I had mine printed via Lulu and it looks really good, I'll post a picture of it when I'm back home.

i have been thinking about printing and binding mine also. looking forward to adding to my collection.

I bought that as soon as I found out about it -- I got an email. I put on my tablet so I can read it when I take my mother to her doctor's appointments.

You can do that with any T2K sourcebook in PDF of course; I do it all the time myself.

Glad to hear that you enjoy it reading it so much!

FYI - working on a possible new cover and possibly changing some photos using a photo editor that I found to look more like the original T2K pencil sketches - will give you guys a heads up when its ready - for those who bought the pdf it should automatically let you download it when its ready

Congrats to Raellus on his Korean Sourcebook - hope to see others soon follow both of us as authors. And for those thinking of publishing there definitely is continuing interest in the new works as to sales - both Rooks Gambit and the East African Sourcebook continue to attract attention and new buyers months (or in my case nearly a year) after they were published - and bringing people back to the game who havent played it since it was first released.

Excellent module! Only thing I missed was a large scale map of the mentioned countries in Africa. Though I might of missed it!

Glad to see some BUFFs still flying. Makes sense in a relatively safe area for aircraft. Anyone have any thoughts on the CONUS B-52s?

there is a large scale map of Kenya and the surrounding countries on page 4 - I am actually considering adding another page to the pdf as an update showing large scale maps for the other surrounding countries if people think that would be a good addition

Page 71 and 72 do show large scale maps of Tanzania and the Congo that show areas of control for the various factions and militaries of the area as well

I would suspect there have to be some B-52's flying still in CONUS but most likely all gathered in a couple of bases under Milgov control and probably reserved for nuclear only missions or very high priority conventional attacks

And thank you very much for your comments - glad you enjoyed the module so much! Loved being able to make a new canon release for the game after so many years since the last from the original authors

In my campaign, there were still a few operational B-52s flying in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and Egypt), Guam, Hong Kong, Fairchild AFB, Barksdale AFB, Minot AFB, and F.E Warren AFB. Alert bombers were staged from Minot and Warren. About 42 total fully operational (mostly Hs but a few Gs and Ds). Still plenty of others that can fly (or made to fly), but grounded due to fuel or maintenance issue. Also, over 27 B-2s operational (30 some odd surviving) and over 60 B-1s surviving (but only a handful - 8 - on alert).

Nice to see others letting the BUFFS up and flying!

and since the East Africa/Kenya Sourcebook is canon that means that its canon that at least some of the big bombers are still operational and flying - its a small force in Africa but they are there and still operational - from the Sourcebook:

917th Operations Group
· 93rd Consolidated Bomb Squadron
o Manpower: 180 men
o Aircraft: four B-52H, two B-52G, three B-1B

This squadron, the last one operational outside the United States, was formed from the survivors of the squadrons that were based at Diego Garcia.

and they even have a few nukes left if the Soviets go nuclear again - four AGM-86B cruise missiles, eight B61 and three B83 nuclear bombs.

My old USAFR unit!!!
Proper designation would be 917th Wing. The 93rd BS and 45th FS (A-10s) were part of the Wing in the 90s. We had 6xB-52s nominally assigned operated by the wing. In practice, the B-52s were actually shared with the 2nd Bomb Wing.

So would you have actually been on duty at that time with the wing? If so well now you know where you would be in the canon.

I had all the bombers placed in one squadron to be able to consolidate all remaining maintenance and support members along with the pilots and crew members in one squadron- you are looking at the remnants of several squadrons with the mix of aircraft.

I was active duty till 1990 and got out to go to law school.

With war looming in 1995, i'ld likely tried to get into the Army. I was a bit bitter over my experiences in SAC and would have avoided going to SAC at all costs. I'ld likely been coded as a SAC asset and would have likely ended up in SAC again if activated or went into the USAF, so Army or Navy likely. Definitely subject to recall, so I'ld joined something rather than going back into SAC. Always like the Rangers or Green Berets! lol Can see myself ending up in the 256th. Probably in the organic cavalry troop.

If were in the USAFR, I was a Logistic Readiness Officer - Transportation. Had a lot of air cargo experience. Was stationed at Kunsan AB for 18 months. The 917th was closest Reserve unit. So assuming ended up in the USAFR, I would have been in the 917th Logistic Support Squadron. Puts me in Africa under your canon.

Not just my canon. Keep in mind that the new releases are all authorized by Marc Miller who owns the game and the rights to the canon.

Thats why we had to run it all thru him and why they were released by him at drivethrurpg.com - neither Raellus or I released them ourselves.

As for where you would be - hey Kenya is pretty good duty compared to a lot of places in the canon - at the least you can still get decent coffee.

Those can cause some damage i think, but then again i think a lot of damage has already been done during the war.

Just bought your sourcebook Olefin. Excellent stuff!

Love hearing that! Thank you very much for that - makes my day for sure! I really wanted to make something that people would really enjoy and be able to use it for their own campaigns

One year anniversary today of the first new official Twilight 2000 sourcebook since the 1990's. Love to hear if anyone has used it in a campaign yet - and hope people enjoy it for many years to come.

I recently bought the sourcebook and am very pleased. I'm using it largely as background material for now but I may be running a campaign set there in the near future. I was inspired by one of David Poyer's novels, The Crisis, set in a fictional East African country. It is a depressing yet very gripping story, and here this book has a ready made ORBAT and eerything which is awesome.

Thank you for your comments and glad you liked it. Definitely put a lot of work into those orbats to make them as believable as possible - too some digging to get good info on the Ugandans and Rwandans.

Wanted to make them more detailed than the typical orbats so that players and GM's could get a real sense of what the units actually had - especially considering the wide variety of equipment that would be present in Africa - and for the US units especially showing how they are having to make do and improvise and depend on what they can find and repair in many cases.

I just like have to read when i am bored.

How did the gorillas in the interior fare?

Thats something I didnt consider - and that might make a good mini-module or adventure

However things did get way out of hand in Kenya

"Poaching of Kenya’s wildlife, already endemic before the war, has risen to new heights as the death of tourism and reduced agricultural output
has driven people to attack the once protected native species in Kenya’s wildlife parks. The Kenyan government has done what it can by
deploying the few remaining units from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to intercept armed criminals in the game parks and stop livestock thefts as much as they can. But they are clearly outmatched by the sheer number of
incidents."

After seeing a post on the Rhodesian Cobra SMG I started looking at the vehicles and weapons of the Rhodesian Bush War and considering doing an update adding vehicles to the sourcebook covering some of those very unique vehicles since most of them were passed onto the Zimbabwean Army - and would have served with their forces in the Congo War - and thus possibly be encountered by characters who venture into the Congo or Zimbabwe - vehicles like the MAP45 and MAP75 or the Crocodile

As an item of interest, at the end of the war, a small number of those locally made mine-protected vehicles were driven to South Africa by their crews. A number of military units quit Rhodesia and offered themselves and all their gear to the South African government and those particular vehicles added to the knowledge of mine protection for South African military vehicles.

But as for the vehicles... along with the MAP45, MAP75 and Crocodile, you could also include the MPCV (Mine Protected Combat Vehicle), basically like the MAP series but based on a Unimog chassis and equiped & used as an IFV. Probably made as a Rhodesian version of the UR-416 APCs they had in service at the time. You could also include the Ferret Scout Cars the Rhodies had and if you really wanted a "What the hell is that?" vehicle, you could have the Leopard Security Vehicle or even the one and only example of the Bullet TCV.

After a very extended period of writers block I am finally back to work on Twilight 2000 stuff including a revision to the East Africa Sourcebook similar to what Raellus did with improving and updating his Korean Sourcebook. Fixing some editing errors and improving the flow and looking at possibly adding more info to improve it for those wanting to use it as a basis for campaigns in the area.

Definitely looking for any suggested areas of improvement or added information that people here might want to suggest.

One thing I will be adding is more info on Kenya's agriculture and animals - including the large numbers of camels and donkeys (over 1.8 million donkeys are used there in various transport capacities) that are used for transport in Kenya and the surrounding area that was barely touched on in the original release

Just bought it myself. Well done that man!

Thank you very much - very glad that you enjoyed it and good to see interest in it over a year and a half since it was initially published.:)

it would be nice to see something about the rail network

this is the entry as it stands - and could see about improving it to add more details

"Kenya’s railroad system boasted some 2,778 kilometers of narrow-gauge, one-meter track, 150 stations, and a fleet of 156 locomotives and some 7,000 coaches and wagons before the war began. The system, managed by the Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC), served both Kenya and land-locked countries in the East African region. The most important route runs from Mombasa through Nairobi to the Ugandan border. Rail traffic is now limited to what is needed for the military and vital military production needs, with only twice weekly passenger trains from Mombasa to Nairobi for civilians. About half the rolling stock and locomotives of the railway are still operational."

Updated East Africa Kenya Sourcebook being sent to Marc tonight - should be out soon - added more details about the Somalis including an orbat for the "brigades" that invaded Kenya in 2001, added an expanded animal chart that covers animals that are specific to the area (thank you Paul for the information that I needed on your page to create it), modifications to the encounter chart to take into account how that area (outside of Ethiopia and the Sudan) doesnt have much in the way of horses, as well as modifications to the V2.2 character charts to be able to do things like play a Pararescueman.

Will also include some information on the US forces that are in Liberia as well and why they are there.

Hope you all enjoy it - this will be the definitive version of it and no further changes or updates.

Bit late perhaps as you are already updating! But I had a few thoughts on the British contingent.

If Kenya is important enough for CENTCOM to deploy an airborne brigade followed by an armored brigade (Essentially an under-strength division) then for Britain to not make more effort to deploy there seems unlikely. Admittedly Britain and the US see the middle-east as the more decisive theater. But if Kenya falls then so does the mid-east. I think this justifies the British making a better 'token' display. I would suggest that a territorial army (British National Guard) battalion deploy. The Territorial army is a heavily neglected portion of canon and with between 72000 to 90000 men unaccounted for leaves you plenty of room to play with.

The British MEFF consists of an over strength Brigade with an attached battalion of Paratroopers who deploy everything from their garrison in Oman to Iran. This leaves Oman and their supply base exposed. To compensate, it could be explained that the British transport two Infantry Battalions to provide communication and home base security for Oman. When the Kenyans requests assistance from the western allies. The US deploys the 173rd and Britain splits off a battalion and sends it along.

This battalion would be light infantry and as such entirely relying on American transportation or whatever soft skinned vehicles can be cobbled together from the Kenyans or British Army Training Unit Kenya.

Was 46 Commando meant to be a battalion size unit or a company?

The final update goes to Marc this weekend - so let me look again at the British Army Training Unit - one reason I have the US going there as did Frank in his original barebones outline was that the British couldnt help the Kenyans - they were literally spread so thin there wasnt anything left

Does that mean my previous version of this great scourcebook i own will be change much.

Yes it will change - updated how it was written to make it flow better, fixed typos and some continuity errors, added the Somali "brigades" that actually invaded Kenya, added an expanded animals encounter chart and notes on animals used for transport in Kenya, updated the character notes to V2.2, added notes on security/MP troops and Air Force special forces, removed one formation as I realized it would have deployed to Iran with the 82nd, modified another to beef it up and added an appendix on Liberia with the forces there tasked to keep the Omega transmitter there in working order.

from what I understand from Marc if you have already bought it you should be able to get the upgraded version for free

Thanks, for the update Olefin.

And what's most likely to happen is that you'll get an email from DriveThruRPG letting you know that an updated version is available. The email will usually have a link for downloading the updated version.
That's how it's worked for one of the other GDW games (The Tampete sourcebook for Dark Conspiracy) that needed an update.
EDIT: And yes, the update for the Tampete book was free of charge.

just got an email about the updated book on DriveThruRPG is ready to down load. I can not wait to get home and pull it down!!!!

and it is now stated to be officially V2.2 canon - per Marc Miller and in the introduction of the sourcebook as well as who has the copyright - i.e. no longer copyrighted to me but instead to Far Future Enterprises

hell of a moment for me to have it finally officially recognized as such