| Au pas de Charge | 09 Feb 2019 11:57 a.m. PST |
The rules use 20 sided dice numbered 1-20 but are they truly supposed to be read as 1-20 or rather 1-10 x 2? When you fire and your unit has a 1-6 hit chance is that 1-6 out of 20 or 1-6 out of 10? |
| Gone Fishing | 09 Feb 2019 12:08 p.m. PST |
My understanding has always been 1-6 out of 20. |
nnascati  | 09 Feb 2019 12:38 p.m. PST |
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| Col Durnford | 09 Feb 2019 6:51 p.m. PST |
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| raylev3 | 09 Feb 2019 11:20 p.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 10 Feb 2019 7:10 p.m. PST |
Why would the rules specify D20 when D10s are to be used?
Nowhere in TSATF does it mention D10s. |
| coopman | 11 Feb 2019 7:31 a.m. PST |
Do they even make D20s with the nos. 1-10 on them twice? Seems odd that they would. |
| Bismarck | 11 Feb 2019 8:03 a.m. PST |
coopman, I am showing my age, but I remember the early d20s with 1-10 numbered twice and we had to color in two colors to make the distinction between 1-10 and 11-20. I think I may still have a few of these buried somewhere in the house. Anyone else remember these? Apologies Minipigs, if I stole your thread. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 11 Feb 2019 8:08 a.m. PST |
Bismarck – I too have a few D10's which were converted
to D20 via the "paint the two 1-10 sequences different
colors" process. Loooong time ago, Sam… |
| Au pas de Charge | 11 Feb 2019 8:49 a.m. PST |
No problem, take the thread wherever. I asked because the rules are old and I wasnt sure if they meant the original d20 which were mostly 0-9 x 2 back then and that maybe a recent errata had misunderstood/assumed a d20 1-20. Additionally, none of the TSATF firing charts hit factors really seems to go above 1-7 or 1-8; I think if there had been a 1-12 hit probability it would've clarified it all up in the rules. |
| Winston Smith | 11 Feb 2019 2:54 p.m. PST |
You want a 1-12 hit probability on a D20?
I think that even 1-8 or 1-7 are way too high. |
| coopman | 11 Feb 2019 7:20 p.m. PST |
I think that Larry Brom didn't want a unit to fire and obliterate its target. That would not be much fun. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 12 Feb 2019 11:15 a.m. PST |
Definitely, coopman. When what became 'Before I was a
Marshal…' (Larry's Nap rules) was in development
he absolutely rained all over me when I suggested
that the British had slightly superior musketry… |
| SgtGuinness | 13 Feb 2019 6:55 a.m. PST |
MiniPigs, as stated the D20's are actually 1-20 with a to hit ranging from as low as a 1 needed up to a 7, depending on target class (formation and cover) or troop quality / nationality. Yes, I have seen and own old D20's that are labeled 1-10 twice. Cheers,
JB |
| coolyork | 13 Feb 2019 10:32 a.m. PST |
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| Au pas de Charge | 13 Feb 2019 12:13 p.m. PST |
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| Murvihill | 18 Feb 2019 4:02 p.m. PST |
Those labelled 1-10 twice, we'd paint half the numbers red and half black, if you rolled black you added 10 to the number. They were often the '70s yellow dice that quickly wore down on the corners and after you threw them they wouldn't stop until they rolled right off the table. |
