• Select an Opponent (page 18): Opponents will be selected by wins/losses but will always be red vs blue. Pairings will be brought to the map table in a random order for the next few sequences.
• Roll for Initiative (page 18): The allies have the Initiative in Round 1. If they win that round (total wins per side) they get +1 to their roll for round 2. Draws always go to the Allied player.
• Place a Battle Arrow (page 18): I will make smaller arrows (since we will have so many of them). Since we have a large number of players, we may have to have simultaneous battles across the same border (forbidden in Firestorm). However, no more than 3 across the same border but keep restriction of attacks must be in same direction. The three battles will then be added together to get the final result (wins first followed by VPs if tiebreaker)
• Choose Firestorm Troops (page 19): A player may only choose one firestorm troop from his territory until all players are placed on the board. He may take a second troop if there are spares at the end of arrow placement. Any battles played along the allied coastal beaches (Cherbourg through Ranville) may take NGFS as a Firestorm unit. Finally, 4 allied aircraft (2 US, 2 Brit) will be available as a final firestorm unit. These must be placed on arrows that have no firestorm units first, then those that have 1 unit. A player can never have more than 2 Firestorm units at any time on their arrows. Air support may not be placed on battles that occur in Caen, St Lo and Cherbourg. If you do receive air support as a Firestorm unit, roll the blue air die. 1 plane means sporadic, 2 planes means limited, 3 planes means priority support.
• Check for Supply (page 19): As per firestorm except we are using roads, not rail lines.
• Out of Supply (page 20): I have modified the table in the Firestorm book slightly. One of the results in the book (rolling a 3 and 4 on a D6) results in you taking 20% less troops in that game. That's tough to work out before each game in a tournament so I have removed it and taken the following.

• 1. Morale reduced. (see Firestorm)
• 2. If reserves used in the mission, they only arrive on a 6. If no reserves, use #1 above.
• 3. Limited petrol. All motorised vehicles move 2" less than normal, 4" if doubling.
• 4. Limited ammo. All teams reduce their ROF by 1. (this means that a ROF 1 weapon moving and firing will need to add +2 to hit).
• 5. No effect
• 6. Fight to the Death (see Firestorm)

• Identify your Mission (page 21): I will be selecting the missions for all players. They will depend upon the overall success the previous round.
• Festerplatz (page 21): These rules apply for Caen and, St Lo. I will provide a table of fortifications that will be allowed foreach sector.
• After Action Step (page 23): This step will occur in the order that games are completed, not in the order that battle arrows are placed. This means that slower players may risk the possibility of getting cut off and destroyed. Speed kills baby.
• Roll to Destroy (page 23): This works exactly the same except that allied planes are never destroyed and always return to their reinforcement pool.
• Partisan and Polizei activities (page 29): This works exactly the same except we will be using air support (the same 4 planes) and german AA instead. This represents the allied Interdiction air campaign. The air support may be placed on any German Supply lines except the 3 city spaces. German AA units may be placed to block these planes or placed in a German sector to prevent Exploitation moves as normal.
• Exploitation Moves (page 30): Same rules apply.
• Bring in Reinforcements (page 30): I am placing these rules after strategic movement to prevent instant recycling of destroyed firestorm units (plays different in games that are not simultaneous)
• Make Strategic Moves (page 30): Same as book.
• Victory Points (page 32): As per book. I will be allocating VPs for the stated cities plus other strategic points (Carentan, Ranville, Coutances etc). Firestorm units will also be given VPs if destroyed.

Breakout.

• Ambush: Only 1 platoon may be held in ambush (with the exception of the Luftwaffe 88 Firestorm unit which can always be in ambush and the Wittmann Firestorm unit)
• Preliminary Bombardment: The allies get the preliminary bombardment in this mission.
• Rounds Short!: Allied units start off table and move onto the table on turn 1. However, an allied player may choose to deploy normally but are then also struck by the preliminary bombardment.
• Recce and Spearhead: Recce moves and Spearhead moves are conducted after the bombardment. This means a recce unit or a unit using Spearhead may move onto the table before turn one but not be struck by the preliminary bombardment.
• Air and Naval Support: There is no air or naval support in this mission as the prelim bombardment represents that support.
• Across the Volga:Allied players may use this rule during the attack. This rule does not apply to mortar teams.
• Disrupted Reserves: Defenders reserves arrive on die rolls of 6 instead of the usual 5+.