On Foot

[Glenn Saunders]

Right - What ON FOOT does is allow you to move the units which are Motorized into hexes such as Swamp or over rivers, ferried by Eng, where the vehicles wouldn't or couldn't go.

It was spec'ed as needed early in the Series when German players in Smolensk couldn't chase Russian Partisans into swamp. It made me pul my hair out when infilling Rough Terrain in ME67, I locked a number of Motorized units into hexes which were not rough when we laid out the Scn originally.

It was added for Bulge (PzC #5) because there is a case at start where the Germans actually ferried PzGs over the Our River to form a bridgehead behind which the Engs could build the Bridge. However in Bulge V1.0 this was an editor feature only - units could start the game ON FOOT and get their transport back when teh HQ crossed the river, but by Bulge V1.01 if I recall correctly, John made this feature active in the main game.

Also - FWIW, I don't see any value in putting Horse Units ON FOOT (at least I hadn't thought of any) as generally Horse Units can enter the same kind of hexes that Foot Units can but which Motorized can't enter, .... although I suppose there might be a case for "Going On Foot" to be ferried over a River - I just can't think of a case where I've seen this come up in the game. But this goes to show how a rule is or in this case was designed and how Horse units were not really considered - but in this case it worked out OK anyway.

Glenn