[Rules] Entrenchments in the jungle, and elsewhere

[Hugmenot]

The second notion is that agriculture makes entrenchments worse. Fields & tall/elephant grass are limiting terrain, but have no fire modifiers, hence entrenchments become like digging in again. This particular conditional modifier seems to not be very well thought out, or at least poorly worded.

I raised that as an issue in May 2014.

I also wrote this in January 2015:

I like 4th edition rules better than the 3rd edition rules. Two complaints only and both related to fields.

1. Entrenchments in fields only offer a -1 shift against DF if it's in a field (a limiting terrain). I am not sure whether this was the intent or it was an oversight when the DF modifier was written.
2. You cannot see my Tiger tank if it moves in a field 4 hexes away from your troops but you can see it from through 10 field hexes if it moves in an open hex beyond the field within normal spotting range. I have a really hard time understanding this situation. I wish "Units can trace LOS through two field hexes but cannot trace LOS through three or more field hexes" or something like that.


I now use the -2 column shift for the entrenchment in my solitaire plays f the limiting terrain does not provide a defensive bonus.