It's been many years that I'm looking for a squad level game on the battle for Stalingrad, and here it is, right in my face for so long without being aware of its existence! As I always had little interest in John Tiller's games in the past, I'm very glad that WDS took back the titles, and I discover what seems to be a great system.
I just bought AotR and so far I'm very pleased with it. The manuals are exactly as I like them to be: short paragraphs, straight to the point, bullet list, topics easy to find and well explained. Except for one thing: opportunity fire (or rather Defensive fire). Not a word!
So now I'm playing the first scenario (assault on red October) and wondering what are the mechanics behind it? For instance:
- How many times a defensive unit is allowed to fire (same as Offensive)?
- If a unit doesn't use all or some of its offensive fire, does it get more opportunities in defensive fire?
- What are the triggering conditions?
- At what range does it fire?