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merry442 · 01-26-2013, 07:29 AM

Nice damage chart!

8 very long, very unintuitive very confusing steps.
My bad. A phased turned is awfully clumsy here. :(

I have some more questions/thoughts for you:

I didn't quite understand the hit location counters. Are they separate little things to be prepared (color-coded little chits)?

When do the ships move?

Do you like the thought of tactical nukes?

They might be interesting in a vast battle between dozens of battleships. Use a three-sided die ( or d10, d8) to determine number of ships affected and so on...

d66 seems to be a great idea for this. Could your d66 system be further nuanced to include other things than the "24/42 rule?" Maybe a "mishap table" as in Mongoose Traveller's "High Guard" (critical hits (66) and critical misses (11)?

How do you like flanking attacks in this system?
Would there be an advantage/disadvantage to flanking a single or group of starships?

01-26-2013, 07:29 AM	#7
merry442 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: McMicken Heights	Re: Starship battles - is there a simpler way? Nice damage chart! 8 very long, very unintuitive very confusing steps. My bad. A phased turned is awfully clumsy here. :( I have some more questions/thoughts for you: I didn't quite understand the hit location counters. Are they separate little things to be prepared (color-coded little chits)? When do the ships move? Do you like the thought of tactical nukes? They might be interesting in a vast battle between dozens of battleships. Use a three-sided die ( or d10, d8) to determine number of ships affected and so on... d66 seems to be a great idea for this. Could your d66 system be further nuanced to include other things than the "24/42 rule?" Maybe a "mishap table" as in Mongoose Traveller's "High Guard" (critical hits (66) and critical misses (11)? How do you like flanking attacks in this system? Would there be an advantage/disadvantage to flanking a single or group of starships? __________________ Merrifield Dightman Last edited by merry442; 01-26-2013 at 11:03 AM.