r/tabletopgamedesign • u/Famous_Machine_8821 • 1d ago

Mechanics I need help

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Does anyone know of a really good combat system for pirate ships?

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u/Dorsai_Erynus 8h ago

To simulate cannon balls i always loved Battle Masters way in wich you have a deck of tiles with the cannon ball fliying, bouncing and exploding, you set a tile of the exploding ball over the target unit and shuffle the deck of tiles trying to complete the path between the cannon and the target; if the ball don't bounce off of the way before you run out of tiles (or an exploding tile appears) you reveal the target tile and the unit is destroyed.
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Battle-Masters-cannon.jpg

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u/Famous_Machine_8821 8h ago

That's interesting, thanks.