The Sunken City

Night 2 

The ship settled next to some of the strange structures. There were... sounds around us. I removed my pistol from my locker and ordered the crew to stand watch, arming themselves as best they could. It was a long, disturbing watch.

 Day 4

Strange fish men swarmed up the sides of the ship and attacked us on all sides!

Two of the larger creatures at the bow seemed fit to overpower my crew as a smaller one engaged another crewman.  I fired at them to no effect. The creatures at the stern were all of the smaller variety and the crew soon threw most of them over the side.

Joining my crew at the bow we were successful in driving off the attackers. Meanwhile, at the stern the last attacker was overpowered and killed. We had met our first challenge in these strange seas, albeit with one seriously injured and two others who suffered slightly.

The Rules  

Simple dice rolls to determine number of attackers and where. Crew were assigned a factor of 4 against small fishmen, 3 against larger ones. In the first round fishmen had a -1 as they found their footing on the deck, Captain added +1 in melee, -1 for any 'overlap'. If the fishman lost a combat he retreated back into the sea. if his score was doubled he died - as when 3 crew members ganged up on one of them! For the crew, lose a combat lose a 'life', lose by double lose 2 lives, crew have 3 lives, the captain 4. My first use of the Unit Commander scoring board! It does, though, limit me to 7 units/men in any combat! Drill a few more holes will allow up to 5 strength points per person though!

Evaluation of the game? System worked well, I'm pleased with and incorporating the Unit Commander score board was an undoubted success.