Ostfront Tourney Fog of War question

[TheBigRedOne]

These are all excellent thoughts, and an excellent question, Bill. I'm actually surprised that this is the first time it's been raised since I started doing tourneys here.

The reason I suggest the simultaneous mirrors is for this very fact. If you are playing at the same time, the knowledge that you both have about your positions should eliminate any advantage. I think back-to-back gives one player a bit more of an advantage typically. Maybe not, it's just my opinion, of course.

In general, the comments above all make sense. Just because you think the enemy will be in place doesn't mean that it's true, and indirect fire can be pretty weak, especially under cover. If your opponent is foolish enough to leave his men upright, then he takes that risk. I've never been a huge fan of indiscriminate lobbing of shells, espeically mortars. Those things tend to be so light in terms of damage on most things, save enemy units caught out in the open, that I prefer to use them only if I can see a unit, especially the 60mm ones. Then I hit them with every available mortar team I can. Only then have I found that any real damage can be done. There is the occasional lucky shot that pins a unit (usually mine, of course). There's a nice tactics section about mortars over in TFE4 that discusses the concentration of fire and the likelihood of hitting a target in a 40m hex with one or two mortar tubes.

The suggestion about the minefield is a good one, but one that will probably never be put into place. Don't wish too hard is all I'm saying.

I'm with Abram, I can't remember where most thing are even when playing a mirror, so it's like playing blind....