Goldilocks Syndrome

[Dobbs]

The big 4 person melee I was hoping for didn't happen on Saturday because Covid got in the way.



Instead, my friend and fellow potential Covid contaminant Ray and I entertained ourselves by challenging my AI to a duel. It ran an 18 pdr Hebe against our two 12 pdr 32 gun frigates.

We had tried this before and gotten our clocks cleaned. We felt we had experience this time.



The pictures are just the opening sequences. We went for the weather gauge and the AI let us have it. We ran into challenges with clear fields of fire while the British ship ate Ray's frigate for lunch.



The game ran about 15 turns and was finally resolved with me covering Ray in a tactical retreat. The plotting and movement worked very much like I was hoping, and only a little clarification was needed for tacking. Seeing which masts and sails were being hit definitely lent to the fun of the game. Ray lost his fore topmast and t'gallant. The British lost their main t'gallant mast and main topsail. In my mind's eye, it looked a lot like many nautical paintings.

My soloplay mechanism is vicious. I find it funny that I'm taking notes on strategy from some numbers I scribbled on a page.

[Bligh]

Nice to see your AI is getting a good run. So often I feel that they are at a disadvantage simply because they have a poor take on what is really going on. This seems to compensate for that.
Rob.