Early Western Desert Command Cards

     These are for the period of time up to the beginning of the German involvement in the North African Campaign. The Italian player will find that he has to plan things in advance, move carefully and get lucky to prevail. The British will find things very much in their favor (I AM trying to be historical here guys!). This will, to a large extent, offset the gigantic numerical disparity between the opposing sides. These cards go with my WW2 rules which can be found by following this link.



   CHANGES TO THE BASIC RULES:

      Firing on the move: the British Cruiser tank crews trained extensively on firing while moving, the tanks were designed with a balanced gun mount that greatly eased the efforts of the gunner. As such the British Cruiser tanks only suffer a "-1" for shooting on the move.

      Air and artillery support: both sides had a fairly ineffective system of tactical air support and thus both use the Russian air support section from the rules. Conversely both armies had effective and well supplied artillery and so they both use the German artillery support section.


Command Card Deck

System Cards

Italian Commander Free Action
British Commander Free Action
British Commander Free Action   (yes, O'Connor was THAT good!)

Turn Over
Turn Over
Turn Over

Italian Air Support
Italian Artillery
Italian Pre-plotted barrage
British Air Support
British Artillery

Italian Free Action
Italian Move
British Free Action
British Free Action

Italian Cards 

Italian #1              1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Move

Italian #2              1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Move

Italian Specials     1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Free Action
       "                     Move


British Cards

 British #1             2 x Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action


 British #2             2 x Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action
       "                     1/2 move & Free Action
 

 British Specials   2 x Free Action
       "                    1/2 move & Free Action
       "                    1/2 move & Free Action
       "                    1/2 move & Free Action