Post by stevie on Dec 6, 2022 13:31:03 GMT
Following on from this thread; fanaticus.boards.net/thread/3656/tweak-rule?page=3 ,
I’ve been giving Tony Aguilar’s comment some thought, and think
I’ve found a solution which I call “Centre Dot Conforming”.
How It Works
First, place a small dot with a black felt-tipped marker pen in the exact centre of
all your element’s front-edges. This avoids fiddly awkward ‘micro-measuring’
during a game.
The Conforming Rule Is This:-
Legal contact is when your Centre Dot touches an enemy’s straight-edge,
but not when it merely touches an enemy’s corner alone (group and single
element conforming priorities still apply to determine who actually performs
the conforming).
Examples:-
Some notes about the last diagram: Recoiling and Pursuing.
If ‘A’ recoils, but ‘B’ doesn’t, then neither ‘1’ nor ‘2’ can pursue.
If ‘A’ and ‘B’ recoils, then ‘2’ will pursue, but ‘1‘ and ‘3’ will not.
And if ‘B’ recoils, but ‘A’ and ‘C’ do not, then neither ‘2’ nor ‘3’ can pursue.
(Like I said…it sometimes pays to have all the front-corners touching)
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Now I must confess that I don’t really mind the current corner-to-corner conforming mechanism,
as I can see that it’s necessary due to our having multiple figures glued onto fixed bases.
Besides, I like to play on a Virtual Grid, where ALL moves are made in whole, not partial, base widths
(i.e. you either move a whole base width or not at all), so everyone is always ‘lined-up’.
Nonetheless, the diagrams above might give players some food-for-thought.
I’ve been giving Tony Aguilar’s comment some thought, and think
I’ve found a solution which I call “Centre Dot Conforming”.
How It Works
First, place a small dot with a black felt-tipped marker pen in the exact centre of
all your element’s front-edges. This avoids fiddly awkward ‘micro-measuring’
during a game.
The Conforming Rule Is This:-
Legal contact is when your Centre Dot touches an enemy’s straight-edge,
but not when it merely touches an enemy’s corner alone (group and single
element conforming priorities still apply to determine who actually performs
the conforming).
Examples:-
Some notes about the last diagram: Recoiling and Pursuing.
If ‘A’ recoils, but ‘B’ doesn’t, then neither ‘1’ nor ‘2’ can pursue.
If ‘A’ and ‘B’ recoils, then ‘2’ will pursue, but ‘1‘ and ‘3’ will not.
And if ‘B’ recoils, but ‘A’ and ‘C’ do not, then neither ‘2’ nor ‘3’ can pursue.
(Like I said…it sometimes pays to have all the front-corners touching)
==============================================================
Now I must confess that I don’t really mind the current corner-to-corner conforming mechanism,
as I can see that it’s necessary due to our having multiple figures glued onto fixed bases.
Besides, I like to play on a Virtual Grid, where ALL moves are made in whole, not partial, base widths
(i.e. you either move a whole base width or not at all), so everyone is always ‘lined-up’.
Nonetheless, the diagrams above might give players some food-for-thought.
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