Marauder Migration.....

[.45cultist]

For Twilight 2000 or Twilight 2013, I've been thinking about spring and fall roving brigands in my "civvie" campaign. South for the fall, north for the spring. Even with different routes, they would still be stamped out. But these bands would hamper rebuilding and drain resources.

[Raellus]

I like it. I hadn't thought about migrating marauders before but it makes sense and there are tons of historical parallels. The Huns, Magyars, Mongols and other steppe horse tribes were all, in effect, migrating during their eras of territorial expansion. It wasn't always seasonal or round-trip, but it was migration. Several of the more warlike nomadic or semi-nomadic American plains indians like the Commanche and the Sioux also migrated frequently to follow the herds of American buffalo and that movement (and territoriality) often led to clashes with white homesteaders, miners, merchants, etc., often with deadly results for both parties.

[stormlion1]

Figure North to South as the seasons roll on the East Coast. I mean who wants to raid somewhere with three feet of snow on the ground?

[Adm.Lee]

So, the South, especially Florida, will have a big problem with gangs fighting each other over turf, and then over food & fuel. On the one hand, a lot of marauders will be killed off. On the other, the strongest will be forming super-gangs.

Come spring, the enlarged gangs, with all of the dead marauder weapons concentrated in fewer hands, may migrate north, triggering lots of battles with locals, state & Federal forces sent to block/deter/arrest them.

That sounds like a campaign worthy of European veterans!

[stormlion1]

Mad Max on the East Coast more like.

[Schone23666]

Hmmm, battle-hardened veterans of the European theater of WWIII vs. the apocalyptic raiders of the future wasteland? It might have potential.

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