[House Rules] Watercraft

[plloyd1010]

I did advise that players stick with the game special rules for Counter Attack in regards to LSVs, just imagine that they are something else. LSVs, of which there were 9 built, were in excess of 450' and displaced over 5K tons. This makes them quite solidly large destroyer/small cruiser size. They also have a lift capacity of around 900 men, or a battalion plus extras. Better than half had stern loading ramps, but you can't get those to a beach. So that is why I changed how I would use them.

The impetus for making the ship rules was the general ambiguity in the game. Some people treated ships as invulnerable in the game system. That made little sense because destroyers, cruisers, and APDs have a reduced side. On the other hand, something that size is very hard to sink/destroy in PG terms, but they might be driven out of action.

The thread is intended for miscreants, such as myself, who have already gone to Luzon, Leyte, Sicily, Wake, Anzio, yada, yada, yada.., or soon might.