Overstacking and platoon movement.

[AZslim]

Can two AFV's in a platoon move as an overstacked stack so as to make only one bog check through wire?

 

[Robin Reeve]

It seems legit.
Of course, they will spend +1 MP per hex entered for overstacking.

 

[Paul John]

I thought that if a platoon of AFV moves into two adjacent hexes with wire, there is only one bog check and then random selection.
I remember that is the way it works for moving into two woods hexes at least.

Maybe you are thinking of the problem of one following the other in your question though.

 

[Jazz]

I thought that if a platoon of AFV moves into two adjacent hexes with wire, there is only one bog check and then random selection.
I remember that is the way it works for moving into two woods hexes at least.

Maybe you are thinking of the problem of one following the other in your question though.

That is the case if everybody in the platoon enters the bog hex on the same MP.

 

[AZslim]

I thought that if a platoon of AFV moves into two adjacent hexes with wire, there is only one bog check and then random selection.
I remember that is the way it works for moving into two woods hexes at least.

Maybe you are thinking of the problem of one following the other in your question though.

I was referring to moving two AFV's as a stack together into one hex at the same time.

 

[AZslim]

OK....I guess you can move overstacked vehicles as a stack with platoon movement. That means only one bog roll for the whole stack with RS choosing the bogged unit. A sleaze that took me by surprise.

 

[Eagle4ty]

OK....I guess you can move overstacked vehicles as a stack with platoon movement. That means only one bog roll for the whole stack with RS choosing the bogged unit. A sleaze that took me by surprise.

Not much of a sleaze tactic with my RS rolls as of late!

 

[MajorDomo]

Platoon movement also works for mechanical reliability startup rolls, slightly decreasing the chance that the second or or third AFV immobilizes.

 

[Mister T]

Platoon movement also works for mechanical reliability rolls, slightly decreasing the chance that the second or or third AFV immobilizes.

Unfortunately, platoons can't do ESB.

 

[Paul John]

A sleaze that took me by surprise.

Yah, first time I ran into this, I thought it flew into the face of logic...still do.
Hoping to win a game on this one day, heh.

 

[Larry]

The single DR for mechanical reliability or bog for the platoon is a game mechanic, because it is a game.

 

[klasmalmstrom]

Platoon movement also works for mechanical reliability startup rolls, slightly decreasing the chance that the second or or third AFV immobilizes.

Twice I have witnessed a three-AFV-platoon of early war Russian tanks with Red MP roll a 6,6 when starting, followed by an RS of 1,1,1.

 

[Philippe D.]

Twice I have witnessed a three-AFV-platoon of early war Russian tanks with Red MP roll a 6,6 when starting, followed by an RS of 1,1,1.

That's just an indication that you play a lot of early-war games with Russian tanks

 

[klasmalmstrom]

That's just an indication that you play a lot of early-war games with Russian tanks

I was actually a by-stander in both instances...

 

[Robin Reeve]

I was actually a by-stander in both instances...

An opportunity to feel some Schadenfreude - in the secret of one's heart of course.

 

[klasmalmstrom]

An opportunity to feel some Schadenfreude - in the secret of one's heart of course.

IIRC, all parties involved mostly laughed at it...

 

[Doug Leslie]

Can two AFV's in a platoon move as an overstacked stack so as to make only one bog check through wire?

Doesn't look legit to me.

14.3 IMPULSE MOVEMENT: Impulse Movement is a form of movement where units in different Locations coordinate their movement. This represents situations such as Human Wave (A25.23) or Platoon Movement (14.2).

By definition, overstacked moving vehicles can't be using platoon movement.

 

[Mister T]

By definition, overstacked moving vehicles can't be using platoon movement.

AFVs may start in different locations and then overstack during the Mph or vice-versa.

 

[Vinnie]

So if you end up in the same hex, you can't use platoon movement next turn? What if 2 are in 1 hex and another adjacent,?

 

[Doug Leslie]

Ignore me. I should have looked at 14.21 before my eyes fell on 14.3!