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Days of the Fox
Dark days have fallen upon the West.
Despite their other pressing commitments, the Germans chose
to intervene in North Africa. In its rocks and sand lay the
road to the oil-rich Middle East, and to the control of the
Mediterranean Sea. Disgusted by the poor Italian military
effort, Hitler dispatched the 5th Light Division to Libya (later
joined by the 15th Panzer Division). To lead this expedition-
ary force, he sent one of Germany’s finest field commanders,
General Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel.
After the German invasion of Poland on September 1st, 1939,
sparked all-out war in Europe, Germany’s rebuilt war machine
redeployed to assault the rest of Europe. England and France,
major powers allied again in cause against Germany, prepared
for another major war after World War I ended 20 years before.
This time they would trust their historical advantages and the
strength of France’s new Maginot Line of fortress installations
for their short term defenses.
With his soon-to-be famous “Afrika Korps,” Rommel began a
series of extraordinary campaigns in North Africa. A shrewd
tactician and inspired leader of men, Rommel’s successes would
earn him respect among friend and foe alike. Very quickly he
gained the nickname “The Desert Fox.”
But the type of warfare that Adolf Hitler and his generals
unleashed upon the West on May 10th, 1940, was unlike any-
thing the fields of France had ever seen. Ignoring the Maginot
Line, Hitler’s “Blitzkrieg” (“lightning war”) units of tanks,
mobile infantry, and artillery rapidly broke through Belgium
and Holland, and soon were rolling into a weakly defended
northern France.
On June 22nd, 1941, Operation Barbarossa was launched
against Communist dictator Josef Stalin’s huge Soviet Union.
With Hitler’s and the German General Staff ’s attention now
turning to the massive war against Russia, Rommel and his
Panzer Group Afrika (the expanded Afrika Korps), despite
decreasing support from Germany, would hold this front against
the British (later joined by the Americans) in North Africa for
more than two years. Those days of the Fox saw heroic combat
at places like Tobruk, El Agheila, Kasserine Pass, and the piv-
otal battles around El Alamein.
Pummeled by the Luftwaffe (the German air force) and com-
pletely taken by surprise by the speed and intensity of the
Blitzkrieg, the Allies found themselves in disarray. With German
armored forces severing supply lines, and its most capable army
units cut off in Belgium or deployed without transport near the
Maginot Line, most French resistance would soon dissolve. The
British Expeditionary Force (B.E.F.) was forced to retreat in
disarray to the coast of Northern France near Belgium. Here,
from the town of Dunkirk, they were evacuated to Britain by a
hodge-podge fleet of British warships, merchant vessels, and
small private ships. This dramatic rescue was made possible by
a small contingent of Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) fighter planes
who managed to hold the Luftwaffe at bay long enough to
protect the vital extradition. In gratitude to the pilots of those
planes for this and for their later effort in the Battle of Britain,
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously exclaimed
to the House of Commons “Never in the field of human conflict
was so much owed by so many to so few!”
Rommel left the sands of North Africa before the Axis surrender
there on May 13th, 1943. Commanding wide respect and admi-
ration among both the German public and the German army,
Rommel was soon reassigned to France to prepare defenses
against the anticipated Allied invasion. Often sparring with col-
leagues over the best strategy, he made few friends amongst the
General Staff.
After the Allied invasion of Europe in Normandy on “D-Day,”
June 6th, 1944, Rommel defended the hedgerow terrain in bit-
ter fighting against the Allies around the town of Caen. But his
days of fighting were almost over. In mid-July he was seriously
injured in a strafing run by Allied aircraft and hospitalized. He
would never command an army again.
Only 10 days after the “miracle at Dunkirk,” German forces
marched into Paris. France surrendered just 44 days after it
was invaded.
While mending at his home, Rommel was implicated in the
unsuccessful assassination attempt against Hitler on July 20th.
Without friends or defenders among the General Staff, Rommel
found himself cornered.
Despite now being the undisputed master of mainland Europe,
Hitler pressed on with his war. Even as his Luftwaffe grappled
with the R.A.F. over England, the Nazi dictator in Berlin secret-
ly plotted “Operation Barbarossa,” the German invasion of
Russia.
Hitler, wishing to prevent the German people from suffering
through the trial of a popular and lauded general, gave Rommel
a dreadful choice. On October 14th, 1944, the Desert Fox,
protecting his family, honor, and legacy, submitted himself to
Hitler’s preferred option. In a forested grove outside the small
town of Herrlingen, General Erwin Rommel took his own life.
Meanwhile in North Africa, Italian forces, German allies under
the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, were collapsing
against the advance of British forces there. In one campaign in
late 1940, British divisions took more than 130,000 Italian sol-
diers prisoners in Libya, leaving only 7,000 capable personnel
around the vital port of Tripoli.
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Game Overview
Days of the Fox
expands on the already epic
Tide of Iron
(“
TOI
”) game experience by adding the forces of an entirely
new nation (the British), as well as anti-tank guns, additional
vehicles, desert terrain, new scenarios, and more. All of these
new components can be used to play the included scenarios,
as well as future scenarios, both official and player-made,
which will be available online at www.fantasyflightgames.com.
Detailed descriptions of these new components, as well as how
they are used, are included on the following pages.
Component Overview
Below you will find illustrations and brief descriptions of all the
components found in this expansion.
British Plastic Figures
These 76 detailed plastic
figures represent the British
military personnel and vehicles
that
Tide of Iron
players can
command. Also included are 16
British squad bases in two dif-
ferent shades of tan.
Components
• This Rules and Scenario Book
• 76 British Plastic Figures, consisting of:
o
36 Standard Infantry
o
8 Elite Infantry
o
4 Officers
o
4 Mortar Crews
o
4 MG Crews
o
4 Matilda II Tanks
o
4 Crusader Tanks
o
4 Bedford OY Transport Trucks
o
4 Bren Gun Carriers
o
4 Ordinance QF 6-Pounder Anti-tank Guns
• 16 Squad Bases, consisting of:
o
8 Light Tan British Bases
o
8 Dark Tan British Bases
• 12 German Plastic Figures, consisting of:
o
4 Panzer III Tanks
o
4 Panther Tanks
o
4 Flak 36 88mm Anti-tank Guns
• 4 American Plastic Figures, consisting of:
o
4 M1 57mm Anti-tank Guns
• 2 Unit Reference Sheets
• 8 British Control Markers
• 4 British Concealed Squad Markers
• 8 British Transport Markers
• 8 British Off-board Indicators
• 8 British Command Objectives (various values)
• 1 British VP Token
• 6 Entrenchment/Pillbox Desert Tokens
• 6 Tank Trap/Barbed Wire Desert Tokens
• 14 Map Overlay Tiles
• 20 Specialization Tokens
• 55 Cards, consisting of:
o
50 Strategy Cards, consisting of:
1 Morale II Deck containing 10 cards
1 Desert Tactics I Deck containing
10 cards
1 Disruption I Deck containing 10
cards
1 British Reinforcements I Deck
containing 10 cards
1 German Air Support I Deck
containing 10 cards
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4 Operations Cards
o
1 British Initiative Card
• 9 Desert Map Boards
German Plastic Figures
These German plastic figures repre-
sent two unique German tanks and
88mm anti-tank guns.
American Plastic Figures
These four American plastic figures
represent American anti-tank guns.
Unit Reference Sheets
These sheets provide players with the
combat values and special abilities for
each of the new plastic units.
British Tokens
A variety of British tokens are provided. These include British
control markers, concealed squad markers, transport markers,
off-board indicators, command objective markers, and a victory
point token. These tokens function exactly the same as their
American and German counterparts.
Desert Map Boards
These nine thick, double-sided map boards are used to build the
game board for each
Days of the Fox
scenario. Rules governing
new terrain features can be found on page 4 (and a summary of
such can be found on the back of this rules booklet).
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Map Overlay Tiles
Game Additions
Days of the Fox
includes many new components, most of
which are governed by both new and old rules. All compo-
nents provided in this expansion follow the standard
TOI
rules
unless stated otherwise. All new rules for these components are
described in the sections that follow.
New map overlay tiles are provided for use in desert
scenarios. These overlays include a large variety of different
terrain. As with the overlay tiles provided in main game, these
new overlays are placed on top of the map boards, adding to
or altering their terrain features.
Desert Map Boards
The nine desert map boards featured in this expansion are used
in the scenarios provided in this book (starting on page 8). While
they share many of the same terrain types as the original
Tide of
Iron,
the boards appear visually different. Also, there are a few
new terrain types which are described in detail below. Note that
all previously used terrain types, overlays, and fortifications func-
tion exactly the same as their counterparts in the main
TOI
game.
Terrain Tokens
Dunes
New entrenchment/pillbox tokens and new tank trap/barbed
wire tokens are included for aesthetically appropriate use on the
desert map boards. These fortifications and obstacles function
exactly the same as their non-desert counterparts.
Blocking Terrain:
Ye s
Movement Cost:
2 for squads, 3 for
vehicles
Cover:
1
Dirt Road
Specialization Tokens
Blocking Terrain:
Depends on hex’s main
terrain type.
Movement Cost:
It only costs a unit one
movement point to enter a road hex, regard-
less of the hex’s main terrain type, as long
as the active unit moved from another hex
containing a road contiguous to that of the hex entered. If a unit
is not moving contiguously along the road, the cost to enter a
road hex depends on the road hex’s main terrain type.
Three new types of specialization tokens are included. They
include the
recon
specialization and two new experienced spe-
cializations, the
alpha unit
and the
bravo unit
.
Strategy Cards
Five new decks of strategy cards
are included. These strategy cards
are used in the new scenarios,
and can be used in player-created
scenarios, adding a wide range of
new benefits and abilities to
Tide
of Iron
.
When using the
effective on roads
ability, it
costs
one-half of a
movement point
instead of one-third when moving along a dirt road.
Cover:
Is equal to the hex’s main terrain type.
Wooden Bridge
Blocking Terrain:
No
Movement Cost:
1
Cover:
1
Operations Cards
The new operations cards provide
a variety of rules to their assigned
scenarios, mostly pertaining to
desert warfare in the North African
Campaign.
A wooden bridge is contiguous to an
adjoining dirt road.
Crevasse
Blocking Terrain:
No
Movement Cost:
Impassible
Cover:
0
British Initiative Card
The British initiative card functions exact-
ly the same as its American and German
counterparts.
All other terrain types are listed on the back page of these rules
and are treated exactly the same as the base game.
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The British Forces
Actions with Equipment
Units with the equipment trait have the following rules govern-
ing how they take certain actions.
The most significant addition in
Days of the Fox
is the inclu-
sion of British forces as a playable army. While many of their
units are similar to their American and German counterparts, the
British also receive two unique tank types.
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Advance:
An advance action may only be performed
if there is a fresh friendly unit present in the same hex.
Fatigue the friendly unit, as well as the equipment
unit,
and move both of them into an adjacent hex that does
not contain enemy units. They may not enter a hex that
is impassable, or a hex that already contains two or
more units. Any obstacles (such as a mine field) in the
destination hex are triggered as normal. In other words:
In addition to their plastic pieces, the British also receive
nation-specific tokens and strategy cards. All British pieces
can be identified by their tan nation color.
It is also important to note that the British and Americans were
allied during World War II, and they often shared equipment
and fought side-by-side on the battlefield. Therefore, American
and British pieces are always considered friendly (see "Allied
Forces" on page 7 for more information).
o
An equipment unit can only move one hex
regardless of terrain.
o
An equipment unit can only move if moving
with a friendly fresh unit (moving both of
these units counts as a single action).
British Units
All British units function just like their American counterparts
and are summarized on the unit reference sheet.
•
Concentrated Fire:
A concentrated fire action may
only be performed if there is a friendly
squad,
either
fresh or in op-fire mode, present in the same hex.
Activate the equipment unit to perform its normal con-
centrated fire action. The friendly squad in the hex is
not activated by this action. As above, an equipment
unit can participate in combined fire just like any nor-
mal unit, but only when a friendly squad, either fresh
or in op-fire mode, is present in the same hex.
New German and
American Units
This expansion introduces two new Germans tanks, the Panzer
III and the Panther. The Panzer III was used heavily in the
North African Campaign (and in the included scenarios), while
the Panther did not see action until much later in the war. The
Panther will be used in future scenarios, and may also be used
by players when creating their own scenarios. The capabilities
for all new units can be found on the new unit reference sheets.
•
Prepare Op Fire:
A prepare for op fire action may
only be performed if there is a friendly squad, either
fresh or in op-fire
mode, present in the same hex.
Later, in order for an equipment unit to attack an
enemy unit using op fire, there must be a friendly
squad (either fresh or in op-fire mode), present in the
hex. Fatigue the equipment unit and follow the stan-
dard rules for its opportunity fire.
In addition to these tanks, the Germans and the Americans
receive anti-tank gun units. These devastating weapons were
the main armament used against armored vehicles during World
War II. Anti-tank guns follow special rules as described below.
Anti-Tank Guns
•
Fire and Movement:
Equipment units may not per-
form fire and movement actions.
Anti-tank guns were one of the most effective weapons against
armored vehicles during World War II. Some of them, such
as the infamous 88mm Flak 36 gun, were originally designed
as anti-aircraft weapons, but were frighteningly successful at
eliminating enemy tanks.
•
Assault:
Equipment units may not perform assault
actions. Equipment can be assaulted by enemy units as
explained below.
Important:
Note that a unit may not qualify to activate equip-
ment if it is pinned, disrupted, heavily damaged, or inside a for-
tification (pillbox or entrenchment).
In
Tide of Iron
, anti-tank guns (or AT guns) are featured as
mostly stationary equipment that must be manned by a squad.
These powerful weapons are low in mobility and armor, but
they are deadly against enemy vehicles. The rules governing AT
guns are detailed below.
Assaulting Equipment
Although equipment units cannot perform assault actions, they
may be assaulted by enemy units. When assaulted, equipment
units do not add any dice to an assault. Equipment units cannot
be assigned hits and do not retreat from an assault. Equipment
always counts towards the unit limit in a hex, and may be used
by an opponent (see below).
Traits: Equipment
All anti-tank guns have the
equipment
trait. Units with this trait
are governed by the following rules.
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