Tank Patrol is a game created as a joke but has since evolved into an actual game. This game tries to simulate ground-armor combat between tanks, robots, hovercraft, whatever.
The game is played on a grid sheet of either 1-inch squares or hexagons, but the floor can do nicely as well. Coins of any denomination are used as playing peices. Youll also need a thirty-sided die available at many hobby or game stores.
Pieces are assigned either by cash-value or by using whatever is in the players pockets or change jar at the time. The player with the most change obviously has an advantage, just as the nation with the most money to build tanks would. Pieces are arranged tactically on the floor in preparation for a battle, no contending pieces may start within 12 inches of another. Play then commences in two phases per turn, movement then attack resolution. During the movement phase, each coin may move, in any direction, 2 inches.
After each coin has moved, each player is able to resolve any attacks. Each coin may attack once per round at a range in inches equal to the last digit of the year the coin was minted, zeroes representing ten. An attack is made by rolling the thirty-sided die and adding the attacking coin's value. The defender also rolls a thirty sided die and adds their coin's value. If the resulting attack sum is higher than the defense sum, the defending coin is considered destroyed and is taken by the attacker. Any other result means a missed shot and the defender is safe.
At the end of the game, the winner is the player with all of the money.
Players may use half-dollar or dollar value coins in a game to represent air strikes or orbital bombardment. Half-dollars move at 5 inches and dollars move at 10 inches. Half-Dollars and Dollars may divide their cash value among many targets, attacking any within range, however, their defense value is only 5 for half-dollars and 10 for dollars.