Our Marengo campaign is still rolling along with a lot of maneouvre, but no battles.
So after last Sunday's game I thought my Dreadnought rules might work with some computer moderation to keep track of the complexities of naval warfare. I designed a Excell spreadsheet for the job & we gave it run tonight.With C19 restrictions easing a bit Mike was able to join Chris & I tonight. The battle had SteveD in Canberra CIC British & Mark in Lenah Valley CIC German.
The scenario was Dogger Bank, modified by the Germans having the older battlecruiser von der Tann in place of the armoured cruiser Blucher.
The Germans are on the left, the Brits on the right, both battle squadrons surrounded by DDs & CLs. In very un-historical fashion both sides started off with a death ride for their small ships, their smoke making it hard for the big boys to do their gunnery.
After a flurry of activity, the surving LCs & DDs drew off to let the big ships play.
The opposing ships traded ranging shots for a while & one by one most of them got the range. The Lion landed one devastating salvo on the Moltke, then lost the range when her control system was hit & couldn't finish her off. Otherwise it was mainly the Germans landing the heavy blows. Suddenly all but one of the British ships was getting into critical damage & they had no choice but to turn away laying smoke. Only the Indominable, last ship in the British line was without serious damage (as the outnumbered Germans never fired at her).
While the von der Tann & Molke had some heavy damage, it was clear German victory.
The experiment with using the computer had mixed results. It was good for calculating the no. of dice & to-hit factors, then keeping track of damage, but I have work to do on the interface to make it easier to use.
So after last Sunday's game I thought my Dreadnought rules might work with some computer moderation to keep track of the complexities of naval warfare. I designed a Excell spreadsheet for the job & we gave it run tonight.With C19 restrictions easing a bit Mike was able to join Chris & I tonight. The battle had SteveD in Canberra CIC British & Mark in Lenah Valley CIC German.
The scenario was Dogger Bank, modified by the Germans having the older battlecruiser von der Tann in place of the armoured cruiser Blucher.
While the von der Tann & Molke had some heavy damage, it was clear German victory.
The experiment with using the computer had mixed results. It was good for calculating the no. of dice & to-hit factors, then keeping track of damage, but I have work to do on the interface to make it easier to use.
2 comments:
interesting outcome as the blucher originally sank on the german side
Giving the Germans von der Tann instead of Blucher evened things up.
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