Quote:Board 30 is used in the scenario Blackcloud6 is playing and its orientation will cause the Germans to lose a little time. By a little, less than one turn's worth in my opinion. The scenario is 18 turn long so Fred may need to push a little faster with the Germans.
And press the Germans did do. The slope/town penalty does make the German job a bit more difficult in the scenario and this is a good thing. It also make such towns as great places for defending units, especially cavalry , motorcycle platoons and armored cars from which to delay.
One FB. it was mentioned that one reason it could be for towns to bear one MF cost and thus by not being a road the slope cost is also paid is that the town will have debris, narrow streets etc. I can wrap my head around that. Also, since most movement in PG is near the enemy, and thus contact is possible, units might be a bit more deliberate when moving though towns instead of just zipping through them. And if one wants to replicate moving through cleared towns with MPs waving the convoys through, one can evoke Strategic Movement by design or agree to use this optional rules. Therefore, I think PG does what it does so well in many cases: provide simple rules to cover as many tactical situation as possible. And when doing such, some things, some details, have to be left out.
