VIETNAM (Victory Games, 1984) ERRATA

>From Victory Insider #6, an insert in General 21-5:

COUNTERS
   The U.S. Armored Cavalry battalions designated 1/1 and 2/1 are independent
units; they are not associated with the 1st Division.

CHARTS AND TABLES
   The Terrain Key lists incorrect Combat Modifiers for three terrain types.
The correct values are: Mountains: -3, Forested Hills: -2, Cultivated: -(RF).
   Coastal hexes lightly outlined in yellow are landing beaches (see rule
3.4).
   VC Supply conduits cost 0 personnel points (the value given on the NLF
Player's Chart and Table Sheet is incorrect.  The map is correct.
   U.S. riverine points cost 1 U.S. commitment point each (the value given
on the U.S. Player's Chart and Table Sheet is incorrect).  The map is correct.
   The Population Control Sheet has incorrect identifier codes for three
regions: Vinh Binh (pop. 8) should have code IV-8, Yihn Long (pop. 11) should
have code IV-6, and Kien Hoa (pop. 12) should have code IV-7.

RULES
   (3.3) Units employing strategic movement can be forced into incidental
attacks just like any other units.
   (4.2 and 5.6) The Combat Modifier for population centers is not cumulative
with other terrain in a hex; the defender must choose which type of terrain
he will receive the defensive benefit for, if there is more than one type
of terrain in a hex.
   (5.4) A defending stack has a minimum ground combat strength of 1, *plus*
any relevant Regional Forces (e.g. an artillery unit by itself in a town
would have an effective ground combat strength of 3 on defense).
   (7.4) U.S. naval units may never be used during NLF operations, for any
purpose.
   (11.1) Ineffective ARVN stacked with effective units do contribute to the
combat odds if an incidental attack is forced upon units passing through
their hex.
   (12.0) Segment 4C incorrectly states that the SVN draft level influences
SVN morale.  The draft level has no effect on morale.
   (12.0) Delete the reference to "Pacification Programs" in Segment 5A of
the Seasonal Interphase.  It refers to a rule that does not exist in the
current version of the game.
   (17.2) The rules refer to the Thai RTA (Royal Thai Army) division.  This
division was also called the "Black Panther" division, and the counters bear
the designation "BP."
   (17.5) Newly created VC units may be placed on the borders of the regions
in which they are created; the production capacities of two (or more)
regions may thus be combined to form a unit on borders.
   (17.5) The heading "Placing VC Units" states that newly-created VC units
can be placed in any hex not occupied by enemy units.  This is true, with
the proviso that regional maximums (described earlier in 17.5) must also be
observed.
   (17.5) Sea transport of VC supplies is uneconomical (and virtually never
undertaken) using the ratio of NVN commitment: VC supplies listed in the
rules.  Adopt the following correction: calculate the amount of VC supply
that gets through the U.S. blockade normally, per the procedure given in the
rules, then add 2 VC supply for each NVN commitment expended to determine
how much supply it actually received.
   (17.6) If 2 or more regiments in an NVA HQ are augmented, consider the
division's HQ augmented (at no additional cost).  Once augmented, an NVA HQ
moves at mechanized movement costs, its values do not change, however.
   (18.0) NLF may not be set up in enemy-occupied hexes in any of the
scenarios.
   In _The Battle for I Corps_ scenario: ARVN 1.1 was incorrectly listed in
the set up as ARVN 2/1.  Also, U.S. 1/2/1C was incorrectly listed as 2/2/1C.
Play begins with the 1st turn of spring, 1968 (not 1967).  A special rule
for this scenario was omitted: there is no Strategic Movement Phase during
the first turn of this scenario.
   In the _Tet_ scenario, U.S. starting artillery listed as 8 155mm should
be 8 105mm.
   The total population if South Vietnam is 360 (not 350 as the rules
incorrectly indicate in a few places).  Starting SVN population in the
_Battle for South Vietnam_ campaign scenario is 217.  Starting VC population
is 143.  Starting SVN population controlled in the _After Tet_ scenario is
239; VC population should be 121.
   Add the following special rules to the _After Tet_ scenario:
   a) Begin play with the Unit Status Phase of the Seasonal Interphase of
Spring, 1968 (not with the 1st game turn, as scenario instruction #9
incorrectly reads).  Since phases 1-5 of the Interphase are skipped, there
can be no coups, bombing, or reinforcements during this Interphase.  Future
Seasonal Interphases are played normally.
   b) On Game-turn 1 of Spring 1968, skip the Strategic Movement Phase; on
all future turns, this phase occurs normally.
   NLF morale is modified only during the Politics Phase of the Seasonal
Interphase, never during the season (the NLF record sheet erroneously
provides a line for morale modifications during the seasons).

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