F 40 Campaign

[Steel God]

John;

Personal opinions are just that, personal opinions, and do not reflect the way the games are designed and tested to be played. The on site article about optional rules is also that author's personal opinion and not the gospel on PzC play, and was actually written when S41 was released, which is why it says do not use the alternate fire resolutions. The single most important thing to remember about optional rules for the entire PzC and MC series of games is this:

click "default" and THEN ADD other optional rules. If after clicking default you uncheck ANY boxes you will be playing the game under a set of conditions other than the way it was designed and tested, and as a result the established set of victory conditions will be worthless to that particular game. Certainly still playable, and certainly still reportable on the ladder, but it will not be the game as it's designer intended you to experience it.

As one of the play testers for France 40, I can tell you we spent months playing that game without the alternate fire rules, and simply could not get combat results close to what we felt they should be, the Germans were simply too strong and too fast other wise. F40 is one of those games, like N44, that always needs to have the alternate resolutions checked if you want the VP levels to have any relevance to the way it was designed.

FWIW, there have been games that are designed for alternate fire (like T41) that have had individual scenarios designed or re-designed to use standard fire resolutions, but they are individually tested and balanced for play under those conditions.

So, remember, click default optional and then ADD others. Un-checking default rules means your mileage may vary.