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In Solo Rule 3.1, a portion of the DRV's SAMs are set up in advance of the game using the SAM Deployment Tables at the end of the rules, which limit the placement of SAMs to certain specified hexes ("Specified SAM Hexes") depending on the date of the scenario. For example, in 1965, setup-phase SAMs must be placed in or around eight Specified SAM Hexes.
However, the remainder of the available SAMs are activated during the raid (per Solo Rule 3.2). If a SAM is activated, Rule 3.2.2 contains a table describing where to place it. For example: "Place the counter in any allowed hex within 5 hexes of a detected US flight."
Question: does "allowed hex" refer to any hex in which a SAM site may be placed according to Rule 27.62 (i.e., any land hex within 1 hex of a railroad or urban hex, or in a highway hex, and not adjacent to a ridgeline hexside)? Or is does it refer only to locations on or around the Specified SAM Hexes?
The use of the term "allowed hex" rather than "set up hex" leads me to suspect that they are not limited to Specified SAM Hexes. But there is a paragraph at the end of Solo Rule 3.2.2 that confuses me: "The first time a [Specified SAM Hex] is referenced to place a SAM, put a strike through it on the Planning Map. The second time put a second strike through it to cross it off. After the second SAM is place[d] do not use that hex again for the remainder of the raid."
From a simulation standpoint, if the Specified SAM Hexes reflect known locations to the U.S. planners, I guess it would be more realistic to limit in-raid placement of SAM sites to those locations. But from a gameplay standpoint, this seems awfully limiting and seems to give the "solitaire opponent" significantly less flexibility than a human opponent. (Also, it would be a pain to have to keep track of all of the Specified SAM Hexes for the entire duration of the game.) I'm inclined to play with the broader definition of "allowed hex," but I'm unsure about what to do with that paragraph about "crossing off" Specified SAM Hexes.
Any thoughts welcome...
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Daniel Nelson
United States
Rockford
Illinois
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Head over to http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Raid_Scale_Gaming/
Simon is working on a simplified card system for conventions. Either way help is over there.
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Thanks! Will definitely take a look...anything to simplify the accounting for the current solo rules would be very welcome.
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R Larsen
Portugal
Oeiras, Lisbon
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Danguy wrote:
Danguy, thanks for the link.
But, how do I use it - can I go and download some solo rules there? Sorry, am not used to Yahoo groups, and get a bit confused on that site.
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