Artillery Duel by Steven Diceman
Overview Setup:
In Artillery Duel each of the
two players will take on the
role of a hidden artillery gun.
They are each trying to hit
their opponent’s gun while
keeping their own placement
hidden.
You will each need a single
sheet of paper and a writing
utensil to play.
Adjacency:
Adjacency between tiles is
orthogonal only and
measurement is counted the
same way.
Border tiles are considered
edges of the map and do not
loop around.
Logging Data:
Being a game of hidden
movements it’s important to
track all location data for
players to share at the end of
the game.
You MUST at least track your
current coordinates and your
action for each turn. You
may track anything else you
wish.
For Example:
(C2) Move to D2.
(D2) Fire at E3. Range 3.
(D2) Fire at B3. Range 6
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Note: You may move 0 to
Each player should draw two
6x6 grids of squares. Label
them 1-6 along the top of
the squares, and A-F along
the left-hand side. Left to
right, top to bottom.
One grid represents their
own battlefield while the
other is to track the
opponent’s battlefield. These
are both used to make
decisions and track
impassable terrain.
Next each player will select 3
tiles on their own board to
become impassable terrain.
Fill in these tiles. You cannot
walk through these.
Once both have marked off
tiles reveal the impassable
terrain information to one
another.
Finally, each player secretly
chooses a starting tile and
marks it on their sheet.
For your first game allow the
younger player to act first. In
future games, allow the loser
of the previous game to go
first.
How to Play:
On a turn, each player is
allowed to make 1 of the
following actions:
Move: Select any non-
impassible tile adjacent to
your guns current tile. Simply
update your guns location.
bluff.
Fire: Select any tile on your
opponent’s board. Your
opponent must declare how
many tiles away his gun is
located. If this is your
opponent’s exact gun
location, it is immediately
destroyed and you win.
Destruction: Select any tile
on your opponent’s board.
Your opponent marks this as
impassable, but does not
reveal location information.
If this is your opponent’s
exact gun location, it is
immediately destroyed and
you win.
Special Powers:
Once you have a few games
under your belt you can add
the following special powers.
Each player may use each
special power once per game
as their action for the turn.
Evasion: Move up to two
tiles and you are allowed to
pass through impassable
terrain for this action.
Double Shot: Fire two
destruction shots this turn.
Spy Plane: Select any
coordinate. Your opponent
must reveal “Yes” or “No”
whether they are in either
that row or column.