MBT/Panzer - Spot Fire/Move

Hiya Sacchio,
I don't play MBT but you're probably right that Panzer uses the same type of rules. I've been struggling to see the whole spotting phase as a "phase" at all since nothing special seems to happen with the info during that phase. You could just as easily say that before you can issue a Fire command you must check to see if you spot the guy you want to shoot at. I think it amounts to the same thing anyway and that's kind of how we've been playing it. As to your spot/fire and spot/move counters, we've been playing that until a new event occurs that forces a change (ie a move or fire or overwatch fire) the counter stays with the unit. It seems to make sense that whatever order you are giving at the beginning of the turn is what is happening "real time" throughout the turn. So say we issue a fire command we are considered to be firing and would get a spot/fire counter once the fire is complete. Same for a move or short/halt. When the next turn comes up we hold on to the spot/fire or spot/move until another order event makes us change it. Keep in mind I'm just making some guesses as to how this all works. I've made some Herculean efforts to memorize the rules but I'm still a novice and mostly going by what I feel to be the correct way based mostly on what feels logical. Hopefully this will help or at least help drive a discussion on the topic. Happy war-gaming!

PS: Your English is perfectly clear and better than most!