Both the Steampunk and Cyberpunk ideas are interesting, before voting however, how would you be doing this combat simulation between flagships for the steampunk idea?
My goal is to prevent micromanagement of battles, which could easily take months of real-time to perform on a bulletin-board setting. I will create my own "system" to take care of the battle, but players will be given only limited information of game mechanics.
A few things I will/will not do.
1) I will use a spreadsheet to automate this process. I will post human-readable output, such as
Turn 1.1a) The Artemis fires 40mm cannon battery at Dorian Gray. Armor Location A4 is hit, damage is 20 points. Armor is destroyed, 16 points carries through to main boiler which loses 25% steam generation for remainder of battle.
I probably will not add any "flavor" text. Players will not know the complete rules of battle in order to prevent powergaming - especially the difficulty modifiers of targeting moving objects. You will know enough to effectively create a vehicle. For example, I will tell you a cannon does 2d6+4 damage and wood has 20 hitpoints per tile.
2) I will select what I perceive to be the best tactics for the particular matchup. Two airships are basically going to circle each other and broadside each other until one is destroyed. An airship vs. a robot is basically going to be the airship "orbits" the robot as fast as possible to keep the robot's guns off of it. Those are just two examples and I am willing to adjust Round 2 and Round 3 matches based on player input.
I will not spend alot of time worrying about tactical maneuvering - for the most part, this game is going to be guns vs. defensive infrastructure. Want to ensure you have enough steam to keep moving and not be a sitting duck? Add redundant boilers and take away space that could be used for guns. Want more armor layers? You'll need more reinforcement and a bigger motor to drag all the weight along.
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