With french forumer Chee911sc, we have translated a french version of Ares Dambuster rules.
We noticed a few issues that we sent to Ares.
Here are a review of the corrections checked by Ares.
Numbers refer to red squared notifications on the pictures below.
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?33612-DAMBUSTERS-rules-issues-and-corrections&p=542026#post542026
As a bonus, here is the bombing sequence we have created as a reminder :
BOMBING SEQUENCE
TURN -1 : first straight maneuver (at altitude 1), use bomb template to place bomb counter that must be over water (optional : use aim device ; spotlight counter ON).
TURN 0 : second straight maneuver (at altitude 1), bomb is dropped (optional : spotlight counter OFF at the end of the turn ).
TURN 1 : move bomb counter with ruler n.1
TURN 2 : move bomb counter with ruler n.2
TURN 3 : move bomb counter with ruler n.3
DROPPING THE BOMB Chapter:
1) « only the bomb counter must be totally on water when dropped.»
(Do not worry if the plane or the maneuvre card or the bomb ruler is not)
AIMING DEVICE Chapter:
2) « When the two arms of the Y on the counter connect, in an ideal path, toward the 2 red dots at each end of the red line along the dam width, the position of ... »
(as the Möhne dam doesn’t have the 2 towers)
MOVING THE BOMB chapter :
3) [Advanced rules] «****Only airplanes (within a distance of a half combat) at altitude 1 are damaged by a bouncing bomb exploding.*»
(the damage for the explosion is taken anyway, both if the bomb explodes overlapping the dam and if it explodes elsewhere).
NIGHT ATTACK AND SPOTLIGHTS chapter
4) «The AA gun only takes half damage from attacks by the airplane » :*you have to halve the points*amount indicated in the damage chit. If it’s an odd number, you have to round it up. Example : with a 3 damage chit, 1 damage is*dealt.
AA GUNS PROTECTING THE DAM chapter :
5) LIGHT AA GUNS PROTECTING THE DAM
« The Mohne dam has two light AA guns,represented by two red dots on it.
Each light AA gun can shoot every turn at any plane within a ruler ... ».
6) [Advanced rules] « *** The light AA guns can shoot at altitude 1 inflicting a C chit damage at one ruler distance, and at altitude 2 inflicting a C chit damage at half-ruler distance. »
ATTACK AGAINST THE MOHNE DAM chapter :
7) « Take two AA guns cards »
8) « Note these AA guns are AA light guns and are in addition to those on the dam itself. »
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