Graham: Thanks again. This does make sense. Some odd results can and have occurred because of this rule. Such is the nature of simulations. As an officer in the US Army, I have been involved with training simulations with real tank and infantry battalions. Even with laser engagement systems and real...

Graham: Thank you for your quick and clear response. This does raise a question that has been on my mind for some years: What, exactly, is the Restricted Area supposed to represent and simulate? I understand a Zone of Control: Ranged weapons in modern combat control areas outside of where the unit i...

Ran into an odd Restricted Area (RA) problem today. There are three units, two Greek, one Persian. One Greek is a six stand Hoplite. The other Greek is Thracian MF (6 stands). The Persian is MF (10 stands). Everyone is two deep. The Hoplites and Persians are in contact and fighting melee. The Thraci...

I just got in to Tucson and am looking for FoG players. I have 15mm: Macedonian, Greek, Gaul/British, Roman. Working on a Persian now.

Thanks, guys. For the record, we played it as you said but decided to check here later to get a better ruling. So, I wasn't robbed at all.

Here is the scenario: HF has broken MF and is pursuing and in contact on open terrain. MF is forced to burst through its support troops that are 3/4" inside of broken terrain. MF rolls a 6 vmd and clears the support troops, causing them to be disrupted. HF rolls a 5 vmd and follows. In open ter...