RE: SGII

I like the idea of panic. If you have ever had to sit on the ground with
a troop of APC's (let alone tanks) rumbling towards you... it's a bigger
adrenalin surge than any bungy jump. And at night this is REALLY
scary!!!

But the actual overrun? Well consider the scale; 1 inch = 10 m. Most
AFVs are around 4-8 m wide and the games troop base size is a 10 m diam
circle. So really the liklihood of any more than one troopie being hit
is very small!

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> From: 	Gerald McVicker[SMTP:gmcvicke@wvu.edu]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, 21 May 1997 22:17
> To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	SGII
> 
> Can anyone tell me if a vehicle can overrun an infantry squad in
> Stargrunt
> II?  We played a game a couple of nights ago. One of the players was
> retreating a squad across open ground, the other player, during his
> activation, wanted to combat move a tank and move through the squads
> position.  I came to realize that the SGII rules didn't cover this
> situation at all.  Part of the second players victory conditions were
> to
> get his tanks and APC across the board, so I could understand why he
> might
> want to do this.  I handled it this way, I had the squad take a
> confidence
> test with the following threat level...Low 1 Med 2 High 3 and then I
> labeled the squad "disorganized".  I made the squads player use an
> activation to reorganize the squad before they could do anything else.
> Perhaps I should have caused panic?  Perhaps they should have taken
> casualties?  I'm not sure, since Jon seems to have missed this in the
> rules.  Any input would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> Jerry McVicker
> 
> "Don't worry soldier, weapons will be available in a moment."
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