"Limeys and Slimeys Melee Question" Topic

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Nick Stern

10 Jul 2025 2:53 p.m. PST

I am puzzled by the brief instructions on how to fight a melee: The melee is a head count times the value of the men times a die roll. The scores are compared (divided by 10) and the lower number subtracted from the larger to find out how many men the defender has lost.

Value in melee: Officers, marines & pirates attacking = 2
Sailors and pirates defending = 1

So the attacker takes no causalities?

For a beer and pretzels game, this seems like a lot of arithmetic.

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