I have another solitaire question...I'd be interested in people's thoughts.
I've came across a slight dilemma with OST - I'd be interested in other people's perceptions or ideas.
The Americans got 8 impulse points and the Germans got 4. In terms of victory, the German's are behind in casualties though they have 2 of the 3 victory points.
They decided to roll against an officer and a squad. It was 2 impulse points to use...but as a group (officer, 1 squad+LMG and 1 1/2 squad+BAR) they were rolling at +5 (9 attack v 4 defence)...that's a great column to roll on. They would also get a +1 on the die roll for having an officer with them. They rolled a double 1 - fell off my chair!!
Anyway - point was, they used 2 of their 4 impulse points. The US went and then the Germans tried the same attack (with a slightly better result!)...but their impulse points are all gone.
Now - sorry for the story - but here's the dilemma...I now know the Germans are out of impulse points and I could move a US squad to take one of the victory points which have no German units on it. I know I can do this risk free...but the point is, IRL the US wouldn't know how safe it was...there are two squads about 4 hexes away from the US unit and the VP and if they had impulse points left, the Germans would be able to shoot...so as the US I wouldn't necessarily make such a move.
Point is - I'm not even thinking about it. It's not an issue. I know I can just saunter across open ground and take the victory hex...but I shouldn't be able to do that risk free.
I was thinking about a house rule where, if there's LoS then I could (just once) do a die roll for a snap fire. Maybe on a 3 or above - to keep it close and actually make the US (me) double think the risk. And it would do - because I know the Germans need casualties and moving recklessly like this could give them one or 2 points...maybe even 3 if the officer is killed also.
Currently there's no risk.
What do ya'll think? House rules really aren't bad - just wondering if this seemed like an appropriate one to put in place?
It would only be done once on that US unit's movement and only if the Germans were out of impulse points (of course the same applies if the boot's on the other foot).
I just don't think the US, knowing the Germans are down there, that they should be able to run across open terrain to grab a victory point