TCR is about done.
I will go away now and do pictures etc. Simon will give it a look over and off we go.
martin :)
Thanks Martin. Simon has a non-work week next week, so that would be good timing :)
Simon
I will contact you straight away. Thanks
martin :)
Hi Martin, around a week or so ago I dropped you a quick email (to the PPig email address I think) with a couple of last-minute comments about TCR - did you ever get to see the message? If you did, but have just been too busy to respond then that's fine - but I was just concerned that it might have disappeared into the aether... ;)
Jon.
Hello Jon
Sorry for not replying, bad manners on my part. whoops, sorry.
Your concern was about a triple giving an aim and not a hit.
Only doubles create hits.
A triple feels good but has not achieved being a double.
This is intended to preserve the rule simplicity. ie a double is a hit. Anything else is not a hit. There are no partial or almost hits.
This also means that 5 same scores create a hit and an aim rather than two hits and a spare score. This is in the rules for clarity.
6 same scores is three hits.
If triples are included too many hits would be created for the desired amount of outcomes.
martin :)
Thanks Martin - don't worry about not getting round to replying, we're all busy (!) - I was more worried that maybe it hadn't got to you.
The explanation is appreciated, it still just feels counter-intuitive for me - but if the number crunching says that is the way it should be, then who am I to argue? ;)
The only reason I brought it up was that originally I had thought I was probably the only one bugged by it, until a new player raised exactly the same point - that's when I thought I had better at least mention it. ;D ;D ;D
Jon.
You are not alone Jon.
A few people have wanted the triple to count as a double.
I understand their logic of "I got more than I needed". However, they need to understand that a double is the needed outcome.
Maybe they could consider an analogy along the lines of salt in food?
Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to this recipe.
"Surely the more salt I put on the better?"
OR
The mortar target is 300m away. "if I shoot at 400m that is even better than 300m".
martin :)
;D ;D ;D
Out of curiosity, what IS the % difference in the number of hits IF you were to count a triple as a "double and a spare"?
My Math-Fu is weak today.... ;D
My counter-analogy of how it FEELS as a player (irrespective of what it does to the numbers) would be:
FIRST LITTLE KID: "I've been given two sweets, and I can eat both of them! Yay! (CrunchCrunchCrunchYumYumYum)..."
SECOND LITTLE KID: "I've been given THREE sweets, but I'm not allowed to eat ANY of them.... (very glum face)"
Anyway, this is a very small hillock that I have no plans to die upon, and even if the only reason is "that's the way I want it to be" then that's just fine! :D
I will shut up about this now.... ;D
Jon
Jon
You able to join us for the TCR day at Entoyment, Pool, 14th March?
Stewart
Quote from: Stewart 46A on February 16, 2026, 12:33:37 PMJon
You able to join us for the TCR day at Entoyment, Pool, 14th March?
Stewart
Sorry Stewart, would love to but a) March is pretty busy for me, and b) it's a flippin' long way! ;D
Jon.
Hi Jon
May be next time
Stewart
Not a big % difference.
obviously 2D6 no triple possible.
3D6 3%
4D6 10%
5D6 20%
Assuming most shots are 4D6 this would reduce hits by 10%.
That includes opportunity shots too.
martin :)
Thanks for the numbers, Martin. :D
Jon.