The Leapfrog Tactic
The Leapfrog Tactic
A Bizarre Tactic
Can an infantry move 2 territories on land in one turn? Can a tank move 3 territories on
land in one turn? The answer is a qualified yes! Why is this important you ask? Let's
take a look at one scenario.
The Good News
The game for the Allies is going well in Africa, but it is looking bleak in Europe. The
Brits have managed to move some land troops up to Russia from Africa and more tanks
wait in Persia to join the Moscow contingent. Chuchill's boys along with Yanks have
also stockpiled quite a few troops in Finland.
The Bad News
The Nazis have captured Karelia and with their last move they have enough forces to
either crush Russia or leave her so defenseless the Japs will finish the work. The Russian
economy is in shambles as she only controls Caucasus and Moscow. Bottom Line: the
Allies need troops in the Russian Capital or this game will end.
The Brits could attempt a strike against Karelia in hopes of weakening the German
hold, but their infantry would really provide a greater impact if they were only in
Russia... what to do, what to do?
The Leapfrog!
The entire UK deployment in Finland should attack Karelia, all the UK land forces in
Russia must join in, and even the tanks from Persia should blitz through Caucasus and
attack... for just one round of combat (unless the dice are just to awesome). Now
what? RETREAT!!! Retreat to Russia... hence the leapfrog! Troops in Finland "moved
2 spaces" to reach Russia, the tanks from Persia "moved 3 spaces" to reach Russia and
of course the units in Russia just simply returned to their original starting point. Voila!
The Classic Leapfrog.
The Rules
The Rules Applicable to the Leapfrog Tactic: 1) You can only retreat land forces to a
territory that provided land forces for the combat. In other words, had the British not
brought land forces from Russia, the above move would not have been possible.
(Planes do not count!) 2) You can never retreat land forces when an amphibious
assault has been used. Therefore, in our above example, the British could not have
brought troops from the UK via transport to Karelia and then retreated to Russia.
