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I've compiled (and condensed) most of the above clarifications for easy reference.

Attacks

A unit in base to base with an enemy unit can only make melee attacks against that unit
A unit in melee (but NOT engaged) may make ranged attacks against other units.
A unit with Arsenal may perform a melee attack against one unit and ranged attack(s) against different unit(s).
Melee attacks DO NOT generate suppression.
Range is measured "at" (except for deployment zones).
A unit is at range of its closest mini. For example, a range 2–4 weapon cannot attack a unit if some minis are at range 1 and some are at range 2.
Firing arcs: wounds can only be dealt to minis in the attacker’s firing arc.

Cover & LOS
The rules on RR page 8 is to help players determine what terrain elements will provide cover during the game, but is determined before the game begins. You DO NOT use the 50% rule during the game.

The rules for determining obscured minis will be updated as follows:

The player checks line of sight from the attacker’s unit to each mini in the defending unit. If any part of a defending mini, including its base, is blocked by a piece of terrain or another mini, the player then traces an imaginary line from the centre of the base of the attacker’s unit leader to the centre of the base of the defending mini. If the imaginary line crosses either that piece of terrain or the base of the mini that blocked line of sight, that mini is obscured. The player repeats this process for each mini in the defender to determine how many of those minis are obscured.

This prevents immersion-breaking scenarios. Essentially it’s a 2 step process:

1.      Check line of sight; if the mini is behind a piece of terrain but loS is not blocked to any part of that mini, the mini is not obscured.
2.      Draw an imaginary line from the centre of the base of the attacker’s unit leader to the centre of the base of the defending mini. If the imaginary line crosses a piece of terrain or another unit’s base, that mini is obscured.
If at least half the defender’s minis are obscured, the defender has cover. The type of cover (none, light, heavy) should have been determined for each type of miniature at the start of the game.

Area terrain is a flat template decorated with removable elements (e.g. a forest). True line of sight is not used for the removable elements, instead, the entire base should be treated as the border of the terrain. A normal forest does not block line of sight. However, you may have a dense forest that blocks LoS when it is between two units , but not blocking LoS if a unit’s leader is within the forest.

Standby
Standby triggers after any suppression is gained from an attack.
Standby can only be used if an enemy unit ends its turn at range 1–2 (i.e. if it moves beyond range 2, Standby does not trigger).
Standby can be used to attack a different target than the one that triggered it.
A unit with Cumbersome (e.g. HH-12) can attack with Standby even if it moved in its activation.

General Rules
Unit keywords stack: Arsenal 2 + Arsenal 2 = Arsenal 4.
Grenade keywords stack: if 6 troopers use Impact grenades, the attack gains Impact 6.
Height should be measured from the level that the unit is currently sitting on. A unit with Speeder 1 can move onto a height 1 structure and then onto a taller structure, and would indeed need a path back down to move safely.
A unit can Jump only once per turn. It is both a Move action and a Jump action.

Ritalbringer a écrit:

Il suffit surtout que le TL-TT se balade à portée inférieure à 2 du HH pour qu'il doive se trouver une autre cible.

Attacks

A unit in base to base with an enemy unit can only make melee attacks against that unit
A unit in melee (but NOT engaged) may make ranged attacks against other units.

A unit with Arsenal may perform a melee attack against one unit and ranged attack(s) against different unit(s).

Cover & LOS
The rules on RR page 8 is to help players determine what terrain elements will provide cover during the game, but is determined before the game begins. You DO NOT use the 50% rule during the game.

The rules for determining obscured minis will be updated as follows:

The player checks line of sight from the attacker’s unit to each mini in the defending unit. If any part of a defending mini, including its base, is blocked by a piece of terrain or another mini, the player then traces an imaginary line from the centre of the base of the attacker’s unit leader to the centre of the base of the defending mini. If the imaginary line crosses either that piece of terrain or the base of the mini that blocked line of sight, that mini is obscured. The player repeats this process for each mini in the defender to determine how many of those minis are obscured.

This prevents immersion-breaking scenarios. Essentially it’s a 2 step process:

1.      Check line of sight; if the mini is behind a piece of terrain but loS is not blocked to any part of that mini, the mini is not obscured.
2.      Draw an imaginary line from the centre of the base of the attacker’s unit leader to the centre of the base of the defending mini. If the imaginary line crosses a piece of terrain or another unit’s base, that mini is obscured.
If at least half the defender’s minis are obscured, the defender has cover. The type of cover (none, light, heavy) should have been determined for each type of miniature at the start of the game.

Area terrain is a flat template decorated with removable elements (e.g. a forest). True line of sight is not used for the removable elements, instead, the entire base should be treated as the border of the terrain. A normal forest does not block line of sight. However, you may have a dense forest that blocks LoS when it is between two units , but not blocking LoS if a unit’s leader is within the forest.

Standby
Standby triggers after any suppression is gained from an attack.
Standby can only be used if an enemy unit ends its turn at range 1–2 (i.e. if it moves beyond range 2, Standby does not trigger).

Standby can be used to attack a different target than the one that triggered it.
A unit with Cumbersome (e.g. HH-12) can attack with Standby even if it moved in its activation.

Carey_ a écrit:

dans sa première partie, il parle de tracer une Los depuis la figurine attaquante. C'est pas clair, mais dans le seul autre cas (mesure de portée), on utilise la figurine du leader. C'est quand même franchement étrange!

ce qui veut dire qu'une unité en rase campagne, vue par 4 soldats sur 5 qui sont eux aussi en rase campagne, mais pas vue par le leader du soldat qui est derrière un mur, est à couvert ! Que le leader ne puisse pas tirer ok, il a pas de LOS individuelle. Mais les quatre autres tirent dans des conditions dégagées, pourquoi l'attaque devrait avoir un couvert?

Carey_ a écrit:

OK pour les véhicules, effectivement. j'avais pas le RRG sous la main.
Le standby peut s'activer "Après qu’une unité ennemie a attaqué, s’est déplacée ou a effectué une action, si elle est située à portée 1–2 d’une unité de soldats dotée d’un pion En attente, cette unité de soldats peut dépenser ce pion pour effectuer une attaque ou un déplacement". complètement pas ce qu'ils disent.

benito75 a écrit:

C'est pour ça je ne voyais pas ce qui changeait avec ce qu'on appliquait déjà.

Par contre le fait que pour que l'unité bénéficie du couvert est encore conditionné pas les 50% de l'unité qui defend àdoit se trouver à  couvert (la moitié de l'unité de ce qui est dit dans la réponse par mail)

This prevents immersion-breaking scenarios. Essentially it’s a 2 step process:

1.      Check line of sight; if the mini is behind a piece of terrain but loS is not blocked to any part of that mini, the mini is not obscured.
2.      Draw an imaginary line from the centre of the base of the attacker’s unit leader to the centre of the base of the defending mini. If the imaginary line crosses a piece of terrain or another unit’s base, that mini is obscured.
If at least half the defender’s minis are obscured, the defender has cover. The type of cover (none, light, heavy) should have been determined for each type of miniature at the start of the game.