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Re: Pre-battle reconnaissance
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I would agree with Big Al. The spotting rules we have are pretty good.
What you have suggested would be interesting but I would worry that it
will slow the game up and may mean that it may not be possible to both
brief and play the game in one evening and may mean that games would need
advance briefing and dispositions. This is not necessarily a bad thing
but seeing as some very inconsiderate people often say they will be there
next week and then aren't (perhaps beacuse their wife is going out or some
other poor excuse) then we may be left with a problem.
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The counter aspect to this though, as touched on by Big Al, is that forces on table need more of a reconnaissance make up to them. Mororcycle combinations, a/cars, that kind of thing. Good fun but the problem here is that you end up fighting the same, initial recon game each week, which would not be much fun. IABSM put much of the emphasis on the Umpire, and perhaps the umpire
also needs to play a more proactive role here, either by producing more
detailed briefs to the attacker of enemy positions (which does of course
mean that the defender gets very little option to dictate his own dispositions,
or by raising the profile of spotting for the attacker, perhaps with the
introduction of extra spotting cards for advancing troops (perhaps one
per big man?). This would at least make the attacker think about spotting
a little more. This is much more in keeping with the Lardy philosophy than
the seemingly convoluted system you are proposing. Trevor would never understand
it.
Alan Reynolds wrote: ?RichardWhat sparked the thought?Was it the fact that we have seen examples of attackers being thrown off balance by some "unexpected" forces/dispositions, if so I might argue that better use of existing spotting/reconnaissance rules would have served to eliminate the unknown.Equally tactical reconnaissance could be provided by an increase in this type of force on the table, as you said last week providing the Germans with a couple of 222's could have "tripped" the defensive line of the Brits.If you are thinking "strategic" reconnaissance then it may well apply to both the defender and attacker, depending on the situation.Normally this is taken care of in the briefing notes but if you want to add an additional phase of reconnaissance, should both defender and attacker have the chance to benefit?Alan? |