Me and my 9yr old came up with this rule for those pesky walls that litter the battle field (can be used for hedges as well probably). We tend to have a reasonable amount of scenery on the table a) because it looks nice, and b) because I painted it so I'm bl***y gonna use it. So walls quickly became an issue.

Now bear in mind this is only for free standing walls - not buildings. We wanted something that would allow for dramatic crashing through walls to shoot at the enemy.

A moving tank can attempt to move thorough one or more walls each movement phase. Each attempt will require a D6 check, and will fail on a 1.

If the check is failed the tank stops here, he may attempt to cross again next turn.
The tank receives a Movement marker for their movement cost + 1.

If the test passes, the tank can carry on and complete its movement. The wall section is removed from the table (it makes no difference if your wall section is 3" long or 12"long - remove the whole section, it keeps things simple). Again the tank receives a Movement marker for its movement cost + 1.

My reasoning for the +1 : From the wall breakers point of view smashing through a wall will affect your aim etc, and the faster you go the more unstable you are. So crashing through walls in a Comet at speed 3 and attempting to shoot Wittman up the backside will really be a shot in the dark. But, oh! those camp fire tales of when it came off.

From the point of view of the innocent tank standing there minding its own business. There he is, commander asleep, driver playing with his gear nob, gunner and loader playing cards. When suddenly a tank crashes through the once solid wall behind you. I think the +1 suprise factor seems fair don't you?

We gave it a run out and it seemed to work well. The release of the damage cards may cause some problems but i think its something i'll carry on using. Feel free to comment or use for your own games.

You don't have to at all, its a choice. The chance to get behind an opponent may be the chance you need to turn the battle. If the wall wasn't there you'd take the +1 movement. And driving through a wall will affect your shot. There are other ways to adjust the chance to hit (like the mods to short range etc) but this seemed to me to give a penalty to both sides when shooting either as the tank moving or the stationary tank.



Yes I know. Having not played with fast tanks yet that may be a little OTT. More testing required.



I see where you're coming from but I wanted something simple which doesn't slow the game down much and require more numbers to remember (or forget), which when you're playing with a 9yr old is vitally important so they don't get bored. I've played FOW with him and the attention span tends to wander. That's the beauty of house rules, take em as far as you want to.



Oh yes, I wasn't saying these are the finished article, and more games will produce more anomalies, but I thought I'd put them out. As for ramming? Nah. It's not WoT. ;-)

I know what you mean by no rules about cover behind walls. Currently I have two heights of wall available to me. Small stone walls which dont block LOS or offer cover, and taller walls which do block LOS and can offer cover. So i suppose the rules I've come up with suit my situation but may not suit other people. Perhaps the rules mean the entire vertical height of the corner. Bottom of track to top of engine housing for example. That may work?

I have a problem with fields in FOW. I use door mats as fields and as such the tanks sit on top which raises their angle of attack and allows them to shoot over some obstacles (and also be shot at!). I've tried saying that they aren't really at that height but this causes confusion. So I now say that all fields in France were built on a raised platform of garlic and baguettes, and as such are a foot or so higher than surrounding terrain. :-)

The problem is trying make a game quick and simple yet realistic (to some degree). Something has to give.

There's a game by Mantic games called Mars Attacks which uses a "if anything is hidden from view you have cover" rule. This seems fine until only a foot is hidden and yet offers the same cover as a man with only one foot showing gets.

It's a difficult one.

Now that's a great idea.

Totally agree Sean.

Obviously when playing with my son, walls magically change shape and size depending on whether I need cover or space for a shot ;-) . We use a laser pointer for some LOS problems, but I have to remind him to line the pointer up with the barrel, not a good inch to the right so he can get a clean shot :-)

Surely walls and hedges are very common terrain and should be in the rules?

Oh yeah thats what i like to hear. :P

Bigger is always better when it comes to Tanks ;)