T41/Ea42 Alt ZOC change.

[Ricky B]

It is tough to pick the best way of doing things, but in this case, there are choices that allow anything the engine can do to be used, already setup in one set of scenarios or the other. I know that in playing T'41 years ago, the game as it played out with my opponent, using extremely loose ZOCs, turned into an isolation fest as my opponent started sending recon units to surround about 80% of my force, taking up every other or third hex spacing, so then I did it to him, and it was just silly. If the loose ZOCs was coupled with no zoc bloc for supply, then it would play out reasonably well, but as mentioned, boxes were formed at night to make an easily protected perimeter, as it had no major impact on supply - made it easier as a matter of fact.

But do that in T'41 and all your units are low fuel, low ammo and all the penalties related to that as soon as they do, because of the ability to block supply so easily. Personally, I would think you would still get reasonable results in the desert, but would have to play with VM scenarios using this change to really judge - no way of saying that it does it without playing it, you are just guessing on the results.

Regards
Rick