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Oh, this is WAT. Ignore this comment.

KISS principle: don't make any changes because of that.

It might all be a wash, anyway. The advantages gained by the attackers being initially concealed by the smoke as they approach would be negated (if not being even more disadvantaged) by being silhouetted as they emerge from the smoke.

As a very general guideline, do not put in major terrain features that run parallel to the table edges. What happens is that one side ends up seizing one of these key features. The other side then ends up lining other terrain features and then the game devolves into a die rolling contest. If you put...

Also, you can entrench an MMG easier than a two team section, which costs twice as much to do so.

Rocks or duck ponds would effectively be the same in game play, unless the rocks are big enough to hide behind or the pond is over 5 feet deep.

Thank you for the clarification. While the distinction between 'hard' and 'soft' cover with regard to firing, is now relegated to the history bin. I still think a hit is a hit. Being behind a leaf presents less protection than behind a wall - I know where I would feel safer. CP Sure, I'd prefer to ...

Vines provide no more protection against muskets than they would for shot or canister. What they do provide is uncertainty about where the targets are and that is no different for musket shots or ball or canister. Sure, you shoot canister at a guy skirmishing behind some vines, but maybe he is just ...

I'd agree. Cover fire supposed to be against a point of terrain (although I allow it against a particular unit as well) and I'd say that cover fire does not apply if the terrain is out of LOS, which it would be in your case.

I believe that TT's solution was that a unit can only shoot once, no matter how many phases you have in your run.

It's best to think of CoC snipers as more like designated marksmen, who are there to harass the enemy through potential and continuous threat rather than to pick off a single high-value target and then withdraw. Actual snipers as we now think of them would be very rare.