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That's what the 1:285 scale vehicles are for....We need a counter for that!
And a VBM gauge.
That's what the 1:285 scale vehicles are for....We need a counter for that!
And a VBM gauge.
It's a bit unfair to blame dasl for your poor counter storage decisions.lol: but, that does not quite get my blood pressure up the same way digging through the CC counter tray looking for the HtH ones
I always have a few HtH CC counters in my pocket, you never know when you will need them ..It's a bit unfair to blame dasl for your poor counter storage decisions.
JR
Comes with the (new) territory, I guess.I always have a few HtH CC counters in my pocket, you never know when you will need them ..
So as long as my Kübelwagen can squeeze by, we're good, right?That's what the 1:285 scale vehicles are for....
Don't need no stinkin' H-t-H CC counters when my lackadaisical Italians Ambush CX Rangers at night!lol: but, that does not quite get my blood pressure up the same way digging through the CC counter tray looking for the HtH ones
Case by case basis, my friend!So as long as my Kübelwagen can squeeze by, we're good, right?
Good catch!the best bit of dasl is that building depictions in the same hex are not necessarily the same height [J2.4].
JR
More than a grain of truth in it these days in Hongkong...I always have a few HtH CC counters in my pocket, you never know when you will need them ..
Yep, in order to do it properly those guys should get put in there for sure.We need the RSI units and the Italian Co-belligerent Army units for post-armistice forces. That's a second and a third OB.
JR
WHAT DO WE WANT?1/285 vehicles are too big even for DASL which works out at about 1/700 (1/715?).
I was going to mention that earlier. In fact, it was part of the reason that I raised the issue of VBM clearance on DASL boards.1/285 vehicles are too big even for DASL which works out at about 1/700 (1/715?).
Excellent point!If you applied a "scaling rule" to counters on DASL boards, you'd also have to apply the same rule to any HASL board that uses larger-than-normal hexes...
Fair enough. I take it then that the counter depth rule per D2.3 still applies to DASL (and HASL).So the simple solution is, as indicated above, COWTRA. The rules don't tell you to worry about scaling, so don't. Yes, that means that most obstacles on DASL boards can be easily bypassed. Since that's always true for everyone, it's utterly unimportant.
In the interests of clarity for those suffering through my digression on VBM in DASL, B31.11 is explicit with regard to a Narrow Street. And in keeping with the COWTRA principle, there is no need to test clearance in such cases. (I should have checked. My bad.)D2.3 ...Therefore, the interior of each hexside traversed must be clear of any obstacle depiction to the depth of an edge of a unit counter for VBM to be usable. Hold a unit counter vertically so that the entire thickness of the hex-side is just visible along the edge—if the other edge touches any obstacle depiction, VBM is not allowed along that hexside. Walls/hedges are considered extensions of hexsides for this rule.
B31.11 MOVEMENT: ...VBM along a Narrow Street is allowed regardless of hexside-to-obstacle clearance (D2.3),...
Good to know, as I slept poorly.(Even in regular geo-board scenarios, the question of "can I bypass here?" only comes up occasionally. I don't think it's worth losing any sleep over ....)
The scale is warped from the start (40 metre wide streets) so it seems pointless to apply real world scales to one part of the simulation but not the other.1/285 vehicles are too big even for DASL which works out at about 1/700 (1/715?).
You don't use figures to check bypass, you use counters, exactly as described in D2.3 (quoted above).I'm far, far from saying don't use 1/285 vehicles, just be aware that they are about 2 times too big and allow for that when checking bypass, etc.