House rules and what's considered fair or otherwise ...

[McIvan]

I guess I would add that consensus seems to be:

1. The one on trucks/wagons not scouting surrounding seems to be pretty much universally accepted.

2. The use of halftracks is up for debate (and often has been). It is generally viewed as unrealistic to have swarms of halftracks swanning around rear areas or leading as recon/surrounding and capturing etc while their actual platoon of infantry puffs along miles behind, abandoned to its own devices. Also, people seem to dislike seeing HT's close assault and destory armour. Hence various house rules.

A simpler ROE might be: No assaults by nothing but empty halftracks. The rest will work itself out.....empty halftracks may be good sacrifical lambs to have at the front of a column, but they are also easy points.

I would disagree that lorries can ever be moved to be used as part of the "surround" in a surround and capture. They should be moved out of the way in every circumstance. But....if an enemy moves next to them, and that contributes to the enemy being subsequently overrun, then tough luck for the enemy.

3. Using armour facing is easily the most common mode of play, but the opposite opinion does constitute a substantial minority. So that is up for negotiation. There are some scenarios (eg Don Fox's) that are specifically designed for armour facing off.