Historicon Thursday Wrap-up

Had a great trip to Fredericksburg for Historicon.   I spent the mornings working the preregistration desk and the afternoons and evenings running games. 

 

My Thursday games were two episodes of Pterosaurs at One O'clock High.  The view is from the flying monkey base of Mibutt Island.  Action is mid way through the first game.

The dials are custom made "X-Wing" style done by the Dial Dude http://dialdude.ca/  I can provide the data files he used to make the dials

The rules I use are below.   At some point in the future I should add explanatory text. I am providing them free.   If you like them enough to donate, give me a buzz.

Pulp Flying Rules

Turns run in phases

1.    Select Movement on dials

2.    Move simultaneously

3.    Determine any melees and  boarding actions by monkeys

4.    Firing

5.     Resolve melees

Boarding and Hand to Hand (Deadly at altitude)

o   Any figures that comes into contact  at the end of the turn may melee

§  Flying monkeys may jump up to 8" from the edge of their carpet into melee

§  Figures that initiate melee may not fire

o   Once all the figures are in melee, add up the dice

§  Each human or monkey adds one die

§  Each piloted dinosaur gets one die

§  Wing Kong gets 6 dice

§  The unpiloted Ornithocheirus  gets 5 dice

§  The unpiloted Pteranodons or eagles get 3 dice

§  Bombs get 2 dice (may only defend)

o   Roll the Dice

§  The side with the highest single roll wins and kills the opposition

§  Each roll from the winning side that falls below the losers high roll will cause a casualty

§  A defeated bomb will go off course or explode causing casualties to the winners

Shooting

o   Determine who is in range

o   Fire at available targets (any 8 or better on a d10 hits)

o   Determine damage

Bombing

·         Only affects large objects like carriers or bases

·         Small bombs attack targets 4" in front of the Stukasaur, hit on 8+ and do one damage

·         Large bombs may be released and will travel one or two turns forward at the same speed

·         Hit on a 5 or better on a d10

·         Bombs do d6 damage

·         American Rocketeers carry Satchel Charges, need on turn to set up (no move) cause D6 damage

·         Damage to Zeppelins can be catastrophic - roll an extra d6 for every attack that causes damage

	Damage	Result
Cavemouth	10	Destroyed
American or German Carrier	5	Withdraw
American or German Carrier	10	Destroyed
Carpet Carrier	3	Destroyed

 

 

Shooting

Weapon	Dice	Range	Damage Modifier
Autocannon	1	21"	+3
HMG	4	15"	+1
LMG	3	15"
SMG	2	12"
Pistol/Bow/Monkey Poo	1	9"

 

	First Wound	Second Wound	Third Wound
Human	No change	Killed
Dinosaur	No change	Return to base	Killed

 

Flying Carpet	Small		Flying Carpet	Large
10+	Destroyed - all crew lost		11+	Destroyed - Crew may attempt to fly to any object with in 10"
9	2 Monkeys killed		10	3 Monkeys killed
5-8	1 Monkey killed		8-9	2 Monkeys killed
4	Damage, Return to base for reweave		4-7	1 Monkey killed
1-3	No Effect		1-3	No Effect

 

Rocketeer			Unpiloted Stukasuar /Eagle/Wing Kong
10+	Killed		10+	Killed
8-9	Wounded		6-9	Wounded
6-7	Lost primary weapon Shoot pistol only		1-5	No Effect
4-5	Return to carrier
1-3	No Effect

 

Piloted  Stukasaur			Carrier
10+	Killed		11+	2 Damage
9	Pilot Wounded		10	1 Damage
6-8	Stukasaur wounded		8-9	1 Crew Killed
4-5	Equipment damage -Jettison bombs		6-7	1 Crew Wounded
1-3	No Effect		5	AA Gun Damaged
			1-4	No effect