F-14 TOMCATS

by Markus Salo (msalo71@yahoo.com)


INTRODUCTION
Solo Dice Game.
Simulation of an American solo F-14 Bombing Mission in the Middle East circa 1987. 
Pretty much like Microprose F-15 II.  No realism, I think no Tomcat would do a 
solo bombing mission.

MATERIALS
Paper, pencil, 1-2 six sided dice, nobody to play with.

MISSION
The mission consists 25 waypoints, first and last of which is home base. 
Draw the waypoints as circles connected with lines on a piece of paper. 
There are two targets in a mission, primary and secondary targets. 
First target is 2d6 waypoints from the 1st waypoint, 
the second 2d6 waypoints from the first target.  
Roll on the target table to determine what the targets are.

TARGET TYPES
Roll to see what the target is:
1D6	Type:			Objective Points:	Objective Damage points
1	Truck Convoy		2			2
2	Temporary Bridge	2			2
3	Fuel Dump		2			2
4	Ammo Storage		2			2
5	HQ Bunker		3			3
6	Power Station		4			4

CONTACT
On every turn roll 1D6.
On a roll of 1 on 1D6 the strike force encounters hostile forces. Roll 1D6 again:
On a roll of 1-3 on 1D6 a SAM site is encountered.
On a roll of 4-6 on 1D6 a flight of Mig-23’s are encountered.

SAM SITE
1D6 Missiles are launched at the Strike Force.
For each Missile make a Counter Measure Roll of 1D6:
On a roll of 4-6 the missile is spoofed and misses.
Each Counter Measure Roll costs the player one Chaff and Flare.  
When the player runs out of Chaff and Flare, no Counter Measure Rolls can be done.
For each missile not spoofed, roll 1D6 Evade Roll: 
On 1-4 on d6 player evades the missile.  
If the missile hits the player, the player gets one damage point.


MIG-23 Flogger FLIGHT
1D6 Migs will attack the player.
The player can intercept the Migs with missiles.  
If the player fires an AMRAAM, he rolls a Missile Roll on 1d6.  
On 3-6 the AMRAAM hits one Mig and destroys it.  
If the player fires an Sidewinder, the missile hits one Mig on 4-6 on 1d6.  
If the player uses his guns, he hits the enemy with 5-6 on 1d6.  
All the unintercepted Migs hit the players plane with one damage point.


BOMBING RUNS
Player can hit the target with Mavericks or Machine Cannon.  
Maverick hits the target with 4-6 on 1d6, the gun with 5-6.  
The player can make multiple passes over the target and can 
fire just one weapon per pass.  
At every pass he has to roll a new Contact Roll (and face new enemies on 1 on 1d6) 
The Maverick causes 2 Damage points on the target if hits, 
the Cannon only one Damage point.  
To destroy a target, a different amount of damage points are needed. 
See target table (Objective Damage Points).

F-14 Armament			Type		Hit Roll d6	Ground Damage
10	Machine Cannon Bursts	A-A/A-G		5-6		1	
2	AMRAAMS			A-A		3-6
2	Sidewinders		A-A		4-6		
2	Mavericks		A-G		4-6		2
12	Chaff and Flares	Counter measure
A-A = Air to Air
A-G = Air to Ground


DAMAGE TO F-14 
F-14 can take up to 7 damage points.  
When full, the player can try to bail out.  
The player is able to bail out and be rescued with 3-6 on 1d6.


SCORING
Keep a running tally of points and kills while you play. 
You get awarded medals and promotions accordingly.  
You start with no medals and at a rank of 2nd Lt.

PROMOTION TABLE
2nd Lt		starting rank
1st Lt		5 missions and 15 points
Captain		15 missions, 25 points
Major		20 missions, 45 points
Lt Col		30 missions, 80 points
Col		50 missions, 100 points

MEDAL TABLE
Purple Heart			successful bail out and rescue
Ace (not a medal)		5 kills
Air Man’s Medal			15 kills
Distinguished Flying Medal	20 kills
Congressional Medal of Honour	35 kills 	

TWO PLAYER VARIANT
Two players can play simultaneously as a team.  
The player with higher rank is the leader, the other player the wing man.  
The leader attacks always first.  
When attacked by missiles, the first missile attacks the leader, the second 
the wingman, the third the leader and so on.  Same thing with the Migs.


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