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The question came up about Boresighting at Night, i am pretty sure this is illegal but am unable to find a rule number to justify my position, anyone know the rule?
Can we have some references, please.Chris Milne said:
Well in BMW 7.1, which Legion and I are in the process of setting up, NVR = 5 so it's a rather small limitation!alanp said:The main limit to bore-sighting at night comes from the stipulation that the bore-sighted Location must be in LOS. If your night scenario starts at NVR=1, you're awfully limited; but not prohibited.
So I can boresight a location out of my NVR and place a firelane as per usual. If I just fired at that boresighted location though (no firelane), my FP would be halved for firing beyond my NVR? (E1.81)alanp said:A9.22 states that while firelanes must be placed in LOS, NVR is one of the things that doesn't affect LOS/placement of fl for this purpose. A fl wouldn't affect a hex at night that it wouldn't affect in day [an obstacle blocking the center dot of the out-of-LOS hex] but darkness doesn't stop bullets from continuing along their path.
Thanks for clarifying. I had understood your initial "no" to mean it couldn't be done. Now I understand what you meant!Chris Milne said:Sorry, my initial answer was a bit brief. The 'No' was to indicate that I didn't know of any rules disallowing Boresighting at night.
Mmm. You can always place a firelane at night, without regard to NVR, in the following two situations:Reepicheep said:So I can boresight a location out of my NVR and place a firelane as per usual. If I just fired at that boresighted location though (no firelane), my FP would be halved for firing beyond my NVR? (E1.81)
I don't see that. You can only boresight a Location within both LOS and Normal Range (C6.4). So if the NVR is 5 you could boresight any location within 5 hexes. However, if you had a MG you could place a FL as per E1.71. The FL would extend beyond the 5 hexes out to the Normal Range of the MG.Reepicheep said:Well in BMW 7.1, which Legion and I are in the process of setting up, NVR = 5 so it's a rather small limitation!
So I can boresight a location out of my NVR and place a firelane as per usual. If I just fired at that boresighted location though (no firelane), my FP would be halved for firing beyond my NVR? (E1.81)
Thanks for clarifying. I had understood your initial "no" to mean it couldn't be done. Now I understand what you meant!
I think I've got it now. What has been confusing me is the wording of E1.71 which says you place the FL Residual FP counter in a Location that is Bore Sighted by that MG. Not beyond that Bore Sighted Location up to Normal Range, but in the Location boresighted.WaterRabbit said:I don't see that. You can only boresight a Location within both LOS and Normal Range (C6.4). So if the NVR is 5 you could boresight any location within 5 hexes. However, if you had a MG you could place a FL as per E1.71. The FL would extend beyond the 5 hexes out to the Normal Range of the MG.
No idea whatsoever. I could never find anyone to play it with. I am the only person around here that will willingly play night. AFAIK, it packs more obscure rules into one scenario than any other. About the only things missing are caves and rice paddies! I mean, a night seaborne assault in broken terrain must be a first.Legion said:[FONT=ArialMust say that i find this to be a very interesting little game, have you any idea of balance for it?[/FONT]
Brian W said:No idea whatsoever. I could never find anyone to play it with. I am the only person around here that will willingly play night. AFAIK, it packs more obscure rules into one scenario than any other. About the only things missing are caves and rice paddies! I mean, a night seaborne assault in broken terrain must be a first.