[OT] [I mean totally OT] Re: What can you "new"

[Sean Kelly]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
> Oh, yah - I thought barbwire would have been an incredibly effective 
> passive defense. After assailant troops advance through the ravine and 
> go over multiple layers of barbwire, machine gun starts mowing them 
> down. Under fire, the barbwire makes it virtually impossible to either 
> advance or retreat.

Things can get pretty weird in fantasy settings though.  Trolls could 
roll through barbed wire like it wasn't even there, even though they're 
technically infantry units.