John Fedoriw
Member
Hi gents,
I have been playing some Korean War scenarios lately and enjoying them. Initially, I was not too interested in the KW module/scenarios the but happily I have changed my opinion there. I am having fun with it.
However, one thing I am curious about is what the justification for steep hills rule W1.31 is.
"W1.31 CONCEALMENT: Open Ground Steep Hills hexes [EXC: Steep Hills Road; 1.33] are considered Concealment Terrain for Infantry (and their possessed SW), Dummy stacks, entrenchments, and Emplaced Guns. An Open Ground Steep Hills hex is not considered an Open Ground (A10.531) hex for concealment gain/loss purposes (even though FFMO might apply)."
Everything else about the steep hills seems reasonable to me but I find this slightly strange. I am not trying to criticize or argue that it an unrealistic rule ... just curious why the designers did it. Obviously they thought is was better terrain to hide in but I wonder what the rationale is for allowing this? To my mind just because a hill is very steep wouldn't really mean is it any better to hide in. Does anyone else find it slightly weird?
I have been playing some Korean War scenarios lately and enjoying them. Initially, I was not too interested in the KW module/scenarios the but happily I have changed my opinion there. I am having fun with it.
However, one thing I am curious about is what the justification for steep hills rule W1.31 is.
"W1.31 CONCEALMENT: Open Ground Steep Hills hexes [EXC: Steep Hills Road; 1.33] are considered Concealment Terrain for Infantry (and their possessed SW), Dummy stacks, entrenchments, and Emplaced Guns. An Open Ground Steep Hills hex is not considered an Open Ground (A10.531) hex for concealment gain/loss purposes (even though FFMO might apply)."
Everything else about the steep hills seems reasonable to me but I find this slightly strange. I am not trying to criticize or argue that it an unrealistic rule ... just curious why the designers did it. Obviously they thought is was better terrain to hide in but I wonder what the rationale is for allowing this? To my mind just because a hill is very steep wouldn't really mean is it any better to hide in. Does anyone else find it slightly weird?