questions on game mechanics

[mikeo80]

It has been a long time since I put my $0.02 into this forum. Life has been exciting to say the least.

I had some time the other night to pull out my copy of T2000, 2nd edition.

So to re-learn the rules, I started to build a PC. no problems. Everything was straight forward as I remembered the rules.

THEN:

I got to equipment. I picked a 2 1/2 ton truck. And then the math geek inside of me started to squeal.

Per the rules, your vehicle has ONE (1) tank of either ethanol or methanol. I decided on methanol. Per the scenario notes for escape from Kalisz, the German 3rd Army and the American 11 Corps had just finished spring planting. I surmised that food stocks would be low and could not be used for ethanol.

According to the fuel consumption tables, methanol it 3.5 times less efficient than gas or diesel. According to the specs for the 2 1/2, it caries 195 liters of fuel. If I am reading the movement rules correctly, your truck will use 227.5 km of fuel in four hours. SO in about 3 hours YOU ARE OUTOF GAS!!!

You will have gotten approx. 135 km. down the road.

Comments and thoughts are welcome.

My $0.02
Mike