[Normandy] Gold Beach - Overlord - Landing of 50th British Infantry Division. Batt. Marefontaine Wn35b Plateau de Meuvaines Meuvaines Ver sur Mer Wn34 Phare Batt. Montfleury Le Hable de Heurtot La cabanedes Sanatorium Asnelles Wn38St Côme de Stp42 Radar douanes Fresné Wn33 La Rivière Fossé antichar Wn35 Marais Wn36 Wn37 Le Hamel Wn39 KING BEACH JIG BEACH ITEM BEACH A/4-7 DG C/WD 5 East Yorks 6 Green Howards B/4-7 DG 1 Dorset SR B/WD 1 Hampshire NY 124 FA Rgt HMS Orion 7 Green Howards C/4-7 DG 147 FA Rgt 47 RM Cdo HMS Argonaut SR 2 Devons Historical Background Setup order 06th of June 1944 - Gold Beach. 50th British Infantry Division landed with two assault brigades, the 69th Brigade on King sector in front of Ver sur Mer 1 x11 and 231st Brigade on Jig sector in front of Asnelles. British infantrymen were supported, on King sector by amphibious tanks (DD tanks) of 4/7 Dragoon Guards and AVRE tanks of C squadron Westminster Dragoons, on Jig sector by DD tanks of Sherwood Rangers and Nottingham Yeomanry and AVRE of B squadron Westminster Dragoons. A commando unit , 2 x7 47th Royal Marines Commando, landed with the follow-up wave to advance towards port en bessin. After fierce fighting on the beach in front of La Rivière and Le Hamel, units of the 50th Infantry Division advanced inland and realized the best Allied bridgehead of the D-Day. 3 x1 The stage is set, the battle line are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history. - Radar station is out of service. 4 x10 Briefing - Axis player lays out the minefields (Terrains 29). Allied player [United Kingdom] : 10 command cards, you move first. 5 x2 Axis player [Germany] : 8 command cards. Conditions of Victory 6 x1 12 medals. Ver-sur-Mer, Meuvaines, Asnelles and the Radar station 7 x7 are a temporary medal objective for the Allied player. Special Rules 8 x3 -Use "BCF Command" rules (Nations 5). - Use "Specialized Units" rules for 47th RM Commando unit (Troops 2). 9 x9 Use "Combat Engineer" rules for AVRE units (Troop 4). AVRE unit can open a path in the antitank ditch. (Option : you can use the "Funnies" figures of the Equipment Pack 10 x9 with one accessory by AVRE unit). - Use "Sniper" rules for the single figure unit in the lighthouse (Troops 10). 11 x24 - Use "Mobile Artillery" rules for the 124th and 147th FAR (Troops 14). - Use "Destroyer" rules (Troops 12) and "Landing Craft" 12 x24 rules (Troops 15). - Use "Heavy Anti-Tank Guns" rules (Troops 23) to the Axis artillery unit. 13 x4 - Use "Special Weapon Asset", "Anti-Tank Weapon late war" and "Machine-guns late war" rules (SWAs 4, 5 & 7) to the Axis units with badges. 14 x17 - Only infantry could cross the antitank ditch. Inside, it gives the same protection than sandbags. Symbols & Graphics Copyright (c) 2004 - 2021 Days of Wonder, Inc. Produced with permission, for non-commercial use only..