Patrol range

[Dog Soldier]

Is Patrolling consider movement? If you patrol at night and are using the Night Fatigue rule would you gain fatigue? Also does the 2 hex spotting range hold true for night turns?

Hmmm....I know that the two hex spotting rule applies even at night, but I do not recall my units in Budapest gaining fatigue on patrol. I think not, since I left them on patrol for about 4 days....and we had Night Fatigue on.

The best thing would be to set up quick test using a small scenario where there is night turns. Let us know what either of you find.

I think the unit should gain fatigue when patrolling at night. Fatigue relates to the condition unit as a whole and not just to physical soldiers being tired. Thus, if recombining companies results in the greatest company fatigue being transferred to the reconstituted battalion, I would think night fatigue should be accumulated for having patrols out at night. Otherwise it is a no brainer to put all units on patrol at night that are not in direct contact with the enemy since there is no cost to the commander for such a decision. That would be gamey IMHO.

Dog Soldier