Armor Facing Rule

[Scud]

Can the game be played with one player having the "ASDN" patch installed while the 2nd does not?

Will it give one player an advantage?

Is it JTCS compatible?

I read in the manual that the new game uses encyption to make sure everyone was using the same version. I'd like to believe one player couldn't use a patch if the other player didn't have it too, but I don't know if that's true.

...I have my doubts and still feel that Armor Facing is only for games like Combat Mission, that portray individual vehicles.

I agree with some there is a certain fun factor involved when you manage to sneak around and hit the tanks in the rear armor, but to me it doesn't weigh up to the disadvantages.

Huib

Thanks Huib and Earl. I have to admit I played a scenario recently with it off (designer recommendation) and it certainly didn't have any negative impact on the playability of the game. Although fun to get off a rear shot from an ambush position, that doesn't seem to happen all that often against veteren players anyway. So at least I get it now. I thought after all this time I'd completely missed something.

Dave