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It's been a while since I checked, it might even have been back in the days of 1st edition, but I have an idea (possibly mistaken) that nowhere in the rules does it say that when you expend MF or MP to enter a new hex, that the new hex you enter must be adjacent to the hex that you're leaving. :p
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D2.11 - "A vehicle must move within its current VCA as it enters each new hex [EXC: Reverse Movement]."

Aside from the Captain Obvious ending, know why this is in the rules? Because 1st edition Squad Leader in 1977 had no prohibition on tanks moving sideways so as to always present a front facing to an enemy unit perpendicular to their path of travel. Which resulted in rule-lawyering idiots making a point of moving their tanks sideways simply because the rules permitted it, or rather, didn't specifically prohibit it.

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Well, it happens ALL the time! :love:

Watch this:



Or this:



Or this:



Or this:


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I played a game recently where masses of Americans were swarming around in the street, trying to get into a heavily fortified building. The Japanese defender had a DC Hero on the 3rd floor, and we both agreed that the rules really should allow him to jump out a window and detonate just before he hit the ground :LOL:
If that was the case just have him drop it.
 

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D2.11 - "A vehicle must move within its current VCA as it enters each new hex [EXC: Reverse Movement]."

Aside from the Captain Obvious ending, know why this is in the rules? Because 1st edition Squad Leader in 1977 had no prohibition on tanks moving sideways so as to always present a front facing to an enemy unit perpendicular to their path of travel. Which resulted in rule-lawyering idiots making a point of moving their tanks sideways simply because the rules permitted it, or rather, didn't specifically prohibit it.

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I read once of a WW2 wargame (gaming one of the D-Day beaches) where a player moved his battleship inland with the justification that the rules didn't prohibit such a move. o_O

Anyway, I know someone who would undoubtedly approve of the ASLRB's writing style...

 

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A9.223... A MG may cancel its Fire Lane in order to gain freedom to fire elsewhere (/its manning Infantry may use Subsequent-First-Fire/FPF after establishing the Fire Lane) only if a TPBF/CC-Reaction-Fire situation occurs (8.312/D7.21) — in which case the Fire Lane must be cancelled....​
Or as Klas likes to remind us:

"A FL may be cancelled whenever it has to be cancelled." (paraphrase to the tune of a familiar jingle...)​
 

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I read once of a WW2 wargame (gaming one of the D-Day beaches) where a player moved his battleship inland with the justification that the rules didn't prohibit such a move. o_O
A similar story: I'm always surprised when an opponent complains about my infamous sneak attack. The rules do not prohibit climbing the trees into the first level of a woods hex! Get over it T.Y.!!
 

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COD allowed sniper units to climb up onto treetops.
 

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I read once of a WW2 wargame (gaming one of the D-Day beaches) where a player moved his battleship inland with the justification that the rules didn't prohibit such a move. o_O

Anyway, I know someone who would undoubtedly approve of the ASLRB's writing style...
ASL has the concept of COWTRA: Concentrate On What The Rules Allow. During early ASL playtesting, an opponent of 'Fish' Conner's did something not allowed in the rules and said nearly the same thing "the rules don't say I can't do this". In his next turn, Fish started using his Panther's as air craft, much to the consternation of his opponent. Soon there after, COWTRA was born. -- jim
 

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ASL has the concept of COWTRA: Concentrate On What The Rules Allow. During early ASL playtesting, an opponent of 'Fish' Conner's did something not allowed in the rules and said nearly the same thing "the rules don't say I can't do this". In his next turn, Fish started using his Panther's as air craft, much to the consternation of his opponent. Soon there after, COWTRA was born. -- jim
Well,

the Russians tried the Antonov A-40:

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The Germans mounted a modified PaK 40, Bordkanone BK 7,5, with a cadence of 40 shots/minute in a Henschel Hs-129 B-3 and Junkers Ju-88 P-1. This is as close as it gets during WW2 for a flying tank I reckon. The recoil was such that it almost tore the aircraft apart, though.

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Henschel Hs-129 B-3


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Junkers Ju-88 P-1


That said, Fish was of course perfectly right in what he was doing. It couldn't have been done better...

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Well,

the Russians tried the Antonov A-40:

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The Germans mounted a modified PaK 40, Bordkanone BK 7,5, with a cadence of 40 shots/minute in a Henschel Hs-129 B-3 and Junkers Ju-88 P-1. This is as close as it gets during WW2 for a flying tank I reckon. The recoil was such that it almost tore the aircraft apart, though.

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Henschel Hs-129 B-3


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Junkers Ju-88 P-1


That said, Fish was of course perfectly right in what he was doing. It couldn't have been done better...

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Kenny's air force (SWPTO) also mounted a Pack 75 in the nose of a P-38. I can't remember how effective it was or how many problems they encountered though.
 

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A13.7: "Horses are units, but are never considered enemy units."
To be paired, of course, with:

ASL Index said:
Unit: Any game piece or counter with its own MF/MP allotment and normally capable of movement without being portaged, pushed, or towed. Infantry, Cavalry [but not horses], Dummy stacks, and vehicles (even if Immobilized) are all different types of units.
So, horses in ASL are actually a breed of Schrödinger cat: they are simultaneously a thing and not a thing.

And I see another entry for ASL Bingo: who amongst us has ever mounted 2 SMC on a single horse counter, as is permitted in A13.32?
 

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And I see another entry for ASL Bingo: who amongst us has ever mounted 2 SMC on a single horse counter, as is permitted in A13.32?
It has a very old (if symbolic) precedence:

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The "SIGILLUM MILITUM CHRISTI" of the Knights Templar in use between 1168 and 1298.

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