The Waving Flag: Notes

ADLG Mobile - Game Setup

Terrain Choices (p70 & p74)

Terrain Type Plain Forest Mountains Desert Steppe
Gentle Hills Open 1 2 - 2 4 (1)
Steep Hills Difficult - 4(1) -
Marsh Difficult 1 2 1 - 1
Dunes Difficult - - - 4 (1) -
Village 1, 2 Difficult 1 1 1 - -
Wood Difficult - 4 (1) 2 - -
Brush Rough - 3 2 2 3 2
Field 1 Rough 4 (1) - - - -
Gully Rough 1 1 2 1 1
Plantation 1 Rough 2 - - 1 -
Impassable Impass - 1 1 1 -
Coast Impass 1 1 1 - -
River Varies 1
Road - 1 1 1 1 1
1. Must be rectangular. 2. Can be combined with a hill.

Terrain Placement Sequence (p74)

Player Pieces Notes
Defender Compulsory + 2-4 other pieces. Dice for Coast if chosen.
Attacker 2-4 pieces. Dice for Coast if chosen.
Defender Places compulsory terrain
Either River or coast. Defender first.
Defender Village & "free" road. Connect to an edge.
Both All other pieces, except road, in turn. Start with all Defender's pieces.
Either Road.
Attacker Adjust terrain placement. Terrain + adjustment attempts = 4.
Defender Adjust terrain placement. Terrain + adjustment attempts = 4.

Terrain Adjustment (p75)

Score Effect Notes
Any Varies Once per player, per piece
1 - 2 No change
3 - 4 Move up to 16 cm
5 Move up to 24 cm or rotate 1 Remove Impassable 2
6 Move up to 24 cm or rotate 1 Remove any but compulsory 1, 2
Strategist CinC can re-roll once or adjust an extra piece.

Notes

  1. Cannot move, rotate or remove: coast, river, road, village or village & hill.
  2. Can only remove one piece per game and not one piece per player.

Deployment Sequence (p77-78)

Type Order Notes
Camps, fortifications & obstacles. Defender then Attacker. Camps must touch the baseline, river or coast unless fortified.
Battle plans. Both
Ambushes. Defender then Attacker.
Army Corps Defender then Attacker. In turn until all troops deployed except flank marches & ambushes.
Dismount troops. Defender then Attacker. Permanent. Battle plan must say if troops in ambush are dismounted.

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