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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote in message ...
> > - The gun deck has 3 gun ports on each side (part of my motivation is to
> > run Steve Jackson's Pirate Game, a BSB size ship will mount 7 cannon,
> > with the side firing cannon being able to be moved from side to side as
> > I understand - this is something I'm not absolutely clear on).
>
> There's no real addressing of cannon on swivel/slides in the rules. • Clearly it
> is an advantage, but this may be something he handles in person or doesn't
> worry about (minimaxer that I am, I do).
I should have mentioned that I asked Steve a question about cannon a few
months ago... Oh, I just dug into the exchange and found more info...
Here is the response to my first e-mail:
> From: Steve Jackson [mailto:sj@io.com]
> At 9:13 PM -0600 1/1/00, Frank S. Filz wrote:
>
> > How do you tend to arm your ships? The stock ships have a variety of • mounts:
> >
> > - fixed position firing through gun port (ala 6285 BSB)
>
> I never use that, because it can fire only to one side.
>
> > - on sliding/rotating platform firing through gun port (ala 6286 SES)
> > - on sliding platform (ala 6289 RBR)
>
> I use both those for broadside mounts.
>
> > - on turret firing over side (6250, 6280)
>
> I use a lot of those for non-broadside mounts.
So from this, we can take that broadside firing cannon may be switched from
side to side. That e-mail didn't establish how Steve decided how many turret
mounted cannon a ship would have, so his response to my second e-mail
follows:
> From: Steve Jackson [mailto:sj@io.com]
> Well, per game rules, the max number of cannon is equal to the Class of • the
> ship.
>
> I always give each ship at least one fully rotating gun. No ship has more
> than 5 guns in broadside. So big ships have 3 rotators and 4 broadside, or
> 2 rotators and 5 broadside.
So there you have it. One to three turret mounted cannon (he didn't really
address class 8 ships, but I don't think he really uses them).
Frank
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