Windage Dice

[Pseudotheist]

Hi Todd,

Are you proposing, therefore, to roll a single die each turn, and determine what happens to the wind based on a single die roll? For example, a 1 = CCW, a 2 = CW, a 3 or 4 = no change?

Yes, with a 1 or 2 being equivalent to drawing a token, so it would take two successive 1s or 2s to affect an actual wind change. That maintains the element of warning that the wind might change clockwise next turn, but defintitely not counter-clockwise...

[Andy Blozinski]

How did you get 12.5% with a 4 sided die?

[7eat51]

How did you get 12.5% with a 4 sided die?

By developing a probability based on two turns - Turn 1 probability of rolling a wind change = 2/4 or 50%; Turn 2 probability of rolling same wind change = 1/4 or 25%; the probability, therefore, of rolling the same wind change on turns 1 and 2 = 2/16 or 12.5%. When you do an AND calculation, you multiply the probabilities - same die roll on turns 1 AND 2. This assumes something like 1 = CCW change, 2 = CW change, 3 or 4 = no change.

[RichardPF]

So before I make any comments on wind direction changes I have a question or three:

On page 58 of the rules under the Wind Counters section the 2nd drawing from the left has the caption:
Wind Direction Counters (8)

The 4th, 5th and 6th images from the left have the captions:
Clockwise Wind Direction Change Counters (3)
Counter–Clockwise Wind Direction Change Counters (3)
Unchanged Wind Direction Counters (4)

Is there something I am missing here or is there an error somewhere here?

I'm thinking there might be something I am missing because the 1st and 3rd image captions are:
Wind Direction (Back)
Wind Direction Change (Back)

If these are the backs of the Unchanged and Change counters, where is the 2nd image used?
Is there a front to this counter? possibly indicating one of the 8 directions to which the wind may be set?