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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 5181168" data-attributes="member: 26473">One tabletop inch equals ten yards (1e AD&D PHB, "Distance," p. 39), so 1 mph is about 3 inches per round on the tabletop.Took me about thirty seconds to write out the conversion factors, and about three seconds to solve it.Yes, it would've been helpful to have included that information in the DMG, but it's hardly a showstopper if you understand how the rules work together in the first place.Actually, they do (1e AD&D DMG, "Siege Attack Values" table, p. 109).I'm on my laptop, which means I don't have access to the 1e MM at the moment; I only own it on .pdf, unlike my PHB and DMG which are here next to me. Iirc, however, the rules under animals like giant squid and giant octopus describe how they damage ships, and this is referenced specifically by the DMG (p. 55). Once I get to the .pdf, I can give you a more definitive answer.Or you could just try using the rules as written for the things that are covered and rely on referee intepretation for the things that aren't - provided you actually take the time to understand what the rules cover and how they work in the first place, of course.</blockquote>