PRE-GAME

Map Setup exp.

Table 1. GERMAN DEPLOYMENT

Unit Type	Infantry Squads	MG Pillboxes	AT Guns	Panzerfaust Teams
Number	9	6	6	3

- Place 1 German Infantry in every trench section.
- Place remaining 3 German Infantry in 3 different trench sections.
- Place 1 MG Pillbox and 1 AT Gun in every trench section.
- Place 3 Panzerfaust Teams in 3 different trench sections.
- No trench hex can be occupied by more than one German unit.

OPTIONAL: Randomize German Unit Placement
Randomize¹

Table 2. AMERICAN PRE-LANDING BOMBARDMENT LEVEL RESULTS TABLE

Bombardment Level	Difficulty	Barbed Wire Cleared	Land Mines Cleared	Tank Obstacles Cleared
Light (Historical)	Hard	3	4	1
Moderate	Medium	6	8	2
Heavy	Easy	9	12	3

- No more than 2 adjacent obstacles can have a CLEARED marker in any one row of obstacles.
- At least one obstacle of any type must be cleared in every row of obstacles.

OPTIONAL: Limited Reinforcements!
Land only 2D6 American Units instead of 3D6.

Phase 1: Land American Units exp.

Place the following units on the map:

OPTIONAL RULE:
Place available units of your choice in the above locations.

Phase 2: Check for Swamped American Units exp.

Instructions	1D6 Result	Roll	Result
Roll 1D6 for each occupied sea hex not adjacent to a beach hex.	1-4: All good 5: Tank/Dozer swamped 6: All units swamped	Roll1

Phase 3: German Off-Map Artillery Beach Bombardment

Instructions	Bombarded Section Hex Columns	Hit or Miss?
American-occupied hex closest to the trenches is hit, if sea or beach hex and not adjacent to bluffs. Phase ends after 3 misses.		HIT!1MISS!2

Phase 4: German Trench Fire exp.

General Rules:
- Target must be in the same or adjacent map section.
- Draw hexes, trench hexes, bluff hexes and beach hexes adjacent to bluffs cannot be targeted, unless target is adjacent.
- Reduced, immobilized and pinned down units cannot be targeted again in the same turn.
- Infantry and MG Pillboxes cannot target Tank/Dozer hexes or the hex directly behind them.
- AT Guns and MG Pillboxes cannot target trench and hilltop hexes.


Table 4. GERMAN FIRE RESULTS

German Unit Type	1D6 Result	Roll	Results
Infantry Squad (bonus if adjacent to target)	1-4 Miss 5 Pinned Down 6 Hit*	Roll1
MG Pillbox	1-2 Miss 3-4 Pinned Down 5-6 Hit	Roll2
Panzerfaust	1-4 Miss 5-6 Hit	Roll3
AT Gun (bonus if target within 10 hexes)	1-5 Miss 6 Hit (1-4 Miss) (5-6 Hit)	Roll4

* Add +1 to the die roll if adjacent to target.

Phase 5: American Beach Activity (Move and Demolition) exp.

American Units Movement Actions:
- Movement costs 1 AP for all hexes except bluff and sea hexes, which cost 2 AP.
- Only ELs can move into pinned down hexes.

Stacking:
- Each hex can contain several units, but only one unit of each type.
- No stacking limit on landing row hexes.
- Units may pass through stacked hexes, unless pinned down.

Exceptional Leaders:
- ELs may spend one AP to flip Infantry on the same hex from reduced to full strength.
- ELs may enter pinned down hexes and spend one AP to remove pinned down marker.

Beach Obstacle Removal Actions:
- CE may spend 1 AP to remove an adjacent obstacle.
- CE may spend 1 AP and its bangalore torpedo to remove two adjacent obstacles, which need to be adjacent to each other as well. - Tank/Dozer removes obstacle upon moving into its hex.
Table 5. OBSTACLE REMOVAL CAPABILITY

	CE	Inf (with EL*)	Tank	Dozer
Barbed Wire	1	NA (1)	0**	0**
Land Mines	1	NA (1)	NA	NA
Tank Obstacles	1	NA (1)	NA	1

* Must be full strength Infantry unit.
** Barbed Wire removed upon entry at no additional AP cost.
NA: Unit type not allowed to remove this type of obstacle.

Land Mine Explosion Check:

Instructions	1D6 Result	Roll	Result
Each unit entering a Land Mine hex must perform a 1D6 explosion check. An explosion hits the unit and clears the hex afterwards.	1-3: Clear 4-6: Explosion	Roll1

Phase 6: American Fire exp.

General Rules:
- Target must be in the same or adjacent map section.
- Target must be in range and in line of sight.
- Units cannot fire or direct off-shore fire from sea hexes.
- Units cannot fire from draw hexes, unless adjacent to target.
- Units cannot fire from bluff hexes or from hexes adjacent to bluffs, unless adjacent to target.
- American units block line of sight on hilltop and trench hexes.
- If a target is reduced, it cannot be targeted again in the same turn.

Table 6. AMERICAN FIRE RESULTS

American Unit Type Firing	German Target Types	1D6 Result	Roll	Results
Sharpshooter	Infantry or Panzerfaust; only within 8 hexes	6	Roll1
Forward Observer	All (bonus within 8 hexes)	6 (5-6)	Roll2
CE Team (Satchel Charge)	MG Pillbox or AT Gun; only adjacent	6	Roll3
Flamethrower	All except Infantry; only adjacent	4-6	Roll4
Bazooka	MG Pillbox or AT Gun if within 6 hexes; all if adjacent	5-6	Roll5
Infantry	All; only adjacent (bonus if Infantry)	6 (5-6)	Roll6
Tank or Dozer	MG Pillbox or AT Gun only (bonus within 8 hexes)	6 (5-6)	Roll7

Friendly Fire:
- Applies to fire from Forward Observer, Tank/Dozer & Bazooka.
- Does not apply if Bazooka is adjacent to target.
- If target is within 3 hexes of an American-occupied hex, hit American-occupied hex instead of target.
- If more than one American-occupied hexes are within 3 hexes, determine the hit hex randomly.

Phase 7: Remove Pinned Down Markers & End Turn

Table 7. LEVEL OF VICTORY

Number Of Trench Sections Cleared	Result
None or 1	Get your bleep off my beach, Private!
2	Improvement still needed, Corporal.
3	Not bad, Sergeant Major.
4	You will be commended in the After-Action Report, Lieutenant.
5	Your promotion to Captain has been recommended to HQ.
6	Excellent job, Colonel!

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