Pitman
Forum Guru
I put together a little slopes play aid; it might be helpful for people just starting out with slopes. It's at http://www.desperationmorale.com.
Slopes Play Aid
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sgtono
Member
Very nice!! Are those the new counters for VASL (beta)?
Keith
Keith
Chas Argent
Play to the end.
I just wonder what Russians and Americans are doing so close to Pegasus Bridge :surprise:
Pitman
Forum Guru
No, Keith, they are counters someone created/scanned for an EASLRB. I just grabbed them because they were handy.
Countertroll
Member
player aids
keep them coming Mark. They are usually quite portable and handy.
Keith, the new VASL counters can be seen by running the beta (will not mess up your current V4 installation). They should be pretty readily identified due to their corners being clipped, and the Nationality specific multipl-color borders.
Mark, I may know where you can get better counter samples for any aids that require them. Just make sure to credit rk and the VASL Cabal if you want to use them.
keep them coming Mark. They are usually quite portable and handy.
Keith, the new VASL counters can be seen by running the beta (will not mess up your current V4 installation). They should be pretty readily identified due to their corners being clipped, and the Nationality specific multipl-color borders.
Mark, I may know where you can get better counter samples for any aids that require them. Just make sure to credit rk and the VASL Cabal if you want to use them.
Jay White
my sh*t is so tight
Clipped corners on the new vasl counters? hahaha, thats hilarious.
Us ASL-ers are SUCH a wierd group. Someone needs to do a study on this hobby.
Us ASL-ers are SUCH a wierd group. Someone needs to do a study on this hobby.
Priest
Member
Very nice Mark.
WaterRabbit
Member
If you are going to go through the trouble of "clipping the corners" why not just make them hexagonal and be done with it.Countertroll said:
Countertroll
Member
because 3 pixels from each corner of a 48 pixel gif is hardly considered a hexagon.
Feel free to keep the old counters on your PC
Feel free to keep the old counters on your PC
ThePope
Recruit
Besides, if you clip all four corners of a four-sided object, you would have an octagon, not a hexagon. And it would be an octagon, even if it wasn't a regular octagon (with all sides being equal).
Sean
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Sean
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Sgt. Przybylo
Member
Another good one Mark, although I do say I'm having trouble now organizing all of the aids. I'd say that's a good problem to have.
I'd say that's a good problem to have.jonPhillips
Member
Unless I've completely misunderstood the slope rules (always a possibility...) there appears to be an inconsistency in this aid.
On page 2 the third row of the table (under LOS) states 'AA12 to CC13 - Disallowed. If AA12 unit were on level 1, not level -1, then it would be allowed', whilst the third row (under Fire) states 'AA12 to CC13 - Allowed, with no penalties. Unit in CC13 cannot claim Down-slope TEM because LOS does not cross a slope hexside.'
Is this an error, or am I missing something more fundamental...?
On page 2 the third row of the table (under LOS) states 'AA12 to CC13 - Disallowed. If AA12 unit were on level 1, not level -1, then it would be allowed', whilst the third row (under Fire) states 'AA12 to CC13 - Allowed, with no penalties. Unit in CC13 cannot claim Down-slope TEM because LOS does not cross a slope hexside.'
Is this an error, or am I missing something more fundamental...?
dreenstra
Member
It's not you, the playaid is in error. The line under the "Fire" section would be true if AA12 and CC13 were both at Level 0. Instead, AA12 is at Level -1. The line under LOS for these two hexes is also a bit misleading since LOS would exist between these two hexes if AA12 was at any level >= 0.
Another error in this playaid is the line for EE13 to AA15 (with in-season Orchards). The playaid states, "Disallowed; EE13’s 3/4 level invokes same base-level in-season orchard rule." which is incorrect. The upslope hexside in EE13 allows LOS over the BB14/CC14 hedge but 3/4 Level height difference is not enough to cause the Orchard in BB14 to block LOS. There is an EX in P6.2 that demonstrates this principal, notably the LOS from squad G to squads A and C.
The LOS line for AA16 to CC13 gets it right, stating LOS exists, even though AA16 is upslope to CC13 and there are intervening Orchards in AA15 and BB14.
Dave
WaterRabbit
Member
My implication was to just make the counters hexagonal to begin with. They would fit nicely in the hex that way.Besides, if you clip all four corners of a four-sided object, you would have an octagon, not a hexagon. And it would be an octagon, even if it wasn't a regular octagon (with all sides being equal).
Sean
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Pitman
Forum Guru
Yes. One is 95% complete and will probably go up on Black Friday.
I will probably also be starting an ASL blog this weekend, and one of the items slated for it is a Year in Review article.
I will probably also be starting an ASL blog this weekend, and one of the items slated for it is a Year in Review article.
Hovned31
Senior Member
didn't you know that Pegasus Bridge was actually a joint Anglo-American-Russian operation? Those Russians had a long way to fly from their bases on the Eastern Front. Needless to say, there were alot of coordination issues, most of the Russians were killed by friendly fire and the majority of Americans were dropped at the wrong location several miles away. So the Brits get the credit for taking the bridge.
Seriously, thanks to Mark for the slope play aid. I don't play enough anymore to remember the slope rules so it is nice to have a cheat sheet I can fall back on when I encounter slope rules in a scenario.
Blackcloud6
Elder Member
Hey Mark, if this play aid is in error, are you going to correct it?