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blipvertus 5 years, 8 months ago.
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This table is 8 x 4 so the Germans start closer at the 6 foot mark. We used a small island in the center but we’ll use a slightly larger one so both sides can be out of LOS of each other but also slightly more spread out.
Forces.
Top photo are the US forces. Three Higgins PT boats and one Coast Guard Sub Chaser The four LCM-3D and the one LCI of the landing force are essentially on autopilot and will be controlled by the GM. The start stationary and only go straight. These landing forces will use their own dice and they’ll only get two dice, one for the LCI and one for all four LCMs. The LCMs will use the convoy rule which basically means they all perform the same order at the same time.
Game length is 8 turns and the extremely slow LCMs will barely have time to cross and land.
Bottom photo is of the German forces, two S-38 boats, a minesweeper and a Vorpostenboot. That’ll probably change before the demo day.
The German forces do s pincer movement while the USN rushes out to meet them.
Top photo: German S-boats maneuver close to the island while the heavier vessels swing wide.
Second photo: The three PT boats concentrate on the S-boats but those torpedoes remain a threat to the heavier German vessels
Yep, torpedoes
Two passed harmlessly past the minesweeper and one missed the Vorpostenboot astern but one nailed her on the starboard bow taking 2/3rds of her hull points at one go
Top photo: A lucky hit on a PT boat causes one of it’s torpedoes to detonate taking out the boat
Second photo: An S-boat finally succumbs to concentrated gunfire and goes down but not before it’s torpedoes launch at the LCI.
Third photo: Landing craft plod along
Fourth photo: Torpedoes starboard beam!
Fifth & Sixth photos: Missed!
First Photo: Turn into them!
Second Photo: Threading the needle!
Third Photo: Surrounded on all sides, the minesweeper is raked by gunfire
Fourth photo: Collision! The sub chaser almost cleaves the PT boat in two. We decided we didn’t care for the collision rules as written so we give the boats a chance to avoid the collision similar to the way they avoid ram attacks
Fifth Photo: The second S-boat also dies but managed to launch another torpedo. Note that it only launched one because if it fired the starboard torpedo that one would have hit land.
Top photo: Forgot to mention that the minesweeper got a lucky shot from the forward 3 inch gun and nailed the LCI leaving it with only one hull point
Second photo: a badly damaged LCI beaches
Third Photo: an orphaned torpedo finishes off the LCI
Fourth photo: after multiple hits and a collision, the minesweeper is gone!
Fifth photo: the colored dots are the sum points for the torpedoes. If the torpedoes get jostled on the table, this helps to realign everything.
@templar007 thanks! It’s a fun game with lots of “water cooler “ moments. Hmm, might film the demo. Might take awhile as I don’t edit video very often.
@limburger the torpedoes are part of the base game, fleet boxes (a mixture of torpedo boats and other vessels) as well as flotilla boxes (all torpedo boats).
As for telling the boats apart, it hasn’t been an issue. But each torpedo boat and LCM is numbered and the larger vessels are one of a kind. Might name the larger ships at some point.
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