2007 Newbie Q&A

The rulebook states that defensive-fire is a special kind of attack that is a lot like a regular attack.  Because of that, I’d be inclined to say that cover-fire would negate it.

Ok again with the NOOB questions,

1 ) lets say you have an INF in a forward starting position and a friendly ARM directly behind him is there friendly fire? I don’t think there would be just thought I would ask. It would make a good advanced rule with some tweeking.

2 ) Lets say you have ARM attacking an enemy help position consisting 1 ARM, and 1 INF. Does the friendly ARM choose who he attacks? Does he role for both?

3 ) when you have good and bad guys in the same space do you all defult to your first defense rating? or do you keep track of what position you entered from and make your front back decisions from that?

4 ) If you have 4 tandem forest spaces and you want to engage an enemy unit at one end and your at the other (so he would be behind 2 forest spaces) can you engage if you roll and they don’t have cover? is it out of your line of sight? or do you have to roll twice for cover b/c of both spaces?

It seems like the more questions I ask the more questions it raises

-LT04

Motdc,

Have you had any luck getting started on the AAM on-line experiance?

-LT04

NOOB question,

I’ve been looking on the internet for AAM units. The cheepist way as far as I can tell is to buy them by the case. OK so for the question: How many booster boxes come in a case?

-LT04

OK one more question,

Whats the diffrence between:

Contested Skies
D-Day
The Reserves

Are they all diffrent games? Are they all part of one game?

thanks for the info,

-LT04

1. You cannot target friendly units with an attack. The only way you can have friendly fire is with the blast or rocket salvo abilities which may hit everything in one or more hexes.

2. Each unit can only attack one unit, so the vehicle would have to chose to attack either the enemy vehicle or the enemy infantry. However, Special abilities such as double shot and All Guns Blazing may allow for multiple attacks.

3. If an attack on a unit originates from the same hex, you use it’s rear defence - which I believe is always worse (or at least equal to) the forward defence.

4. Terrain blocks line of sight, and cannot be drawn through features such as hills or forest. If your target is behind even one forest hex you can’t see him.

5. 12 Boosters per case.

6. There are of course many differences between the different sets, all of which are the same game. Contested Skies deals primarily with the introduction of aircraft and has a mix of different nationalities. D-Day introduces obstacles, but has a major focus on German, the US, and the UK; most other nations got few if any units. Finally Reserves deals with some of the more odd units, but also has nice staples and introduces support units.

You been on holiday DL?  Hope you had a great time.  I think Mot has been having a good time filling in.

I believe as soon as the gun is unloaded the hex becomes over stacked and the transport has to move.  I am not sure if there is a mandated direction for this move or if it can be where ever the player chooses.

@Audacity:

You been on holiday DL?  Hope you had a great time.  I think Mot has been having a good time filling in.

Sorry, things have just been getting rather busy again. I’m making an effort now to go on the boards more though.

@Motdc:

Can someone explain how you can use a unit with Gun Transport to move Large Artillery?  I understand that you can start it loaded on the transport, but how do you unload the Artillery piece without exceeding the stacking limit?

Thanks for the help,
Mot

Units don’t count against the stacking limit while being transported, but once the large artillery (or heavy gun) is unloaded it overstacks the hex; the unloading player must then place the gun in the closest legal hex; this will usually simply be an adjacent one in a larger game, but could possibly be 1 or more hexes away in a large and packed game.

It used to be that your opponent chose which hex the gun unloaded in, but this was changed some time around the D-Day set IIRC.

So is that “official” or the accepted solution?

Cool thanks.

These are the official rulings:

Disembarking into an Overstacked Hex
If a disembarking unit would break the stacking limit you must put it in the nearest legal hex of your choice.

Disembarking & Movement Rolls
This is still considered movement so does require a movement roll if applicable (eg the hex you are disembarking into is across a stream).
If the roll is failed the unit remains in the transport, but counts as having moved. You also cannot disembark units into terrain types they can’t normally move into (eg you can’t infantry into a pond, or units with Thin Wheels into a marsh/across a stream.

Disembarking & Defencive Fire
Disembarking triggers defencive-fire. If a unit disembarks into an overstacked hex but is hit by DF in that hex, it remains on the transport. The usual rules and limitations to DF still apply, eg tanks can’t DF against infantry unless they have an SA that specifically allows it.

@dezrtfish:

Cool thanks.

Rewrote it and added some more.