How about having the 'articles' from "the General" magazines that provided yet some MORE kinds of 'oddball' Units? Anyone got these?

I think I might Robert, I'll have to check and see.

Let's see .... there was the "Neodogs," a 0-2-3 counter that caused enemy units in the same hex to be turned face-up at the end of the Terran turn (no penalties for an accompanying Mobile Infantryman if the Neodog is eliminated, however);

"Heavy Tank," a 24-12-3 unit; "Artillery," an 18-6-2 unit with a range of 15 hexes; "Borer:" a 3-10-2 unit which could move through Bug tunnels and reopen collapsed tunnels; the "Breacher," a 0-6-2 unit which could create breaches and was basically just a heavily armored combat engineer unit; and the 3-5-4 Mobile Infantry "recruit" unit. When playing a campaign game, all WIA's and KIA's from one scenario had to be replaced by recruits for the next scenario. When a recruit attacks or is attacked for the first time, roll a die to see what combat values he uses.

These were from an article by Richard Hamblen called "Saga of the Bug War." There was another variant article that introduced more Terran tanks and Bug artillery, but I can't put my hands on it right now.

I seem to remember one of the variant articles having units that were either low-flying spaceships and/or seeking missiles moving across the board at high speeds.

They were good in cutting off heads too.

I'd like to KNOW if anyone were interested in the following "Alternative O.O.B." for this here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/164497
and perhaps then HAVE that professionally "printed up"? There are some additional "counters" SETS for other vintage "Wargames" that I've created, and most likely, evermore!

My understanding is that these types of units became increasingly common as the war went on 'cause Goerring was able to siphon resources to the Luftwaffe and build these as part of his personal empire. There weren't many of 'em, but they were there.

Goering also desperately needed them. I recall reading about how all of the regular Wehrmacht were so busy protecting themselves and fighting their own battles that there was no way they were going to help with airfield security. And forget even asking the SS. They had a multitude of problems to contend with on the Osterfront.

That they were among the worst of the German units on the most brutal front of the war in Europe is fairly indicative of Goering's leadership abilities, or lack thereof. He should've stuck to flying planes.

Robert, that's a really nice alternate OOB! I haven't plated TRC in over a decade, but I'm a bit tempted to bring that old chestnut out of the closet now that I've seen what you've done for the game.

How different does the game play with the new orders?

I always use it to garrison Leningrad--

The Luftwaffe was Goering's personal empire within the Third Reich. The field division may have nominally been formed to secure airfields, but they were also Goering's way of retaining Luftwaffe personnel endstrength in the face of mounting aircraft losses. With fantasies of rebuilding the Luftwaffe whenever times got better for Germany, he wanted to hang on to epxerienced technicians and aircrew. With fewer and fewer aircraft to man and service, the Wehrmacht could've logically retrained Luftwaffe personnel and the recruits destined for the Luftwaffe, for Army service. But as a Hitler crony, Goering had more leverage. Since the fallschirmjaeger (parachute) units were part of the Luftwaffe vice army, it wasn't a great leap to form LW field divisions. By 1943, the Luftwaffe would also field the Hermann Goering Panzer Division -- a very odd unit for an air force.

Both Himmler (with his Waffen SS) and Goering (with his ground divisions) would field their own armies, operating alongside and eventually intergrated with the German Army. The Kriegsmarine (navy), in a similar situation as the Luftwaffe by the last year of the war, would form naval infantry divisions.

Partisan counters are also special in the game. They cut supply and rail mouvement.