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Historical Board Gaming is excited to present SS Divisions of the Third Reich © (SS) – An exploration of Germany’s Elite SS units in World

War II.

In this expansion we will present both a Basic and Advanced version to suit your style of play. In the basic version Germany can build up to 35 unique SS units of different types based on their historic availability. In the advanced version we allow you to follow the historical progression of each unit as they evolve to different types (infantry, mechanized, armor etc..) during the war.

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A Global War 1936-1945 Expansion

Overview

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1.0 Overview: Germany receives various SS Divisions and the ability to create or upgrade

divisions based on their historic availability. This replaces the German ability to purchase SS

Panzer Grenadiers listed on the German National Reference Sheet in the Global War 1936 rules.

1.1 SS Statistics: SS Divisions have the following statistics: Note that no cost is listed for these

units since they are built from existing units as explained later in the rules.

* SS Militia may move only by strategic rail movement

** SS Mountain gain a +1 defense in mountains and never suffer an attacker penalty.

*** SS Mechanized may Blitz without pairing with armor.

Set Contents

Markers

SS Division Markers Set (60/set) HERE or Expansion can be played if you

own the SS Divisions Set 1, Set 2, Set 3, Set 4, and Set 5.

1.0 SS Divisions

Unit Attack Defense Move

SS Militia* 2 3 0

SS Infantry 3 5 1

SS Mountain 3 5 1

SS Cavalry 4 3 2

SS Motorized 3 5 2

SS Mechanized

Panzer Grenadier*** 4 5 2

SS Armor +1 base unit +1 base unit Same as base unit

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2.1 Availability: On specific turns players get the option to place SS markers under certain types

of units and in some cases may get entire SS units for free. If a player cannot meet all the

requirements to place the SS marker – such as owning the zone or having the correct type of unit

present – the opportunity is lost.

2.2 Placement: When the rules state that you can put an SS marker beneath a specific type of

unit, that type of unit must be present in the zone to place the SS marker. Note that this could be a

unit that was already there or a unit that was placed in the place units phase. All units are placed in

Place Units and Collect Income Phase and upgrades are paid for

at time of placement.

2.3 Elimination: Once an SS unit is eliminated remove the

marker from the game. It can no longer be upgraded and cannot

be rebuilt.

2.4 Upgrades: Sometimes SS units will be “upgraded”. For

example a rule might ask you to change an infantry to a

mechanized infantry. In these instances you will simply change the

piece on top of the marker to reflect a different type of unit. These

are free upgrades. Upgrades are done during the Place Units and

Collect Income Phase.

2.0 SS DIVISIONS –

GENERAL RULES

Supply Path: Many units require being in a supply path to be upgraded.

This means the unit has to be able to trace a path from its current

location along an undamaged railroad to a major factory in the home

nation. The path may go over sea zones so long as it enters and leaves

land zones through a Naval Base or Shipyard that is not blockaded or

damaged. The presence of enemy ships does not block a supply path.

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At Start of Game (During Set Up) 1936 and 1939 Scenarios:

On January 1939 turn (or July 1939 Set Up):

Any turn after Germany has declared war on Poland:

Any turn that Warsaw is German Aligned/Controlled:

3.0 SS DIVISIONS–BASIC RULES

Location Division

Berlin

Place the 1st SS Infantry (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler) Division

marker beneath an infantry or Militia in Berlin (Player’s

choice). This unit is a 2/3 unit that does not move.

Location Division Rule

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

2nd SS Panzer

(Das Reich)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 2nd SS marker

beneath any light or medium armor unit.

Location Division Rule

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

3rd SS Panzer

(Totenkopf)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 3rd SS marker

beneath any light or medium armor.

Location Division Rule

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

4th Panzer

Grenadier

(Polizei) SS

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 4th SS marker beneath a

Mechanized Infantry. This unit becomes an SS

Panzer Grenadier unit. (Also see expansion

compatibility for Polizei units)

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Any Turn that both Belgium & Netherlands or both Denmark & Norway are

German Aligned / Possessed:

Any turn that Finland is German Aligned:

Any turn after Yugoslavia is German Aligned / Possessed:

Any turn that Romania is German Aligned and Germany is at war with USSR:

Location Division Rule

Western

Germany

5th SS Panzer

(Wiking) Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 5th SS marker beneath

a medium armor unit.

Western

Germany

11th SS

(Nordland)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 11th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Location Division Rule

Helsinki 6th SS Mountain

Infantry (Nord)

Division

Place 1 free SS Mountain Infantry in Helsinki

with a 6th SS marker beneath it.

Location Division Rule

Yugoslavia 7th , 13th 31st, &

23th SS Mountain

Division

Pay 3 IPP each to place up to four SS

Infantry divisions in Yugoslavia.

Location Division Rule

Romania 8th SS Cavalry

(Florian Geyer)

Division

Place one free SS Cavalry unit in Romania

with the 8th SS marker beneath it.

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Any turn in 1943 - Germany may upgrade up to 4 units on each of the two turns

in 1943 as follows (7 total):

Location Division Rule

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

9th SS

(Hohenstaufen)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 9th SS marker

beneath any light, medium or heavy armor

unit.

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

10th SS

(Frundsberg)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 10th SS marker

beneath any light, medium or heavy armor

unit.

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

12th SS Armor

(Hitlerjugend)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 12th SS marker

beneath any light, medium or heavy armor

unit.

Donoslaske

14th SS

(Galician)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 14th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Latvia

15th SS

(1st Latvian)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 15th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Berlin

16th SS

(Reichsführer)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 16th SS marker

beneath a Motorized or Mechanized SS

Infantry unit.

Paris 17th SS (Götz

Von Berlichingen)

Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 17th SS marker

beneath a Motorized or Mechanized SS

Infantry unit.

Any turn in 1944: Germany may place or upgrade up to 4 units in each of the 2

turns in 1944 so long as they have lost a combined total of 8 IPP worth of land

units during its prior turn, they may choose to build or upgrade units as follows:

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Location Division Rule

Hungary 18th SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 18th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Latvia 19th SS Division

(2nd Latvian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 19th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Estonia 20th SS Division

(1st Estonian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 20th SS marker

beneath an infantry unit.

Albania 21st SS Division

(1st Albanian)

Place one free 21st SS Mountain infantry unit

in Albania.

Romania 22nd SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 22nd SS marker

beneath a cavalry unit.

Turin, Italy 24th SS Division Place one free 24th SS Mountain Infantry division

in Turin, if Turin is German-possessed.

Hungary 25th SS Division

(1st Hungarian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 25th SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry in Hungary

Hungary 26th SS Division

( 2nd Hungarian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 25th SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry in Hungary

Netherlands 27th SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 27th SS marker

beneath a medium armor

Belgium 28th SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 28th SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry

E. Ukraine,

Russia

29th SS Division

(1st Russian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 29th marker beneath a

Mechanized Infantry in Eastern Ukraine.

Belaruss,

Russia

30th SS Division

(1st Belerussian)

Pay 1 IPP to place the 30th SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry in Belarus

Hungary 31st SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 31st SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry in Hungary

Vichy France

(Marseilles) 33rd SS Division

Pay 1 IPP to place the 33rd SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry.

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Any turn in 1945: Germany may place several units if it lost 15 IPP worth of land

units or more since its last turn.

Special Divisions: There are 7 additional special divisions Germany can acquire

as indicated on the table below:

Location Division Rule

Warsaw 36th SS Division Germany may place one free SS Infantry

Berlin 39th SS Division Pay 1 IPP to place the 39th SS marker

beneath a Mountain Infantry.

Berlin 38, and 40-45thth

SS Division

Pay 1 IPP each for up to 7 total SS markers

of the 38th- 45th SS divisions. Place beneath

infantry in Berlin.

Location Division Rule

Anywhere in

German Home

Country

500th & 600th SS

Parachute

Pay 1 IPP each to place the SS Airborne

markers beneath airborne infantry.

Doniets-

Kuban

1st & 2nd

Cossack Cavalry

Germany places two elite 4/3 Cavalry Unit

during the place units & collect income

phase that it is at war with the USSR and

possess the Doniets-Kuban territory.

Berlin 101st, 102nd, &

103rd SS Heavy

Panzer Division

German may upgrade three Advanced

Armor or Tiger 1E to SS Panzer Divisions

for 2 IPP each. These units gains +1 Attack

and Defense.

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4.0 Advanced Rules: In the advanced rules SS divisions change overtime. A division might, for

example, start out as an infantry, later become a mechanized and ultimately end the game as an armored

division (assuming it survives – a big “if” in Global War!). Unlike the basic rules there is no cost to place SS

markers but there are more stringent requirements for units being in the right place at the right time in order to

get the upgrades as paying costs to upgrade from one type of unit to another. (as per 2.4) Infantry/Militia units

are represented by infantry, motorized units are represented by trucks, Panzergrenadier units are repesented

by mechanized units and armor are represented by tank units. All units that are upgraded in table 4-2 become

SS units.

Table 4-2

4.0 Advanced Rules

Date Change

Set up 1936 &

1939

Scenarios

1st SS Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler: During set up place the 1st SS Marker

beneath a regular infantry or militia in Berlin. This unit is a 2/3 SS Militia that

does not move until upgraded.

July 1939

2nd SS Verfügungs: Place the 2nd SS Marker beneath a motorized infantry in

Berlin.

3rd SS Totenkopf: Place the 3rd SS Marker beneath a regular infantry in

Berlin

4th SS Polizei: Place the 4th SS marker beneath a regular Infantry or Militia

unit in Berlin. This unit is a 2/3 Militia (but see expansion compatibility).

January 1940

5th SS Germania: Place the 5th SS marker beneath a regular infantry unit in

Berlin.

1st SS: Pay 1 IPP to upgrade the 1st SS to a Motorized Infantry if it is in a

supply path.

July 1941 6th SS Kampfgruppe Nord: Place the 6th SS marker beneath a (free)

infantry unit in Torino (Finland) if Finland is Axis Controlled/Aligned and

Narvik is German possessed/controlled/Aligned.

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Date Change

January 1942

3rd SS: Pay 1 IPP to upgrade the 3rd SS to a Panzer Grenadier division if it

is in a supply path.

4th SS: Upgrade 4th SS Polizei to an SS Infantry Division at no cost if in

supply path.

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division: Place for free 1 SS Mountain

Infantry division in Yugoslavia if Yugoslavia is German Possessed/Aligned

8th SS Cavalry: Place 1 free SS Cavalry in Romania if Romania is

German Possessed/Aligned.

July 1942

1st SS: Upgrade the 1st SS to a Panzergrenadier for 1 IPP if it is in a supply

path.

2nd SS: Upgrade the 2nd SS to a Panzergrenadier for 1 IPP if it is in a supply

path.

5th SS: Upgrade the 5th SS to a Panzergrenader if it is in a supply path.

6th SS: Upgrade the 6th SS to a Mountain Infantry at no cost if it is in a

supply path.

7th SS: Upgrade the 7th SS to an SS Mountain infantry for 1 IPP if it is in a

supply path.

January 1943

4th SS: Upgrade the 4th SS to a Panzergrenadier division if it is in a supply

path.

9th SS: Panzer Division: Place the 9th SS marker beneath a medium armor

in Berlin.

11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division: Place the 11th SS marker

beneath a mechanized infantry anywhere in German home country that is in

a supply path

10th SS Panzer Division: Place the 10th SS marker beneath a medium

armor in Berlin.

12th SS Panzer Division: Place the 12th SS marker beneath a medium

armor in Berlin.

13th Waffen SS: Place the 13th Waffen SS marker beneath a Mountain

Infantry in Yugoslavia.

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Table 4-2 (Cont.)

Date Change

July 1943

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th: Upgrade the 1st SS, 2nd SS, 3rd SS and 5th SS to Medium

Armor for 1 IPP if they are in a supply path.

6th SS: Upgrade the 6th SS to a Mountain Infantry if it is in a supply path.,

7th SS: Upgrade the 7th SS to Medium Armor if it is in a supply path

1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division: Place a free SS Cavalry division in a

German-owned land zone within 3 zones of Doniets-Kuban if the USSR and

Germany are at war.

101st SS Heavy Panzer: Place the 101st SS Heavy Panzer beneath any

Advanced Armor (including Tiger 1E).

500th SS Parachute: Place the 500th SS Marker beneath an Airborne

Infantry in Sudetenland.

10th & 12th SS: Upgrade the 10th and 12th SS Divisions to a Medium Armor if

they are in a supply path.

16th SS Panzergrenadier: Place the 16th SS marker beneath a Mechanized

Infantry unit in Berlin.

17th SS Panzergrenadier: Place the 17th SS marker beneath a Mechanized

Infantry unit in Bordeaux.

January 1944

15th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (1st Latvian): Place the 15th SS marker

beneath a Mechanized Infantry unit in Latvia.

18th SS Grenadier Division: Place the 18thSS Marker beneath a

Mechanized infantry unit in Hungary.

19th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (2nd Latvian): Place the 19thSS Marker

beneath a Mechanized infantry unit in Latvia.

20th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (1st Estonian): Place the 20thSS

Marker beneath a Mechanized infantry unit in Estonia.

22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division: Place the 22nd SS marker and a free

SS cavalry division in Romania if Romania is Axis-Aligned.

25th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (1st Hungarian): Place the 25th SS

Marker beneath a Mechanized Infantry Division in Hungary if Hungary is Axis

-Aligned.

102nd SS Heavy Panzer Division: Place the 102nd SS Heavy Panzer

beneath any Advanced Armor (including Tiger 1E) in Berlin.

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Table 4-2 (Cont.)

Date Change

July 1944

14th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (1st Galician): Place the 14th SS

marker beneath a Mechanized Infantry in East Poland.

21st Waffen SS Mountain Division: (1st Albanian): Place the 21st SS

Marker beneath a Mountain Infantry in Albania.

24th Waffen SS Mountain Division: Place the 24th SS Marker

beneath a Mountain infantry in Turin (Italy).

27th SS Volunteer: Place the 27th SS Marker beneath a Medium

Armor in the Netherlands.

28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division: Place the 28th SS Marker

beneath a Mechanized Infantry in Belgium

29th Waffen SS Grenadier Division: (1st Russian): Place the 29th SS

marker beneath a Mechanized Infantry in Eastern Ukraine.

30th Waffen SS Grenadier Division: (1st Belerussian): Place the 30th

SS marker beneath a mechanized Infantry in Belorussia.

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division: Place the 31st marker beneath

a mechanized infantry in Hungary.

103rd SS Heavy Panzer Division: (Berlin – heavy armor): Place the

103rd SS Heavy Panzer beneath any Advanced Armor (including Tiger

1E) in Berlin.

January 1945

23rd Waffen SS Mountain Division: Place the 23rd SS marker

beneath a Mountain Infantry in Yugoslavia.

26th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (2nd Hungarian): Place the 26th

SS Marker beneath a Mechanized Infantry Division in Hungary.

33rd Waffen SS Grenadier Division (Charlemagne): Place the 33rd

SS marker beneath a Mechanized infantry in Vichy France

(Marseilles). It must leave Vichy France on its next turn

36th Waffen SS Grenadier Division (Sturmbrigade): Place the 36th

SS Marker beneath a Mechanized Infantry Division in any German-

owned Polish territory.

2nd Cossack Cavalry Division: Place the 2nd Cossack Cavalry

Division Marker beneath a cavalry unit in Hungary.

38th SS Division: Place the 38th SS marker beneath a medium armor

in Berlin.

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Table 4-2 (Cont.)

Date Change

July 1945

39th Waffen SS Gebirgsjäger Division: Place the 39th SS marker

beneath a Mountain infantry in Berlin.

40-45th SS Infantry Divisions: Place each of the 40st- 45th SS

Markers beneath infantry units in Berlin.

January 1946 600th SS Parachute Division: Place the 600th SS marker beneath an

airborne infantry in Berlin.

When the first

German

Rocket Base is

built

Place a free Militia with the SS Division Z.v. marker beneath it. This is

a 0/2 Militia that adds +2 damage to rocket attacks launched from its

land zone.

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Hypothetical SS Divisions: Germany may place the following free divisions in

their Place Units & Collect Income Phase the first turn they possess any of the

following land zones, place the new piece and SS marker as noted below.

Location Rule Division

London Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost SS Division

Madrid Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost SS Division

Switzerland SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Mountain Infantry at no cost

Greece or

Corinth SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Mountain Infantry at no cost

Moscow SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Medium Armor at no cost

Sweden SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Mountain Infantry at no cost

New York SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost

Washington

DC SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Medium Armor at no cost

San

Francisco SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost

Ottawa SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost

Argentina(Any Territory)

SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost

Brazil (Any Territory)

SS Division Germany may place 1 SS Infantry at no cost

HYPOTHETICAL SS DIVISIONS

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Partisans - SS Divisions have the following abilities:

1st & 4th SS will act as if it were a Polizei unit: They increase Partisan failure by 1.

1st & 2nd SS Cossack Cavalry, and 8th SS Cavalry: Each unit gains a +1 Attack bonus

during anti-partisan operations, and acts as a Polizei unit, increasing Partisan failure by 1.

Fascist Croatia: Make the following

changes if you are using the overlay: Do not

place SS units as indicated in Fascist Croatia

but use this expansion instead.

Place the 7th SS marker in Serbia,

Yugoslavia (Per CRO 1.0)

Place the 13th SS Mountain Division

in Croatia (Per CRO 1.0)

Place the 23rd SS marker in Croatia

(Per CRO 1.0)

Multiple Expansions: The 101st,102nd,

and 103rd heavy armor markers can be placed beneath any German Armor Unit other than a

Medium or Light Armor unit.

Expansion Compatibility

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