The Tux War

Overview

Terrain

1. Foreign land. Units may never enter foreign land or coastal hexes during the game. Foreign hexes are:
   • All land and coastal hexes of the unconnected peninsulas of board 5 (on the N and W sides of the board), except the island of Isla Jicaron.
   • The southern part of board 11, beginning with all the hexes immediately south of the Rabana and Brzega rivers and the hex between these two rivers (west of Turek), and including all land and coastal hexes contiguous with these to the South and West (but not the island of Grabow).

2. BB and CA may not pass through the canals; the canals are old and were not designed for large, modern, deep-draught ships.

3. Ungarrisoned cities and RS centers revert to control of the Republicans.

4. All towns and roads are considered neutral, and may be used for strategic movement and supply by either side.

Setup

The Monarchists.

Counter mix: 1 BB, 1 CA, 2 DD, 2 MB, 2 FA, 2 DB, 1 elite AR, 2 AR, 4 MK, 1 MA, 2 AY, 6 IN, 4 SU, 6 RS

Deployments


• Luborz: 1 BB-2, 1 CA-4, 1 FA-2, 1 DB-2, 1 MA-2, 1 AY-2
• Bransk: 1 elite AR-3, 1 MK-4, 1 IN-4, 2 MB-2
• Abukabi: 2 IN-2, 1 AY-3, 2 DD-6
• Nysa: 1 AR-3, 1 MK-3, 1 IN-4, 1 FA-2, 1 DB-2
• Santa Rosa: 1 IN-2
• San Carlos: 1 IN-4

The Republicans.

Counter mix: 4 DD, 2 FA, 2 DB, 1 AR, 1 MK, 2 MT, 4 AY, 12 IN, 4 SU, 6 RS

Deployments


• Pitagard: 2 IN-4, 1 AY-2, 1 SU-4
• San Carlos: 1 IN-4
• Dalborg: 1 IN-4, 2 DD-6, 1 AY-3
• Tuxpan: 1 IN-4, 1 SU-4
• Other cities: up to 1 IN or MT in each city which contains no other forces. Each unit will have a CV of twice the production value of the city in which it starts. The MT units must start in either Tynn, Sogheim, or Stavern.

Special Rules

1. Logistics units. Do not use any logistics counters except destruction markers (for the many important canals and bridges). Since there are no EN units in the game, destruction markers can be repaired during the Production phase, but only if there is a land unit in the same hex.

2. Republican forces.
   • MT units may only be built in the cities of Sogheim, Tynn, or Stavern. An MT unit may only add steps if it can trace supply to one of these cities.
   • DD may only be built or add steps up to CV2 (representing small gunboats and torpedo boats, not real destroyers). No other type of naval unit may be built.
   • AR, MK, AY and air units may only be built or add steps in cities which can trace supply by sea to the East edge of the map (maps 10 and 14). The equipment and personell for these units is all imported from foreign countries friendly to the cause, and must come in by ship.

3. Monarchist Forces.
   • Naval and MA units only be built or add steps in Bransk, Luborz or Abukabi.
   • BB and CA may only add 1 step per turn, and cost 2pp per step.
   • The BB, CA, MA and elite AR may not be rebuilt if they are lost, and may never add steps past the CV they began the game with.
   • MK, AR, AY and air units may only be built in Luborz, Turek, and Pitagard. They may only add steps in cities which can trace supply back to one of these 3 cities. These units represent military aid from foreign governments, coming in over the border.

4. Adding Steps. MT, IN or SU units do not have to be in a city to add steps, but may add steps using pp from any city to which they can trace supply.

5. Merging Units. The Republicans may use the Merging Units optional rule on IN und RS units. The Monarchists may only merge RS units.

6. First Turn. The player who wins the initiative for turn 1 must fight at least 1 round of combat in San Carlos before retreating.

Victory

The Republicans win a decisive victory if they own the capital (Bransk) during a Victory Check phase.

Either wins a decisive victory if it controls all the cities of 3 boards during a Victory Check phase.