Hello

[Infantrysoldier223]

i was wondering .....

when do you know when to use any of the optional rules?

how do you know when to use them and not to use them?

if you are designing a scenario how will you know what optional rules should be used for that scenario?

thanks
robert

[Crossroads]

Hello Robert,

when do you know when to use any of the optional rules?

how do you know when to use them and not to use them?

Look for this type of a snippet in the scenario description:

[ALL: N AF: N VV]

That is from one of my scenarios, and informs the players the scenarios is designed and tested with these optional rules in mind, namely: all optional rules ON except No Armor Facing and No Variable Visibility (ie. those rules OFF).

The acronyms are explained HERE:

[ALL]------------------All Options On
[IFM]------------------Indirect Fire by the Map
[EFOW]---------------Extreme Fog of War
[EA]------------------Extreme Assault
[AF]------------------Armour Facing EFfects
[CC]-----------------Command Control
[VV]------------------Variable Visibility
[N IFM]---------------NO Indirect Fire by the Map
[N EFOW]---------------NO Extreme Fog of War
[N EA]------------------NO Extreme Assault
[N AF]------------------NO Armour Facing EFfects
[N CC]-----------------NO Command Control
[N VV]------------------NO Variable Visibility


If the scenario does not have any information on optional rules you might still want to check with your opponent what his preferences are. Or, ask anyway. These are recommendations after all.

if you are designing a scenario how will you know what optional rules should be used for that scenario?

I for one design my scenarios with the rule set that I prefer to play with.

Then, the test games are performed with the specified rule setting in place.

The scenarios may or may not be well balanced for other options as well, it is just that there is no testing done for those.

That is why BTW I hope people would always use the comments when reporting a battle to the ladders. I always check the comments from the played games when selecting a scenario to play.

[Infantrysoldier223]

ok i understand. thanks :)