"When is the last time you used a CRT ?" Topic

I came across the original Battlesystem rules the other day sorting out my bookshelf with a Combat Result Table on the back and figured I hadn't used one in ages.

They used to be a staple in Miniature Games almost as much as they still are in Board Wargames, but they have been mostly replaced by various modifiers to a die roll or varying your dice pool and/or opposite die rolls.

So, does your miniature ruleset still have CRT's ?

In the past year

Land combat rules I like mostly have them as I prefer them to the cruder modified die roll.

Frequently throughout the year.

Since when do I have "a" miniature rule set?

But in answer to your subject and not your question, eight or nine days ago. Ogre. I'm planning to standardize the SF microarmor on that system.

Yes

Frequently; they are still a staple in many miniature rules.

I too played Ogre about 3 weeks ago…..

BUT I will admit, seeing the letters CRT put a smile on my face….

I thought you meant Cathode Ray Tube.

Me too Jim

Just now. I'm playing WRG Ancients

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On TMP somebody could post, "When's the last time you drove a Ford Model T?" and every poster would say, "I have one in my garage and just took it to the dry cleaners yesterday!"

ditto Jim Duncan

Tom

What's kinda funny about this is in my home grown space ship game both ships use 1d6 with modifiers of 1 to 5 to determine the outcome of combat. Just last year I took the matrix and put it into a CRT.

Regularly

For miniatures games…can't remember. A long, long time ago. 2 decades?

For boardgames, last year.

I think that I last used a combat results table in a miniatures game more recently than a cathode ray tube, but I am not sure.

The last time that I can remember using a combat results table was when playing Fifth Frontier War several years ago.

A couple times a year.

Three weeks ago.

How can there NOT be a CRT in a game? Even if you have memorized how many dice you need, or the factors or modifiers, you are still consulting it in your mind.

Oh, not a Cathode Ray Tube then?

Used one in my intro-to-wargaming rules for plastic Army Men games. Still playing those rules, still consulting the CRT, every game. Got a new recruit with the game, several months ago. He wants to play a big game, around once a month. Made my rules fast, and furious -- figures die often, and usually in large numbers, with a couple of rolls of 2d6. Roll for To Hit, then roll Casualties, per the firepower, and the range category. Simple, effective, fast, and fun. Opposing die rolls would only slow things down, and that would deflate the enjoyment of the fast-paced game.

I have no issues with a quick and dirty CRT game mechanic. It works, and it works quite well, quite fast, and quite efficiently. Cheers!

I hate long lists of dice modifiers, so I turn them into a CRT.

I'm doing one right now so I last used one a few minutes ago.

Different people process information in different ways. Give me a nice, neat table any day.

Frequently.

Bloody Big Battle is a favorite set, so used them within the last three months.

And, yes, I also immediately thought of cathode ray tube, too.

Regularly with Ogre.

combat result table – last month teaching the retro +/32 game SWMBO

cathode ray tube – last week on the range

Yesterday. I much prefer a CRT to other combat resolution system.

All the time. What do you use?

A couple years ago playing Designer's Ed Ogre.

Last month when playing Ogre with a friend. Though really, after a while you don't need to consult the CRT, just know the odds.

Anything that tells you what the chance to hit is, is considered a CRT.
They come in many forms not just the classic boardgame unit affects.

I saw the poll, and I thought it CRT referred to cathode ray tube. The last time I had a computer with a cathode ray tube … was a long time ago.