Re: Official - More re GZG news update - NEW RELEASES!

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On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com> wrote:

> >Ground Zero Games wrote:
> >>  The problem is that I also make a number of cool artillery-type
minis
> >>  that I also want people to buy....  ;-)
> >
> >Easy fix:
> >Just state in the rules that in order to deploy artillery you need an
> >off-table diorama containing the required models:-)
>
>
> Well done, Frits, have a Virtual Coconut for the great idea!	:-)
>
> Actually, I think it might have been the old WRG 1950-75 rules (or
> "ultramoderns" as they were known when I bought them back in the
> early '70s....) which had a rule about marking off a 6" strip at your
> baseline table edge, which then represented your "off-table" assets
> (artillery, command, reserves, whatever). Anything placed on-table
> but in that 6" zone was deemed to be out of reach of "table-range"
> weapons, but still valid targets for opposing artillery, airstrikes
> and so on.
>

That's an interesting idea. Hmmmm.....

Mk