A10.51 Direction: How is Wire counted

[RollTide]

Per [A15.431] a berserker "... must take the shortest route (in MF)". And of the possible paths should one have a Wire the rule says "counting Wire as 1 MF for purposes of this calculation only".

The A10.51 rout direction rule has a similar charge, "... must move to the nearest (in MF calculated at the start of its RtPh ...". However, if one of the paths include a Wire I can find no specific rule in chapters A or B on how to count the MF for the Wire for 'purposes of this calculation'. Till such time I figure the MF count is 0, just COT for MF calculation though if the unit actually ends up being forced to rout through the Wire he may well get hung in the wire.

Correct?

 

[johnl]

My take has always been that the wire adds 1MF to the COT. IOW Open Ground = 2, Woods = 3, etc.

It will be interesting what the rules gods have to say.

 

[Larry]

John has it right.

 

[klasmalmstrom]

There's an old (unofficial) Q&A:

A10.51 & B26 For purposes (only) of determining the shortest route in MF, assume wire will cost 1MF.
[Letter53]

53) Perry Cocke to ASLML, 14 June 2000

 

[RollTide]

Thanks

 

[Zugführer]

There's an old (unofficial) Q&A:

A10.51 & B26 For purposes (only) of determining the shortest route in MF, assume wire will cost 1MF.
[Letter53]

53) Perry Cocke to ASLML, 14 June 2000

This "1 MF for Wire" is in addition to the MF costs for the terrain. Right?

So, the MF costs for a Woods hex with Wire would be 3 MF for the determination of the nearest hex (in MF) a Broken unit has to rout towards. Right?

 

[Robin Reeve]

I would read it your way, as the minimal Wire cost is 1 MF, I presume you calculate the rout path taking that minimal cost as a basis.

 

[Stewart]

Mine would be 6MF

 

[Zugführer]

Thanks.

 

[Robin Reeve]

Mine would be 6MF

I usually roll 7, anyway.

 

[Blaze]

I usually roll 7, anyway.

That would seem highly "Probable." That said I usually roll 10s-11s...

 

[Tuomo]

53) Perry Cocke to ASLML, 14 June 2000

I think we should revisit this. Perry was a wild man back in 2000. The Modern Perry might look at it differently.

 

[Robin Reeve]

That would seem highly "Probable."

Not with one die to see how much costs moving under Wire.

 

[Blaze]

Not with one die to see how much costs moving under Wire.

My brain failed TC... In that case, that would seem highly UN-probable!

 

[Robin Reeve]

My brain failed TC... In that case, that would seem highly UN-probable!

That was the point of my joke: bad luck going further than what is possible...

 

[Old Noob]

"If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."
"Gloom, despair and agony on me!"

 

[Sparafucil3]

"If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all."
"Gloom, despair and agony on me!"

No Oxford comma? Sigh. -- jim

 

[PresterJohn]

ASL has a few optional rules.