J197 Death on the French Coast

[JR Brackin]

Can the Offboard Gun set up using HIP in scenario J197?

 

[johnl]

We played it as HIP since the gun is offboard "somewhere". The chosen board edge hex is for LOS purposes only.

 

[JR Brackin]

That was what I was thinking also. It would make sense until it comes out to keep the Germans a little off balance.

 

[ScottRomanowski]

Whether the Gun is HIP or not has no effect on the scenario. It's offboard, so it cannot be fired at. I think as soon as the offboard Gun fires, the German player can ask for a LOS check, so the SSR2 secretly-recorded hex for LOS purposes will be revealed.

 

[JR Brackin]

absolutely agree with your comments. I just do not want him to know before it fires.

thank you

 

[ScottRomanowski]

SSR2 says you "secretly record" the LOS hex, so your opponent won't know until the Gun fires. If I were the Germans, I'd let my opponent check secretly, and only learn the hex if there is LOS to the target. A SSR like this giving an offboard Gun isn't covered by the rules, so the scenario designer needs to be clearer as to when that secret hex is revealed.

 

[Andy Bagley]

One more question on this SSR: does the +12 added to the range also affect the number of blind hexes for LOS purposes, or is it just on the TH#?

 

[bendizoid]

One more question on this SSR: does the +12 added to the range also affect the number of blind hexes for LOS purposes, or is it just on the TH#?

I would assume YES on the blind hexes.