Some questions that come up on another read through of the book

Started by petercooman, 05 May 2017, 10:02:24 AM

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OldenBUA

Quote from: petercooman on 06 May 2017, 12:45:45 PM
Now ifthe ability on page 67 read "tactical move action" i would agree.

Fair enough. Doesn't make sense as written. Should be 'tactical move' in my opinion. And quite a few units that are now lumbering shouldn't have it applied to them. Slow moving plus the vagaries of the command system means that units are pretty slow anyway.

I also think that for some of the units the whole deploy then fire, and deploy then move can be a bit much.
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Dr Dave

Lumbering Matildas will also be outstripped by men on foot!

But, we are all discussing a set of rules that the publishers have acknowledged are broken, not fit to use and are going to replace. All that needs to happen now is a diligent team need to spot all the mistakes.  :'(ŵ

williamb

"Lumbering Matildas"!  Sounds like the title to a song ;D


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OldenBUA

If you look at the bit about ground scale and time scale, it seems that a lumbering vehicle with a move of 15cm can manage about 1.2 km / hour (less than 1 mph). And that's​being generous, could be even less.

I know there were some slow vehicles, but not that slow.
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petercooman

Yeah lumbering really is an unnecessary addition IMHO.

It slows the game down, and at the meantime provides a huge advantage to a Defender.
It would seem that the lumbering special rule brings the points of an anti tank gun WAY down. In a defence an anti tank gun that is in a prime position and who doesn't need to move will be as potent as it used to be at a quarter of the price in points!

williamb

Quote from: Dr Dave on 07 May 2017, 07:30:21 AM
don't make fun of my Matildas!  >:(
Actually poking fun at the special rule that shouldn't be.  Or is that the special rule which should not be named?

Dr Dave

The "special rule that shouldn't be". Which one exactly?  ;D

williamb

Could be a Monty Python skit.   Oh, I'm a lumbering and that's okay, I don;t move far and sleep all day. :D

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"Lumbering" is bollox,
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