Patton's Lorraine - Minigame
A Note on Copyright
Ardennes Petite is COPYRIGHTED -- NOT Public Domain -- and FREE under the following conditions:
- Schools, libraries, and museums are free to make and keep copies for in-house educational use or nonpermanent loan/circulation ... in gratitude for the fine education and research assistance I have always received from such institutions.
- An individual is free to make one personal copy of Ardennes Petite for his/her own personal use.
- All other rights -- including publishing rights -- are reserved to me.
Dedication:
Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - is dedicated ...
A. to the officers and men of the U.S. and Free French Armies and the U.S. Army Air Force, who liberated France and helped liberate the world from Nazi fascism.
B. with special remembrance of longtime family friend Chester A. Schultz who served as an infantryman in Patton's 3rd Army.
C. to my children Rebecca, Robert, Rohan, and Johanna, in the hope that they may never have to go through a world war:
The more we learn about the Second World War, the better our chances that it will be the LAST world war.
A Request: If you do assemble and play this free game of mine, PLEASE let me know at ELCOAT@hotmail.com what you think of it and whether, after more than a couple games, you think one side or the other has an advantage. Thanks!
And now: Here are Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - components, to print off and assemble so that it may be played. Players-students will also need a single six-sided die (or chits numbered 1-6, to be drawn out of a hat) for the randomized combat results tables.
- Revised units and rules, subsuming fortification effects for infantry divisions into combat results, rather than an entire additional defensive factor.
- Rules in Rich Text Format. These will probably be revised frequently, with feedback. I'm posting their date on them.
- Allied and German units - SHADED
- Allied and German Units, black and white You will want to print the units off at maximum size possible and then photo-reduce them from that, for best detail/quality. 5/8"--15mm--square for the infantry is about right. Allied units should be printed/photocopied off onto light green or khaki (or NATO good guy light blue) paper/cardstock, for mounting on the back of blue-backed posterboard or (better) matte board. German units should be printed/photocopied off onto light gray (or NATO bad guy pink) for mounting on the back of red (bad guy) posterboard or matte board.
- Previous units and rules, with additional fortification factor (also) for infantry divisions:
- Rules in Rich Text Format. These will probably be revised frequently, with feedback. I'm posting their date on them.
- Allied and German units - SHADED
- Allied and German Units, black and white You will want to print the units off at maximum size possible and then photo-reduce them from that, for best detail/quality. 5/8"--15mm--square for the infantry is about right. Allied units should be printed/photocopied off onto light green or khaki (or NATO good guy light blue) paper/cardstock, for mounting on the back of blue-backed posterboard or (better) matte board. German units should be printed/photocopied off onto light gray (or NATO bad guy pink) for mounting on the back of red (bad guy) posterboard or matte board.
- Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - Map
You will want to print this off as large as possible, and you should enlarge it with a photocopier after that. White is a good paper color, considering the battle was in the snow. I will be improving these .jpgs from time to time, but unless I have committed a major oversight somehow the map will stay unchanged.
- Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - Map, Shaded
- Patton's Lorraine Tournament Certificate - COMING SOON
- Historical and Game Design Commentary with more explanations of design rationales and with Advice on Play of the Game - COMING SOON.
- Accounts of games of , in HTM with photos - COMING SOON.
- COMING SOON: Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - Game Analysis and Results FormTo record weather as well as have a momento (and analysis) of your games. - COMING SOON.
More comments by myself and others about the game can be read on ConSimWorld and BoardGameGeek.
If you are a friend, and/or if you would like to share info and ideas about military and naval history and game designing and cardstock model shipbuilding, and/or you have any questions about Patton's Lorraine - Minigame - feel free to e-mail me at ELCOAT@Hotmail.com
Thank you for your interest in Patton's Lorraine - Minigame ....
12Oct14