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Campaign for North Africa Rules Ambiguity

There's lots of minor and not so minor rules ambiguity and contradictions in SPI's Campaign for North Africa. Lots of things are repeated, in slightly different ways. In my solo Campaign for North Africa house rules  I note many with INTERPRETATION. But also have many Additions and Changes (which are opinionated and written for me) Here I want to discuss one in particular, from my comment on Campaign for North AFrica BGG AAR  thread. [8.2] The Concept of Continual Movement. In CfNA, units have Capability Point Allowances [6.0]. Some examples; 10 for infantry. 15-40 for motorized, tanks, recee. Movement, combat, taking replacements and more expend CPA [6.3]. Some examples; 5 perform Close Assault, 3 get Barraged, 1 Attempt to Poison well, <varies> enter hex / cross hexside. Within a Movement and Combat Phase, the acting player may repeat the four segments 1. Movement, 2. Breakdown, 3. Combat, 4 Reserve Release.  As many times as desired and their units have CPA. And ...
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DaW - Dec 1940, North Africa

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DAKII page on OCS Depot DAK-a-Week playthrough page which lists the house rules in play and has other resources. Download directory of all the VASSAL .vsavs and .vlogs from DAK-a-Week playthrough. There's one vlog and two vsavs per game turn. The saves were taken at the end of  each side's turn. First side indicated with 'a', second with 'b'. December 1940 VASSAL December vlog  (rt-click and save as) Axis Intent:  Survive, just survive. Allied Intent:  Defeat Italians by Christmas. 1st: Rain in the east [event Malta Invasion!!! but too early].  Repair of coastal highway between Sollum and Sidi el Barrani is completed. LRDG and Bersaglieri dance around each other. Supply and troops moved up to Tobruk by both sides. CR42 and G50's fresh off production lines reinforce Tobruk.  Bardia holds. 5th: Still raining. Around Benghazi and Alexandria [maps A,D]  Decima Flottiglia MAS strikes Alexandria with manned torpedoes .  [event, no reif into or supp...
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DaW - Feb 1941, North Africa

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DAKII page on OCS Depot DAK-a-Week playthrough page which lists the house rules in play and has other resources. Download directory of all the VASSAL .vsavs and .vlogs from DAK-a-Week playthrough. There's one vlog and two vsavs per game turn. The saves were taken at the end of  each side's turn. First side indicated with 'a', second with 'b'. February 1941 VASSAL February vlog  (rt-click and save as). Axis Intent:  Hold Tobruk or cost Allies more than can afford taking it. Allied Intent:  Get Italians bloody well out of Tobruk! 1st:  Clear. Even with active Fliegerkorps, still lost half cross-med shipping. Able to ship and fly total of 3T to Tobruk. Defensive barrages continue keeping Tobruk besiegers disorganized and less capable of effective attacks. Benghazi starts to get serious about defense. The Trento, 7th bersaglieri, artillery, flak and other units released by Comando Supremo are jammed up waiting for a ride across med. The desert training establishm...
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