tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post8370441657364543698..comments2024-03-27T07:02:30.838+00:00Comments on A Wargaming Odyssey: Further Thoughts on the Portable Naval WargameDavid Crookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-73718635606984213402011-06-23T13:02:55.819+01:002011-06-23T13:02:55.819+01:00Hi SoS,
In my experience TBs and DDs have a very ...Hi SoS,<br /><br />In my experience TBs and DDs have a very short life expectancy in most naval games and invariably get thrown in as a kamikaze style attack at some point - usually for want of something sensible to do. In my opinion the threat of TBs should force the player to modify his plans and to be honest, in many cases they are cheerfully ignored as the 'laser sighted secondary' weapons proceed to shoot the bejesus out of them. This way a battleline can choose to ignore them and carry on blasting over the horizon at their opposite numbers but in doing so run the risk of a nasty 17.7, 18, 21 or 24" surprise.....Ooooer Matron, Fnar, Fnar......<br /><br />I will see how it works out during the playtest.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-39075715640131270872011-06-23T09:51:03.875+01:002011-06-23T09:51:03.875+01:00These have been a really interesting series of pos...These have been a really interesting series of posts - I had started off thinking you were going for a sort of DamnBattleshipsAgain-lite, but it is definitely developing into something more unique. <br />I think your idea about the close-in combats affecting the main batteries is an excellent development - too often in naval wargame rules you get a sort of Super-Battlestar tendency developing, where anachronistically omnipotent targeting of ships left right and centre occurs, as if Pre-Dreds had modern Aegis tracking systems!<br />Should be a nice way to more effectively denote the threat of TBs at the time too.SteelonSandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231931971295669901noreply@blogger.com