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Tips
- Use the Turn tracker in the menu bar (short cuts
Alt-T to move forward, Alt-Shift-T to move backward), to keep
track of the turn and phases. The module will take
appropriate actions. Before the IJ Strategic phase
- eliminate IJN and IJAAF units from corresponding attack boxes,
and those placed on the map, and
- move IJN and IJAAF units from Reserve to Attack pool
Before the US Air phase
- move USAF units from airstrip boxes to Reserve
- move USAF units that flew missions (in CAP or Ground
Attack boxes, or on the map) to airstrip hex. Note,
you have to allocate the USAF units to specific
hexes
- All units are placed in the respective OOB at the start of
the game. IJN, IJAAF, and USAF units can be moved into their
boxes on the map using the right-click context menu.
- Airfield and engineering status counters are double-sided.
Use Ctrl-F (or right-click context menu) to flip them to the
appropriate side.
About this game
This VASSAL module was created from
LATEX sources of a Print'n'Play version
of the First Blood game. That (a PDF) can be
found at
https://gitlab.com/wargames_tex/firstblood_tex
where this module, and the sources, can also be found. The PDF
can also be found as the rules of this game, available in the
Help menu.
The original game was release by Avalon Hill
International Kriegspiel Society, and is available
https://grognard.com/fb/
Credits
- Game Developer:
- Steve Llewellyn
- Game Design:
- Chester Hendrix
- Map work:
- Chester Hendrix
- Counter Craft:
- Chester Hendrix and Tom Hanover
- Rules Typing:
- Betty Spriggs
- Rules Organization:
- Chris Harrison
- Playtesting:
- Sieve Ball, Chris Harrison, Chester Hendrix, Steve
Llewellyn, Ken Nied, Paul Nied, Bill Smook, Tom Thornsen,
Richard Tucker
- Rule Inquiries:
- AHIKS Judge
- Opponents:
- AHIKS Match Coordinator
- Research:
-
Bob Best, Joe Bukal, Anthony Daw, Chester Hendrix, Todd
Hively, Kevin Kelly, Dennis Reilly, Ed Snarski
- Charts and Tables:
- Steve Llewellyn and Chris Harrison
- Illustrations:
- Tom Hanover
Copyright and license
This work is 🄯 2022 Christian Holm Christensen, and
licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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