POLL: Do You Allow Players to Move Trees in Skirmish Games?

84 votes were cast.

piper909

writes:

Depends -- if the individual trees are supposed to represent an actual, game-relatable tree that confers advantages or disadvantages, then NO. If the trees as a whole are meant to suggest a woodline that is providing generic cover to a unit, then we can adjust to allow figures to be placed, but it is always done up front and announced definitively, e.g., "we're shifting the trees to place the figures, and they are/are not in cover." That seems to best way to me to handle things.

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
my trees are secured in place	1	1%
other (explain)	1	1%
none of these/no opinion	1	1%
this is ridiculous	0	0%
yes, I do	12	14%
I don't use trees	0	0%
I don't play skirmish games	3	4%
no, I do not	39	46%
not my cup of tea	0	0%
depends on the type of skirmish	19	23%
depends on the rules	8	10%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

John the OFM writes:

I do not, and it irritates me when people try.

In "larger" format games, trees are placed on a cloth or similar. There, it's perfectly fine to "make room". But a skirmish game has terrain for specific reasons: mostly to get in the way.

I was participating in an IRA game by Leo Cronin at a convention. Some scoundrel tried to move buildings so his truck would fit in an alley. That was definitely beyond the pale! I bet the scalawag would've also liked to exit through the sides too! Balderdash! Harrumph!

Poll set up by Editor in Chief Bill , based on this pre-poll discussion.