Some FNG Tour of Duty Questions

[spacemonkey]

Hello,

I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping that someone can help me out with these questions related to FNG Tour of Duty. Any help would be very much appreciated.

1) p.25 Return Fire  "The Character is allowed to return fire on whoever shot at it up to its maximum Target Rating".

Let's say that the character is shot by enemies A, B, C, D, and E. The character miraculously survives and now gets to return fire. The character has a weapon with a Target rating of 4. According to the rule, can the character fire at A, B, C, and D (four targets) using one roll on the Shooting Table? Do they have to be within 4 inches (arc of fire)? In addition, could the character just concentrate all 4 shots on enemy A (if they wanted to)?

2) p.25 Return Fire " Can only fire once at any charger. Cannot exceed the number of shots for the weapon regardless of the number of chargers fired at."

Does "Can only fire once at any charger." mean that "the character chooses one charger and then performs a swath with his rifle possibly hitting other chargers and distributing shots in any way he wants (e.g., two shots against 1st target, one shot against second target, one shot against third target)" or does it mean "one shot per charger and shoot a number of chargers equal to the Target Value and within the arc of fire of the weapon"? Or does it mean something else?

3) p.25 Throwing a Grenade.  "Now roll on the Shooting Table normally." I'm assuming this means one roll (total) for all the targets in the blast. I'm not sure how to interpret the results in the case of a grenade. For example, if enemies A, B, C, and D are in an open space and caught in the blast template of a grenade, in the case of 2 successes that means they take one hit each (seems the most feasible outcome). In the case of 1 success, only the first target gets hit and the remaining three enemies are fine and get to return fire at the grenade thrower. In the case of zero successes, none of them are hit and all enemies return fire at the grenade thrower. Is this interpretation correct?
I wondered whether each target should require a roll on the Shooting Table, that is, in the case of four targets, that would be four separate rolls on the Shooting Table.

4) p.23 Claymore Mine. "When detonated, targets within an 8” circle are at risk. Roll once on the Shooting Table (page 73) for each figure.

First, in the case of a claymore, do I roll using the REP of the character who set up the claymore?

Let's say three enemies are caught in the blast template. I'm assuming I now make three separate rolls. If all enemies are in the open, that would mean two successes or one success would be a hit. In the case of zero successes, that's a miss and Return Fire. Do they return fire at the person who remotely triggered the claymore (seems a bit strange)?

Anyway, I'm planning on playing a game with these rules over the summer and it would be great if I could clear up some of these points before the game.

Thanks for your time.

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

Jun 21, 2022 13:55:08 GMT spacemonkey said:

Hello,

I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping that someone can help me out with these questions related to FNG Tour of Duty. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Welcome aboard. Here goes.

1) p.25 Return Fire  "The Character is allowed to return fire on whoever shot at it up to its maximum Target Rating".

Let's say that the character is shot by enemies A, B, C, D, and E. The character miraculously survives and now gets to return fire. The character has a weapon with a Target rating of 4. According to the rule, can the character fire at A, B, C, and D (four targets) using one roll on the Shooting Table? Yes, if want to. Do they have to be within 4 inches (arc of fire)? Yes, must be within in the arc. In addition, could the character just concentrate all 4 shots on enemy A (if they wanted to)? Yep, can shoot at whomever shot at him, not have to be more than one.

2) p.25 Return Fire " Can only fire once at any charger. Cannot exceed the number of shots for the weapon regardless of the number of chargers fired at."

Does "Can only fire once at any charger." mean that "the character chooses one charger and then performs a swath with his rifle possibly hitting other chargers and distributing shots in any way he wants (e.g., two shots against 1st target, one shot against second target, one shot against third target)" or does it mean "one shot per charger and shoot a number of chargers equal to the Target Value and within the arc of fire of the weapon"? Or does it mean something else? Can shoot at as many chargers in the swath and subject to Target Rating, applying as many shots as he has.
Here's a hint. When firing at multiple targets only place 1 on the first target as the dice are applied form highest to lowest across the targets.

3) p.25 Throwing a Grenade.  "Now roll on the Shooting Table normally." I'm assuming this means one roll (total) for all the targets in the blast. I'm not sure how to interpret the results in the case of a grenade. For example, if enemies A, B, C, and D are in an open space and caught in the blast template of a grenade, in the case of 2 successes that means they take one hit each (seems the most feasible outcome). In the case of 1 success, only the first target gets hit and the remaining three enemies are fine and get to return fire at the grenade thrower. In the case of zero successes, none of them are hit and all enemies return fire at the grenade thrower. Is this interpretation correct? Yep. I'd add that all in the blast circle should Duck Back, going Prone 
I wondered whether each target should require a roll on the Shooting Table, that is, in the case of four targets, that would be four separate rolls on the Shooting Table. Nope, just like Target Rating.

4) p.23 Claymore Mine. "When detonated, targets within an 8” circle are at risk. Roll once on the Shooting Table (page 73) for each figure.

First, in the case of a claymore, do I roll using the REP of the character who set up the claymore? Roll versus Rep of figure being hit.

Let's say three enemies are caught in the blast template. I'm assuming I now make three separate rolls. If all enemies are in the open, that would mean two successes or one success would be a hit. In the case of zero successes, that's a miss and Return Fire. Do they return fire at the person who remotely triggered the claymore (seems a bit strange)? No return fire as they were no shot at.

Anyway, I'm planning on playing a game with these rules over the summer and it would be great if I could clear up some of these points before the game.

Thanks for your time. Please do. I'd make all squads 4 figures to start on both sides until you get the game mechanics down. They can be a bit different. 
Hope this helps.
Ed

[spacemonkey]

Hello again,

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I really appreciate it. That's really clarified a few points for me. The only two points I'm uncertain about are the grenades and claymores.

For grenades, in the case of two failures vs the grenade thrower's REP, should the outcome be (A) All Targets in blast template are missed, all Targets Return Fire, all targets Duck Back and all Targets go Prone OR (B) All Targets in blast template are missed, all targets Duck back, and all Targets go Prone. I'm just wondering if there's Return Fire in the case of grenades.

In the case of claymores, you mentioned "Roll vs REP of figure being hit"; in such a case, if I roll on the Shooting Table, doesn't that mean higher REP targets are more likely to be hit? Or do you mean, each target needs to roll on the Shooting Damage Table vs REP of figure being hit. In such a case, we just skip the Shooting Table and go straight to the Shooting Damage Table? Sorry if I misunderstood the process for claymores. That's the only one I'm really not sure about.

Thanks for all the advice. We'll keep squad numbers down to keep things simple. Looking forward to my first game.

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

Jun 22, 2022 3:13:00 GMT spacemonkey said:

Hello again,

Thank you so much for the quick reply. I really appreciate it. That's really clarified a few points for me. The only two points I'm uncertain about are the grenades and claymores.
Here goes.

For grenades, in the case of two failures vs the grenade thrower's REP, should the outcome be (A) All Targets in blast template are missed, all Targets Return Fire, all targets Duck Back and all Targets go Prone OR (B) All Targets in blast template are missed, all targets Duck back, and all Targets go Prone. I'm just wondering if there's Return Fire in the case of grenades.

In the case of claymores, you mentioned "Roll vs REP of figure being hit"; in such a case, if I roll on the Shooting Table, doesn't that mean higher REP targets are more likely to be hit? Or do you mean, each target needs to roll on the Shooting Damage Table vs REP of figure being hit. In such a case, we just skip the Shooting Table and go straight to the Shooting Damage Table? Sorry if I misunderstood the process for claymores. That's the only one I'm really not sure about. Yes, go to Shooting Damage Table, that'd be easier.

Thanks for all the advice. We'll keep squad numbers down to keep things simple. Looking forward to my first game. Let me know how it works out and any questions you may have.

[spacemonkey]

Hello again.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. That's really great support.
I'll let you know how the game goes (later this summer).
Cheers.

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

My pleasure. The big thing is that if you want to play a game with a rule change, just go ahead. I've done it many times over 24 years of game design and THW games have really evolved, as have the gamers. If you play someone just let them know about the rule change before the game starts. Hope this helps.