Re: Re[2]: Stargrunt II question - Linear cover

At 12:51 PM 1/23/98 PST, you wrote:
>	I wonder what people think of a slightly different situation,
where a
>squad tries to share a linear defensive position ( a low wall, burnt
out
>building, etc.) with an enemy already occupying the opposite side of
the
>barrier? In a game of SG2 I played recently ( Hi Phil! ) a particularly
>unfortunate squad was pinned along one side of a wall and taking quite
a
>pounding ( it was our first game with light artillery support, which
BTW
>favorably changes the character of SG2. ) One of my squads advanced
into some
>nearby woods. I wanted to activate them to close to the other side of
the
>obstacle to remove it as a bonus for the target squad and to use it as
a
bonus
>against other supporting enemy units. The argument was made that to
approach
>that closely required a complete close assault to keep it within the
spirit of
>the game, otherwise the manuever is simply 'gamey', taking advantage of
coner
>cases in the rules, etc.
>=================
>Miguel Echavarria

Sounds like the Navy boy was whining gain!  <G> (Hi Phil!) :-)

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