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I'm using VASSAL 3.7.8 and VASL 6.6.7. When I select the "Save map as PNG image" or "Save map contents as plain text file" from the map window pull-down menu, nothing happens. This is happening on both my desktop and laptop. I haven't added any new extensions since they were last working. Is...

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Posted for Robert Hammond: My Sherman fires HE using the ATT vs a German squad in a 1+3+5 pillbox through the pillbox’s CA. I am referencing rules B30.112-.113. QUESTION: If the MA of the Sherman secures a hit using Area Fire through the CA, does the +3 CA or +5 NCA TEM apply to the IFT DR...

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Posted on behalf of Robert Hammond: Q. Pursuant to rule A22.611, first sentence, a MOL ". . . attack is not [allowed] through an orchard or a woods hexside. . .". In PTO, "woods" become Inherent Terrain Dense Jungle hex [EXC: possible not with Light Jungle]. It is possible to have a Palm Tree...

I asked and Perry answered "It doesn’t matter in SK."

Posted for Robert Hammond: There is a PerrySez on B13.41 & D2.11 (see Klas's compilation v30) Robert wrote: "I read Jim Bishops' article on vehicles in woods (dtd 9 March 2022). I was troubled by his answer for an AFV on a woods-road changing its VCA. "Jim stated the AFV would pay 2 MP for...

Posted for Robert Hammond: My Russian opponent has declared a HW. He has moved via Impulse Movement his HW Units and expended 7 MF. He then moves his HW Units and expends their 8th MF to enter an Open Ground hex. I then declare a D1F on a 4-4-7 squad as it expends its 8th MF. The IFT attack...

Posted for Robert Hammond: Pursuant to rule E3.741, "The B#/X# of all weapons [EXC: DC] decrease by the following amounts (A.11 applies) during Extreme Winter: Pre-April, 1941 Russians: 1” QUESTION: When a Finnish unit is using a Finnish-colored, Russian-made MG in Extreme Winter, does rule...

Three rule portions to point out: First, rule B9.322, fourth sentence, "Claiming WA is voluntary . . ., and can be done by a unit at five times: during its . . . MPh/APh (either as part of, or before/after MF/MP expenditures) . . .".; Second, rule B9.322, sixth sentence, "Claiming/forfeiting WA...

Another posted for Robert Hammond: Rule E5.123, first sentence states Passengers in a boat may be placed in the Cloaking Box. Rule W10.24, first sentence states all Cloaking counters in an Illuminated Location in the target hex are replaced with their contents. QUESTION #1: Are Passengers in...

Posted for Robert Hammond: A marsh hex adjacent to a SSR designated non-frozen flooded river hex and Ground Snow is present, does the marsh become a flooded river hex or an Open Ground hex? A. The Marsh becomes River which becomes Ice because of the Ground Snow.

Posted for Robert Hammond: Three questions about MOL. The Finns have MOL Capability (A22.6). There is a Finnish 1st Line 5-4-8 squad ADJACENT to a Finnish 2nd Line 4-4-7 squad. Both Finnish squads are in Good Order, not Pinned, not CX, and in brush. A Russian 4-4-7 squad non-assault moves...

More Q&A from Robert Hammond: There is a Trench at a level one Open Ground hex and a Trench at a level two Open Ground hex. Both Trenches are ADJACENT and connect to each other. QUESTION #1: If an Infantry squad is IN the level one Trench, moves from the level one Trench to the level two...

Posted for Robert Hammond: In SSR 2, second sentence, it states, "A Mechanical Reliability DR is also required by a Motion vehicle at the beginning of its MPh. . . ". The way this is written, this would apply to the four Hungarian vehicles on Hungarian Turn 1 while these four vehicles are all...

I'm trying to find the rules in ASLSK#1 that match full ASL's. If a unit with a MG Prep Fires and rolls a 1,1, it cowers and is marked with a Prep Fire counter. But it also kept ROF and I can't find anything in the ASLSK#1 rules that says the MG can't be used again! Where is the ASLSK rule that...

I don't know if anyone has done this before. I expect someone has because it's so simple. Many scenarios have reinforcements that arrive on a dr ≤ the Turn number. If they arrive on a dr < the Turn number, simply add one to the turns below. When are they expected to arrive? Over a large number...

A PFZ factor is used to convert a jungle hex to a PFZ Vineyard hex (B36.21). A vineyard hex is treated exactly the same as brush (B12.7). G2.22 specifies an interior dense jungle hex is one surrounded by "six other woods/brush/marsh hexes". Q. Does the PFZ vineyard "brush" hex (or brush hexes...

Another from Robert Hammond, with (what we hope) is an explanation for Perry's short answer. A Good Order American squad during its MPh enters a Kunai Location that contains a HIP Japanese 1st Line squad IN a Trench. The American squad was CX at the start of its MPh and spent MF points 3 and 4...

From Robert Hammond: QUESTION #1: Is placement of shellholes in woods / jungle considered to be Terrain Altering? QUESTION #2: Does shellhole placement in woods / jungle also remove the woods / jungle along all woods / jungle hexsides of that hex? QUESTION #3: Is placement of a PFZ Vineyard...