House rules for Ben Knight's Seven Seas to Victory
				1993

Most of these house rules are simply due to particular rules being
re-used from Ben Knight's earlier Victory at Midway - all of these
rules refer to capabilities and constraints that would be just as
evident in this game.

1. All damage in surface combat is applied at the same time.  

(The assumption that battleships would open fire first in surface
combat, especially at night, does not fit in with any of the
historical battles - maneuvering and target identification always
meant that escorts would get into the fight at the same time.  The
change might have the result of making things harder for the Allies
though.  The argument that defending ships fire first also makes no
sense - it's true that part of an approaching ship's guns would be
masked but the advantage for the defenders in the game is ridiculously
strong. Alternately, one could try this dampened version of the
original rule: defending two-step battleships fire *once*, in the
second stage all ships fire and the ships that have fired in the first
stage fire a second time.)

2. Airstrikes against land targets should be launched before search
results are announced.  (As in Victory at Midway; this is a great way
of simulating the need to load different types of ordnance.)

3. It should be possible to use bomber units for search missions.
Place the unit on a hex within range and declare an air search.

4. Mark ships that have just engaged in surface combat as fatigued.
Their surface strength is lowered by 1 till noon the next day.

5. Mark ships that have engaged in surface combat as low on
ammunition. Their surface strength is lowered by 1 till they spend 3
turns in a friendly port.  (Ships simply could not go on firing
forever. In fact one could argue that the value should be reduced by 1
for *every time* a ship was involved in surface combat.  You really
need to get into a port to be able to replenish ammunition.  I note
that this rule might counteract the balance shift caused by rule 1,
since the Allies have more ports in the vicinity.)