low visibility

[Koh]

I don't remember the exact rules but basically if your vision is 100 and the visibility is 1, you could still see things 100 hexes away. But if your visibility was 0 you'd pretty much only see 1 hex ahead of you.

I had an interesting generated campaign battle in the late 60s with limited visibility. It really made all the difference in a battle when my visibility 0 tanks couldn't spot the enemy tanks that had visibility 20 and were firing from outside the range my tanks could see. I had to move around my three precious 20 visibility tanks around the battlefield trying to manouver around and spot the enemy tanks and kill them while my other units pretty much had to resort to engaging the enemy in short firing range only terrain or trying to sit still and ambush the enemy tanks.

All in all, it was one of the best generated battles I've had and I can wholeheartedly recommend a limited visibility battle. It really makes some interesting battles, especially when the engaged armies have different level of night vision equipment. You really have to plan your tactics well if you want to defeat opponents who can see you two hundred meters further away than you can see them.

- Koh