Are there night fighting rules for AAM?

The visibility chart is usable in several ways. For your particular scenario you could start at the number 15 (total darkness) and then work your way backwards to 1. The concept behind the chart is that neither side knows how soon dawn will occur. Obviously the partisans want to have darkness throughout their attack while the defending Italians want daylight to come. Of course, this is your scenario, so you can do as you please. I'm simply tossing in my two cents to your query on night time combat rules. Night battles did occur throughout WWII. But if you didn't plan ahead of time, you could end up shooting your own soldiers in the confusion. Rarely did either side run truck convoys at night, let alone through an area known to have partisans running around.

In my opinion it was more likely that a partisan force would hit an outpost at night and then retreat before full daylight arrived. Convoys usually ran in the day time. But I could see a situation where a truck convoy with needed supplies is trying to arrive at an outpost before night fall. So the convoy could start at one end of the map and the outpost at the opposite end. The partisans start somewhere in the middle perhaps hidden until revealed. Axis objective is to run X number of trucks to the opposite end of the board. Partisan objective is to destroy as many trucks as they can and inflict as many casualties as possible to enemy units. Axis side would have the option to send out help from the outpost to defend the convoy. Perhaps the Axis side can earn points for partisan units destroyed to off set the loss of trucks. After all, the Axis side usually wanted a pitched battle because they usually had the superior force while the partisans only wanted hit and run.

This is just me making suggestions, not telling you what to do for your scenario.



Here is a direct copy and paste from the scenario seven's special rules on Night Time Combat and Illumination Flares. It may reference some things about my scenario, so just ignore that part.

Night Time Combat - This AAM scenario is a river assault that starts in the middle of the night and progresses to full daylight. Use the Night Time Visibility Chart provided to keep track of the current Visibility Level (VL). Place a token on box 15 before the scenario begins. At the start of each turn, the Allied player rolls four dice. For every “success” (a roll of 4 or higher) advance the token one box backwards on the track. Where ever the token ends up, check the information on that row to determine the maximum range a unit can fire and move normally for that turn. Once full day light is reached, it remains there until the scenario is over.

Units that have a speed higher than the current VL may attempt to keep moving. They must make a movement roll for each hex they advance into beyond the current VL. Once a unit fails a movement roll, it can’t make any more attempts to move in that phase. As long as the unit keeps making successful movement rolls, it can continue to move up to its maximum speed. These movement rolls are for hexes entered, so you don’t make two rolls if a terrain hex requires double movement.

During the assault phase, units can fire at targets up to the current VL without any penalties. Units beyond the current VL can still be targeted, but at a penalty due to poor visibility. Check the VL chart for that turn’s current level of penalties. Basically, a unit suffers -1 per die for each range beyond visibility. For example: if the current visibility range is 2, any targets at range 3 or 4 hexes would be -1 per die. Any target at 5 or more hexes would be -2 per die. Penalties listed are not cumulative.

A unit firing in the dark makes itself an easier target for enemy units to target it in return. Any units beyond the current VL that fired in the previous assault phase of that turn can be targeted at a bonus of +1 per die. This bonus doesn’t apply to units within the current VL. Note: Mortars would not able to hit targets at long range if they suffer the -2 penalty unless that target fired in the last assault phase. When using a spotter and indirect fire, use the distance between the spotter and the target to calculate the VL penalty. Apply that penalty to the indirect fire weapon’s dice roll.

Illumination flares – Each Axis officer gains this one-time special ability for use in this scenario. Instead of using his normal attack value, an Axis officer can attempt to mark a target using his flare gun. Verses soldiers – short range 7 / medium range 5. Verses vehicles – short range 9 / medium range 7. Max range is 3. The officer must score the equivalent of a disrupt verses the target unit. A successful hit marks that unit for the duration of that turn only and does no actual damage or disruption to the unit. Use a token or extra die to mark that unit as being illuminated. Other Axis units may now fire at the marked enemy unit with no penalties. Other enemy units in the same hex are not affected.

Good luck with your scenario design.

There is a simple set of custom cards for period of day credited to Denis from this forum.

Dawn- LOS-limited to 8 hexes
Day- no limitations
Dusk- LOS-limited to 8 hexes, no aircraft, paratroopers cannot jump
Night- LOS limited to 4 hexes, -1 on each attack die (not indirect fire), no aircraft, paratroopers cannot jump

He also created six weather conditions.

These were available on the forum somewhere, I printed a copy a few years ago.