Impact with unequal # of bases

gozerius · Post by **gozerius** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:58 pm

deadtorius wrote:I have a unit with a 2 base frontage, I charge and end up in contact with 3 enemy bases, and one is hardly contacted. Let me slide off of the 3rd and line up with just the 2, and at least let me combat the unit that I originally charged.

So you are recommending conforming before resolution of impact?
I can see both benefits and objections to this idea.

Benefits: Tidies up the lines. Allows the charger to choose his target bases.

Objections: Gives the charger too much control of the impact combat. Reduces the effectiveness of interceptions.

shall · Post by **shall** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:00 am

Not one we had considered yet but worthy of some thinking. Will come back to that one. Does get more 4 vc 4 dice combats at impact.

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philqw78 · Post by **philqw78** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:44 am

shall wrote:Not one we had considered yet but worthy of some thinking. Will come back to that one. Does get more 4 vc 4 dice combats at impact.

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No it doesn't, it just means the charger gets to fight the easiest opponent at impact, instead of the player with most bases in contact choose which fight.

shall · Post by **shall** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:59 am

Nasty side effect we wouldn't want so will need to get some figures out and have a think.

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rogerg · Post by **rogerg** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:44 am

Charge to contact rules have always been a problem in wargames. FoG does them better than any of it predecessors. I don't see anything broken here.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:39 pm

Agree. There are other things that need to be looked before this. For example El being 3 dice per based at IMPACT only would be a better thing to try out than changes to this.