Holland '44: Operation Market-Garden – Northern Scenario
Holland '44: Operation Market-Garden – Northern Scenario Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
S3.1 Setup and Scenario Data
- See the Play Aids included with C3i #32: A modified Turn Record Track and a modified Reinforcement Schedule. (see C3i INSERT)
- Game Length: 15 turns. Starts on Turn 1 and ends in the Victory Check Phase of Turn 15.
- First Player: Starts with the Allied Air Landing Phase of Turn 1. There is no Weather Phase, Artillery Resupply Phase or Bridge Phase on Turn 1.
- Setup: Use only the Northern map. Place units according to the Setup Card, but only those units starting on the Northern map (hex-row 44XX and above.) Shuffle the German Unknown unit markers and place one face down on each of the 10 hexes on the map containing yellow dots. The remaining Unknown unit markers are not used.
S3.2 Markers
- Traffic Markers: The Traffic markers begin the game out of play. The German player receives two Traffic Markers on Turn 8.
- Moved Markers: Place 1 Allied and 1 German Moved Marker in their holding boxes on the map. The other Moved Markers are unavailable at the start of the game. The Allied player gains a second Moved Marker on Turn 12.
- Air Unit Markers: These are unavailable at the start of the game. The Allied player receives one air marker on each turn with clear or cloudy weather from Turn 9 onwards.
- Airborne Replacement Markers: The 101st Airborne marker is not used. The other three markers start at 0.
- Place the Turn marker on Turn 1 of the Turn Record Track, place the two Weather markers on Clear in the Weather Track and place all other markers aside.
S3.3 Scenario Victory Conditions
See Rule 26. The Allied player has an additional 4 VPs from cities captured on the southern map.
S3.4 Scenario Rules
- From Turn 7 onwards, the Southern map-edge within 4 hexes of hex 4414 is treated as Allied Entry Area N, which also serves as the Allied Supply Source.
- The Allied player must maintain a garrison at Grave against potential German attacks from the South. From turn 4 onwards, at least 3 steps of Allied units must be within 1 hex of Grave at the end of each Allied turn. From turn 9 onwards, this requirements increases to 6 steps until the end of the game. The German player receives 1 VP at the end of each Allied turn where the garrison requirement is not met.
S3.5 Reinforcements
Players receive the reinforcements listed on the Reinforcement Schedule on the Play Aid. The 30 Corps Bridging unit is scheduled to arrive on Turn 10. However, the Allied player may choose to have this unit arrive on Turn 7, 8 or 9 instead. If he does so, he must choose two units of Guards Armoured Division which are scheduled to arrive on the same turn as reinforcements. These units are delayed and arrive on Turn 10 instead.
For example, the Allied player decides to bring the 30 Corps Bridging Engineer unit on as a reinforcement on Turn 9, and delays the arrival of 1WG/32/Gds and 2WG/Gds until Turn 10.
Play Aid: Northern Scenario Turn Record Track
Printed title: "Northern Scenario – C3i Nr32" (modified Turn Record Track).
Turns are listed by date and time of day, as printed.
September 17
- Turn 1 (P.M.): Clear Weather. German Movement = TM only (23.1.2). Roll for 406th Div. arrival (23.5).
- Turn 2 (Night): Roll for 406th Div.
September 18
- Turn 3 (A.M.): Roll for 406th Div.
- Turn 4 (P.M.): Grave Garrison of 3 steps required or Axis VP. Remainder of 406th Div. arrives. Printed with a Weather Table DRM marker of −1 (see note below).
- Turn 5 (Night): Airborne Supply Heads Depleted.
September 19
- Turn 6 (A.M.): No entry.
- Turn 7 (P.M.): Hexes 4410 to 4418 are now Entry Area N and Allied Supply Source. Printed with a Weather Table DRM marker of +2 (see note below).
- Turn 8 (Night): Traffic Markers #1 and #2. Begin Replacements.
September 20
- Turn 9 (A.M.): Grave Garrison of 6 steps required or Axis VP.
- Turn 10 (P.M.): No entry.
- Turn 11 (Night): Replacements.
September 21
- Turn 12 (A.M.): No entry.
- Turn 13 (P.M.): No entry.
- Turn 14 (Night): Replacements.
September 22
- Turn 15 (A.M.): End Northern Scenario.
Night box (printed beside the track):
- German Vehicle Type steps can use Ferries (8.5.6).
- All eligible German Artillery flip (17.8.3).
- Replacements are received starting Turn 8 (20.2).
- OPTIONAL RULE: Isolation Attrition (27.2).
Note on the Weather Table DRM markers: on the scan, the −1 marker sits on the boundary between the Turn 3 and Turn 4 cells, and the +2 marker sits on the boundary between the Turn 6 and Turn 7 cells, each under the printed legend "Weather Table DRM". The scan does not show unambiguously which cell each marker applies to, so the markers are transcribed here as printed, at their positions between cells.
Play Aid: Weather Track, Displays and Sequence of Play
Weather Track
| Weather | Airlanding Points | Air Units | Airborne Artillery Resupply |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear | 8 | 1 | all |
| Cloudy | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Overcast | 0 | 0 | (none printed) |
Displays (printed as boxes on the play aid)
- 406th Div.: Printed "TURNS 1-3: 1,2 = Available / 3-6 = Delay."
- Traffic Markers: Display box.
- Air Units: Display box.
- Artillery Moved: Two display boxes.
- German Remnant Display: Six boxes, labelled REM A, B and C, in two rows (three with the lighter shading and three with the darker shading). Each box is labelled REM A, REM B or REM C, with one box for each remnant.
- Airborne Replacement Track: Spaces numbered 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Airborne Reinforcements:
- Turn 2 box: the Turn 2 airborne reinforcement (see the Reinforcement Schedule below).
- Turn 3 (D+1) box.
- Turn 6 (D+2) box, with a "Polish Units – Clear Turns Only" note.
Sequence of Play (printed in order, top to bottom)
- Weather Phase (AM Turn only)
- Artillery Resupply Phase
- Bridge Phase
- Airlanding Phase (Allied player-turn only)
- Movement Phase
- Combat Phase
- Recovery Phase (marked "Disrupted")
- Supply Phase (marked with a no-fuel symbol)
- Traffic Marker Phase (German player-turn only)
Play Aid: Reinforcement Schedule
Printed title: "Northern Scenario – C3i Nr32" (modified Reinforcement Schedule). Unit stat numbers printed on the counter images are not restated here; the schedule lists each unit by its printed designation and turn of arrival.
Allied Reinforcements
- Turn 2: 1+2 GP/1 (printed with a "2*" marking). Also one air unit counter (printed value (1) and 2, with a parachute symbol).
- Turn 3: 10/4P/1; 11/4P/1; 156/4P/1; 82 Div.
- Turn 6: 1/1 Pol; 2/1 Pol; 3/1 Pol (Polish units, Clear Turns Only).
- Turn 6 (continued): 1/325/82; 1/325/82; 2/325/82; 2/325/82; 2/401/82; 2/401/82 (reduced, shown as II(−)).
- Turn 7: 1GG/5/Gds; 2GG/5/Gds; 1CG/5/Gds; 5CG/32/Gds; 30 Corps (printed as a faded box, with an arrow to the note "May arrive on Turn 7, 8, or 9 – See Scenario rules").
- Turn 8: 2 HC; 2IG/5/Gds (printed "Reduced"); 3IG/32/Gds; Gds Div (printed with [X] 30C).
- Turn 9: 1WG/32/Gds; 2WG/Gds; 30 Corps (printed [III] 30C); one air unit (printed "Weather permitting").
- Turn 10: SRY/8; 30 Corps (printed II 30C).
- Turn 11: 12KRRC/8; 43/43; 7H/130/43; 4D/130/43; 5D/130/43.
- Turn 12: 5DCLI/214/43; 1W/214/43; 7SLI/214/43; 4/7RDG/8; 5 AGRA (printed [X] 30C); one Moved Marker (printed "Moved", with a truck symbol and value 5). This is the Allied second Moved Marker (see S3.2).
- Turn 13: 43 Div (printed [III] 11-N); one unnamed counter (printed [X] 11-N with a "7" and a dot); Princess Irene (printed X 11-N, infantry); Princess Irene (printed 11-N, armoured-vehicle type).
Notes on the Allied schedule:
- The 30 Corps Bridging unit is scheduled to arrive on Turn 10 (see S3.5), with the option to arrive on Turn 7, 8 or 9. The scan shows 30 Corps counters on Turns 7, 9 and 10, and the arrow note "May arrive on Turn 7, 8, or 9" runs alongside the Turn 7 to Turn 10 counters. The scan does not show unambiguously which of these counters is the Bridging unit, so the scenario text is followed for the Bridging unit's timing.
- The Turn 9 "Weather permitting" box shows an air unit and is an arrival that depends on the weather.
- The unnamed Turn 13 counter's name is not legible at the resolution of the scan. It is transcribed as "unnamed 11-N unit" rather than guessed.
German Reinforcements
- Turn 1: Helle (II 1-F); Allwörden/9ss (KG 1-G).
- Turn 2: 184 Artillery (III 2-F); 2 (II 2-F); Harder/9ss (KG 2-G); Euling/10ss (II 2-H).
- Turn 3: Schulz (II 3-F); rmnts 19/9ss (III 3-G); Knaust (KG 3-G); Reinhold/10ss (KG 3-H); Brinkmn/10ss (KG 3-H); Fürstenberg (II 3-I).
- Turn 4: Eberwein (II 4-F); 224 (4-F, armour); rmnts 20/9ss (III 4-G); Mielke (4-G, armour); Hartung/10ss (II 4-H).
- Turn 5: Bruhns (KG 5-G); PzJg/10ss (5-H, armour destroyer); 10/10ss (III 5-H).
- Turn 6: 37 Fortress (II 6-G); 280 StuG (6-G); I/22/10ss (II 6-H); Ear (6-I, printed "Ers").
- Turn 7: Wos / HG (II 7-F); 41 Fortress (II 7-G); II/22/10ss (II 7-H).
- Turn 8: Ladwig (II 8-G, armour); Herman/5 (KG 8-I); Traffic Marker #1 (+2 MPs); Traffic Marker #2 (+2 MPs).
- Turn 9: Sec/II/26 (II 9-F); 19 Flak (II 9-G); 191 Arko (9-G); Isphording (II 9-I); Becker/3 (KG 9-I); 12 StuG (9-I, armour).
- Turn 10: Oelkers (II 10-F); III/Lndstm Ndl (II 10-G); Hummel (10-G, armour); Neuman (10-G, armour); Budde (KG 10-I).
- Turn 11: Sec/I/26 (II 11-F); 2/10/10ss (11-H, armour).
- Turn 12: 30 Fortress (II 12-F); Schörken (Ers 12-G); Lewin (II 12-I); Molzer (12-I).
Note on the German schedule: unit names and formation designations are transcribed as legible at the scan resolution. Where a counter's name is not clearly legible, the transcription says so rather than guessing.