Darkman
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Me and my friend have been learning re-learning the ASL rules and are playing our way through Scenario C from the classic (Streets of Stalingrad). Were having a pretty good time of it too (half of my german SMC's are wounded, a 8-0 ldr has turned heroic and battle hardened twice, my HMG broke and then went disabled on the first turn, my flame throwers couldnt make a box of matches light up, and his commisar has personally cleared out an entire building for me-we figure he's shot soo many of his own he's out of ammo and just clubbing guys to death now). But a few questions have come up that we arn't sure about.
1) A squad carrying a flame thrower suffers a -1 IFT modifier when shot at. How is that done exactly? Is the entire stack affected or does it just apply to the MMC with the FT? That is suppose you get a 1KIA against a stack witht he FT, but the -1 modifer would make it a 2KIA. Does that mean the whole stack is 2KIA? or is it the FT MMC is gone for sure and just one of the other units has a KIA?
2) The germans can delay the entry of their armor by one turn to allow them greater latitude in their entry hex(s). Does this mean they can bring on some of their armor on the first turn allowed, with the rest coming in next turn at the other locations? Or must all their armor enter on the same turn at the same entry point?
3) If units enter a building location but are all broken and retreat away; do they get control credit for the hexes they were in? Do they at least take control status away from the former owner of that location?
4) In the ASLRB it states that SMC's are elite, for ELR purposes does that mean their ELR is 5 even if their forces have a lower ELR?
Not really a rules question but I was wondering about a couple of other things: Does anybody have any hints on how to remember to notice when SAN is rolled? Is battle field integrity worth the time to monitor? Doesn't the short duration of MMC smoke seem sooo short it's not worth doing?
Lastly, does anybody have any comments on the rule of checking for special ammo only as you fire. It just seems like such a big pill to swallow for game play convience that you don't know which tank (or if even any of them) has special ammo. I am all for fog of war rules, but that just seems too unbelievable. I know from my own limited military time that knowing who had what was a major thing to keep track of.
If anybody has any help on these points it will be most appreciated.
1) A squad carrying a flame thrower suffers a -1 IFT modifier when shot at. How is that done exactly? Is the entire stack affected or does it just apply to the MMC with the FT? That is suppose you get a 1KIA against a stack witht he FT, but the -1 modifer would make it a 2KIA. Does that mean the whole stack is 2KIA? or is it the FT MMC is gone for sure and just one of the other units has a KIA?
2) The germans can delay the entry of their armor by one turn to allow them greater latitude in their entry hex(s). Does this mean they can bring on some of their armor on the first turn allowed, with the rest coming in next turn at the other locations? Or must all their armor enter on the same turn at the same entry point?
3) If units enter a building location but are all broken and retreat away; do they get control credit for the hexes they were in? Do they at least take control status away from the former owner of that location?
4) In the ASLRB it states that SMC's are elite, for ELR purposes does that mean their ELR is 5 even if their forces have a lower ELR?
Not really a rules question but I was wondering about a couple of other things: Does anybody have any hints on how to remember to notice when SAN is rolled? Is battle field integrity worth the time to monitor? Doesn't the short duration of MMC smoke seem sooo short it's not worth doing?
Lastly, does anybody have any comments on the rule of checking for special ammo only as you fire. It just seems like such a big pill to swallow for game play convience that you don't know which tank (or if even any of them) has special ammo. I am all for fog of war rules, but that just seems too unbelievable. I know from my own limited military time that knowing who had what was a major thing to keep track of.
If anybody has any help on these points it will be most appreciated.