3ed and 4ed compatibility

[waynebaumber]

In general you should be able to play any older modules with the 4th edition rules. I was pretty wedded to 3rd ed, but eventually transitioned and have been happy with the changes.

Hills were limiting terrain in the 3rd edition, but not in the 4th. Scenarios which used hills to cover an approach will be quite unbalanced now.

I find this can be an issue in the older North Africa games (Afrika Korps and Desert Rats) since many scenarios have the defender on a hill that was considered limiting terrain when they were designed. For some of these I've added a house rule to treat the hill as having rocky terrain on it.

Yes.  We're just finishing "The Tide Turns" in Desert Rats.  The British Infantry become meaningless since they're bombarded throughout the game and just melt away.

Bangla, Tony L told me about this, could the INF not have hidden  behind the hills, remember LOS rules for hills mean they do block LOS in certain circumstances. I must admit I always worried about hills being limiting terrain in the 3rd Ed rules. I have not yet played a scenario in 4th edition where I could see the difference but I can see in the desert scenarios where there is no other cover it could make it very trick for the PBI.