Mine if I ask a question?

[AirGriff]

I like to season my ports with mines, preferably the strong flavored one's that give a lot of pop when eaten, but when it comes to mines more the better is best no matter what kind, right? The IJ have a variety of mines with various effectiveness. My question is, if I season my ports with a variety of mines will the game mechanics recognize and make a die roll for which type mine is hit, or will it just default to a particular mine?

[kbfchicago]

Thanks for asking this, on my mind as well as I frequently mix/match allied mine fields between both types and nationalities....

[mind_messing]

My question is, if I season my ports with a variety of mines will the game mechanics recognize and make a die roll for which type mine is hit

Spot on.

You'll see "xAK Onetime Minesweeperaru hits Mk VII Mine at San Franciso" if and when it does happen.

[AirGriff]

Thanks mind-messing. I never noticed that. I shall season my ports with whatever mines are at hand!

[Lokasenna]

ORIGINAL: AirGriff

Thanks mind-messing. I never noticed that. I shall season my ports with whatever mines are at hand!

You can take this approach. It's probably "good enough."

However, I like to look at the 'effect' values of mines, and put my nice big ones in juicy places.

[crsutton]

Each field you lay will have a chance to pop a ship depending on size, and each field can only have one type of mine. So yes, sow away. So if you had 10 fields with MK12 mines and 5 with MK10, the odds are that a MK12 will pop off first but you never know. I will have to check the editor but I think the accuracy rating for all mines is the same.