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herky80

Sink the Bismarck! Minigame

The game is simple to play yet hard to beat.

Although it went down much differently, for this minigame it’ll be four Swordfish from the Ark Royal against the Bismarck. See if you can sink her.

To begin, you send all four Swordfish at the Bismarck and she fires her AA in return. Roll the 8 dice for the Bismarck’s AA and roll 12 dice for the Swordfish torpedos (in 4 waves). And so forth until either you sink the Bismarck or your Swordfish are gone.
Roll both the AA and torpedos in one reply to be efficient and ignore the first torpedo roll if it is aborted/destroyed. Cards are below for reference (their stats are for now...).
Swordfish: 3 torpedos , 3armor 6vital
Bismarck: 8AA , 5 hull points SA: Torpedo Defense (torp hits count as 1)

And a little song from Johnny Horton in 1960.

In May of nineteen forty-one the war had just begun,
The Germans had the biggest ship,
They had the biggest guns.
The Bismarck was the fastest ship,
That ever sailed the seas,
On her deck were guns as big as steers,
And shells as big as trees.
Out of the cold and foggy night,
Came the British ship the Hood.
And ev'ry British seaman he knew and understood,
They had to sink the Bismarck, the terror of the sea.
Stop those guns as big as steers,
And those shells as big as trees.

We'll find that German battleship,
That's makin' such a fuss.
We gotta sink the Bismarck,
'Cause the world depends on us.
They hit the decks a-runnin' boys,
And spin those guns around.
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down.

The Hood found the Bismarck and on that fatal day.
The Bismarck started firin' fifteen miles away.
We gotta sink the Bismarck was the battle sound.
But when the smoke had cleared away,
The mighty Hood went down.
For six long days and weary nights,
They tried to find her trail.
Churchill told the people put ev'ry ship a-sail,
'Cause somewhere on that ocean,
I know she's gotta be.
We gotta sink the Bismarck to the bottom of the sea.

The fog was gone the seventh day,
And they saw the mornin' sun.
Ten hours away from homeland,
The Bismark made its run.
The Admiral of the British fleet said,
Turn those bows around.
We found that German battleship,
And we're gonna cut her down.

The British guns were aimed,
And the shells were comin' fast.
The first shell hit the Bismarck,
They knew she couldn't last.
That mighty German battleship is just a memory.
Sink the Bismarck was the battle cry,
That shook the seven seas.

We found that German battleship,
Was makin' such a fuss.
We had to sink the Bismarck,
'Cause the world depends on us.
We hit the deck a-runnin' and,
We spun those guns around.
We found the mighty Bismarck,
And then we cut her down.
herky80

Round 1/1

Round 1:

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 2/1

Round 2:
In the first fly-by, the Bismarck shot down a Swordfish, but the other three scored three hits, leaving the Bismarck with 2 hull points left...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 3/1

Round 3:
In the second fly-by, the Bismarck shot down another Swordfish, but the survivors scored another hit, leaving 1 hull point for the Bismarck and two Swordfish left...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 4/1

Round 4:
In the third attempt, the Bismarck shot down a third Swordfish, whose torpedo would have hit, but didn't. Now it is 1v1...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 5/1

Round 5:
The Bismarck aborts the Swordfish in in the 4th fly-by and it is 1v1 again...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 6/1

Round 6:
In the 5th fly-by, the Bismarck fails to abort or destroy, giving the Swordfish the chance it needs. But alas, no hits... 1v1 again...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 7/1

Round 7:
Again, the Bismarck fails to shoot down the last Swordfish, who also fails to score a hit. The 1v1 stalemate can't last forever...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Round 8/1

Round 8:
The 7th attempt fails and the Swordfish is aborted again, but not destroyed...

The Bismarck fires her AA:
Rolls: (8d6)                 

The Swordfish launch torpedos:
Rolls: (3d6)       
herky80

Conclusion

Luck has run out for the last Swordfish.
A sailor aboard the Bismarck swears he heard as the Swordfish went down:
"My kingdom for a six!"
Aquarius

Haha.

Someday when I am bored, I will try this.
Aquarius

Okay, I'm now bored enough to try this.

Bismarck AA:

Rolls: (8d6)                 

Swordfish attacks:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

Bismarck aborts one Swordfish, but takes 1 point of hull.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

1 Swordfish is dead, but Bismarck takes 2 more hits, leaving her with 2 left.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

Splash 1 more Swordfish, but Bismarck dies.
Aquarius

I'm going to try this again, and the see if the Bismarck can win.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

1 abort, 2 hull hits. Not good.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

1 abort, but crippled. Definitely not good.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                  on 5s and 6s.

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

Bismarck really dies.

I'm going to try this one more time (third's the charm!)

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

1 abort, but 3 hull.

AA: Rolls: (8d6)                 

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Aquarius

1 abort, Bismarck dies.

OK, I give up. Someone else try this.
Task Force 57

Ok...

Bismarck vs my beloved swordfish

AA Rolls: (7d6)               

Torps vs Bismarck

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

1 hit!


Bismarck vs swordfish

Rolls: (7d6)               

Torps

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

not good

bismarck AA

Rolls: (7d6)               

Torps

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

this is looking great for jerry!

AA Rolls: (7d6)               

Torps:

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

bugger


AA Rolls: (7d6)               

torps

Rolls: (3d6)       
Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

going to be a close one....

AA Rolls: (7d6)               

Torps

Rolls: (3d6)       
Task Force 57

Fleet air arm ops to go home, strip blasted magnetic exploders from torps and try again with a little help from Illustrious at a later date.
Aquarius

And you forgot that the Bismarck's AA is 8, not 7.
Task Force 57

naaaaaa!

Just factoring in adverse weather and a dusk strike (-1d6)

Wink
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