From: "Louis R. Coatney" <mslrc@UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>
Subject:      Questions about GERMAN EAGLE VS. RUSSIAN BEAR rules.

GEvsRB playing CONSIMers and Grognards,

     This fellow has made a papercopy of GERMAN EAGLE VS. RUSSIAN
BEAR from the ERIC (ED 361 256) microfiche in his library and has
had some questions about the rules which are fairly common
(although I think they are covered in the rules adequately).

> Hi,
>         I recently acquired the microfiche, and printed out the game. I have
> some questions, that hopefully you can clear up.
>
> 1)      With regard to victory conditions; how do you read the chart? I'm
> assuming the numbers inside parentheses ( 2+ for Axis, 9+ for USSR) refer to
> number of cities held at start, and thus not counted, and that the number
>outside the parens is the number'in addition to',that must be conquered. I.e.,
>for theAxis in 1941, a total of 5 cities, and the USSR in 1941, a total of 10?
> In 1942, 7 and 7, respectively?

Right.  :-)

> 2)   If a fortress is empty, must the intrinsic SP be attacked and eliminated
> in order to occupy?

Absolutely.

> 3) Does a major city *that is also a fortress* contribute its defense SP even
> if the hex and not the fortress is being attacked?

NO ... unless the (rest of the) hex is being attacked across a hexside
  it is on ... or the attacker *volutarily* decides to include it in
  the attack.

> 4)      A unit in a fortress CAN be fortified, i.e. +2 to a single defending
> unit, +3 if the fortress contains a major city?

Yes.  Actually, it's +1 factor, plus the intrinsic 1 factor of the fortress,
  *plus* the +1 factor for the major city ... for a total of +3, as
  you deduced.

> 5)    Can a defender choose at the instant of combat whether a defending unit
> is in the hex, or in a fortress, or must units be deliberately moved into
> fortresses?

They must be deliberately moved in during the defender's (previous)
  playerturn.

> 6)   XII.B1b: 'initial hexes ...were empty'. Does this mean the hex (or hexes
> as per XIII.A.7) of operational movement? Or are you refering to declared
> attacks into empty adjacent hexes, whether the unit moved 1 or 2 hexes
> operationaly?

I think your question confuses things.  A nonfront unit may move *2* hexes
  during its *initial* movement (only), as long as both hexes do not
  contain enemy units (other than those in non-obstructing fortresses).

A unit may never move a hex and then attack an adjacent hex in its
  initial movement phase.  (Breakthrough-eligible armor units *may*
  move/attack into an adjacent hex during their special breakthrough
  movement ... but only an adjacent hex.)

Does this help?  A *lot* of people have trouble understanding this,
  as simple as it actually is.  I think it's because it is so
  different from large-factor movement mechanics.

> 7)    XIII.B.1.c: 'without combat...breakthrough hex'. Does this refer to the
>hex the breakthrough attack will be launched FROM, or the hex the breakthrough
>attack is made INTO. Does the unit break down before launching its' 2nd attack
> (after advance after combat), or after conducting its 2nd attack?

It breaks down after it enters the hex.  The combat results die
  roll is also the breakdown roll.

> 8)    How are terrain effects resolved when dispersed and non-dispersed units
> are in the same hex, and under attack?

Very simply:  For example, you would look under the 2:1 column for
  undispersed defending units and under the 4:1 column for dispersed
  ones.

> 9)      Is hexside 204/103 a river hexside?

Yes.

> Thanx for you attention.
> [Questioner]

> P.S. I no longer have the CONSIM-L post that had your address. Is you address
> still P.O Box 6069, Macomb, IL  61455-6069? And the fee is $5?

It's now  626 Western Ave., Macomb IL 61455 ... and I shouldn't
  comment on the fee, since this is an educational account I'm on.

:-)

Thank *you* for your questions and interest in my game, [Qnr].

Lou Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu