Large Games and Fog of War

[cjsiam]

The only time I think it's in your best interest to NOT try and rally every turn is when your units are acting as speedbumps in a restricted terrain area.

It can be in your best interest to NOT attempt to rally the last demoralized unit in an assault, especially if the enemy units in the assault hex have yet to activate. If they activate and fail to recover, they will leave the hex and suffer a free shot. More importantly, the enemy units are no longer tied up in the assault and are free to move or fire at another target.

If you do have two or more demoralized units in an assault hex, you should activate only all but one unit to recover so that the units will be able to leave the assault hex without triggering a free shot should they all fail their recovery attempts.

EXACTLY the situation a number of games recently have come down to---Dug-in units being assaulted....if they are demoralized you don't want them to have to try and recover--because they will die if they have to leave, either as a free shot---or having to exit into a firestorm of neighboring units---many times better to wait there and have the opportunity/threat of them recovering while they tie up the units.

We recently also has some discussion here regarding RECOVERY allowing you to STAY in the hex if leaving would put you into proximity---but Morale Check failure WOULD force you to exit the hex---so this would mean that you can drive out the demoralized unit by continuing to pound on him and force an MC failure---so you CAN get them out--it just takes some focus.

I recently had a game where german mortars in woods (2) stood up against T34s (2 of them) and had comparable Assault rolls (2 for mortars+AFV Alone+1+morale+1 officer going to 9; while the two T34 were 16 -1 for woods assault 13 going to 9..... EQUAL)....man was that a bad idea....got out as quick as possible and took turns to try and blast them...in the end one got away...even with 4T34 adjacent....man....