospital/HQ)
• Revealed by Observation, when
attacked (and no Combat Refus-
al), Hospital/HQ eliminated, when they declare
an Attack, declare an Ambush, Hot Landing
Zone, Air Defense Fire
• When revealed, place one GT ahead
• Ambush markers are placed two GTs ahead
• Place 10 GTs ahead on natural Observation roll
of “1” or when an HQ or Hospital is eliminated
MOTORIZED UNITS
• May only enter Clear, Tea Planta-
tion, Town, or Road
• May Assault Clear, Tea Plantation,
Town, or Road
• May Maneuver Combat into any terrain, but
only Advance into Clear, Tea Plantation, Town,
or Road
• No ZOC into a prohibited hex
• May move ZOC to ZOC for +1 MP
ARMORED UNITS
• DRM for attacking in Clear/Tea Plantation
• May Retreat into/through enemy ZOC
MORTARS
• Not marked with First/Final Fire
when moved
• May participate as combat units
(when adjacent) in Maneuver/As-
sault Combat (may not also provide Maneuver
Combat Support if participating in Maneuver
Combat)
• May not fire when Fatigued
• Provides a –1 DRM to PAVN Ambush
• Allows ADF when revealed
REPLACEMENTS
PAVN: Cambodia, HQ, or Hospital
ARVN: Camp Holloway
US: An Khe, Camp Holloway,
Brigade HQ
One REPL = one STEP except in Cambodia where
½ REPL = one STEP
CIDG
• May move ZOC to ZOC for +1 MP
• May attempt Combat Refusal
• Always coordinated when only
DELTA, CIDG & 1/9 attacking;
ignore them for coordination when other units
present
• Retains full MA after loading/unloading regard-
less of terrain
• May Retreat from Dense Jungle using helicop-
ter transport
• May not be chosen as lead unit when attacking
with non-CIDG/DELTA unit
• Patrol marker may not be placed when Fatigued
• May not be Ambushed
CIDG PATROLS
• May be placed w/i non-Road
ground movement range of a
CIDG unit (one per such unit)
• Must be moved/removed from map if no CIDG
unit within non-road ground MPs
• May only be reinforced by non-road ground
movement
• May not be placed if parent unit Fatigued
ATTACK COORDINATION
PAVN
• If no HQ, use “Out of Command”
ER of 3.
• If HQ, and all attacking hexes within 3 hexes
of the HQ (may not trace through EZOC unless
friendly unit), may use HQ’s ER
ARVN (without Truong)
• Roll against “Out of Command” ER of 5
• If CIDG only (or CIDG with DELTA and/or 1/9),
automatically coordinated
US (without Moore)
• If units from different battalions attacking, roll
against highest ER; otherwise automatically
coordinated
• If DELTA and/or 1/9 only (or with CIDG), auto-
matically coordinated
US + ARVN (regardless of leader)
• Roll against lowest ER
BOMBARDMENT
• PAVN may use only two units
for Defensive Bombardment or
Maneuver Combat Support
• FWA may use any number of
units for all types of Bombard-
ment
• Assaulting units are always considered TDV =
2 or TDV=2
US B/6/14 ARTILLERY
• May not fire Defensive Bom-
bardment or Maneuver Combat
Support in defense of its own hex
FATIGUE
• Units may not attack
• Defenders incur DRMs in Combat
• Units may only recover in certain
locations
• Disallows Replacements or Fatigue Recovery if
HQ or Hospital
• If all units in a stack are fatigued, another
Fatigue result becomes a step loss instead