Re: Now on topic previously was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....

ShldWulf@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/11/02 7:25:31 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> derekfulton@bigpond.com writes:
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>> But just how small can a tiny nuke be? I can vaguely remember a
>> similar
>> thread a few years back during which some people discussed just
>> this.
>
> Which recalls to mind the way a certain board war-game, (NATO war or
> some-such?) answered the "problem" of gaming nukes in tactical combat.
>
> (Rule number forgotten) If using optional Nuclear Battlefield weapons,
> follow the following procedures:
>
> 1. Set out mapboard.
> 2. Defender sets out pieces.
> 3. Attacker sets out pieces.
> 4. Liberally apply lighter fluid to mapboard and pieces.
> 5. Apply match.
> 6.  Stand by with fire extinguisher.
>
> Randy

It was preserved in Murphy's Rules.  The quote was "To simulate the use
of STRATEGIC [emphasis mine] nuclear weapons on the battlefield, soak