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It takes concentration
In Guadalcanal Campaign (Strategic Simulations), an airplane
looking for submarines will ignore enemy carrier fleets it may
encounter.
Butterfingers!
In Hero Games' Champions, the probability of an average person
being able to grab something off the table (such as a soft-drink bottle)
is 25 per cent.
First you take off the lens cap
Tri-Tac's FTL: 2448 reveals that a ship's sensors have a 1 per
cent of failing to detect a giant gas planet 300 feet away. The chance
rises to 11 per cent if you don't know what you are looking for.
Manual insertion
In TSR's Vampyre, one of the weapons provided to fight off
Dracula's legions is a silver bullet, used for killing werewolves. But on
the page 16 of the rule book, it is stated that 'a gun is not needed to
use this item.'
Stopwatch battles
Each turn in Star Fleet Battles works out to one-thirtieth of a
second. During this time, a ship can maneuver, fire all weapons, and send
out a boarding party.
Sizzling simulations
NATO includes the following: 'To simulate the use of strategic
nuclear weapons simply soak the map with lighter fluid and apply a
flame.'