I have been reading and re-reading the rule on Forts as a terrain piece. It looks to me as if troops shooting from a fort automatically grant cover to the target, and get cover themselves. I think that the logic of such a rule is...far from intuitive, but I met with some other players over the weekend and we all seem to read it to say that people attacking a fort across open ground count cover when shot at from a prepared fortification. Are we right?
Are we alone thinking whiskey is an odd result?

I discussed it with RJC not long ago ...he is thinking about it . Question of shooting from behind "barricades" or a fortified BUA beiung really useless

You are correct in how you read the rule.

The intention was to avoid making Forts too good for competition games.  This is a rule that could easily be changed for scenario games.

Richard

Thank you for the answer

Intresting, have attended 2 tournaments so far this year, and have  not seen a fort deployed, suppose you could argue it's working   

Well having a terrain that is a bit "useless" out of fear it might become too strongh makes me wonder why it has been created at all 

I would either cancel it or modify it