Assaulting an IP Unit

1. IP is easily assessible. Rationale: I can see the 
chit placed on the table. ;)	

Okay, I admit whether my guys can see this or 
not is questionable, but I actually think you can 
tell the difference between people down and in 
position and people moving, milling about, 
doing something else, etc. 

2. Whether IP should or should not offer a 
benefit (as Allan and Beth mention) when hard 
cover does not (IIRC) is irrelevant. In the rules, 
it does offer a benefit for the first round of 
Close Assault . If needed, I can hunt up the 
specific textual referents. 

3. Laserlight, I see your point. I assume your 
default CA is versus a non dug-in foe. You are 
suggesting it should be versus a dug in foe. 
Both are valid. All I'm suggesting is I've seen 
some close assaults I didn't think anyone would 
make (five guys getting up to charge a trench 
line 100m away with 2 x HMG, and 2 rifle 
squads ready to shoot). 

There are a lot of vagarities in CA. For example, 
there is an odds modifier for CA. But is it really 
sensible to do this by squad? What if I'm doing 
a joint close assault of (to be ludicrous) 6 4-
man squads... versus one 8 man squad. Looks 
like (for each test, x 6) I'm attacking at 1-2 
odds. But in reality, I'm attacking at 3-1 in 
favour. 

Another case: I close assault a unit within range 
that I know is there, but they haven't spotted 
me. The terrain is woods. The first time they see 
me is when I'm hitting them. (What did we rule? 
No test for defender to stand - it was automatic 
as they had no warning). 

What about hard or soft cover? What about 
attacking units in the flank or rear or that were 
unaware? 

Stargrunt CA rules are very light on detailed 
resolution. A lot of people think of IP different 
ways. A lot of people think of CA as HTH, even 
though that is extremely unlikely - gunfire at 10-
30m is most likely, as is extensive use of hand 
grenades. Many situations are not covered. 
Some people prefer simplicity to creeping 
elegance. Some people prefer a more realistic 
feel to speed. No one interpretation will be 
correct and most will spark "discussions". 
I haven't even mentioned the multiple-follow-
through and fleeing issues. 

T. 

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Thomas Barclay
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Stargrunt II and Dirtside II game site

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