RE: [SG2] simplified rough-cut overwatch/snap-fire rules

Nice!

Is your reaction fire rules intended to replace, be combined with, or 
augment the reaction fire rules on page 53?

If replace, they are a little more flexible that the rule as written
(target does not need to be using both of its action for movement and
does not have to have the end if its first movement in range), but
the flexibility is off-set by the reaction test.

If combined with, it seems overly restrictive to force a reaction test
in
addition to the special case that the target is using both its actions
for movement.

If to augment, then the reaction test is performed only if the target
is not using both of its actions for movement, or the target comes into
range other than between its actions.

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://www.ftsr.org/sg2/      
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barclay, Tom [SMTP:tomb@bitheads.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 12:02 PM
> To:	Gzg Digest (E-mail)
> Subject:	[SG2] simplified rough-cut overwatch/snap-fire rules
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Those who've travelled the web in search of SG2 resources may have
> encountered my first cut at overwatch rules. They worked but were
actually
> more complex than the variant I use now and I added some stuff cribbed
> from
> draft FMASkirmish. 
> 
> So, here we go, Overwatch II, by Me. 
> 
> A unit (or detachment or single figure for that matter) may enter
> overwatch
> at the cost of 1 action. It must be the last action of the elements
> activation. It is considered a firing action and therefore one cannot
have
> fired beforehand. 
> 
> A unit in overwatch that wishes to react to an action in front of it
> (generally moves or fire combat, other actions not being obvious
enough to
> spark a fire attack) may attempt to do so. Roll a TL0 reaction test to
> engage the target. You could penalize this test to TL+1 if the target
> element moved less than 2" in view of the overwatching unit. 
> 
> If the unit succeeds, conduct an immediate fire combat on behalf of
the
> overwatching unit. The overwatch counter is then removed from the
unit, as
> it has fired. If the unit fails, it didn't react and is still on
> overwatch.
> 
> Optional add ons:
> 1) SAWs, APSWs, etc - sustained fire weapons may stay on overwatch
where
> the
> rifles in the squad, having fired, are considered to be taken off of
> overwatch. This gives some of the advantage such weapons were designed
to
> have. 
> 2) If using 1), you may also drop the firepower die by one shift each
fire
> action until further overwatch fire is impossible even for sustained
fire
> weaponry - even it gets overwhelmed at some times - bug hordes come to
> mind....
> 3) If you are particular, you may want to get a small counter with an
L
> shaped 90 degree indication on it and place it so as to indicate the
90
> degree area your unit wishes to overwatch. I don't bother, I just let
a
> unit
> react to anything it could reasonably be considered to see and make it
> make
> a spot roll if I have any doubts.
> 4) Involuntary triggering: Green or Untrained units, fatigued units,
or
> units on ambush for a protracted period that see something happen
(move or
> fire) MUST roll a TL1 test NOT to fire if they don't wish to react.
People
> get jumpy if they are poorly trained or are tired. 
> 
> Reaction Fire
> 
> Reaction or Snap Fire occurs when a unit sees something in front of it
and
> wants to react, even though it is not their turn to move. In order to
do
> so,
> the unit must not have acted yet this turn and must indicate it wishes
to
> initiate snap fire. Then a TL2 reaction test is made to attempt the
snap
> fire (which can be modified by TL+1 if the target exposure is less
than 2"
> of movement in view). Whether this test is passed or failed, that unit
is
> considered to have used its entire activation. If the test is passed,
the
> unit conducts a fire action against the target unit, and then is
> considered
> to have completed its activation. 
> 
> Combine these two rules and you have a very interesting game where
cover,
> manouvre, massing of forces at key locales, suppression, and smoke
become
> very important. 
> 
> Tomb
> 
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> 2001: To the New Millenium! The next thousand years
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