Overlays vs. counters—which rules?

[EJ1]

Hi all,

Playing a game via VASL, and the game calls for placement of two bridges. A VASL overlay can be aesthetically pleasing, but if the scenario does not explicitly call for an overlay, must the bridges exist or be considered to exist only in counter form?

B6.2: “Bridge counters are Inherent Terrain (B.6).” The LOS will be imporatant.

Cheers,

 

[ScottRomanowski]

I think you can use whichever you like best, counter or overlay. You both know they're Inherent Terrain and what type of bridge they are.
There are no bridge overlays in ASL that I know of, so the rules were written from that perspective, so they don't mention overlays.

 

[volgaG68]

I think you can use whichever you like best, counter or overlay. You both know they're Inherent Terrain and what type of bridge they are.
There are no bridge overlays in ASL that I know of, so the rules were written from that perspective, so they don't mention overlays.

Overlay - Bridge Overlays

A helpful Player Aid that removes the clutter of counters from your map. It contains overlays for both standard and pontoon bridges of varying lengths. I'm not sure who originally developed this, but I personally thank him because I use them all...

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[EJ1]

I think you can use whichever you like best, counter or overlay. You both know they're Inherent Terrain and what type of bridge they are.
There are no bridge overlays in ASL that I know of, so the rules were written from that perspective, so they don't mention overlays.

If only I remembered everything I'm supposed to remember. The catch here is to remember they are: 1) inherent terrain; 2) not ASL overlays; 3) and not to be comingled with ASL overlays when deciding LOS and summing TEMs. I added a text label near our phase tracker to remind us about these overlays. Might help.

I'm workin' it!