[Aslml] Complete Beginner

[Malcolm Rutledge]

At 01:49 PM 10/30/2003 -0500, CHam628781 at aol.com wrote:

>Snip



>Secondly could someone explain infantry smoke placement in simple terms to 
>me. I'm OK with the MF involved and the fact it takes place in the MPh but 
>I'm mightly confused by the "exponent" part of A24.1. To me exponent means 
>"raise to the power of" but that makes little sense in the context the 
>rule uses it since, if I'm reading it correctly, only a single die is 
>rolled and for the MMC I have raising their firepower to the power of the 
>exponent results in numbers well above six. Thus MMC can always place 
>smoke but ends its MPh if it rolls a six. Is that true or have I 
>completely misunderstood?

I think that the mechanics of this have been pretty well covered in other 
posts. However, since you say that you have Yanks, there is an important 
point about certain nationalities that you should bear in mind. Americans 
can choose to throw WP instead of regular smoke at one lower than the 
printed exponent, i.e., a non-CX 666 needs a 1or a 2. White phosphorous is 
very useful is urban or jungle fighting.


>Thirdly do people tend to use the IFT or IIFT? Personally I lean towards 
>the IFT at the moment due to its simplicity but if the IIFT is in common 
>use I guess we should use that.

Not going there!


>Fourthly is the "cowering" rule widely enforced or do folks tend to ignore 
>it?

Once you get the Brits you'll see the importance of this rule.


>Just in case it's helpful I have ASL v2, Beyond Valour, Yanks, Paratrooper 
>and Solitaire and will be PBEM using VASL (at least until we get a better 
>grasp of the rules - then we might venture onto the server)
>
>I look forward to your suggestions and answers.
>
>Cheers
>
>Charles
>
>Ima Gen Ri Ryu instructions on the use of the spear: "Place pointy end in 
>opponent. Repeat as necessary."
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