Practical question about Carrier models, and the Catastrophic Explosion rule

[Murlo]

I did a few games now, and it’s going great it’s quite fun, but there’s a few things that are still iffy/unclear. First off, do the Carrier models come with flights, or it’s just the carrier? Cause if you have to buy the planes separately it becomes a little crazy, each carrier ends up costing like a small fleet to buy. As a second thing, isn’t the Catastrophic Explosion a bit too much? (the critical chart roll that instakills the ship) i’ve had it happen a couple times (yes i’m extremely unlucky) to an undamaged BB when a cruiser was shooting at it and it’s an instant game over when it happens, would homebrewing it as 6 or 8 D6 damage applied to the hull be a more reasonable option? Lastly, how’s the point balancing for the ships? I realize it’s not the game’s strong point and it’s not meant to be “competitive” in any way, but the difference between a few of the ships on the same cost are perplexing

[Greg S]

Instant kills may not be the mist fun in games, but then there’s HMS Hood – sunk within 3 minutes, 1400 crew lost.

[Nat]

1) yes under the points system in the rulebook Carriers include the number of flights in the stats,  these are chosen (type and role) when you write the list – you can end up with more flights (cost wise) than the carrier cost you quite easily!!

2) Yep for a slight chance of a catastrophic explosion (6 to damage, 4+ to confirm, 10 on a D10 followed by a 6 on a D6) it happens enough to be noticed!
EDIT – ive thought about making it XD10… but not really had the game time to put much leg work in to how it will affect the game as a whole

3)the Warlord Points system (whats in the rules) is VERY loose and has a number of problems – its been raised with WL since day ONE!  there are a couple of unofficial repoints over on the Wardroom (facebook group) and Discord channels.  Its probably the biggest thing stopping me (& others) running tournaments

4) talking of the wardroom, if you check out the News from the Wardroom thread theres some files which we’ve created to help people play (Including a 1 page ‘cheat sheet’ turn guide & a flights 101 that breaksdown and explains how flights fully work (due to some old beta rules being left in the rulebook….. :\)

• This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Nat.
• This reply was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by Nat.

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