Edelweiss Counters

[KirkH]

I was looking through my copy of Edelweiss and noticed it has 74 counters (one sheet of 70 plus the 4 boat/mortar counters) but when I look at the writeup here it says Edelweiss comes with 161 counters.  I'm wondering if that's a typo or if maybe the different editions of Edelweiss came with differing numbers of counters.

[plloyd1010]

Edelweiss has 74 counters. Edelweiss Expanded and Edelweiss IV have 161. Which Edelweiss have you got? The original Edelweiss had 24 scenarios and 74 counters.

[KirkH]

I have the one from 2013 that was a book.  I believe it's called Edelweiss Expanded.  The back of the book has a section about the counters and mentions there are supposed to be 161, but I can't find a scan of the 161 counters to determine if I have all the counters or not.  The only counter scan I've seen is for the 74 counter version of the supplement.

[plloyd1010]

Have you counted your counters? Edelweiss Expanded added Gebirgsjäger ski troops, corrected the H39 tanks, gave the SS Gebirgsjägers a couple tanks, had German and Soviet strongpoints and an Italian 88mm gun.

Does that help?

[KirkH]

Back in the day I put my counters into bead sorters.  Problem is, now it's years later and I'm trying to marry up counters with games/supplements.   If I don't have a counter scan to know what goes where, I'm lost.  Do all the Edelweiss counters (apart from the S35 and H38 tank counters) have that image of a sprig of edelweiss at the top?  If so I think I've located the missing counters.  Thanks for the help.

[KirkH]

All the edelweiss units plus the three tanks plus the original 74 counters adds up to 144.  Now I have to try to figure out what the other 17 counters are.

[plloyd1010]

There should be German and Russian strong points that will make 12. You may have an Edelweiss sledge buried in with your wagons, that could be your 13th. The Italian 88mm would make 14. Did you find the 2 SS H38's? That could be 15 & 16. You seem to be pretty close. One or two counters in the wrong pocket could get you over the top.

[rerathbun]

From my list of counters:

Edelweiss Expanded Counters
German SS:
21 Geb            
06 Krad           
06 Rad            
05 Mtn Hmg  
04 Mtn Eng    
01 20mm        
02 50mm        
01 75mm IG  
01 75mm Mtn
02 H38            
01 Standartenführer
01 Obersturmbannführer
01 Sturmbannführer
02 Hauptsturmführer
04 Obersturmführer
03 Untersturmführer
02 Scharführer
German Army:
28 Mtn
08 Rad            
04 Mtn Eng
08 Ski
08 Mtn Hmg
01** Karl 040
01** Karl 041
03 75mm Mtn
02 76.2mm
01 S35
02 H38
01* Wagon
01* Sledge
06 Strongpoint
01 Oberst
01 Oberstleutnant
02 Major
04 Hauptmann
06 Lieutenant
02 Feldwebel
Italian Army:
01 88mm
Soviet Army:
01** Zhelezhny (gunboat)
01** Udarnyi (gunboat)
06 Strongpoint
 
* - two units on one piece
** - Single-step unit
162 units on 161 counters

[KirkH]

That should work nicely.  Thanks.  Now I just gotta go through the list and see what I've found and what I still need to find.  Thanks again.

[triangular_cube]

I guess there was another PzG product that I don't have. I'll have to keep my eyes out for them. I never realized there was a third edition of Edelweiss that was printed. I had always thought 3ed was the PDF of the 2nd edition expanded version. The original expanded edition had the same counters as the non expanded version, but the expanded scenario book that was reprinted in 3rd.