The game is designed to simulate the performance characteristics of the Poseidon and conventional torpedoes. NOTES ON TECHNOLOGY, RULES, AND MECHANICS
Poseidon torpedo full version#
The game scales well to larger playing surfaces, and the full version of Strikepod Command: Counter Poseidon will utilize multiple undersea vehicles (Strikepods) to simulate a range of attack/counterattack scenarios. (I explored this possibility previously in a previous post - "Countering Poseidon.") As a microgame, gameplay moves quickly, enabling multiple rounds to be played in one session. The analytic objective of the game is to explore the possibility of using slower, but maneuverable conventional torpedoes to defend against a faster, but less maneuverable Poseidon. The torpedo(es) must destroy Poseidon before it can reach one of the three blue hexes.
Poseidon torpedo mod#
The target is being defended by conventional torpedoes - either standard, sub-launched heavyweight torpedoes, such as Mk-48 Mod 7 CBASS anti-surface/anti-submarine heavyweight torpedoes, or lightweight Mk-54 anti-submarine torpedoes, which can be launched from surface ships or ASW aircraft, and will also be featured in the Navy's forthcoming Hammerhead encapsulated torpedo mine. The game's premise: the Poseidon is attempting to transit a region of water space while enroute to its target.
It requires two players, and can be played in just a matter of minutes (or seconds) with only a small hex gameboard, a D20 die, and two to five counters - one to represent a Poseidon, and three to represent conventionally-armed and powered torpedoes. It is fluid and fast-paced, and relies on very few rules, making it a highly playable and insightful game (I think). With the threat of nuclear war dominating the news cycle as of late, and with the Russian Poseidon, a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered torpedo/AUV, now a part of that conversation (albeit in an often hyberbolic and ill-informed way), I have developed a tactical microgame variant of Strikepod Command called Counter Poseidon.
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