Hi all- reports suggest we might get up to 7 this weekend in Surrey. Weather forecast is cool, possible rain Saturday, but we often don't get forecast rain due to local microclimate.
I've been thinking about scenarios and have come up with: 1. Get the baby. This is Neil's story. Team Albert to get Baby Eric from point A to point B. Team Eric resist. Pick teams on the day as it depends who is there. 1,000 points to winning team. 2. Counterattack. Losing side tries again- basically same story. 3. Otto's run. In this case Otto the infantryman is trying to sneak Baby E to a "safe place" ie the other end of the field. What this amounts to is that instead of attacking a fixed point you are attacking a moving one, and both sides have to move in to attack- ie don't have attackers and defenders per se.So if the field is a square ABCD then Otto is going A-C and the 2 teams are at B and D. If Otto is shot/stops working/falls over (all possible) then his side "abandons secrecy" and puts Baby Eric on an asset. 1,000 points to winners if Otto makes it (he can be restarted/give a push if you get an asset next to him), 500 if BE gets there via another asset. Defenders get the usual 250 points for offing Otto, and 750 for preventing BE from getting home. This can be run in reverse if required- Otto's a mercenary, you can tell he's evil as he has an eye-patch. 4. Hide and sneak. Whoever has BE is still trying to sneak them out. This time they have commandeered the 2 support vehicles. One has BE, the other is a decoy (Otto can act as a 3rd player/decoy if required). Each SV has a piece of paper indicating whether it's carrying BE or decoy- only way of finding out is to disable it and then read the note. Only the BE side knows which is which. So you have 3 teams- Team Albert, Team Eric & Team Baby. Gives the SV drivers a chance to make tactical decisions.1,000 points to wining team. 5. Tank run. This time one tank has got BE and has to get through against everyone else. This is one for the woods, with lots of buildings to act as cover. So 1 tank runs from cover to cover dodging the enemy. 1000 points if you make it. Perhaps they can't get within 10 feet of baby (in case they wake him up??), or within a passage marked by tin cans, to make it easier for the tank doing the run. Various tankers can have a go, if they think they're hard enough. 6. Manhunt. Sickened by a long afternoon of war in a surburban garden, Team Eric decide that the only solution is to hunt down Eric, Nurse Nellie & Osama bin Albert who have taken cover in a nearby wood. 250 points each. 7. Barack-room brawl. Astoundingly Team Albert decide that Eric, Nellie & Albert have to die whilst Team Eric have set up a Peace & Reconciliation Commission to protect them and are prepared to shoot anyone who isn't reconclied. That's just some thoughts- suggestions welcome. Oh, and I'm planning a Sat evening barbecue- OK grill-up looking at the weather. 1 point for anyone who brings me a beer. I have 1 spare bed and 2 spare rooms for sleeping on floors if reqd. Any takers? Phil -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
