Mine Fields

Mine Fields

There are two styles of Mine Field counter included in The African Campaign Vassal module.

Name Description
Live The "Live" type can be placed on the board, and once a unit enters the hex either player can press CTRL-F to flip and reveal the other side. With this type of counter there are no controls preventing either player from flipping the counter at any time. When playing a Live game this is not a problem as both players will know if the other peeks at the counter, however in a PBEM email game you may need the PBEM type of counter.
PBEM The "Live" type can be placed on the board and once a unit enters the hex, the Axis player will need to press CTRL-U, and the Allied player will need to press CTRL-N, and only then will the counter be flipped to reveal the other side. This counter has 2 small lock symbols to show it's status, the left one being the Allied and the right one being the Axis. It is not possible to peek at the back of this counter without both players first unlocking it. Note that when playing Solitaire, the player has access to both Axis and Allied unlock functions.