THUNDERBOLT DELUXE

Advanced Naval System

Charts & Tables PAC
April 2024

8.7 PORT HARBOR CAPACITY 8.32 NAVAL MOVEMENT DISTANCE EFFECTS

CHART TABLE
Port Squadron Capacity Adjusted DR Effect
Carthage (Cr-3028) 18 to 22 0* - 7 No Effect
Ostia (It-3715) 5 to 20 8 - 10 Scattered
Massilia (It-1629) 10 11 -13 Blown Off Course
14+ Blown Off Course and lose 25% of Fleet
Neapolis (It-4512) 5 to 10
* = On a natural 0, roll again for a Major Disaster. Fleets using the
Tarentum (It-5405) 12
Corvus check for Major Disaster on a natural die roll of 0 or 9.
Syracusa (It-6419) 10
DRM:
Lilybaeum (It-5526) 15 +1 for every 10 Distance Points (DP) accumulated during the move
Drepanum (It-5326) 12 (round down)
All other Secondary Ports 4 • Each Coastal Sea Hex is worth 1 DP
All Minor Ports 2 • Each All-Sea Hex is worth 5 DP
No Effect: The player is free to continue operations or complete any
desired actions with the Fleet.
8.39 NAVAL INTERCEPTION
Scattered: The Fleet has fallen apart and landed in various locations
Interception Roll …. Result along the shore. Place a SCATTERED marker on top of it. The player
DR <= Admiral/Duumvir Conduct Naval cannot perform any action with the Fleet until he successfully
Campaign Rating Combat completes Reform Scattered Units operation (AW 5.3/I) to return the
affected units back to normal status.
DR > Admiral/Duumvir No Interception
Campaign Rating Blown Off Course: The owning player places the Fleet in any non-
Port coastal hex at least 3 hexes but no more than 5 hexes from the
hex where the Stop occurred. The Fleet is Scattered in this hex.
DRMs (all cumulative):
+2 if intercepting Fleet is In Port. Blown Off Course and Lose 25 % of Fleet: Eliminate 25% of
+3 if attempt is into an adjacent hex. Squadrons (and SP if present) in the Fleet with a minimum of 1
Squadron and/or 1 SP lost. Any Admirals with the Fleet must roll for
Conditions: a Leader Casualty (AW 8.6). The Fleet is Blown Off Course as above.
− enemy begins Force Movement in Fleet’s hex.
− enemy uses Reform Scattered Units in Fleet’s hex. Major Disaster: Roll two dice, one before the other, reading the
result as a number between 0 and 99. If that dice roll is lower than the
− enemy enters Fleet’s hex and does not Attack.
number of DP Accumulated for that move, the entire Fleet has been
− enemy enters a hex adjacent to the Fleet’s hex. sunk by a storm and is eliminated.
One attempt per Operations unless enemy moves 2
hexes away or reenters the Fleet’s hex.
8.42 NAVAL AVOIDANCE
Avoidance Roll ….
DR <= Admiral/Duumvir
Campaign Rating
DR > Admiral/Duumvir
Campaign Rating
DRM:
-1 for each Guile Point expended (Naval-Only leaders only)
Result
Avoidance succeeds. Fleet may
Retreat up to 2 Coastal hexes. Fleet
must leave the hex unless it enters a
friendly Port in that hex.
Conduct Naval Combat
NAVAL BATTLE RESOLUTION
SEQUENCE
1. Determine all DRMs (8.44)
2. Each Player rolls one die, applying DRMs, and
notes
3. Eliminate squadrons to reflect Losses and check
for Leader Casualties (8.45)
4. Conduct Retreats, if desired or mandated (8.47)

8.45 NAVAL BATTLE RESULT TABLE

8.5 RAID
Adjusted DR Result Adjusted DR Percentage Loss
5 or less Raid Fails -1 or lower 0
6+ Raid Succeeds. Place a raid marker in 0, 1 5 down
the hex.
2 10 down
DRMs (all cumulative): 3, 4 10 up
+1 for each Squadron in the Fleet 5 20 down*
-1 for each enemy SP present in the hex 6 20 up
7, 8 25 down*
Conditions:
9 25 up
− Fleet must have 2 or less squadrons.
10 33 up
− Target must be a Flat hex in an enemy Home province.
11 50 up
12 and higher 66 up
8.45 NAVAL COMBAT RATIO CHART * But always at least 1 squadron lost
Combat Ratio* DRM All results are expressed in terms of percentage of
Squadrons lost, and whether to round any fractional
1-4 or worse +4
losses up or down. If the result is an up, any fractional
1-3 +3 loss is treated as loss of 1 Squadron. Thus, a “10 up”
1-2 +2 result for a Fleet with 10 or less Squadrons would cause
1-1.5 +1 a 1 Squadron loss.
1-1 0 If a Fleet has lost Squadrons, the player must roll for a
1.5-1 -1 Leader Casualty (AW 8.6) if an Admiral is present.
2-1 -2 DRMs (all cumulative):
3-1 -3
− Strength Ratio Adjustment: Each DR is adjusted
4-1 or better -4 as per the Naval Combat Ratio Chart.
* Each player determines the comparative strength Ratio − Tactical Superiority
(Combat Odds) of his Fleet vs. that of his opponent Roman Tactical Superiority: -1 to his DR; +1 to
his opponent's
Carthaginian Tactical Superiority: -2 to his DR;
+3 to his opponent's
− Corvus: +2 to the opponent's DR
− Crew Superiority: The difference between the
higher Crew Rating and lower Crew Rating is
applied the side with the lower Crew Rating