Firelanes and Cowering

[peterk1]

Just wondering how people handle whether a firelane is lost on a cowering result or not (9.22).

The vanilla v1 rulebook would seem to indicate the firelane is lost (because the cower leads to the placement of final fire on the unit/gun even if the gun is fired alone).

But then I checked the errata in the QA doc and it just gets more confusing.

The '91 annual claims the firelane stays in effect on a cower and this seems to be the rule that is in effect.

BUT '92 errata for the rulebook specifically stated that there is no firelane on a cower.

Sheesh!

 

[Nat Mallet]

I'm not 100% sure how to interpret your question, so I'll address the two questions I see:

ASLRB v2, A9.22

"No Fire Lane is is placed if the MG's manning infantry Cowered"

However,

ASLRB v2 9.222

"Fire Lane Residual FP cannot cause the firer to cower"

So if you're trying to place a fire lane, the firing infantry can't cower. Once the fire lane is set, enemy units running to that fire lane can't benefit from cowering.

Nat

 

[peterk1]

Again, the v2 Rulebook seems to be worth its weight in gold. Is _everything_ that much clearer in the new one than the old one???