Let's talk about Mines.

chesty · Let's talk about Mines.

I dragged this off of Rengokuy's thread for discussion...

I fooled around with a Mine Layer SA for the Soviet repaints of the Italian Condottierres, but I never finished. I found out that lots of ships, subs, and aircraft could lay mines, and I didn't want to take them all on at once, just so I could have a cool SA for my Kirov, you know?

_ Although just about anything can dump mines in the water, you need sweepers to recover them. Not so sure about disabling them, so that still needs to be resolved.

_ Mines should remain in play until successful, disabled, or recovered.

_ Upside-down damage counters can be used to represent the mines. The 1's and 2's can represent density. A 2 could be the full 30 mines per sector you mentioned, and a 1 could represent the lesser amount that fighting ships might use.

_ Any ship that enters a mined sector should immediately roll the number of dice revealed when you turn the counter over. On a roll of 5, the ship takes a point of hull damage. On a roll of 6, the ship takes 2 points of hull damage. If only 1 of 2 attack dice are successes, the 2 point mine counter should be replaced with a 1 point counter.

Mines made a difference. Even the possibility of mines made a difference. Sooner or later, the game's got to deal with them.

weedsrock2

I really think we should wait on this topic until after the competition is over. If we get into a 'pro and con' discussion and start picking apart mine rules and philosophies it could affect his entry.

SJG Gamer

Excellent idea!
Mines, and especially the fear of mines, did affect the War At Sea in both world wars.
Would the Torpedo Defense of a ship reduce the damage from mines? One possibility is that if a ship has a Torpedo defense, it takes only one damage point on a die roll of either a five or six. Idea

Rengokuy

Sorry friend but the rules state that the entries should not be discussed.

I am going to lock this topic until after the contest. Then it will be open and ready for discussion.

As weeds said, this can either sway people for or against my entry.