Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

[Mark Stone]

OK, Greg, this one's for you.

I went back through the archives and found that (a) this issue was discussed in
April 2004, and (b) I did an illustration back then to show what I meant.
However, the illustration I did back then wasn't as clear as it could have
been, so I've uploaded a better rendition.

The illustration is called "open_tf.ppt", and is in the "Warrior Tactics" folder
of the Files section for the group.

In the illustration, the region in blue represents the interior enclosed by a
loop of the requisite perimeter size, and thus signifies open space. Assuming
you want to place a TF that is 6 elements' wide and 40p across, you'll see that
there are two possible ways to lay down an open space. Each leaves room
"encircled" by the open space such that you can place a TF of the desired size
within this "encirclement" and still be an element away from every part of the
open space.

What this accomplishes is to create an area in which your opponent cannot place
a TF-blocking terrain feature, thus "reserving" a space for you to place your
TF when you get to deployment.

The top example shows an open space placed somewhere in the middle of the table.
The bottom space shows an open space placed against a flank table edge (as this
is often where TFs want to be placed).

Note that the top example requires 2320p of perimeter to create. That, of
course, assumes you could lay down a geometrically perfect representation of
this shape. In practice, that's hard to do. Since the maximum perimeter of an
open space is 2480, that gives you 160p of "play" in setting this up.

I actually have a couple of pieces of cardboard cut to represent each of these
shapes, just for those special occaisions when I absolutely want to give myself
the best chance of placing a TF exactly where I want it. Obviously that kind of
success is still die-roll dependent, but this is a nice counter to opponents
who think they are going to seal off your side of the table with open spaces
that prevent TF placement.


-Mark Stone

[Greg Regets]

Thanks Mark ... :-)




--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, Mark Stone <mark@d...> wrote:
>
> OK, Greg, this one's for you.
>
> I went back through the archives and found that (a) this issue was
discussed in
> April 2004, and (b) I did an illustration back then to show what I
meant.
> However, the illustration I did back then wasn't as clear as it
could have
> been, so I've uploaded a better rendition.
>
> The illustration is called "open_tf.ppt", and is in the "Warrior
Tactics" folder
> of the Files section for the group.
>
> In the illustration, the region in blue represents the interior
enclosed by a
> loop of the requisite perimeter size, and thus signifies open
space. Assuming
> you want to place a TF that is 6 elements' wide and 40p across,
you'll see that
> there are two possible ways to lay down an open space. Each leaves
room
> "encircled" by the open space such that you can place a TF of the
desired size
> within this "encirclement" and still be an element away from every
part of the
> open space.
>
> What this accomplishes is to create an area in which your opponent
cannot place
> a TF-blocking terrain feature, thus "reserving" a space for you to
place your
> TF when you get to deployment.
>
> The top example shows an open space placed somewhere in the middle
of the table.
> The bottom space shows an open space placed against a flank table
edge (as this
> is often where TFs want to be placed).
>
> Note that the top example requires 2320p of perimeter to create.
That, of
> course, assumes you could lay down a geometrically perfect
representation of
> this shape. In practice, that's hard to do. Since the maximum
perimeter of an
> open space is 2480, that gives you 160p of "play" in setting this
up.
>
> I actually have a couple of pieces of cardboard cut to represent
each of these
> shapes, just for those special occaisions when I absolutely want to
give myself
> the best chance of placing a TF exactly where I want it. Obviously
that kind of
> success is still die-roll dependent, but this is a nice counter to
opponents
> who think they are going to seal off your side of the table with
open spaces
> that prevent TF placement.
>
>
> -Mark Stone
>