Re: [DS2] Question About Spotting Mine Fields

--- John Atkinson wrote:
> > According to the rules pre-laid mine
> > counters should be placed face down and only
> > turned over once an element comes within the 2
> > inches of the counter.
>
> That's a really low density.	What's the depth?
> A disrupt minefield should have a PE of about
>.5.

Density? PB?  I have no clue about that... I was just
going by the rules that say a mine counter marks a
4-inch diameter area.  So an element would have to be
within 2 inches of the counter to be considered in the
mine field.

> > So the question is, should a unit be able to
> > discover if the counter is a dummy marker (or
> > not) without running through the minefield?
> 
> I'll say yes, BUT.

[SNIP]

Going by the rest of your description (and after
looking at the rules again) it would seem that an
engineer unit would be needed to determine for sure if
a mine field was live or not (and to make disarming
attempt if it was live).

I think it is sufficient to model the other types of
discovery just by have a counter on the table in the
first place.

Thanks for the insight,
JF

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