The Vichy French in VASL use the regular French concealment counters. This is a problem, since it is easy to see which counters are real and which are dummies. They need to have the correct two tone, ? counters.
Vichy French in VASL
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hongkongwargamer
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I see what you mean. Hitting Ctrl-C brings a French "?" counter, but yet VASL gives Vichy French "?" for dummies.
Aren't Vichy French meant to use German concealment counters when in cardboard? Perhaps VASL should make Vichy counters conceal with German "?" and give German "?" for dummies?
Aren't Vichy French meant to use German concealment counters when in cardboard? Perhaps VASL should make Vichy counters conceal with German "?" and give German "?" for dummies?
There was another thread I started discussing this as I was working on the CdG addition to the core VASL module. Since there aren’t any Vichy colored 5/8” counters, I made the 1/2” counters match by making them all ? with French ? counters. Couldn’t find anything in the rules on this. But several folks have since chimed in that this is wrong so I’ll get this fixed.
hongkongwargamer
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Vichy French counters are two toned with German blue on the frame. I suspect they are meant to be used with German "?" counters. They do use some German SWs (A25.58).
asloser
The Head Tuomo of the Finnish ASL Community
Here is the thread where this was discussed along with other combinations needed:
North Korean SMC, Russian Counters, & "?"
I don't know if any VASL dude can rectify this, but combined stacks of North Korean SMC and Russian counters do not Conceal as stacks; that is, if you Conceal a NorK leader atop a Russian squad, only the leader becomes Concealed. The same is true in reverse, i.e., for the squad of on top of the...
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Houlie
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Where are the Vichy infantry located in VASL? I looked, but couldn't find them. I am sure they are right in front of my nose.
von Marwitz
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Hongkongwargamer helped you out. He forgot to point out the fourth sort of French:
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Houlie
CEO of HoulieDice (TM)
Duh. I only had 6.5.0. I added 6.5.1. Thanks, guys.
von Marwitz
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The current version of VASL is v6.6.1.
And it won't be long until v6.6.2 will be released.
Just sayin'.
von Marwitz
Houlie
CEO of HoulieDice (TM)
Always a step behind...
von Marwitz
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Well, in Minefields and with some software updates, this might not be the worst tactic.
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