Re: [Epic] [Epic 40K] LOS

From: Richard Dewsbery <dewsbery_at_...>
Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 21:35:54 +0100

Elias Tiliakos wrote:
>
> I know this is an old thread, and I don't remember if this
> was resolved, but I thought this might be interesting to
> everybody.
>
> I just got WD 208, the one with the battle reports from Andy
> and Jervis about Gogard. In the first section where they used
> the Marines and a huge Orc warband (instead of the Great Gargant),
> they had a lot of little blurbs detailing specific rules like
> how order dice are used and what specific orders mean, what a
> firefight is and how it is resolved, etc. There was also a blurb
> on Line of Fire. This is what is said:
>
> "LINE OF FIRE. As long as a unit can see one unit of an enemy
> detachment it can fire. Friendly troops do not block lines of
> fire, and if troops are in cover, like buildings, then they can
> always fire out." (p.108)
>
> The specific phrase I wanted to point out is that they said
> _friendly_ troops do not block lines of fire. I think this
> means that _enemy_ troops do (or at least should) block lines
> of fire. That way screening troops are still useful, even if
> they do not belong to the same detachment that they are screening.

pg18 - "line of fire is blocked by terrain features such as buildings,
hills, woods etc but not by any other units."

No mention there that friendly troops should be treated in a different
way to enemy troops.

Richard
Received on Thu May 01 1997 - 20:35:54 UTC