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Advanced Third Reich-1992
Design Bruce Harper
Components
- 1040 counters
- 44" X 31" two section map
- 64 page rulebook
- 36 page appendix
- 6 scenario cards
- 6 two sided charts
- 2 dice
- Spring 1992 issue of Ultra
Scale: 60 miles per hex, corps level units, seasonal turns
This was a major developement. 3R has been one of the Hills more popular games. This in spite of the fact that at least four editions of the rules exist. All of the variants, eratta, play aids are incorporated into one package. Not everything could make the cut but most of it did. The developers were looking for a balanced game. A 64 page rulebook with 36 page appendix is 100 pages of dense printing is not plug and play.
Sequence of Play
Determination of Initiative
First Player Turn
- Option selection
- Movement
- Combat
- Post Combat Adjustment
- Construction
- Strategic Redeployment
- Minor Country Movement Combat
Second Player Turn
Strategic Warfare Deployment for next turn
That is a real stripped down version of the turn. In the real Sequence Chart there are 12 Major steps. These Major Steps have 26 sub steps. The sub steps have 60 sub sub steps. These sub sub steps have 12 sub sub sub steps. So there are a possible 110 steps in a given turn.
Rulebooks Structure
Volume I
Introduction
Outline of Play
Components and Concepts
Game Terms
Game Components
Terrain and the Mapboard
Mapboard Changes
Counters
Scenarios
Tables
Sequence of Play
Mechanics of Play
Stacking
Hex Control
Zones of Control
Option Selection
The Offensive Option-Movement
The Offensive Option-Combat
The Attrition Option
Limited Offensives
The Pass Option
Unit Construction
Strategic Redeployment
Unit Counters
Infantry
Replacements
Armor
Airborne
Partisans
Air Units
Naval Warfare
Bridgeheads
Logistics
Supply
Oil
Weather
Economics
The Year Start Sequence
Basic Resource Point Calculations
Industrial Centers
BRP Spending Limits
BRP Grants
Murmansk Convoys
BRP Grants to Russia Through Persia
BRP Grants to Russia Through Turkey
Key Economic Areas
Economic Warfare
Strategic Warfare
German Bombing of Britain
Raiders
Atomic Bomb
Politics
Declarations of War
Surrender of Major Powers
Restrictions of French Forces
Anglo-French Cooperation
Russo-Allied Cooperation
German-Italian Cooperation
Minor Countries
Minor Country Operations
Conquest of Minor Countries
Intervention in Minor Countries
Minor Allies
German Economic Penetration of Minor Countries
Poland and Eastern Europe
Diplomacy
Miscellaneous Rules
Arabia
Gibraltar
Iraq & Kuwait
Ireland
Malta
Siberian Transfer
Spain & Spanish Colonies
The Suez Canal/Egypt
Sweden
Switerland
Vichy France
Variants
Variants
Optional Rules
Optional Rules
Multi-Player Games
The Multi-Player Game
Russian Surrender Rules
British Surrender Rules
Sequence of Play
Volume II
Diplomacy
Appendix I-Diplomatic points
Appendix II-Diplomatic Tables
Appendix III-U.S.-Axis Tension Table
Variants
Appendix IV-Axis Variants
Appendix V-Allied Variants
Scenarios
Appendix VI-Campaign Game
Appendix VII-1939 Scenario
Appendix VIII-1940 Scenario
Appendix IX-1941 Scenario
Appendix X-1942 Scenario
Appendix XI-1944 Scenario
Appendix XII-Barbarossa Scenario
Designer's Notes
Design Credits
Examples of Play
Index
Terrian Effects Chart
| Die/Odds | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 |
3-1 |
4-1 |
5-1 |
1 |
EX | EX | EX | EX | EX |
EX |
EX |
EX |
2 |
A |
EX | EX | CA | CA2 | CA2 | CA3 | D |
3 |
A |
A |
CA | CA | CA2 | CA3 | D |
D |
4 |
A |
A |
A |
EX | CA1 | D |
D |
D |
5 |
A |
A |
A |
A |
D |
D |
D |
D |
6 |
A |
A |
A |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
A-Attacker eliminated
D-Defender Eliminated
EX-Smaller force removed, Larger removes equal amount
CA-Counter Attack
CA1-Counter Attack at 1-1
CA2-Counter Attack at 1-2
CA3-Counter Attack at 1-3
Articles in The General
Vol.27 # 1 Coming Attractions by Don Greenwood, "The current edition of Third Reich will continue as the main game. Advanced Third Reich, due to its greater complexity, will be offered only as a separate item requiring the original map and counters of the original game on which it is based."
Vol.27 #3 Making the Transition by Joseph Brophy. A3R playtester outlines the differences between old and new. Advanced Game design by Bruce Harper.
Vol.28 #6 Barbarossa Beginnings by Larry Blucher. Terrible Swift Swordfish by Conrad Struckman. The Role of the Middle Sea by Jim Moir. Double Trouble by Joseph Brophy. New duties for the Wolfpacks by Rick D. Stuart. Play-By-Mail Advanced Third Reich by Mike Stone. Masters of Europe by Joseph Brophy is the rehash of 1993 Avaloncon tournament play. Coming Attractions: Rising Sun Pacific War companion by Bruce Harper.
Vol.30 # 3 A Fine Red Line by Patrick Mel White. Soviet Strategy.
Vol.31 #1 The Advent of the Euro Carrier by Rick D. Stuart. Variant rules which use the counters provided in 30 #6.