Uscite alcune indiscrezioni sul nuovo libro "Armies of Italy and the Axis".
ITALIA
"AVANTI SAVOIA": "At the beginning of each game turn, subtract the number of units lost by the Italian army from the number of units lost by the enemy (keep track of the Order Dice lost by both sides). If the number is -3 or worse (i.e. the Italians are losing three units more than the opposition), all friendly Italian units have their basic Morale reduced by 2. If the number is +3 or better (i.e. the battle is going really well for the Italians), all friendly Italian units have their basic Morale increased by 2."
"DEFENSIVE STRATEGY": "In scenarios with an attacker and a defender, first roll as normal to determine which side is going to be the defender. If the Italian player is not the defender, you must re-roll that die - the second result stands. Note that in Italian versus Italian battles, neither player re-rolls. If the Italian army is the defender, it gets the following advantages: 1) During the first turn of the game, the enemy cannot order his units to Run as they cautiously prone the terrain in front of the Italian line for minefields and make their way across barbed wire. 2) The player can re-roll the die on the Artillery Barrage and Smoke Barrage chart - the Italian artillery is already ranged-in on no-man's land. 3) During set-up, any Italian unit starting the game Hidden may start the game already in Ambush. If you decide to do so, place one of your Order Dice already in place next to them, as if you had ordered them to Ambush. 4) After determining table edges, but before either side deploys any unit, roll a D3 - the result is the number of emplacements available to the player. Each emplacement is made of three linear obstacles up to 6" long and 1" tall, representing hard cover like sandbags, a section of low wall, or earthwork, which are always placed as pictured. These must all be within 12" of his table edge."
Tra le unità italiane ritroviamo le BlackShirts, unità regolare che se colpita dal fuoco nemica può diventare Shirkers o Fanatics!
FINLANDIA
A quanto pare sarà un esercito d'elitè. Pochi uomini veterani, ben equipaggiati e con interessanti regole speciali al seguito.
"SISU" - When a Finnish infantry or artillery unit is reduced to 50% or less of its starting strength, the remaining models are automatically upgraded to higher quality - Inexperienced become Regular and Regular become Veteran, while Veteran earn an 11 Morale rating. This happens before any dice or rolled for a casualty-induced morale check.
"TRAINED HUNTSMEN" - As long as a Finnish infantry unit has an Ambush Order die next to it, it can re-roll Morale checks. Also, when the unit opens fire from Ambush, all models in the unit that are armed with a rifle, including snipers, gain an additional +1 to-hit bonus.
"MOTTI" - When Outflanking, Finnish infantry units ignore the -1 modifier to the Order test for coming on the table.
BULGARIA
"AXIS ALLIES" - A Bulgarian force may include one extra unit from either the German list in the Bolt Action rulebook, or the Armies of Germany book, or the Italian Eastern Front theater selector. This unit does not count towards the normal unit maximum, but it cannot be a Veteran unit, and cannot be a vehicle with a Damage Value of 10+ or greater.
"COUNTER-PARTISAN EXPERTS" - When fighting against Bulgarians, snipers, observers, and spotters cannot use their special deployment rules, and must instead be deployed like the rest of the force. In addition, enemies cannot Outflank the Bulgarians. They must always arrive from their own table edge when arriving from Reserve.
UNGHERIA
"AXIS SUPPORT" - A Hungarian force may include one extra unit from either the German list in the MRB, or the Armies of Germany book, or the Italian Eastern Front theater selector. This does not count towards the normal platoon maximum, but it cannot be a Veteran unit, and cannot be a vehicle with a damage value of 10+ or 11+, with the exception of a Tiger I, which can be included.
"EXPERIENCED OFFICER CORPS" - All Hungarian HQ units are Fanatics.
ROMANIA
"AXIS SUPPORT" - A Romanian force may include one extra unit from either the German list in the MRB, or the Armies of Germany book, or the Italian Eastern Front theater selector. This does not count towards the normal platoon maximum, but it cannot be a Veteran unit, and cannot be a vehicle with a damage value of 10+ or 11+.
"FRENCH ARTILLERY DOCTRINE" - Romanian forces get one free Inexperienced or Regular artillery unit. It can be any anti-tank gun or artillery piece in the Romanian army list (except for heavy artillery and German artillery). This unit is in addition to the number of artillery units normally available.
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I have only one life for Khador and the empress, but I have one hundred bullets for their enemies.
