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    Malta Convoy: Operation Pedestal

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    This document provides the rules for a solo dice-based simulation game about Operation Pedestal, the Allied relief convoy to Malta in August 1942. The player rolls dice to determine the composition of their convoy and the length of the journey. During the journey, the player will make contact rolls and, if contact is made, rolls to determine what type of enemy force is encountered and resolves interception and attacks. The player has option choices they can use during the journey and scores points at the end based on ships lost or saved. The goal is to get as many cargo and tanker ships to Malta as possible.

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    Malta Convoy: Operation Pedestal

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    This document provides the rules for a solo dice-based simulation game about Operation Pedestal, the Allied relief convoy to Malta in August 1942. The player rolls dice to determine the composition of their convoy and the length of the journey. During the journey, the player will make contact rolls and, if contact is made, rolls to determine what type of enemy force is encountered and resolves interception and attacks. The player has option choices they can use during the journey and scores points at the end based on ships lost or saved. The goal is to get as many cargo and tanker ships to Malta as possible.

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    This document provides the rules for a solo dice-based simulation game about Operation Pedestal, the Allied relief convoy to Malta in August 1942. The player rolls dice to determine the composition of their convoy and the length of the journey. During the journey, the player will make contact rolls and, if contact is made, rolls to determine what type of enemy force is encountered and resolves interception and attacks. The player has option choices they can use during the journey and scores points at the end based on ships lost or saved. The goal is to get as many cargo and tanker ships to Malta as possible.

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    Malta Convoy: Operation Pedestal

    Uploaded by

    Thomas Epps
    This document provides the rules for a solo dice-based simulation game about Operation Pedestal, the Allied relief convoy to Malta in August 1942. The player rolls dice to determine the composition of their convoy and the length of the journey. During the journey, the player will make contact rolls and, if contact is made, rolls to determine what type of enemy force is encountered and resolves interception and attacks. The player has option choices they can use during the journey and scores points at the end based on ships lost or saved. The goal is to get as many cargo and tanker ships to Malta as possible.

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    This solo board game simulates an Allied convoy trying to reach Malta during World War 2. Players control cargo ships, tankers, warships and make rolls to determine encounters with enemy forces.

    The goal is to safely guide the convoy ships to Malta over a number of turns while accumulating points and avoiding the loss of too many ships.

    When contact is made with enemy forces, rolls are made to determine the type and size of the enemy force. Interception rolls are made to reduce the enemy and then damage rolls to determine if ships are hit.

    MALTA CONVOY

    Operation Pedestal

    A Solo Dice Based Simulation of the Allied Relief Convoy


    to the British Island Stronghold of Malta August 3rd, 1942.
    MATERIALS
    · Paper or a copy of the Game Sheet included at the end of the rules
    · Pen or Pencil
    · One or two six sided dice
    · Nobody to play with

    CONVOY COMPOSITION
    Ship Type Number of Ships Notes
    Cargo Ships 3D6 Merchant Men
    Oil Tankers 1D6
    Aircraft Carriers 1D3
    Cruisers 1D6 x 5 Warship
    Destroyers 1D6 x 10 Warship

    · Record how many of each type of ship you have.

    LENGTH OF JOURNEY
    · The game will last 20 + 1D6 Turns
    · Make a column of that many boxes on a piece of paper.
    · Number the boxes.

    FRIENDLY WATERS
    · The convoy will not be attacked for the first 1D6 turns.

    COVERING FORCE RETURNS


    · When you are halfway through the trip roll 1D6 for each of your remaining Aircraft Carriers.
    o On a roll of 4-6 they return to their bases with 3 +1D6 warships each.

    CONTACT
    · Every turn make one contact roll
    1D6 Contact Notes
    1 Dumb Luck -1 to this roll next turn
    2-3 No Contact Turn Ends
    4 Reconnaissance Plane +2 to this roll next turn
    5 Surprise Contact Force Size -1
    6 Contact
    7 Sortie Force Size +1
    8 Attack Force Force Size +2

    ENEMY FORCE
    · If contact is made roll to see what type
    1D6 Type Notes
    1 U-boats Force Size -1
    2-3 Italian Air Force Attack Rolls -1
    4-5 German Air Force Attack Rolls +1
    6 Combined Air Force Force Size +1

    FORCE SIZE
    · Roll 1D6. The result of this roll is the Force Size of the enemy force.
    · The Force size is a minimum of 1 with Modifications.

    INTERCEPTION
    · Make 3 Interception Rolls.
    o Make one additional roll for every Aircraft Carrier you have.
    o Make one less roll if all of your cruisers are destroyed.
    o Make one less roll if all of your destroyers are destroyed.
    · For every roll of 1 on 1D6 the size of the attacking enemy force is reduced by one.
    ENEMY ATTACKS
    · Roll a number of times equal to the enemy force size
    1D6 Damage
    1-2 Miss
    3-4 Ship Damaged
    5-6 Ship Destroyed

    TARGETS
    · If a ship is damaged or destroyed make a Target roll to see which type
    1D6 Type
    1 Tanker
    2 Cargo Ship
    3-4 Aircraft Carrier
    5 Cruiser
    6 Destroyer

    · If there are no Aircraft carriers left treat the result as a Cargo Ship.
    · If you already have a damaged ship of a certain type and you get another ‘Ship damaged’ result for that type
    there is a 1-3 in 1D6 chance that the damaged ship is hit again and sunk.

    OPTIONS
    · You may take an option at the beginning of your turn.
    · You cannot take another option if you are currently using one.

    · DECOY OPTION
    · Once during the trip you may send out a dummy convoy.
    · Target rolls +2 for 1D6 turns.
    · Get 1 less intercept roll.

    · SPLIT OPTION
    · Once during the trip you may split up the fleet (Every ship for himself).
    · Force Size –1 for 1D6 turns.
    · Contact rolls are at +1.

    · EVADE OPTION
    · Once during the trip you may take an evasive route.
    · Contact rolls at –2 for 1D6 turns.
    · Game length increases by 1D3 turns.

    · SCREEN OPTION
    · Once during the trip you may set up a screen of warships to face the enemy routes of advance.
    · Get two additional Intercept rolls for 1D6 turns.
    · Attack rolls are at +1.

    SCORING
    · Start with 100 points.
    o Lose 2 points for every cargo ship lost.
    o Lose 1 point for every cruiser lost.
    o Lose 3 points for every tanker lost.
    o Lose 5 points for every aircraft carrier lost.
    o Gain 1 point for every Interception.
    o Lose 10 points if all of your Tankers are destroyed.
    o Lose 10 points if all of your Cargo ships are destroyed.

    Credits

    · Game created by Lloyd Krassner (kraz@Bellsouth.net)


    · Game Sheet by Mike Marinos (mikemarinos@yahoo.com)

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