Tactical or normal nuke modelling

marc420 · #1 July 29th, 2005, 05:38 PM

I remember an old board game that had the best "nuke" rule I'd seen. Basically it was ....

"take a can of lighter fluid, and apply to all maps and counters. Step back. Apply flame. Best if "nucular" scenarios are played outside."

PlasmaKrab · #2 July 29th, 2005, 05:48 PM

What I would treasure seeing in a strategy game, particularly in a Cold War context, is a (protected) "Doomsday Switch" which you could activate to shift from conventional to all-out WMD engagement, of course without hope of going back...
With a huge point penaty for the first player who would open-mindedly "go nuclear" to save his face...

Nah, just dreaming, I wouldn't even consider modelling the precise efects of a tactical nuke in a tactical game...

Starmyth · #3 July 29th, 2005, 07:30 PM

Shadowcougar · #4 July 29th, 2005, 08:31 PM

I think that was a SPI game.. I think it was WWIII