. Withdraw up to $100,000 without paying the usual 10% penalty and get up to three years to pay federal income tax on the money instead of having 20% withheld right away. Borrow up to 100% of your account balance (up to $100,000) with no payments for up to a year. Suspend repayments on existing loans for one year. NEW RULES 7 Japanese Command Rules 7 Yamato Damashi Concept 7 Seishin Kyoiku Doctrine 7 Banzai War Cry 7 US Marines Command Rules 7 Gung Ho! 7 Night Attack Rules 8 III. NEW MEDALS & TOKENS 8 Japanese Medal 8 Battle Star Tokens 8 Camouflage 8 Minefields 8 IV. NEW OBSTACLES & WAR SHIPS 9 Field Bunkers 9 Rope Bridges 9 Destroyers 9 Aircraft.
Sept. 12, 2017
Two official expansions were released for Up Front: Banzai (1984), which included Japanese, British, and USMC forces along with rules for Jungle Terrain, Random Reinforcements, and Scenarios M-X. Desert War (1985), which included French, and Italian forces as well as rules for Desert Terrain. 1) Attack the 4 -6 8 straight up at 1:2 2) Attack the broken 4-6-7 at 1:2 with a -2 DRM 3) Attack both units at 1:4, also with a -2 DRM against the broken 4-6-7 ONLY The last one can be confusing. The intent, although not spelled out well in the ASLSK rules, is that CC attack.
The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is issuing this Investor Bulletin to help educate investors regarding the rules that apply to trading securities in cash accounts and to highlight the 90-day account freeze which may arise with certain trading activities in these type of accounts.
What is a cash account?
A cash account is a type of brokerage account in which the investor must pay the full amount for securities purchased. An investor using a cash account is not allowed to borrow funds from his or her broker-dealer in order to pay for transactions in the account (trading on margin).
The credit extension provisions of the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation T govern an investor’s use of a cash account to purchase securities. In particular, Regulation T authorizes a broker-dealer to use a cash account to purchase a security for an investor if:
- There are “sufficient funds” in the account; or
- The broker-dealer accepts in good faith the investor’s agreement that the investor will promptly make “full cash payment” for the security before selling it and does not contemplate selling the security prior to making such payment.
What type of trading is permitted in a cash account?
Some examples of trading that would be permitted in a cash account include:
- An investor has $10,000 in cash and no securities in a cash account.The investor buys $10,000 worth of ABC stock on Monday and sells it the same day.
These transactions are permissible since the investor purchased the ABC stock on Monday with the $10,000 in cash that the investor had in the cash account. Since the investor purchased the ABC stock with cash, the investor may sell this stock at anytime. - An investor holds $10,000 of fully paid for and settled ABC stock in a cash account.The investor does not hold any additional cash or securities in the cash account. The investor sells all the ABC stock on Monday.On Friday, the investor buys $10,000 worth of XYZ stock.
These transactions are permissible because an investor can sell a fully-paid for and settled security held in a cash account. The $10,000 proceeds from the sale of the ABC stock would have settled on Wednesday. Therefore the investor would have “sufficient funds” in the cash account on Friday to purchase the XYZ stock. - An investor holds $10,000 of fully paid for and settled ABC stock in a cash account.The investor does not hold any additional cash or securities in the cash account. The investor sells all the ABC stock on Monday and buys $10,000 worth of XYZ stock the same day.The investor sells the XYZ stock on Friday.
The sale of the ABC stock is permissible because an investor can sell a fully-paid for and settled security held in a cash account. The purchase of the XYZ stock is also permissible. The investor may purchase the XYZ stock with the proceeds from the sale of the ABC stock as long as the investor does not sell the XYZ stock prior to the settlement of the ABC stock sale, which is Wednesday. By doing this, the investor will have made full cash payment for the XYZ stock before selling it on Friday.
What are freeriding and freezes?
As noted above, in a cash account, an investor must pay for the purchase of a security before selling it. If an investor buys and sells a security before paying for it, the investor is “freeriding.”
The following example illustrates “freeriding:”
An investor holds $10,000 of fully paid for and settled ABC stock in a cash account. The investor does not hold any additional cash or securities in the cash account. The investor sells all the ABC stock on Monday and buys $10,000 worth of XYZ stock on the same day. On Tuesday, the investor sells all of the XYZ stock without adding any additional cash to the account.
The settlement date on the sale of the ABC stock that the investor used to pay for the purchase of the XYZ stock would be Wednesday (two business days after the date of the sale). Since the investor used the proceeds from a sale of securities that has not settled yet, to purchase the XYZ stock, the investor cannot not sell the XYZ stock prior to Wednesday without adding additional cash to the account to cover the purchase price of the XYZ stock. Since the investor sold the XYZ stock on Tuesday without adding any additional cash to the account, the investor’s actions constitute freeriding.
“Freeriding” is not permitted under Regulation T, and may require the investor’s broker to “freeze” the investor’s account for 90 days. During this 90-day period, an investor may still purchase securities with the cash account, but the investor must fully pay for any purchase on the date of the trade. An investor may avoid having a “freeze” placed on his cash account by fully paying for the securities by the settlement date with funds that do not come from the sale of the securities.
Related Information
For additional educational information for investors, see the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy’s homepage. For additional information relating to cash accounts, also see:
- FINRA Rule 4210(f)(9) and FINRA Regulatory Notice 10-45
Game Summary:
Each player directs a squad of men in various World War II scenarios with cards driving the action (there is no gameboard).
About the Game:
This is a BGE digital game conversion of the long-out-of-print “Up Front” card game, by Courtney F. Allen (originally published by Avalon Hill in 1983). “Up Front” is a card game that is loosely based on Avalon Hill’s Squad Leader series of wargames. This digital conversion includes not only the basic Up Front game, but also the components from the “Banzai” and “Desert War” expansions, so you will be able to play any of the seven nationalities (Germans, Americans, Russians, Japanese, British, French, and Italians) covered in these games.
Number of Players:
2 (but there are variants and scenarios for accommodating more players, and even for playing solitaire)
Game Scale:
Each card and counter represents an individual soldier, weapon, vehicle, or piece of equipment.
Estimated Playing Time:
About 1 hour (use of VOIP is highly recommended for online games)
Complexity Level:
Moderate to Complex (depending on the use of optional rules and vehicles)
Rulebook:
The rulebook for Up Front can now be downloaded for free from WargameVault. The original card game is also available as a print-on-demand title, in case you wish to purchase a physical copy of this great game.
Up Front Banzai Rules Pdf Converter
Download:
Up Front for BGE (175.0 MB)
The above download contains everything needed to play the game (except the rulebook) if you already have at least one Gamer Client license (BGE v1.5 or higher). For multiplayer games, the extra players will either need a Gamer Client of their own, or they can use the free BGE Demo if the person hosting the game has enough free Player Slots available for them.
Installation and usage instructions are included in the download.
Enjoy!
I would like to point out a couple of things:
1) An internet connection is required to play this game conversion (even if playing solo).
2) This free game conversion differs from other game conversions I’ve done in that it may not always remain available for download, and even if you already downloaded it, it may cease to work. There is a “kill switch” in place just in case Avalon Hill/Hasbro has a problem with this game conversion (not very likely, since this is a re-design with all-new artwork, and I am not including the game rules).
The following quotes are what some gamers on boardgamegeek.com had to say about this game (in reference to the original printed game, of course):
“A true classic. Strategy, tactics and tension in a relatively quick fun format.”
“One of my favorite games of all time. A card game which manages to capture the fog of war, the terror of combat, and the “make-do” ability of commanders all at once. The rules can be a bit of a bear, but start off slowly and you’ll be in for a treat.”
“Exciting, realistic, playable and rewarding to play. An excellent translation of squad leader to cards. Slight luck aspect but not that significant as the game is so enjoyable. Played countless games and still holds up today. One of the AH classics and one of my top 5 of all time games, a must have.”
“By far my favorite wargame. A game you can play in an hour or so and replay every scenario and never have it go the same way twice.”
“Strategy is very much rewarded and players who know how to employ the advantages of their squad (nationality, weaponry, group setup etc.) will beat their opponents most of the time.”
“In my opinion, the best wargame ever made. This was a couple of decades ahead of its time.”
“There are very few games that I have played in my life where I felt like I was in the presence of something truly great, innovative, and utterly magnificent. DUNE is one of them, SETTLERS OF CATAN is one of them, and UP FRONT is one of them.”
“I’ve played this game for twenty years and haven’t tired of it. Definitely worth the effort if you are interested in squad-level WWII infantry actions. Probably my favorite wargame of all time.”
“I paid a fortune to get a copy of it…But I’m very happy I did!”
“A real nail-biter, IMHO the best individual-level tactical squad game out there.”
“I bloody love this game. Best thing I ever bought and am still playing it 25-30 (?) years later.”
“The best tactical WW2 combat game in existence (and that’s saying a lot).”
“Astonishingly good. Just keeps getting better & better the more I play it. Much easier to play than a first reading of the rulebook would suggest. I still can’t quite work out how a card game can feel so realistic.”
“One of the very few wargames that forces you to “see” the situation not from a god-like top-down view, but from more of a first-person perspective. The only game I’ve ever played that smacks of genius.”
“Really good two player card games are difficult to design, but this is probably the best card game of any type that I’ve ever played.”
“A great game – the unconventional mechanics take a while to become familiar, but it’s well worth it. Almost infinite replayability, and a strong fan-base, with some good home-made variants. Don’t wait for the fabled reprint – bite the bullet and get a copy somehow now.”
“The cards make for a fast flowing, shifting game that still rewards the player who knows how to manage resources and risk.”
“It’s such a home run of game design, showing that playability and realism are NOT opposite ends of a scale. You CAN have both.”
Here are some screenshots of what the game looks like in Battlegrounds (they were taken in BRPG, but look the same in BGE).
Overview of a game in progress:
A close-up of the cards and counters:
Choosing a Scenario:
Up Front Banzai Rules Pdf Reader
Selecting your forces for a “Design-Your-Own” Scenario:
Up Front Banzai Rules Pdf Free
Customizing the Action Deck for a “Design-Your-Own” Scenario: