[Aslml] Falling Rubble and Bridge/Gully

[Bruce Bakken]

>
>>Don't you guys think its time to ask Perry about this?
>>
>>1. Where does the rubble fall in a gully/bridge hex? On level 0 only? both 
>>on level 0 and -1?
>>2. How many rubble counters are placed in the hex?
>>3. If rubble falls in a woods hex, the hex becomes a half-level obstacle. 
>>If cleared, does it become a 1 level obstacles again?
>
>
>Why ask Perry?  Let's just ask the Canadians...     :-)     ;-)
>
>Besides, 1 is answered  in the rules--rubble is at both levels, bridge and 
>gully.  Common Sense tells us that if rubble falls into a non-bridge gully 
>and exists at both levels, then surely the same applies with a bridge 
>there.
>

I don't see this answered in the rules.

A Bridge is not a part of the Gully, it is a separate Location.  Crest 
Status is still part of the Gully Location.  Rubble falling into a 
Depression exists at both levels because both levels are a part of the same 
Gully Location.

Common Sense tells me that rubble falls onto the bridge, and falls onto the 
Gully in those parts not covered by the bridge.  I.e., if you enter INTO the 
Gully from a road hex (connected to the bridge), you would enter at the 
Gully rate and not the rubble rate, because any would-be rubble from that 
aspect would be on the bridge.  So much for Common Sense.

The rule in question ("transforms any non-Water Obstacle terrain it falls on 
into a rubble counter at ground level") directs us to place rubble at ground 
level.  The ground level in this case, as is clearly indicated in A6.3 
regarding Depressions, would be at the level of the Bridge, so the Bridge 
Location receives a rubble counter.  It could easily be argued from this 
that rubble does _not_ enter a Gully if it instead lands on the bridge.

>2 is left up to the players...use 1 counter or 2 or 3...whatever you need 
>to note the terrain change and the fact that the bridge is still there.
>

Huh?  A rubble counter is not an informational marker.  It ("a rubble 
counter") is placed in the hex.  What you state here would be a house rule, 
not a game rule.

>3 is rather moot...I mean, if you *want* to spend your whole game clearing 
>rubble from a woods hex just so the trees will reappear and start providing 
>more O2, then go for it!  I'll be busy blocking/accomplishing VC while you 
>piss around like that...so I just don't see it being a game-buster if 
>trees/brush/other non-buildings magically (using Magic: The Gathering, no 
>doubt) reappear.
>

Good point.  But the question was still interesting.

Regards,
Bruce Bakken


>Scott Jackson
>aka Stonewall
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