The Competition & Teaser Thread

[Dog Soldier]

Smoke is artillery deployed only. As Strela said, we did not want the battlefield to become a smoke filled haze.

Having individual units deploy their own smoke is beyond the scope of this game's mechanics and scale. It should be considered deployed as needed by the unit commander and his troops as it is built into the defense factor of a unit. It is limited by the scenario designer, so you have to think a bit before using it.

If I use smoke now I get an advantage I want. But what about five turns from now if I use up my smoke? Or should I use it now anyways as who knows what my needs will be by then? Will I need smoke 5-10 turns from now? And so on and so forth as the merry-go-round spins in your mind.

This is just one example of choices a player will make that may come back to bite them later in the scenario. The really small scenarios are not much easier to use smoke (when available). There are less rounds in smaller scenarios. One will find there are a lot of places you want smoke, and not enough to go around. That is, not for all the turns in a scenario.

Dog Soldier