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I remember a +1 modifier to Fog of War checks in activation segments when a player chose to pass. I seem to be having trouble finding the reference to the rule. Does anyone else remember something like that? Where is it found?

I know it was in Guadalcanal, and sometimes it's scenario specific in other places. I don't think it actually appears as part of the main rule set.

(08-15-2017, 05:21 AM)plloyd1010 Wrote: [ -> ]I remember a +1 modifier to Fog of War checks in activation segments when a player chose to pass. I seem to be having trouble finding the reference to the rule. Does anyone else remember something like that? Where is it found?

I suspect that you are thinking of Battle of the Bulge.  To cite:

"If a player passes, modify his or her result (on 3d6) by +2.  Modify the die roll by +1 if a night turn (visibility is 1 hex)."

I checked also vs. Eastern Front & Beyond Normandy, two other older games, and they do not included the "pass" sentence. 

Ah, Afrika Korps has:

"If a player passes, add two to his or her total (die roll)."

I think Matt and I developed a game or supplement with such a modifier and that it was one of Philippe's design .Maybe Dunkirk or La Campagne de Tunisie.

I'm on the road, so don't have rule sets with me, but there was a game-specific one in either LCdT or Army at Dawn.....I believe in it was in La Campagne de Tunisie.

In game theory terms, I believe Panzer Grenadier must be related to Fizzbin and Calvinball. 

(08-15-2017, 12:37 PM)Poor Yorek Wrote: [ -> ]In game theory terms, I believe Panzer Grenadier must be related to Fizzbin and Calvinball. 

With the notable and often tedious exception of chess, I believe that is correct for any wargame or game system.

(08-15-2017, 08:21 PM)plloyd1010 Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-15-2017, 12:37 PM)Poor Yorek Wrote: [ -> ]In game theory terms, I believe Panzer Grenadier must be related to Fizzbin and Calvinball. 

With the notable and often tedious exception of chess, I believe that is correct for any wargame or game system.

I prefer thinking of obscure rules in some of the supplements as attempts by the designers to influence change or improve AP's PG rules. Like three player chess.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HHVPutfveVs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nsaAkNXAzak

http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_bang_theory...son-chess/

The only standard change is the night addition of +1

Initially I played with the +1 on all passes but those who noted above that the additions are game specific are correct.