Monday, 2 November 2009

DBSA - The Great War at Sea Gridded...Further Points

Now that the core rules are pretty much done I have been giving some thought to the extra bits and pieces to add to them - optional rules and various other goodies. As a start point i have a list of the following:
  • Minefields
  • Weather and visibility
  • Campaign Rules
  • Points Values
  • Submarines and Raiders
  • Air stuff

Points Values will be the easiest and is merely a mechanism for organising games. I would probably use something similar to HOTT and as an initial thought I was reckoning on using the vessel defence value (allowing for inferior or superior status) as the points cost. If using a 24 point fleet then a maximum of 12 points can be spent on ships costing 4 points or above. I would need to double the cost of torpedo boats and destroyers simply because they are based in pairs. I will consider this further and report any further ideas.

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5 comments:

  1. Paul O'G3 November 2009 at 06:48

    Might I also humbly suggest damage repair, crew skill, commander quality and the thice cursed 'random event' generator!

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  2. David Crook3 November 2009 at 08:45

    Damage repair and crew quality is touched on the rules although it does need a little expansion. Same also for command quality. basically, crews can be either normal, inferior or superior with a + or - 1 for superior or inferior crews respectively. For command I am toying with a points cost for an admiral depending on their initiative bonus e.g. +1 costs 2 points, +2 4points and +3 (the maximum) costing 6 points. I need to think about this though.

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  3. David Crook3 November 2009 at 08:46

    ........also the 'thrice-cursed random event' - Certainly not something I had thought of originally but well worth considering - cheers old boy!

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  4. Paul O'G4 November 2009 at 21:13

    One of the great things about a campaign game is that it allows you to recreate a new layer of command - Leaders can now have tactical skill and/or strategic skill. The tacticAl skills you already have, but strategic skills might allow bonus to initiative, an extra move etc to show a wily admiral at work.

    Random events can include signals mix-ups, collisions, aircraft accidents, logistic oversupplies, extra tots of rum etc. Dont have to be all bad!

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  5. David Crook5 November 2009 at 20:55

    One of the driving forces behind this set of rules was to be able to easily run a campaign built around them - something like the DBA or HOTT mini campaigns - that would be readily assimilated by the members of the club and suitable to run over a couple of weeks. I enjoy strategic naval games and so meshing a fast play tactical naval set in with it is something I am keen to tackle. Love the ideas about 'random events'.

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