Hey all,

Just had a game with issues of LOS

There were a few instances[all similiar], but the game decider was when my Hawkeye could have taken out his Abomination and changed the game.
Here is the set up

[H].[_].[_].[_].[_].[_]
[_].[_].[_]I[_].[_].[A]

H is Hawkey
A is Abomination
the I is the end of the wall between the middle squares on the bottom row.

He stated that the wall blocked my los and I could not fire.


If you go half a square down from Hawkey and half up from Abomination the center line is between the top and bottom rows. If you move 2.5 to the right of Hawkeye and 2.5 to the left from Abomination the ceneter is in the middle of rows 3 and 4.
The exact center of the LOS line is on the middle crosshairs just touching the end of the wall. It shuld have been a legal shot. No guesses, and, or buts about it!

Any thoughts?

Was I incorrect? And what do you do in the situation? He wanted to roll for it, but that seems silly when it is a fairly easy point. It was an Online game so I did not argue and let the issue go. But that extra round of shooting [with PC] would have been the game winner
thanks
wes

In this particular case, you can show him the FAQ---Pretty convenient, eh?

thanks,

Many folks don't use the wonderful geometry we were tought in school and try to 'eyeball' it. Which is so inaccurate since there is no mark representing the center of a square!!!

Simple geometry will answer 90+% of all LOS issues, but I still run into folks who do not get it.

thanks again herocomplex

wes

I give you the rematch any day at any time.

Get a piece of string. go from center to center. Easiest way to determine LOS.

Uh, how does that work in an online game (as this was)?

Didnt realize it was an online game. I don't play them

String doesn't work best for line of fire. As time goes by, clix players need to be aware of the geometry of the board and that many shots like these are valid shots. Most players wouldn't even consider a shot like this that goes between 2 figures exactly at the point where it crosses the wall(in this example.

It's frustating when, at a tourney, EVERYONE eyeballs it, and claims you can't do it!

ARRRGGGG....



Tom

When will they come out with hexagon maps and all these LOS problems will go bye-bye

heh

Counting the squares usually works..around here everyone also has a rubber band or line of fire gadget for checking.

Right-O. Hexagon maps make LOS easier -- not.

In addition to having LOF go through vertices, you want to get into questions about LOF going through edges as well?

Switching to a hex map solves none of the LOS problems.

well I learned something. I must admit i would have thought that shot wasn't legal also

Funny, 15 years of playing all those Avalon Hill games with hex boards and no LOS problems......Seem to have a LOS problem every game with Clix