Markus writes:
> Help! I recently bought a game only copy of Red Sun/Red Star.  I knew the
> game has some counter errata (and my set of reprint counters is stored
> somewhere in Austria) - no big deal. I'd just get all the errata off
> Web-Grognards. Fool that I am! The S&T staff cleverly listed the errata
> (multiple times in later issues as new errata came out) merely as "all the
> substitute counter images printed on p.77 of S&T 158 (the issue in which
> the game appears/appeared)".  They do list a number of counter ratings,
> but these are for other counters that were not reprinted.
>
> Anyone out there who can list the counter ratings from p.77 for me? Much
> appreciated.
>
Hi Markus,

Oh wait, is this going out to the whole list?  I must have hit the "reply
all" button by mistake! (just a little levity--I knew it was going out to
everybody, but I thought, what the heck, somebody else might want to know
too.)

There are 8 counters total, 4 Japanese (in a kind of a mustard yellow), 4
Soviet (it looks like sort of a purpley red to me).

On the front of the Japanese counters:

1. NATO symbol: an arty batt (with a red color in the arty "box") values
2-2-15, an abbreviation "mtr" on the left, and a small "2" on the lower
right of the counter and a small "4" in the upper right.
2. The NATO symbol of a motorized anti-tank company (blue in the background
of the symbol box), values 1-20.  A small red "26 " on the right side of the
counter, and a small "6" in the upper right of the counter.
3. Not a combat counter, a marker reading "Japanese Repl X10"
4. Not a combat counter, a marker reading "Japanese Armor Repl"

On the back of the Japanese counters:
1. Values reduced to 1-2-15, everything else the same.
2. Nothing (evidently a one-step unit).
3. Exactly the same (but I think they goofed this up)*
4. Text reading "Japanese Armor Repl X10"

*I own this game, but I don't know anything about it, but using Standard
Wargaming Counter Reasoning (SWGR), I think they meant to say that the front
side of Japanese counter #3 should say "Japanese Repl", and the back side
should be "Japanese Repl X10".  If I'm right, it means that DG couldn't get
all the counters right even on their second shot at them.

On the front of the Russian counters:
1. NATO symbol: a motorized arty company (blue in the background box),
values 2-6-20, a small white "24" on the right side of the counter and a
small black "4" in the upper right of the counter.
2. NATO symbol: a motorized arty company (blue in the background box),
values 2-6-20, a small white"149" on the right side of the counter, and a
small black "4" in the upper right of the counter.
3. Not a combat counter, a marker reading "Soviet Repl X10"
4. Not a combat counter, a marker reading "Soviet Armor Repl"

On the back of the Russian counters:
1. values reduced to "1-6-20", everything else the same.
2. values reduced to "1-6-20", everything else the same.
3. exactly the same, text reading "Soviet Repl X10".
4. text reading "Soviet Armor Repl X10"

So basically, I think they goofed up the Soviet Repl counter too.  Well
Markus, I hope this is what you were looking for; if not, please contact me
and I'll see if I can look it up for you.  Enjoy your game and thanks for
reading.

John Best
jlbest@advancenet.net





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