Lock n Load Manual e Book

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1. Inducin 5

1.1. System requirements 6

1.2. Installing the Game 6

1.3. Uninstalling the Game 7

1.4. Product Updates, Bonus Content

and Registering your Game 7

1.5. Re-downloading your Game 81.6. Game Forums 9

1.7. Technical Support 9

1.8. Starting a New Game 9

1.9. Multiplayer 11

1.10. Options 12

1.11. Scenarios and Campaigns 15

1.12. The Action Bar 15

2. Quick Sa 16

2.1. Getting Started 16

2.2. Moving Stuff 17

2.3. Attacking 22

2.4. Turn Two 25

2.5. Dont You Forget About Me 27

2.6. Spotting the Enemy 272.7. Melee Combat 28

2.8. When Opportunity Knocks 29

2.9. Smoke Em if You Got Em 30

2.10. Rally Round the Flag 31

2.11. The Battle Continues 31

3. Gnal Gam Cnc 313.1. Units 31

3.2. Counters 32


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3.3. Dice 34

3.4. Stacking 34

3.5. Half-Hexes 34

3.6. Morale 34

4. Su Wan and Wan Tam 35

4.1. Support Weapons 36

4.2. Tripod Machine Guns 37

4.3. Flamethrowers and Satchel Charges 37

4.4. Molotov Cocktails 38

4.5. Weapon Teams 39

5. Squnc f Play 40

5.1. Rally Phase 40

5.2. Operations Phase 42

5.3. Administrative Phase 46

6. Fi Cmba 46

6.1. Leaders and Their Influence on Attacks 47

6.2. Direct Fire Table (DFT) Results 48

6.3. Multiple Attacking Units 50

6.4. Opportunity Fire 50

6.5. Extended Range 52

6.6. Flanking Fire 52

7. vmn 52

7.1. Assault Movement 557.2. Double-time 56

7.3. Low Crawl 56

7.4. Stealth Movement 56

8. Smk 57

9. l Cmba 58

9.1. Locked Units 609.2. Reinforcing a Melee 61

9.3. Zero-Firepower and M-Rated MMCs 62


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10. Lin f Sigh and Sing 62

10.1. Spotting 63

10.2. Hills and Buildings 65

10.3. Figuring Line of Sight (LOS) 6510.4. Terrain Characteristics 67

11. Singl an ( Wman) Cun 68

11.1. Leaders 68

11.2. Heroes 69

11.3. Medics 70

11.4. Snipers 71

11.5. Scouts 72

11.6. Armor Leaders 72

11.7. Soviet Commissars 73

11.8. Nurses 73

12. Skill Cad 74

13. Odnanc 74

13.1. Hits on Unarmored Vehicles 77

13.2. Non-Penetrating Hits 77

13.3. Angle and Point of Impact 78

13.4. Special Ammunition 79

13.5. Target Acquisition 79

14. Vhicl 80

14.1. Vehicle Counters Explained 8014.2. Vehicle Facing and Movement 82

14.3. Assault Movement in Vehicles 83

14.4. Overruns 83

14.5. Vehicle Crews 85

15. Pang 85

15.1. Passengers Riding Inside 85

15.2. Passengers Riding Outside 86

15.3. Passengers of Abandoned Vehicles 87

15.4. Mounting and Dismounting 88


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16. Infany and Ailly VS.Vhicl 90

16.1. Close Assault 90

16.2. Small-Arms Fire . Armored Vehicles 92

16.3. Small-Arms Fire . Unarmored Vehicles 9416.4. Mortars and Artillery . Armored Vehicles 95

17. Indic Fi 95

17.1. Onboard Mortars 95

17.2. Off-board Artillery 96

18. Nigh Cmba 99

18.1. Ordnance Attacks During Night Scenarios 9918.2. Melee During Night Scenarios 99

18.3. Star Shells 100

19. Fificain 100

19.1. Foxholes 101

19.2. Wire 101

19.3. Trenches 101

19.4. Railroad Tracks 102

20. Nainal Chaaciic f Lock n Load 102

20.1. German Forces 102

20.2. Soviet Forces 103

21. Fixd-Wing Aicaf 105

21.1. Machine Guns and Bombs 106

22. Glay 108

lay fnc 111

Cdi 117


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1. Inducin

The Lock n Loadfranchise comes to the PC with Lock n Load:

Heroes of Stalingrad. Designed by Mark H. Walker and

programmed by elements of the team responsible for bringing

you Panzer General Online, Heroes of Stalingrad remains faithful

to Lock n Loads ease of play and immersive format, while

incorporating all the advantages of playing on your computer.The game features two, branching campaigns. One that is

playable from the Soviet side and one from the German point

of view. The campaigns are story driven, using graphic novel-

type panels to propel the plot. A turn-based game, Heroes of

Stalingrad retains Lock n Loads engaging impulse system

while adding features, such as lanking ire, hidden units, and

residual machine gun ire, that would just be too iddly for theboardgame.

In each campaign gamers will not only need their tactical

wits as the ight company-sized battles in, and on the

approaches to, Stalingrad, but will also need to manage their

troops in the campaign interface. It is in the campaign interface

that they decide who to take into to battle, how to spend theirprecious resource points, and whether to lead a tank-heavy for,

vulnerable to enemy infantry in the streets of Stalingrade, or a

less mobile, infantry only, contingent.

Heroes of Stalingrad ships with 12 stand alone missions

for those who want to jump right in to the ighting. There are

bridge seizures, Partisan ambushes, and even a reprisal of

several of the scenarios from Lock n LoadPublishings Not OneStep Back.


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1.1. Sym quimnPlease ensure your system meets the minimum requirements

listed below.

1.1.1. inimum Rquimn

OS:Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8

CPU:1GHz

RAM:1GB

Video/Graphics:DirectX 9.0c+ Video Card

Sound:DirectX 9 SupportedHard disk space:2GB

DVD-Rom: Yes, for physical version only

DirectX version:9.0c

Peripheral hardware: Mouse, Keyboard

Internet Connection for Multiplayer++

1.1.2. Rcmmndd RquimnOS: Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8

CPU: 2GHz Dual Core

RAM:2GB

Video/Graphics:256MB DirectX 9.0c+ Dedicated Video Card

1.2. Inaing h GamTo install the game, insert the game DVD disc into your DVD

drive. If you have disabled the Autorun function on your DVD

or if you are installing from a digital download, navigate to the

DVD or download ile location, double-click on the installation

ile, and if it is a zip archive, then double click on the executable

(exe) ile that is shown inside the archive. The correct ile name

will normally include the words SetupRelease. Follow all on-screen prompts to complete the installation.


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1.3. Uninaing h GamPlease use the Add/Remove Programs or Programs and

Features option from the Windows Control Panel or the

Uninstall link in the games Windows START menu to

uninstall the game. Uninstalling through any other method will

not properly uninstall the game.

1.4. Pduc Uda, Bnu Cnnand Rgiing yu Gam

In order to maintain our product excellence, Matrix Gamesreleases updates containing new features, enhancements, and

corrections to any known issues. All our updates are available

free on our website and can also be downloaded quickly and

easily by clicking on the Check for Updates link in your Game

Menu or by using the Update Game shortcut in your Windows

START menu folder for the game.

We also periodically make beta (preview) updates andother content available to registered owners. Keeping up with

these special updates is made easy and is free by signing up

for a Matrix Games Member account. When you are signed up,

you can then register your Matrix Games products in order to

receive access to these bonus game-related materials. Follow

this process:1. Sign Up for a Matrix Games Member account: THIS IS A

ONE TIME PROCEDURE; once you have signed up for a

Matrix account, you are in the system and will not need to

sign up again. Go to www.matrixgames.com and click the

Members hyperlink at the top. In the new window, select

Register NOW and follow the onscreen instructions.

When youre inished, click the Please Create My NewAccount button, and a conirmation e-mail will be sent to

your speciied e-mail account.


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2. Register a New Game Purchase Once you have signed

up for a Matrix Games Member account, you can then

register any Matrix Games title you own in your new

account. To do so, log in to your account on the Matrix

Games website (www.matrixgames.com). Click Register

Your Game near the top of the menu in the Members

Club to register your new Matrix Games purchase.

We strongly recommend registering your game as it will give

you a backup location for your serial number should you lose it

in the future. Once youve registered your game, when you login to the Members section you can view your list of registered

titles by clicking My Games. Each game title is a hyperlink that

will take you to an information page on the game (including all

the latest news on that title).

Also on this list is a Downloads for Registered Games

hyperlink that takes you to a page that has all the latest

public and registered downloads, including patches, for yourregistered titles. You can also access patches and updates via

our Latest Downloads section (http://www.matrixgames.

com/products/latestdownloads.asp).

1.5. R-dwnlading yu Gam

If you were logged into your Members Club account whenyou purchased your game, it will be automatically registered

and you can access an automatic re-download link by going

to http://www.matrixgames.com/members/myorders.asp

or using the My Orders link in the Members Club. If your

download does not show up there, you can contact our Help

Desk at http://www.matrixgames.com/support/ to receive a

new download link. This process generally takes one businessday, but is often faster during normal work hours.


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1.6. Gam FumOur forums are one of the best things about Matrix Games.

Every game has its own forum with our designers, developers

and the gamers playing the game. If you are experiencing

a problem, have a question or just an idea on how to make

the game better, post a message there. Go to http://www.

matrixgames.com and click on the Forums hyperlink.

1.7. Tchnical Sup

Should you have a technical problem with the game, the bestway to get help is to post a note in the Technical Support sub-

forum of the main game forum at http://www.matrixgames.

com/forums. Youll then hear back from either our Matrix

Games Staff, the development team, or from one of the many

helpful players of the game. This is usually the fastest way to

get help. Alternatively, you can contact our Help Desk at http://

www.matrixgames.com/support/ . Support requests willgenerally be answered within 24 hours, except on weekends

or national holidays.

1.8. Saing a Nw GamTo begin a new game of Lock n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad start

the program and then select New Game from the opening menu.You will then be given the choice of either playing an individual

scenario or a complete new campaign, which is a series of linked

scenarios in which units that survive each scenario continue in

the next scenario until the campaigns conclusion.

To play a scenario, choose New Scenario from the menu,

and, after reading the descriptions of each, select one and then

select Start at the bottom of the screen. Then select whatside you will play, what side the computer (or another human

player) will play, and select Begin at the bottom of the screen.


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To play a campaign, go through the same procedure using

the choices from the campaign menu.

1.8.1. Lading Savd Gam

To resume a saved

game, select Load

Game from the

opening-screen menu;ind your save in the

list and select it (in the

screenshot below, the

selected ile is called

partisan save.sav.)

then select Load at the

bottom of the screen.


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1.9. ulilay

Starting and joining multiplayer games in Lock n Load(LnL) isa straightforward process.

First, each player needs an active Slitherine.com account. If

you do not have one, go to Slitherine.com and register for your

account by clicking Login in the upper right-hand corner and

then select Sign up here.

Once you have your credentials in hand, start the game andclick Multiplayer from the opening screen. At the prompt,

enter your Slitherine login and password, as above; this will

then take you to the Multiplayer Lobby.

Once in the lobby, in the left-hand column, you should see

your Slitherine login name, along with other players currently

online who may be seeking an opponent. Click on any of the

names in the lobby and then click Whisper to send them amessage. Once you have worked out the details with that

person about playing a game, click Create Game at the top


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of the screen. You will then plug in whatever scenario and

side that you agreed upon with our opponent (and note

that next to your name in the left-hand column there is now

an icon indicating you have created a game), click on your

opponents name, then select Invite; once they have accepted

your invitation, the game begins. Enjoy! Also note that any

incompatibilities between game versions will be shown here

as well; playing an opponent using a different version of the

game will most likely cause it to crash.

Any games you are currently playing will be listed byclicking Current Games. the second tab at the top of the lobby

screen. Select a game and re-invite your opponent once you are

both online and in the lobby. Lastly, leave messages for your

opponents about times to meet online to resume hostilities,

and start a new match, etc., in the Forum, the third tab at the

top of the screen.

1.10. OinSelect Options from the opening-screen menu to ind settings

that you can use to ine-tune gameplay to your taste, from

music, sound levels and game dificulty to pop-up info levels

and various graphic choices, such as the size of the button

icons The game defaults to an automatic setting for all theseoptions; as you get to know the game better, feel free to change

them to suit your gameplay style.

The options are:

Dificulty: Pick from Normal or Hard. Hard is intended

for experienced and expert LnL players. Normal gives

the player some advantages over the AI. Hard levels the

playing ield.Master Sound Volume: Starts at 50%; adjust as desired.

Music: On/Off


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Ambient Sound Effects: On/Off

Button Icons: Small or Large; this affects the size of the

buttons in then Action Bar.

Die Results Timer/Show Die Results: Increases or

decreases the time that the die roll is shown; the default

setting is Hold, which means you need to click the

spacebar to move farther into the phase. You can also set

this not to show the die results at all.

Scrolling Die Results: If set to Off (the default), the dice

are rolled on the screen and there is an automatic pauseafter each roll. If set to On, the roll results are shown in

a text summary on the left-hand side information.

Condensed Scrolling: If set to Off (the default), all the

modiiers and other details that are part of each result

are listed. If set to On, modiiers are summarized and

the results are condensed.

Show Clouds On/Off: Turning this to Off might helpsystem performance.

Melee Art On/Off: This determines whether additional

action art is shown during melee resolution.

Move Cost Shown Yes/No: Default is set to Yes; when

on, this indicates the movement cost as plotted by a unit,

as per sections 2.2 and 7.0, below. Counter Peek All/Enemies/None: Controls whether

some, all, or none of the stacked unit counters scoot

when hovered over on the map to show all the units in

that stack.

Auto Rally Phase On/Off: If set to On, the computer

will begin the rally all possible Shaken units and take in

to account all the bonuses given them by any applicableLeaders. If set to Off, this must be done manually by the

player.


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Auto End Impulse On/Off: If set to On, the computer

will automatically end an impulse after the last pass; if set

to Off, this must be conirmed by the player.

Auto-select Stacked On/Off: If set to On, the computer

will automatically select all the units in a stack. If set to

Off, the player must select any units in that stack.

Counter Pop-up Info On/Off: If set to On, hovering

a mouse over a unit in the Unit Display Panel will revel

important statistics such as Morale, Leadership and

Movement in the case of a Leader; Firepower, Range,Movement and Morale in the case of a squad; and a vast

array of vehicle data such as Firepower, Movement,

Range, Morale, Armor thickness by facing, Ordnance data,

maximum passenger loads, and more. If set to Off, the

pop-up will just reveal the name of the Leader/squad/

vehicle, etc.


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1.11. Scnai and CamaignNew players should start their Lock n Load experience by

playing through the tutorial scenarios irst, as they introduce

the basics of movement, ire combat, melee, and squad

management. After the completion of the tutorials, start

with a small scenario such as Partisan Defense. As you gain

experience in the games mechanics, try playing some of the

larger scenarios until you have worked your way up to taking

on either of the two campaigns. Feel free to adjust the dificulty

as needed in the Options screen (see above).

1.12. Th Acin BaThe Action Bar is the set of icons at the bottom of the screen

arrayed in two rows, starting at the upper left with the Move

icon; these buttons allow you to issue orders and actions to

your units. If a certain action is not available to that selected

unit, the icon will be dimmed, or grayed out, and is not clickable.Actions that are available to that unit are not dimmed/grayed

out, and when the mouse is placed over them they become

outlined in yellow.

For example, in the screenshot above, the selected squad

at the current time could Move, Low Crawl, make a Spotting

attempt (the Ops Complete button), attempt to lay Smoke, or

use the Line of Sight (LOS) tool or check the Victory Conditions

display. Keep in mind that as an impulse progresses, moreactions may become available! Each of the Actions in the Action

Bar is described in more detail later in the manual.


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2. Quick Sa

Youre just a few clicks away from being right in the middle of

the action! Grab your rile and follow along.

2.1. Gting SadAt the main menu, click New Game, then click New Scenario.

From the available scenarios, choose A Partisan Defense.Read the scenario synopsis, make sure the German side is set

to the Human player, then click Begin! at the bottom of the

screen. The AI rolls for initiative at the beginning of each turn,

indicating which side goes irst. Using the mouse cursor or the

arrow keys, scan the board to locate your units positions and

possible enemy positions. Use the mouse wheel or the +/

keys to zoom in or out. While there are no enemy units visibleto start, the hexes you need to capture are pulsating with a

white glow, and displayed in the top right of the screen (press

V to remove the window) These are the factory at hexes D4,

E3, F3, G2 and the open hex at K4.

The enemy units will reveal themselves soon enough. It is

important to note that because of the vagaries and randomnessof combat in LnLfor example, whether the enemy passes his

Spotting roll to see some of your unitsit is very dificult to

lay out a scenario, step-by-step, and have it happen every time

in a way that we could put down here. So, should the action

commence before it does below, or not at all, or in a different,

unexpected way, you may need to either jump ahead a section

or two in the Quick Start or back up. Its simply impossible togaze too far in the crystal ballbut thats what makes the LnL

system so dynamic.


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2.1.1. Th Rally Pha

The game begins with the Rally Phase, but since neither you

nor your enemy begin the game with units that need to be

rallied, the game will advance to the Operations Phase (to see

what phase you are in, just look at the box in the upper left-

hand corner). More on the Rally Phase later.

2.1.2. Oain Pha

The Operations Phase, which is where the bulk of the game

occurs, functions through an impulse system: players alternateimpulses, during which they activate friendly units in one hex

at a time, per impulse, or pass.

To check the (friendly or enemy) units in a stack, click on

that stack. For example, click on the stack in hex L8 led by Lt.

Koch: a yellow border now outlines the hex, and the units in

that hexLt. Koch, his two accompanying Pioneer Squads, and

their Support Weaponsappear in the Activation Box at thelower right side of the screen.

The default is for all units in a clicked hex to be activated;

activated Squads are surrounded by a red border in the

Activation Box. To deactivate these units, move the cursor over

each of them and click; the red square will appear or disappear

depending on how many times you click. If you change yourmind, its OK; just click any unit you wish to deactivate, or click

Unselect All.

2.2. ving SuffOnce youve activated all the units in Lt. Kochs stack in L8,

hover your mouse over one of squads. A small menu of the

units capabilities will appear.Lets get these troops moving. A Movement Factor (MF) is

the total number of Movement Points (MPs) a unit, or stack


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of units, has. The stacks MF

(in this case, 6) appears in

the upper-right corner of the

Activation Box. Next, right-

click on the hex you want the

stack to Move to, in this case

the building at M5, and a white

arrow will appear showing

you the route to the target

hex and the MPs needed to getthere.

The white arrow indicates

that you have enough MPs to

reach the hex; a red arrow will

appear if you dont. Click on a

hex at a range of eight or nine

hexes away to see how thisworks. Both arrows will be traced back to the stack.

In this case, the arrow remains white, but the reality is that

while Lt. Koch, who has a MF of 6, could reach that building,

but his Squads, which only have MFs of 4, could not if they were

on their own. However, and this point is extremely important:

Lt. Koch increases their movement to 6 when they all movetogether. Try selecting just a Squad without the Leader and

testing how far it could go.

Lets keep our stack together and move into cover in the

building in M5, but instead of walking down the street, lets

use the row of buildings as cover. Click the stack, make sure all

the units are selected, and right-click on hex M7. To conirm

the Move, right-click a second time on the destination hex;the stack will then move out. Upon entering M7, because

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you have more MPs or you

havent taken damage or been

Shaken as a result of enemy

ire. Lets keep moving your

Pioneers and Lt. Koch north

into the building at M5. You

should end your turn as the

screenshot below shows;

note that due to the vagaries

of combat and the route youdecided to take, you may

have encountered the enemy

(hint: the enemy can see your

troops easily in open hexes like the road in L6 and L7, but

moving through a building is much stealthier).

Did you notice when you moved away from Kochs initial

hex that the hexes surrounding his starting point were shadedgreen? This is the game reminding you that because Koch is a

Leader, you can also activateduring this impulseany units

that started the impulse adjacent to him (in one of those green-

shaded hexes). This is a very important attribute and rule;

remember that normally you can only activate one hex worth

of units per impulse, so it is easy to see how this Leader abilitycan be very important under ire.

To complete the impulse, click Finished, or press the

Enter key. Again, remember that units that become Shaken or

Wounded during Movement must stop in that hex; they cannot

continue. If Lt. Koch or some of his Squads were Shaken or took

casualties, theyll remain in that hex until they can be Rallied.

Assuming you survived any Opportunity Fire and completedyour move, note that the stack also has a Moved marker on it to

indicate that its units have completed their action for this turn.


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Note:if you dont want your unit(s) to move to the designated

hex the way the AI indicates it will move it, right-click on a hex

different from the hex you want your unit(s) to end up in and

move them there irst, then, with your remaining MPs, inish

the move to your desired destination. Do this if you think the

AIs movement route will subject your units to Opportunity

Fire, etc. This is why we moved to M7 and then M6 in two one-

hex moves.

After inishing the initial impulse, with Lt. Koch and hisSquads, it was the AIs impulse; if you moved Koch through the

buildings on the way to M5, the AI may not have spotted any

of your units, so it may pass. Of course, if you took a different

route or activated a different group, or enemy units have

spotted units of yours that havent moved yet, your results may

be different.

Sometimes its better to keep a low proile when you move. ToLow Crawl, follow the same steps as those for Movement, except

click on Low Crawl in the Action Bar at the bottom of the

screen. Units that Low Crawl

can only move one hex per

impulse, but they will remain

unspotted unless they arein open terrain, adjacent to

an unshaken enemy unit, or

are successfully spotted by a

spotting attempt.

Lets move the Squad

in I5 towards its eventual

destination hex of H4 usingLow Crawl to hex I4, then

click Finished.


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Note that in this scenario, only Lt. Koch, his Pioneer Squads,

and Lt. Wurtz in H6 are capable of Assault Movement (Leaders

and Heroes can always Assault Move). Squads that can Assault

Move are designated by a red square over the Movement Factor

on their counter. This action is accomplished by following

the same steps as those for Movement and Low Crawl. Select

the units, click on the Assault Move button in the Action Bar

and right click twice on your destination to move. Assault

Movement allows units to move up to half their Movement

Factor (or half a Leaders MF if in the same stack) and still irein the same impulse or in a later impulse.

Assuming at this point that there are no enemy units spotted,

lets move some more of our guys forward. If we can possibly

end an impulse in cover instead of in the open, thats a good

thing, so lets move one of our Squads with an MG 34 in K7

over to assist Lt. Koch. Note that without Koch in their hex,

they dont have the movement boost Kochs men did; they onlyhave a MF of 4. This is, however, enough to get them to cover in

M6. So select one of the MG 34-possessing Squads and move it

towards M6... Theres a good

chance when the unit hits the

Road in L7 that they may get

ired upon by Partisans in theBuilding at hex M3. If they

were ired upon, what was

the result? Are they Shaken

or did they take Casualties? If

so, they have stopped in their

tracks and are done for this

impulse. However, we nowhave targets; if the irst Squad

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ire, try moving the second Squad from K7 there; odds are, one

of them will draw the interest of a trigger-happy Partisan.

For more on Movement, see Section 7.

2.3. AtackingOK, lets get some ire on those Partisans who so foolishly

opened up on our lads. In order to ire at an enemy unit, that

unit must irst be spotted, which the Partisans in M3 are

because they ired, and are thus under a Fired marker.

Enemy units that are in open terrain, under a Moved, Firedor Assault Move marker, or adjacent to a Good Order friendly

unit are considered spotted and can be ired upon.

Select the unmoved Squad in hex K7 (this assumes the

Partisans opened up on your irst Squad; if they didnt and you

had to move both, the Partisans will have to wait until next turn).

It has LOS to the Partisans and its MG 34 is well within range.

Left-click on the hex with the Partisans in it; you will noticethat the cursor changes to a crosshair as you hover your mouse

over the target hex and gives you a very valuable percentage

likelihood of effective ire. Just to highlight the eficacy of the MG

34 as a Support Weapon, click the MG 34 in the Activation Box

to de-select it, and once again hover your mouse over the target.

You will see that that the percentage of effective ire has droppedfrom 28% with the MG 34 to just 4% without it.

Re-select the MG 34 and click on the hex to attack the

Partisan units in it. The AI computes the results of the combat,

and depending on how well your side and their side rolled, the

results could be anywhere from No Effect to Shaken or various

levels of Casualties or damage. In our case, we rolled well; one

Partisan was Wounded and the other has been Shaken. Yourresults, as they say, may differ.

For more on Fire Combat, see Section 6.


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2.3.1. Indic Fi 101

Lets see how those Partisans react to a little mortar ire, shall

we? Select the 50mm Mortar Weapon Team in hex I7 and left-click on the Partisans; no joy. Our team does not have either

LOS to the target OR a Leader with LOS to the target who

could call in the mortar ire using the Call Onboard Mortar Fire

action (Lt. Koch is in a good position to do so next turn, but has

completed his turn already). We can check the Mortar Weapon

Teams LOS using the LOS String Tool in the Action Bar. Whenusing the LOS String Tool, click on another hex to check LOS

from that hex. Given that we cant attack the hex with the

Partisans in it using direct ire, lets hunker down and prepare

to use the Mortar Weapon Team next turn if we can spot the

Partisans then.

Another possibility is that the Mortar Weapon Team has

been spotted and ired upon, and may have been Shaken oreliminated. See Rally Round the Flag, farther down in the

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2.3.2. Saying On Tak

Four of the ive victory hexes in this scenario are in the factory

building to the north, so it needs to be the focus of our effort.

Weve started one rile Squad in the direction via Low Crawl;

lets get Lt. Wurtz and his two Squads in to an overwatch in

the stone building in F5, which will provide good cover and

an excellent vantage point to our objectives; move them there

now using the same methods you have used before.

Contact! In all likelihood, Partisans in the factory didnt

take kindly to your appearance across the road. Most likely,

their Opportunity Fire had no effect, but there is no certainty

in war. Once you have arrived in the hex, you are done with

the impulse; click Finished. Instead of passing, as it has been

doing, the AI might take this opportunity to ire at Lt. Wurtzand his troops from other areas nearby, revealing the iring

units to you.


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Once they have ired,

we can assess more of the

nature of the enemy. Click

on any enemy stack or unit

to see more about that hexs

occupants. For example,

clicking on hex D4, as long

as they have indeed ired at

you (sorry for the spoiler

if not), shows the SovietPartisan Leader Elana and

two Squads of Partisans.

By this time, weve moved or ired all our units except

the Medic in J8 who could help us rally Shaken units or heal

Wounded Leaders or Heroes. Hes under cover and unspotted,

and hopefully no one needs his services yet (but if you do have

Shaken or Wounded units, feel free to move the Medic to theirhex so that he can help them in the next Rally Phase), so lets

leave him be, and click Pass in the lower right-hand corner,

and keep clicking it until we get through three Passes.

Again, the way this turn has played out for you may be quite

a bit different from what was laid out here. If so, using the

sections of the Quick Start Guide that apply to your situation isjust as relevant a way to learn the game as any other; feel free

to roll with whatever proverbial punches the AI has thrown

your way, and keep pushing forward.

2.4. Tun TwAll that passing above will lead to Turn 2, and the computer will

roll for initiative again. Depending on who wins this roll, Elanaand her group may ire irst, at a spotted hex; a completely new

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it falls on us to strike irst. Regardless, we see reinforcements

have arrived in hex M7: an armored car! Before we rub our

hands together in glee over the arrival of our irst vehicle unit,

lets see if we can scare up some targets.

Even though we now have LOS to hexes that we know contain

the enemy, because it is a new turn and they havent ired

and arent adjacent to one of our units and arent in an open-

terrain hex, they are unspotted. You can tell they have not been

spotted because their counters are shadowed. Time to move

that armored car into the thick of things; select it, click AssaultMove (vehicles can also do this), and lets move it up the road

toward J6. What will happen? Odds are, at the very least, the

Partisans in M3 will once again rear their heads. Though we

hope their rounds will ping harmlessly off of the vehicle,

there is no surety of this,

especially if they are in range

and choose to ire their anti-tank rile. But you cant make

an omelette without breaking

a few eggs, right? Notice that

those Partisans counters are

no longer shadowedthey

are open game for anyone withLOS to them.

Never ones to leave well

enough alone, we also moved

the armored car two hexes to

the northwest to hex J4, where

a heretofore unseen Partisan

appeared from hiding and iredupon it, leaving it Shaken. Feel

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Assault Move will allow your armored car to ire after moving

(in fact, it gets two shots as shown by the 2X on the counter).

2.5. Dn Yu Fg Abu Remember the Mortar Weapon Team from last turn? Its time

to quit talking about iring it and do it. The Partisans in M3

who ired at the armored car are prime targets. Use Lt. Kochs

ability to Call Onboard Mortar Fire (the Fire for Effect button

in the Action Bar) and drop some 50mm Mortar rounds on

that hex! While it was emotionally gratifying to think of ourrounds inding their target, sadly, our rolls show No Effect;

perhaps you did better. Note, also, that hex M3 is now under

a Fire For Effect marker, meaning any unit, friendly or foe,

that enters that hex this turn is subject to an attack from that

mortar barrage.

2.6. Sting h EnmySpotting attempts are done against unspotted hexes. Enemy

units in an unspotted hex are shadowed. Spotting attempts do

not count as an impulse, but only one attempt can be made per

friendly impulse.

Spotting requires the same steps as the other available

actions. For example, click on Lt. Wurtz in hex F5, then choosejust his counter (by Shift-clicking the counter) in the Activation

Box to activate just him. Select Spot Hex from the Action Bar;

your cursor will change in to an arrow. Hovering the mouse in

this mode over a hex will also give you a percentage likelihood

of the spotting attempts success. Go ahead and click Elanas

hex, D4. A die roll will ensue. To spot a degrading-terrain hex

requires a roll of three or less; to a spot blocking-terrain hexrequires a roll of two or less. One is added to the spotters die

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en route to the target hex. Leadership modiiers are subtracted

from spotting-attempt die rolls, which means your Leaders

usually make the best spotters. Units that fail a spotting attempt

are marked with an Ops (Operations) Complete marker. If the

spotting unit is successful it, and any other units it is stacked

with, can ire at the enemy unit(s) in the now-spotted hex. Use

Lt. Wurtzs two Squads to ire on Elanas hex, assuming it has

been spotted.

For more on Spotting, see Section 10.

2.7. le CmbaMelee combat is an effective tactic. In Melee, both the attacker

and the defender roll, but not in an opposed die roll, as they do

in regular Fire combat. To enter Melee, a unit must irst move

into an enemy-occupied hex. To do this, follow the steps as

stated above.

Remember the Squad we Low Crawled last turn? Well, it isright across the Road from that Partisan Half-squad that tried

to shoot up our armored car, and its payback time. Move the


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Squad into the Partisan units hex,

K3. Melee combat will ensue. A

Melee screen will appear. Be sure to

activate not just your 1-6-4 Squad

but their MG 34 Support Weapon,

too. You can toggle the MG 34s

activation status by clicking on it,

and the Squads Firepower will alter

from 1 to 3, depending on whether

or not it has been activated. TheMelee odds will alter as well.

In this Melee, the Germans have

3:1 odds, and in our speciic case

that proved to be enough to do the job. Click the OK button to

move through the Melee resolution.

If the attacker survives and the defender is eliminated, or

vice-versa, the surviving unit(s) remains in the hex under aMelee marker, which prohibits enemy ire into the hex for the

rest of the turn. If both the attacker and the defender survive,

they remain in the hex under a Melee marker. Friendly or

enemy units can reinforce the Melee in subsequent impulses,

but no further Melee combat occurs until the next turn. In the

next turn, either side uses an impulse to initiate Melee combatby selecting the hex, activating their Melee-eligible unit(s), and

selecting Melee on the Action Bar. Melee continues in this

manner until one or both sides units are eliminated.

For more on Melee Combat, see Section 9.

2.8. Whn Opuniy Knck

If and when an enemy unit moves into a hex, its movementmakes that enemy unit an eligible target of any of your inactive

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Opportunity Fire (OF) on that unit. In other words, the enemy

has appeared in front of you unexpectedly, and you havent ired

yet. Would you like to? The AI will ask you should this occur. If

you only want one unit in your stack to OF, click on the units

you DONT want to ire so that they are no longer outlined in

red (activated). You can also use the buttons in the Action Bar to

cycle between units that can conduct OF if the enemy unit is in

range and within LOS of more than one of your units.

For more on Opportunity Fire, see Section 6.4.

2.9. Smk Em if Yu G EmNeed to cross an open-terrain hex and know the enemy is out

there waiting for you to try? Perhaps some Smoke is the answer.

To lay Smoke, activate a unit as you would a unit for any other

action, but select Lay Smoke from the Action Bar. The units

hex will remain outlined in red and its six surrounding hexes

will become outlined in orange; these are the seven hexes inwhich you can choose to lay Smoke.

Left click on the hex you want to attempt to lay Smoke in. A roll

of two (2) or less is needed for success (Note: Partisans need to

roll a one). If successful, a Smoke 1 marker will occupy the hex

for the duration of the turn. During that turns Administrative

Phase, the marker will be turned over to its Smoke 2 side, forthe next turn, and in the next turns Admin Phase it will be

removed. Regardless of the result of the lay-Smoke die roll, the

unit that made the attempt is marked Ops Complete. Smoke

is blocking terrain with a Target Modiier (TM) of +1. The TM

is added to the hexs existing TM; thus, a Smoked Forest hex

has a TM of +3. Units that Fire from a Smoked hex subtract one

(-1) from their die roll. Smoke can be useful both on Attack andDefense and is a key part of solving many tactical problems.

For more on Smoke, see Section 8.


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2.10. Ray Rund h FlagEvery turn begins with the Rally Phase, and the player who

holds the initiative can Rally his units first. By default, the

game will automatically conduct any Rally rolls for you

and pause in the Rally Phase only if a decision is required.

However, you can also change the Options (set Auto-Rally

Phase to Off) to allow you to conduct each Rally Phase

manually. The Rally Phase is also your opportunity to swap

Support Weapons between Squads or pick up dropped

Support Weapons.Nurses function the same way as a Medic except they can

heal up to two Shaken units per Rally Phase.

2.11. Th Batl CninuOnce youve learned how to complete all of the above actions

youll be on your way to victory. You still might have options

this turn as well. Remember to use your ability to Assault Moveand Fire with Lt. Kochs group and the armored car. Perhaps

the Medic might be of use to any of your troops that have taken

damage or are Shaken?

Good luckthe streets of Stalingrad await you!

3. Gnal Gam Cnc

Each hex in LnL is 50 meters across, and each turn represents

2-4 minutes of time.

3.1. UniUnits in LnL fall under one of several categories. The most

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which represent groups of soldiers such as Squads, Half-

squads, Vehicle Crews, and Weapon Teams.

A Squad represents 8-12 men and is depicted by a counter

with two men. A Half-squad or Crew represents 4-6 men and is

depicted by a counter with one man.

A Weapon Team (WT) represents 3-5 men and a heavy

weapon, and is depicted by a counter showing the weapons

silhouette and two men.

A Single-Man Counter (SMC) represents a single man

or woman, and is depicted by a counter with either a singleindividual orin the case of Leaders, Chaplains, Commissars,

and Nursesa face.

Support Weapons (SWs) are individual weapons that

must be ired by a Squad, Half-squad, Crew, or a speciic SMC.

Weapon Teams (WT) cannot carry or ire additional Support

Weapons.

Vehicle counters represent a single vehicle of that type. Thevehicles Crew only becomes a separate counter apart from the

vehicle when they leave the vehicle.

3.2. CunSquads, Half-squads, and Weapon Teams each have four

numbers on their counters: Starting from the lower-leftcorner and then moving counter-clockwise, these numbers

represent Firepower, Range, Movement Factor, and Morale.

For example, the unit below would be designated a 1-6-4-

5. Often in this manual, Squads will be described with just

their first three attributes, making the unit

below a 1-6-4.

This Weapon Team would be designated asa 4-14-2-6; note the great difference in range

between the Squad and the WT.


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Single-Man Counters such as Leaders only

have three attributes on their counters, and

these run along the counters right side. From

the top, they are Morale, Leadership, and

Movement Factor.

Support Weapons have just two attributes on

their counters, along the bottom; from the left

they are Firepower and Range.

For more about how these attributes are used

in computing combat results, see Section 6, FireCombat. Vehicles have a completely different set

of attributes.

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3.3. DicThe AI uses a pair of automated six-sided dice as a randomizer

when computing combat results, initiative, Rally attempts, and

so forth; 2d6 means both die are rolled and, unless otherwise

indicated, summed, while 1d6 indicates one die is rolled.

3.4. SackingEach side can have up to three Squads (or their equivalent), two

vehicles, and two SMCs in a hex. Each vehicle or Wreck marker

counts as one vehicle for stacking. One Weapon Team or twoHalf-squads/Crews are the equivalent of a Squad.

These stacking limitations apply at ALL TIMES. A player

cannot move units through a hex if the sum of the moving and

stationary units in the hex exceeds

stacking limitations.

Units inside a vehicle are

considered part of the vehicle forstacking purposes. They cannot

unload if their presence on the

ground would exceed stacking

limits and would be eliminated in

case of a required bailout.

3.5. Half-HxThe half-hexes along the edge of the map are playable and

have the same stacking limitations and movement cost as full

hexes. The terrain surrounding a hexs center dot deines the

elevation and terrain type of the hex.

3.6. alIn LnL, each unit has a Morale rating (to ind this rating, see

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training and willingness to ight. There are two Morale levels

in LnL: Good Order (unshaken) and Shaken.

Units in Good Order are cohesive, steady, and

ready to ight. They are depicted by the front of

the units counter.

Shaken units are frightened, disorganized,

and just tired of the whole war-game scene;

their attributes drop accordingly. Many things can shake a

units conidence, but being successfully targeted by direct ire

from the enemy is the primary instigator.Morale Checks (MCs) as a result of combat

are resolved by the AI rolling 2d6. The dice

are summed and modiiers applied. The only

modiiers that can be applied to an infantry

MC (including rallying attempt) are a Leaders

Leadership Modiier (LM) and a 2 for being in a hex with a

positive Terrain Modiier (TM). If the result is greater than theunits Morale rating, it fails the check and becomes Shaken.

4. Sup Wan and

Wan TamAny counter with the illustration of a weapon, such as a

machine gun or satchel charge, is a support weapon (SW). On

the other hand, counters with the illustration of soldiers iring

a weapon such as a mortar are weapon teams (WT), which

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4.1. Sup WanSupport weapons (SWs) are counters that have

no intrinsic iring crew and must be carried,

crewed, and ired by a MMC or eligible SMC. A

Squad can carry up to two SWs, a Half-squad or

Crew can carry one, and a SMC can carry one

SW but forfeits 2 Movement Points while doing so.

The unit in a stack directly above a SW possesses that SW. Units

can capture and use enemy SWs, but if such SWs use the Direct

Fire Table (DFT), they are ired at 1/2 Firepower (FP), fractionsrounded up. If the captured SW uses the Ordnance Fire Table

(OFT), it receives a +1 die-roll modiication when it attacks.

A Squad can ire one SW and retain its inherent Firepower

(FP), or ire two SWs and forfeit its inherent FP. A Half-squad or

Crew can ire one SW, forfeiting its inherent FP in the process.

Eligible SMCs can ire a SW, be it captured or friendly, at half

of the SWs FP (fractions rounded up).Heroes iring a SW forfeit their inherent FP.

Example: A German Hero can ire a MG 34 at 1 FP; the same

Hero also ires a tripod-mounted MG 34 at 2 FP.

Non-combatants such as Medics cannot carry or Fire SWs.Leaders who ire a SW forfeit all Leadership Modiiers, even in

their own attack.

If a Squad carrying two SWs is reduced to a Half-squad, it

must drop one SW of its owners choice. If a unit carrying one

or more SWs is eliminated, the SWs remain in the units hex.

A unit in Good Order on either side that has entered a hex

containing a dropped SW can recover it during their RallyPhase, assuming the unit is eligible to carry another SW and

that there are no enemy units in the hex.


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Panzerfaust counters represent a clutch of rockets, thus

they are not discarded after being used like the Satchel Charge.

4.2. Tid achin GunMachine guns shown with a tripod are special

SWs. They cannot be moved when pictured with

the tripod side up. Thus, units possessing a SW

on its tripod side cannot Move or Assault Move.

A tripod machine guns other side either

depicts the machine gun in bipod coniguration or dismantled.Either can be transported like any other SW. When units

enter a scenario from off-board, their tripod SWs are either

dismantled or in bipod mode.

4.3. Flamhw andSachl ChagFlamethrowers are SWs with two special capabilities: They canbe used in Melee, and they can cause targeted units to retreat.

If a Flamethrower, or a multiple-unit attack that includes one,

causes an enemy to become Shaken when iring using the DFT

(not when used in Melee), the enemy unit must retreat one hex.

The retreat must increase the distance between the retreating

unit and the unit conducting the Flamethrower attack. Theretreat cannot reduce the distance between the retreating

unit and any other enemy unit in the retreating units LOS.

Retreating units are marked with a Moved marker and may

trigger Opportunity Fire. If the unit has no hex into which it

can legally retreat, it is eliminated.

Satchel Charges represent rucksacks stuffed

with TNT. They can be used in Melee, be throwninto an adjacent hex, or used when Close

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once and are then removed from play. Satchel Charges can be

used by any unit that is eligible to use a SW.

Leadership bonuses modify Satchel Charge attacks, unless

the Leader himself is using the Satchel Charge. Satchel Charge

attacks do not receive any other DFT attacking

units die-roll modiications, and their FP is NOT

halved when used by an eligible SMC (Leader,

Hero, Scout). Resolve the Satchel Charge attack

as you would with any other SW.

Example:If a Soviet 2-FP Squad throws a Satchel Charge into

an adjacent hex it would attack the hex with 6 Firepower. On

the other hand, if the same Soviet Squad ires its inherent FP

into the adjacent hex AND throws the Satchel Charge, it would

attack the hex with 10 FP (2 for its inherent FP + 2 for iring

its inherent FP at an adjacent hex + 6 for the Satchel Charge).

4.4. lv CckailMolotov Cocktails are a Support Weapon (SW) with unique

characteristics. Molotovs can be used whenever a unit is

eligible to us a SW. Molotovs are used once and then removed

from play. Molotovs can be used in conjunction with a MMC

or SMCs FP to attack infantry and vehicles on the DFT.Molotovs can also be used in Melee or added to a units FP

when Close Assaulting a vehicle (16.1). If a Molotov, or a

multi-unit attack that includes a Molotov, Shakes an enemy

unit when firing on the DFT (not when used in Melee) the

enemy unit must retreat one hex, as described

in 4.3. If a Molotov, or a multi-unit attack that

includes a Molotov, Shakes a vehicle whenfiring on the DFT, the Crew must Abandon the

vehicle and retreat.


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Leadership Modiiers affect Molotov attacks unless the

Leader is throwing the Molotov him/herself. Molotovs receive

no other DFT modiications, although a MMC employing its

inherent FP in addition to throwing a Molotov does receive

DFT modiications. Molotov FP is not halved when used by an

eligible SMC (Leader, Commissar, Hero, or Scout).

4.5. Wan TamWeapon Teams (WTs) represent heavier or more specialized

weapons, along with their intrinsic crew. The crew manningthese weapons often represent the best soldiers in the company

and hence have better Morale, can Self-Rally (SR), and possess

other unique advantages. WTs cannot be carried or ired by

other units, but have their own Movement Factor and inherent

FP. WTs marked with a gun size greater than 20mm cannot set

up in or enter Buildings (Stone or Wood) or cross Wall, Bocage,

or Hedge hexsides.If engaged in Melee, WTs defend with a

nominal FP of 1 and cannot counterattack. If

a WT is eliminated, its weapon is considered

destroyed and cannot be captured or re-crewed

as SWs can.

WTs with a red arrow in the corner of theircounter can only ire in the arc deined by the arrow. They will

need to change facing to ire at enemies outside that arc of

ire. They can either: Change facing within their hex in lieu of

iring at a cost of 1 MP per two hexsides pivoted; change facing

and ire, incurring a penalty on the OFT but is permitted when

conducting Opportunity Fire; or they can face any direction

after entering a new hex. Place a Moved marker on any WT thatchanges facing.

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Note:The German 88mm ATG cannot move. It uses its MF to

pivot within its hex, as described above.

5. Squnc f Play

Each game turn consists of a Rally Phase, an Operations Phase

and an Administrative Phase.

In the Rally Phase, Shaken units can attempt to Rally andHalf-squads can be combined. In addition, eligible units can

pick up SWs in their hex or swap them with other units. Only

units in Good Order can swap SWs.

During the Operations Phase, the players alternate impulses. In

an impulse, one hex and all the units in it can be activated to Fire or

Move. When activating a Leader, units not only in the Leaders hex

but also in all hexes adjacent to the Leaders hex can be activated.In the Administrative Phase, irrelevant markers, including

Fire For Effect, Moved, Assault Move, Low Crawl, Fired, Ops

Complete, Smoke 2, and Spotted markers are removed. Smoke

1 markers become to Smoke 2 markers.

5.1. Ray PhaTo start the Rally Phase, the computer rolls 1d6 for each player.

The player who rolls highest has the initiative. Ties go to the

player who had the initiative the previous turn.

The player with the initiative irst attempts to Rally any

Shaken units; this is done automatically by the

computer. When it inishes with all the Rally

attempts for the side that won initiative, it willattempt to rally the other sides Shaken units as

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Shaken units in the same hex with a Leader in Good Order

attempt to Rally with a 2d6 roll of less than or equal to

their Morale. Leadership Modiiers are subtracted from the

automated die roll.

Armor Leaders can only attempt to Rally the tank they

are crewing. Units in terrain with a positive Target Modiier

(TM), such as Forest, Light Woods, and Wood Buildings, are

awarded a cover bonus to their Rally attempt and subtract two

from their die roll (TMs are listed on the Terrain Effects Chart

(TEC)).Units without an unshaken Leader in their hex cannot Rally.

The exceptions to this rule are units in a hex with a Hero;

vehicles can always attempt to Rally; and units marked with a

SR can Self-Rally.

In general, Leaders can only Rally units whose counters

have the same background color as the Leader. For example,

SS Leaders (black) cannot rally Wehrmacht (gray) MMCs. Thismight be altered by a scenario-speciic rule.

Snipers, Weapon Teams, and other units designated with a

SR on their counter can Self-Rally without a Leader. Unshaken

Leaders present in the hex can still apply their Leadership to

the Rally attempt. Each unit can only attempt to Rally once per

Rally Phase but a Medic trying to assist a Shaken Squad doesnot constitute a Rally attempt. A just-rallied Medic can Heal

another unit in the same Rally Phase.

You cannot create Half-squads; they can only be created as a

result of combat or be provided in a scenarios Order of Battle

(OOB).

Any two unshaken Half-squads (not Crews) of the same

nationality and type can join to form a full Squad if they arein the same hex as a Leader in Good Order. The units cannot

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Any unshaken MMC (excluding WTs) or eligible SMCs can

pick up a discarded, dropped or otherwise un-owned SW

present in its hex. Friendly unshaken units can also trade SWs.

SWs can be dropped only in the Rally Phase and only by an

unshaken unit. The sole exception is for a Squad reduced to a

Half-squad while carrying two SWs.

5.2. Oain PhaThe Operations Phase consists of a number of impulses.

During each impulse, the players take turns activating andcontrolling units, or passing. The player with the initiative (see

the beginning of the Rally Phase, Section 5.1) goes irst, then

his opponent, and so on until the phase is complete.

Once all units have either Moved, Fired, Low Crawled,

Assault Moved, been marked with an Ops Complete marker, or

after three consecutive passes (Player One passes, Player Two

passes, Player One passes again), the Operations Phase endsand the Administrative Phase begins.

During an impulse, the active player can activate all or some

of the units in a hex. If the activated hex contains an unshaken

Leader, the player can

also activate any units

in adjacent hexes; theadjacent hexes will be

highlighted in green.

Each activated unit in

a hex can either move or

shoot (but not both, except

in the special case of an

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iring units within a hex that are activated in the same impulse

must engage the same target.

There is, however, an exception: Support Weapons with

To-Hit Tables on the back of their counters (such as an anti-

tank rile; mouse over the SW to see it lip to its own To-Hit

Table) must either ire separatelynot adding their inherent

FP in with any other units targeting the same hex, but rather

by making an entirely separate rollor ire at another target

altogether. They still must ire during the same impulse as the

unit possessing them.SWs cannot activate separately from the unit that possesses

them. For example, a Squad might activate to ire its MG 42

at an enemy out of the range of the Squads inherent FP. Even

though the Squad does not ire separately from the SW during

this activation, it cannot subsequently activate again until the

next turn.

All moving units that begin their move in the same hex andare activated in the same impulse must move together. Note

that when units in a hex are activated together, some may move

and some may ire, but those that ire must do so together

(allowing for the special rules for SWs noted above) and

those that move must also do so together. All Squads in a hex,

however, are NOT required to activate in the same impulse.For example, the German player activates a hex containing

three Squads, but only moves one Squad, hoping to draw ire

from the enemy Squad at the end of the road. Because he

neither Moved nor Fired the remaining two Squads, he can

activate them in another impulse.

Moving through a hex occupied by other units does not force

them to become activated and accompany the units passingthrough. This rule only applies to units that start in the same

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The computer will mark units that move with a Moved, Low

Crawl, or Assault Move marker (see Section 7, Movement),

and those that ire with a Fired marker. Those units cannot be

used again this turn except to defend in Melee (See Section 7.1,

Assault Move, for the sole exception to this).

Units/hexes activated in the same impulse can act in any

order desired, as long as all units that ire or move from a

hex do so together, as per the rules above. Thus, in a situation

where many hexes are activated at once (by a Leaders ability),

unit A could ire from the irst hex, then unit B could ire froma second hex and inally unit C, located in the irst hex with A,

could move out of it. Chain activation is possible (a Leader can

activate an adjacent Leader who then activates adjacent hexes

and so on).

A Leader activating adjacent units is marked by the

computer with an Ops Complete marker if he does nothing else

in this impulse.

5.2.1. O Cml ak

Units that spot (successfully or unsuccessfully), attempt to lay

Smoke, or perform other actions described in the subsequent

rules as rendering them Ops Complete are

marked with an Ops Complete marker. Exceptfor the instances described below, units

beneath Ops Complete markers cannot spot,

ire (including sniping), move, or use their

Leadership ability.

MMCs under an Ops Complete marker can Opportunity

Fire, but do so with one-half FP (fractions rounded down).

Units with an unmodiied FP of 0 ire with a 1 FP. The FP ismodiied BEFORE considering any other attacking units die-

roll modiications (DRMs).


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For example, an SS Squad with a FP of 2 under an Ops

Complete marker would Opportunity Fire with 2 FP (2 FP X

.5 = 1 FP + 1 for iring at a unit marked with Moved or Assault

Move marker) at a Soviet Squad in Clear terrain that moved

into its LOS two hexes distant. A 0-5-4 Half-squad would

engage the same Soviet Squad with 0 FP (-1 FP + 1 for iring at

unit marked with Moved or Assault Move marker = 0 FP).

A SW possessed by a Squad that is marked with an Ops

Complete marker can also be ired by the Squad. Machine

guns or Flamethrowers are halved, while SWs that use the OFTsuffer a +2 DRM To-Hit penalty.

Vehicles under an Ops Complete marker can Opportunity

Fire, but their machine guns do so with one-half FP (fractions

rounded down), and ordnance that uses the OFT suffers a

+2 DRM To-Hit penalty. See Section 6.4 for more details on

Opportunity Fire.

A unit under an Ops Complete marker can ire its FULLFP at a hex it has spotted during the SAME impulse. By the

same token, Leaders under an Ops Complete marker can add

their Leadership to an attack roll, but only if directed against

a hex that the Leader spotted during the current impulse. In

other words, a unit can immediately ire upon any hex it has

successfully spotted.

Designers Note: The intent is to allow a unit to ire at an

enemy hex that it spotted. It only makes sense that if a unit

was focusing on a speciic area, it would have time to ire its

weapons at it.

All units in the same hex as a successful spotting unit canire with their full FP at the just-spotted hex, along with the

spotting unit.


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5.3. Adminiaiv PhaAfter all units have either Moved or Fired, or after three

consecutive passes (i.e. Player One passes, Player Two passes,

Player One passes again), the Operations Phase ends. In the

Administrative Phase, the computer removes all Moved,

Assault Move, Low Crawl, Fired, Ops Complete, and Spotted

markers. FFE markers are removed. Smoke 1 markers become

Smoke 2 markers and Smoke 2 markers are removed from the

map. Once all markers have been removed, a new turn begins

with the Rally Phase.

6. Fi Cmba

Essentially, much of LnL is based on the concept of getting your

units in to a position where they can most advantageouslyuse their weapons against the enemy; at the same time, your

opponent will be attempting to do the same thing with his units.

To ire on enemy units, they must be within the range of the

iring weapon(s), within the iring units Line of Sight (LOS),

and be spotted. You can ire through friendly or enemy units,

but cannot ire into a hex that contains both friendly and enemyunits, nor can you ire into a hex marked with a Melee marker.

To determine range, count the hexes from the iring hex to

the target hex. Include the target hex but not the attackers hex.

See Section 10, Line of Sight, to determine LOS and spotting

procedures.

If range, LOS, and spotting requirements are met, the

attacker adds its FP and any applicable Leadership modiiersto the automated 1d6 roll. The AI then modiies the results

with any target movement, degrading terrain, and lanking-ire


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modiiers. The AI then rolls for the defender, adds the Target

Modiier (TM) of hex terrain occupied by the targeted units

and compares it to the attackers die roll.

If the attackers modiied die roll is less than or equal to the

defenders modiied die roll, the ire has no effect.

If the attackers modiied die roll is greater than the defenders

modiied die roll, each of the defending units must take a Damage

Check (DC). The AI rolls 1d6, adding the difference between the

attackers modiied die roll and the defenders modiied die roll,

and then consults the Direct Fire Table (DFT).If an unshaken Leader is present in the hex, his or her

Leadership Modiier is subtracted from the DC die roll of the

other units in the hex (not himself). The Leader must survive

his own DC irst, and be in Good Order, before aiding the other

units in his or her hex.

6.1. Lad and Thi Influncn AtackLeaders not under a Moved, Low Crawl, Fired or Ops Complete

marker can aid ALL attacks

conducted by same nationality/

force units in their hex during

their impulse. Speciically, theirLeadership modiier is added to

a units FP that is using the DFT

and/or subtracted from the To-

Hit dice roll for SWs and WTs

using the OFT.

Note that the Leader can aid

both Squads using their inherentFP/SWs AND SWs or WTs using

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Leaders hex in the same impulse. Leaders

that aid such ire are placed under a Fired

marker.

6.2. Dic Fi Tabl (DFT)RulIf the attackers modiied die roll is greater

than the defenders modiied die roll, each of

the defending units will take a 1d6 Damage

Check and add the difference between theattackers modiied die roll and the defenders

modiied die roll. The AI will use the Direct

Fire Table (DFT) to compute the results.

Note: All tables can be found at the end of this manual, in

Section 22.

Results from the DFT fall under one of the following categories:

Shaken, Casualties, Wounded, and Hero Creation.

Shaken: A Shaken unit is lipped over to its Shaken side.

A Shaken unit returns to Good Order by passing a Rally

attempt during a subsequent Rally Phase. Shaken units

cannot use either their inherent FP or any SWs they possess.Shaken units cannot advance (including changing a level in

a Building) toward an enemy unit in their LOS. Shaken units

cannot spot, nor are enemy units that they are adjacent to

considered spotted. Shaken units can still spawn Heroes.

IMPORTANT: If engaged in Melee, Shaken units (with the

exception of SS units, see 20.1.1) surrender and are removed

from the board.SS units take a Morale Check (MC) when anenemy unit enters their hex to initiate Melee. If the SS unit

passes its MC, it Rallies.


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Shaken Leaders cannot Rally units, but can attempt to Rally

themselves. Shaken Leaders cannot use their Leadership

for any function. Shaken Medics cannot Heal other SMCs (or

themselves). Shaken Snipers cannot ire, but can attempt to

Self-Rally (SR). Shaken vehicles must Button (see Section 14),

their MF is halved, and they cannot ire. WTs can also attempt

to Self-Rally.

Heroes cannot become Shaken.

Casualties: Replaces a Squad with a Shaken Half-squad;

eliminates a Half-squad, Crew or WT.Wounded: If the unit is moving, it must stop immediately.

The computer will lip the SMC to its Shaken

side (Hero excepted; they lip to their Wounded

side) and mark with a Wounded marker.

A just-Wounded SMC that has yet to be

activated in a turn can still do so in a later

impulse, including for movement. SMCs alreadyunder a Wounded marker, or Wounded Heroes

who are Wounded again, are eliminated.

Wounded Leaders have their Leadership

Modiier and Leadership range decreased by

one. Their Rally range, too, can be reduced by one

but not below zero. Wounded Leaders can still call Indirect Fire(Mortar and Artillery) and move their full MF.

Wounded Snipers can still ire with no reduction in effectiveness.

Hero Creation:There is a chance that a Hero is created during

play whenever a Squad or Half-squad (even if Shaken) rolls a

1 during a Damage Check caused by enemy

ire. The computer will roll another 1d6 in this

eventuality; if the result is even, a Hero is createdin the hex. The Hero assumes the activation state

(Fired, Moved, etc.) of the unit that spawned it.


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6.3. ulil Atacking UniOnly units in the same hex can ire simultaneously, and then

only at the same target. One unit leads the ire and ires at its

full FP. Each additional MMC adds half of its FP to the attack.

Heroes always add their full FP. Zero-FP units add nothing

(unless they are iring a SW). Machine guns and Flamethrowers

add their entire FP. The total FP is summed, remaining fractions

are rounded up and the combat is resolved as in the section on

Fire Combat.

Remember that, for the most part, all units iring from thesame hex, in the same impulse, must target the same hex. There

are, however, exceptions. Support Weapons with To-Hit Tables

on the back of their counters (for example, Panzerfausts), WTs,

and vehicles must ire separately even when iring in the same

impulse. Although WTs and vehicles CAN ire in a different

impulse, SWs must ire during the same impulse as the unit

that possesses them.

6.4. Opuniy FiUnits that are not marked with a Moved, Low Crawl, Stealth,

or Fired marker, and that have a clear (not blocked) Line of

Sight (LOS) to a hex in which an enemy unit expends at least

one MP by any kind of movement other than Low Crawl orStealth Movement can ire on the moving unit(s). This is called

Opportunity Fire (OF). It occurs during the opposing players

impulse, and is not considered an impulse. Low Crawling units

can only be the target of Opportunity Fire if they are spotted in

the hex they enter.

A unit entering a hex with a MP cost greater than 1 can be

subjected to OF attacks equalling the MP cost of the hex (thustwo OF attacks can be made on a unit entering a Light Woods

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moving. Moving unit(s) cannot be attacked more than once

per MP expended in the hex, unless attacked by SWs with a To-

Hit Table on the back of its counter, WTs, and vehicles that are

stacked with the units that irst ired.

A Fired marker is placed on units that Opportunity Fire.

An OF attack is conducted like any other, with the exception

that the attacker receives a +1 bonus (unless iring at Low

Crawling units) to their die roll for iring at moving units, unless

the moving units are in terrain that negates that modiier (Low

Crops, for example).If the target hex contains both moving and non-moving

units, both are affected by the same OF attack die roll, but only

the moving units suffer the +1 modiication to the attackers

die roll.

Example: A German 1-6-4 ires at a Soviet 1-4-4 as it moves

through a Clear hex that also holds a stationary 1-4-4. Thecomputer rolls a single 1d6 and adds 2 FP (its base FP of 1 + 1

for iring on a moving unit) against the moving Squad, and 1 FP

against the stationary Squad.

Note that even though moving units are automatically spotted,

the stationary Squad in the hex retains the unspotted statusthat it had prior to the attack IF the moving unit exits the hex.

In other words, if the stationary unit wasnt spotted before

the OF attack, it remains unspotted after the moving Squad

departs the hex. This is the ONLY exception to the rule that

states, If one unit in a hex is spotted, the entire hex is spotted.

Target units that become Shaken must end their movement.

This includes units that are Shaken due to Casualties orWounding. If not all of the moving units in a stack are Shaken,

the remaining unshaken units can continue moving.


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6.5. Exndd RangMMCs/SMCs with a black box surrounding their range can ire

at up to twice their printed range. Any ire greater than the

printed range, however, is halved. Accordingly, a Soviet 2-2-4

Guard Squad iring at a German Squad three hexes away has

a FP of 1.

6.6. Flanking FiWhenever a target unit receives ire utilizing the DFT from two

non-adjacent hexsides, the secondand all subsequent DFTire for that turnreceives a +1 DRM.

7. vmn

Units move from hex to hex, paying the Movement Point (MP)cost of each hex as it is entered. These costs are summarized

on the Terrain Effects Chart (TEC). All units that move from

the SAME hex, in the SAME impulse, must be moved together

(exception, if some units in the moving stack are Shaken during

movement they must stop movement while the other units

may continuesee Section 6.4).To move a unit, select the unit(s) by clicking on their hex. By

default, all units in the hex are selected, and are shown in the

Unit Display Panel in the lower-right corner with a red border. To

unselect a unit, click on it in this window to remove its red border.

When you have selected the unit you would like to move,

right-click on a destination. The computer will plot the route

and the number of MPs needed to reach the destination. If ANYof the units in the stack can make it to the destination hex, the

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Note that just because

the route is displayed in

white does not mean that

every selected unit can

make it to that destination.

If NONE of the units in the

hex can make it to the

proposed destination hex,

then the route marker

turns red after the lastattainable hex, as below.

Once you have decided on a destination hex and plotted

your route with a right-click, right-click a second time to

move. The computer will then place a Moved marker on the

units. In the example below, Lt. Wurtz and his two Squads

have made the move to the Building, where, upon arrival, they

were greeted with ineffective Opportunity Fire from a group

of Soviet Partisans across the Road. Wurtz and the units in hisstack have Moved markers on them, while the Partisans have

Fired markers on them.


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To move a unit or

units within a hex,

that hex needs to be

activated at the start of

the impulse by clicking

on it. A hex that

contains an unshaken,

unwounded, yet to

be activated Leader

can activate both theunits in that hex and

adjacent hexes. The green hexes surrounding an activated

Leader signify this. Units starting in adjacent hexes to the

Leader are free to move or ire separately from the Leader. The

units in each hex, however, must move or ire together if they

do either.

Example: If all three 1-6-4 German Squads in a hex are

activated, some may move and some may ire, but those that

move IN THE SAME IMPULSE must move together, and those

that ire IN THE SAME IMPULSE must ire at the same target

(exception: Ordnance (Section 13) can ire at separate targets).

The number of MPs that a unit can spend each turn is called its

Movement Factor (MF) and is marked on the counter. As noted

above, MMCs, WTs, and SMCs under a Moved or Assault Move

marker that are ired upon suffer a modiier of +1 added to the

attackers DFT die role.

Unless such a move would bring a Shaken unit closer to an

enemy unit in their LOS, units with a MF equal to or greaterthan one (1) can always move one hex, no matter the cost,

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expend ALL its MPs to move one hex it cannot Low Crawl or

Assault Move into the new hex.

Units can move through hexes containing friendly units

(subject to stacking restrictions), but must stop upon entering

an enemy-occupied hex and begin Melee (see Section 9).

Thus, a unit that moves adjacent to an enemy unit but is

Shaken by OF (from this enemy unit or another) does not auto-

spot the adjacent enemy unit.

7.1. Asaul vmnUnits whose Movement Factor is boxed in red, such as Heroes,

can Assault Move (AM). Leaders can also AM if

they start their impulse with eligible units.

Units that Assault Move can spend up to one-

half of their printed MF, modiied by double-time

movement (see Section 7.2, below) if applicable

(fractions rounded up), and subsequently ire (orOpportunity Fire). The double-time bonus (if any) is added to

the printed units MF before being halved for the Assault Move.

Subtract two from the total attacking FP of units using AM.

Example: Two SS 1-6-4 Squads using AM could ire with

a Firepower of 0 (1 for lead Squad + 0.5 for second Squadrounded up to 1 2 for AM = 0). Support Weapon Ordnance

suffers an AM penalty on the Ordnance Fire Table (OFT). Once

the units ire, they are also (in addition to the Assault Move

marker) marked with a Fired marker. Neither the AM nor the

Fired marker is removed until the Admin Phase. The units

need not ire in the same impulse that they originally moved

but can be activated again later to ire or engage in OF if theappropriate situation arises. They must, however, move when

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7.2. Dubl-imUnits that begin their impulseand move the entire impulse

with an unshaken Leader can increase their Movement Factor

by 2. The units cannot move farther than the Leaders printed

MF. Weapon Teams cannot double-time (DT). Shaken units

can use DT.

7.3. Lw CawlA unit or stack of units can spend its entire impulse to move

one hex. This is a Low Crawl. Units Low Crawling are notautomatically spotted unless they are in open

terrain or adjacent to an enemy unit. Enemies

targeting Low Crawling units do not receive

the +1 bonus to their FP. Weapon Teams cannot

Low Crawl.

7.4. Salh vmnUnits designated with a bright-yellow square outline

surrounding their MF can move without being automatically

spottedeven if adjacent to an enemy unit. To be spotted,

an enemy unit must either perform a successful spotting

attempt (10.1), the Stealth Movement-capable unit must ire,

or it must move into open terrain in the LOS of a Good Orderenemy unit. Units CANNOT use Stealth Movement while

Double-timing (7.2), but can use Stealth Movement to enter

Melee. Heroes and Leaders cannot use Stealth Movement

unless speciically designated.

Stealth Movement-capable units can also move up to half

their MF (drop fractions) and subsequently ire. Such ire is

modiied like Assault Movement iresubtract 2 from thetotal attacking FP of the units using Stealth Movement ire

(Scouts excepted).


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8. Smk

Unshaken MMC counters not marked by a Moved, Low Crawl,

Fired or Ops Complete marker can attempt to lay Smoke in

their own or an adjacent hex.

To lay Smoke, select the unit, click Smoke 1 in the Action

Bar at the bottom of the screen, and click the adjacent hex you

wish to target for Smoke. The computer will then roll 1d6.If the die roll is equal to or less than the units Smoke-laying

capability, a Smoke 1 marker will be placed on the hex; if the

die roll is higher than the units Smoke-laying capability, there

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an Ops Complete marker is placed on the unit that attempted

to lay Smoke.

Smoke is blocking terrain with a Target Modiier of +1. The

Target Modiier is added to the hexs existing TM. For example,

a Smoked Forest hex has a TM of +3. Units iring from a Smoked

hex must subtract 1 from their die roll.

In the Administrative Phase after the Smoke 1 is laid, the

computer will replace the marker with a Smoke 2 marker. In

the next Admin Phase, the Smoke 2 marker is removed.

All Heroes of Stalingrad units Smoke-laying capability is 2.Partisans, however, cannot lay Smoke.

9. le Cmba

When you move into a hex with enemy units, you must Melee.Units cannot use Assault Movement or Low Crawl to enter

Melee. Melee combat is normally simultaneous

(nationality characteristics, Events, and Skill

Cards may alter the sequence) and losses

arent taken until the round of Melee combat

is concluded.There can only be one Melee round/turn/

hex. All units that participate in a Melee round are considered

activated at the same time. Melee takes place as soon as

enemy units enter a hex containing friendly units or vice-

versa. Thus, there is no OF against the enemy unit as it enters

the Melee hex.

The inherent FP of all the attacking units (the units thatmoved into the hex) and Melee-eligible SWs (MGs, Satchel

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to the FP of any defending units and any Melee-eligible SWs the

defender chooses, and an odds ratio is determined, dropping

any fractions.

For example: 4 FP attacking 2 FP is 2:1, whereas 5 FP attacking

2 FP is not 2.5:1, but also 2:1. Not all defending units must

be attacked, but at least one must be attacked. Unmodiied

attacks at odds less than 1:3 are treated as 1:3, but cannot

be conducted against multiple units. The computer will roll

2d6 and consult the Melee Table (MT). Leadership modiiersapply for the attacking units and are added to their die roll.

If the attacker rolls equal to or greater than the Kill Number,

the defending units are eliminated. Eliminated units are NOT

yet removed. The defender then follows the same procedure

against any of the attackers units he chooses. After assessing

damage, remove eliminated units from both sides, and mark

the hex with a Melee marker.

If the Melee combatants include Heroes, th

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