Scenerio:

A unit composed of elite American troops are assaulting a hex containing a machine gun crew in op fire mode.

Question:

Does the machine gun crew get a chance to fire before the assault begins or is assault not really considered movement, the action required for the op fire trigger to occur?

The machinegun only gets to fire in Op-fire, if actual movement occurs. If the assaulting unit starts adjancent to the target hex, there will usualy be no movement.

Additionally, an advance AFTER an assault (taking the free ground) is also not subject to Op Fire. Base rulebook pg. 34, part 9 of resolving an Assault.

Hefsgaard said:

Which is why I wrote Usualy ;-)

The assault rules for TOI are silly and flawed. I look forward to the day when FFG publishes 2nd Edition TOI rules. was hoping to see something like that with FotB, but unfortunately not. Thankfully, other publishers are advancing the art of playable, realistic WW2 squad level gaming. TOI could be so much more if only FFG would take it seriously.

Realy? who? and if you say ASL, COH or ATS I will scream!

Axis & Allies Miniatures?

Latro said:

Maybe it is improved slightly now, but version one was hopeless. ( I found out when I found the crazy super cheap superman german infanteri)

Back to the topic of Assults in ToI: just add a flamethrower into the mix: first move your flametrower next the defensive line and do a move and fire action. Kill one hex. Then assult another hex with a regular infatneri supporting with a flamethrower, (and add its spezial ability) and repeat. Walla, you just used one flamethrower for three assults.