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General Category => Rules Questions => Topic started by: rhardes on December 08, 2009, 05:15:23 PM

Title: Landing Longboats on superimposed hills
Post by: rhardes on December 08, 2009, 05:15:23 PM

I had a question on the landing of navel elements on superimposed hills.
During a game last week I had the need to land my longboats and disembark my troops but The only reachable place was a wooded hill imposed as a promontory on my Sea. As I was unsure I didn't land I waited for PIPS to get me to the shoreline. I have just looked for this in the rule book and I can't see an answer.
 
Can a longboat land on a hill/woodedhill etc or do you need to get to a sandy shoreline or do you need to state the type of shore the promontory has at the start? 

Title: Re: Landing Longboats on superimposed hills
Post by: foxgom on December 08, 2009, 07:45:34 PM

Hi

See Page 10, first para for restrictions on disembarking.

neil

Title: Re: Landing Longboats on superimposed hills
Post by: LawrenceG on December 13, 2009, 05:38:29 PM

See also para 5 on page 20 which basically states that most coastline counts as a beach even if not depicted as such.

Title: Re: Landing Longboats on superimposed hills
Post by: rhardes on December 14, 2009, 01:10:25 AM

Thanks for that. I will take in future that an object can be landed on unless stated upfront on placement.

Title: Re: Landing Longboats on superimposed hills
Post by: LawrenceG on December 22, 2009, 06:18:29 PM

Quote from: rhardes on December 14, 2009, 01:10:25 AM

Thanks for that. I will take in future that an object can be landed on unless stated upfront on placement.

A better bet would be to read that section of the rules and see what features count as edged by beach by default, and which default to something else (Rocky shore for steep hills IIRC).