New Sleaze Eploited

[CTKnudsen]

As I understand it, you HIP your own observer in location that might be a bit obvious, say in a CG. Your opponent, wishing to use the ASL version of counter-battery fire, attempts to target the hex your observer is in. But because you are as cunning as a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University, you park a jeep or truck or kubel or whatever in bypass behind the obstacle that your observer is sitting in. As a result, your opponent has to make a second chit draw, even though his observer has no chance to see the sleazing unit. All in all, as cunning as something which is very cunning indeed...

 

[hongkongwargamer]

Hence there's an enemy unit in the AR hex, "unknown" to the Observer, since "known" is unconcealed and in LOS.

Got it. Nice ~

 

[rdw5150]

My venerable opponent in a FB game brought down his AR to lay smoke to cover his advance.
Being a clever chap he carefully placed it outside my defensive perimeter so there was no one close where he would have required an extra draw.
Being the sneaky underhanded dog that I am, I advanced a concealed squad (actuly a dummy) ADJACENT to the AR which caused him to require an extra draw when he wanted to convert. I'm thinking this is correct but might have missed something. Of course, the extra draw was red...

nice......

though I do not understand why he did not move the round one hex so no draw

Peace

Roger

 

[jrv]

though I do not understand why he did not move the round one hex so no draw

If you correct and call for conversion, you have to do accuracy over again. If accuracy fails, you could drift back to where you were or to some place where there are other onboard enemy units but no Known ones, in which case you have to do the extra chit draw anyway. Or it could drift someplace not very useful. If you make a correction you take a chance; if you draw the extra chit you take a chance too, but at least you know where the FFE will land. Which is better? It's hard to say.

JR

 

[rdw5150]

true I took it his opponent took the chance without even trying to move it.

Peace

Roger

 

[jrv]

true I took it his opponent took the chance without even trying to move it.

He may have, but that may have been the best choice in the circumstance.

JR

 

[Vinnie]

He did a really move it and declared an intent to convert. Of course, it drifted to where another concealed unit was, out of position to cover his advance and he drew red.
Remember, if you move the AR to a "no draw" area and declare conversion, if it drifts to where you would need a draw then you still have to make one despite your positioning of the AR.

 

[Rock SgtDan]

If you correct and call for conversion, you have to do accuracy over again. If accuracy fails, you could drift back to where you were or to some place where there are other onboard enemy units but no Known ones, in which case you have to do the extra chit draw anyway. Or it could drift someplace not very useful. If you make a correction you take a chance; if you draw the extra chit you take a chance too, but at least you know where the FFE will land. Which is better? It's hard to say.

JR

Can you create any sort of real-world narrative for the FO's reasons behind this series of choices as dictated by the rules?