B26.44 Wire Bypass

[semenza]

Q). A Woods hex is adjacent to an Open Ground hex. There
is a Wire counter in the open ground hex. Can an infantry
unit bypass the woods along the hexside shared by the two
hexes?




A). No.
.....Perry

 

[bendizoid]

Otherwise wire would be next to worthless, instead of next to the trees you can’t bypass.

 

[semenza]

Yeah, well AT Ditches (and they should) don't connect so .................................

Seth

 

[Eagle4ty]

Yeah, well AT Ditches (and they should) don't connect so .................................

Seth

The rule is fairly clear:

• 26.44 BYPASS: Non-vehicular Bypass of any hexside that is part of a hex containing Wire is not allowed. VBM is allowed but still requires expenditure of the Wire MP penalty and a Bog Check, although these penalties apply only once per hex (in the first hexside Bypassed) — not per hexside traversed.

Since the hexsides are also inherent to all adjacent hexes there's not much wiggle room there unless one could make a case for "...Bypass of any..." be changed to "...Bypass along any...". Really don't think it would be necessary though.

 

[semenza]

The thinking was ..... "the other hex" so the "other hexe's, hexside" . I can see it that way . But as the answer from Perry shows. It was written in a different way than most hex / hexside rules to indicate the shared hexside.

No matter. I had sent the question in five years ago just to have it clarified. It came up again in a game and when I looked for the Q/A in the compilation I didn't find it. Still had it in my email so I posted it.

Seth