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Author Topic: Royal Navy using games  (Read 6446 times)

druid8172

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on: December 16, 2020, 04:37:27 PM
interesting article from the Royal Navy about using modified board games https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2020/december/16/20201216-ideas-awards

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Reply #1 on: December 16, 2020, 05:13:29 PM
That is interesting. Thanks  :bigthumb:

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Reply #2 on: December 17, 2020, 01:41:32 AM
Look at the size of those dice!! Mind you - it's the navy so makes sense  ;D



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Reply #3 on: December 17, 2020, 07:03:20 AM
And I bet they are waterproof :-)

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Reply #4 on: December 17, 2020, 08:10:12 AM
And float.

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Reply #5 on: December 17, 2020, 08:40:34 AM
They may be submersible.

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Reply #6 on: December 17, 2020, 08:55:22 AM
True.

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Reply #7 on: December 17, 2020, 09:02:31 AM
Can they snorkel?

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Reply #8 on: December 17, 2020, 09:07:32 AM
The answer to that is likely covered by the official secrets act.

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Reply #9 on: December 17, 2020, 09:57:06 AM
Or at the very least never mentioned when in 'polite company'.

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Reply #10 on: December 17, 2020, 10:01:03 AM
Or at the very least never mentioned when in 'polite company'.

That rules us out, then :-)

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