Critical Hits

crackaces · 01-26-11, 09:26 AM

I previously played the boardgame Jutland many years ago and found it to be very enjoyable and found this game. I have been playing "the duel" to get a handle on the game. The details are certainly there and enough complexity that one would not get bored easily.

I have noticed a pattern on the critical hits. I am playing just the one battle, but with N=10 I noted that critical hits between the ships mirrored each other. In one case, N=3 the situation went like this:

Closing fast as the Koenig Albert at about 10K meters I score a critcal hit to the Emperor of India's conning tower! Oh this has to be good. Fire Director gone -- this prize is mine! But the next salvo from the EofI hits my conning tower!

Then another critical hit and I am sinking! Ok must be one off but I noted a pattern I hit the EofI conning tower and soon there after the KA suffers the same hit.

Again, N=10 and this happened three times. Not an extensive test with lots of power but enough to ask the question. This pattern would be harder to notice in larger actions.

Bullethead · 01-31-11, 11:16 PM

A strange, but possible, result. Fortunes of war. Try it a dozen times more and see what happens.

01-26-11, 09:26 AM	#1
crackaces Watch Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Critical Hits I previously played the boardgame Jutland many years ago and found it to be very enjoyable and found this game. I have been playing "the duel" to get a handle on the game. The details are certainly there and enough complexity that one would not get bored easily. I have noticed a pattern on the critical hits. I am playing just the one battle, but with N=10 I noted that critical hits between the ships mirrored each other. In one case, N=3 the situation went like this: Closing fast as the Koenig Albert at about 10K meters I score a critcal hit to the Emperor of India's conning tower! Oh this has to be good. Fire Director gone -- this prize is mine! But the next salvo from the EofI hits my conning tower! Then another critical hit and I am sinking! Ok must be one off but I noted a pattern I hit the EofI conning tower and soon there after the KA suffers the same hit. Again, N=10 and this happened three times. Not an extensive test with lots of power but enough to ask the question. This pattern would be harder to notice in larger actions.

01-31-11, 11:16 PM	#2
Bullethead Storm Eagle Studios Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wakefield, LA Posts: 284 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A strange, but possible, result. Fortunes of war. Try it a dozen times more and see what happens. __________________ -Bullethead Storm Eagle Studios In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there are bacteria