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crazyritz 01-28-2018 05:43 PM

Hello guys, my name is Ritz and I am the latest addition to this community. It is so nice to meet you all. :p

swaghauler 02-01-2018 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyritz (Post 76995)
Hello guys, my name is Ritz and I am the latest addition to this community. It is so nice to meet you all. :p

Welcome aboard sir! Please check out the Forum Thread Map and add your thoughts to the various topics located there. If you have any questions about thread Necromancy, just ask Wallshadow. He's our resident Necromancer. Just watch what you're doing with that. Surviving WWIII is bad enough without having to fight off Eldrich Horrors too! :)

mike77 03-29-2018 12:35 AM

Hi all, found T2K a couple months ago and found little love for it from my in person gaming group or online, very pleased to find this forum. is there a section for players looking for campaigns/one shots?

Olefin 03-29-2018 07:14 AM

welcome to the forum and T2K - there is at least one post looking for players for an online game - I know there are several online campaigns going on

puška 06-04-2018 08:59 PM

(May 35th is an appropriate day to post.)
Long-time reader, frequent lurker, recent member.

Love reading the archived threads for culling ideas, and I hope to contribute something worthwhile in return... even if it's nothing more than some lurid tale from a member of our gaming group who was a pilot for Maybe Airlines flying into Sarajevo during the Siege.

swaghauler 06-11-2018 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by puška (Post 78224)
(May 35th is an appropriate day to post.)
Long-time reader, frequent lurker, recent member.

Love reading the archived threads for culling ideas, and I hope to contribute something worthwhile in return... even if it's nothing more than some lurid tale from a member of our gaming group who was a pilot for Maybe Airlines flying into Sarajevo during the Siege.

Welcome aboard!

Lurken 08-16-2018 12:22 AM

Hi all

Based in Stockholm and have hosted one game so far, played many more of T2k over internet. Currently busy trying to script up as much of the game as possible to make life as easy as possible for GMs and players, also trying to iteratively make best solution for spreadsheet management of inventory, gear and characters.

All this, because I'm lazy.

StainlessSteelCynic 08-16-2018 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Lurken (Post 78844)
Hi all

Based in Stockholm and have hosted one game so far, played many more of T2k over internet. Currently busy trying to script up as much of the game as possible to make life as easy as possible for GMs and players, also trying to iteratively make best solution for spreadsheet management of inventory, gear and characters.

All this, because I'm lazy.

Hey, if you've got the tools to make life easier, why not use them!
I'm sure that there's plenty of people who would have liked something like this 10 years ago :)

And also, welcome to the forum for all the new members.

Lurken 08-16-2018 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic (Post 78845)
Hey, if you've got the tools to make life easier, why not use them!
I'm sure that there's plenty of people who would have liked something like this 10 years ago :)

And also, welcome to the forum for all the new members.

Thanks, and I do hope that what I do might help convince new players to pick up the game. (I know I've been busy in my circles) Because I know that T2k is pretty damn daunting of a system at first glance. I had to hold my players hand a lot, just to make the transition for them an easier thing. So, with the tools I am making and will be making, I hope to lower the treshhold for other people too.

Olefin 08-17-2018 12:03 PM

Welcome aboard and welcome to the board - and hope you enjoy some of the new official Twilight 2000 material that has been released in the last year and a half

Ooo_Smart 01-07-2019 07:05 AM

Thank you all of you for welcoming me

swaghauler 01-12-2019 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ooo_Smart (Post 80504)
Thank you all of you for welcoming me

Welcome aboard sir!

I will encourage you to use the Search Function to find older threads and add your thoughts to them as well as checking out the posts in the Forum Thread Maps. The Thread Map Section has a lot of the more popular topics archived there. Since the Thread Maps section is fixed (as you will see) if you add any comments or new rules variations there, those posts will be permanently archived as well. This will allow future players to access your posts easier.


Swag.

Dackattack 01-22-2019 08:26 AM

Hey, I discovered this game about a year ago with a friend and his dad and had an absolute blast. Lately I've been working on campaign notes and other ideas. If anyone has any running online sessions that would be aweaome.

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Legbreaker 01-22-2019 05:19 PM

Are you looking at real time games, or play-by-post?

Dackattack 01-22-2019 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Legbreaker (Post 80630)
Are you looking at real time games, or play-by-post?

I can do both. Real time would be fun but I'm thinking play by post, seeing as how my internet isn't stellar

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Kappa 03-30-2019 02:14 AM

Lurkin.

Legbreaker 03-30-2019 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kappa (Post 81119)
Lurkin.

Not any more you're not! :D
Come out into the light like the rest of us freaks!

swaghauler 04-12-2019 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Kappa (Post 81119)
Lurkin.

Welcome "Dark Lurker!" Please feel free to "necro" ANY threads. Unlike other forums, we enjoy the "refreshing" or "revisiting" of old threads. You can check out the Forum Thread Map for ideas or just use the Search Function. If you have any Questions about "resurrecting threads," just ask Wallshadow. He's our resident Necromancer!


Swag.

wolffhound79 02-17-2020 06:13 PM

hello

Not really new to this site as ive come across it over the years but i am new as a member. Wanted to introduce myself and say hi!!!

B.T. 02-19-2020 03:47 AM

I haven`t been active for years, but I´m back - to gaming and to the board. So, hi to all the new (and old) members :D

wolffhound79 03-19-2020 02:03 PM

I've recently had some extra time on my hands with the covid 19 to post about our twilight experience. The only player I have left these days is my brother. When I first got the game in 1992 we were playing off and on for years. Of course as we grew up others played then left and would end up in the npc pile and eventually we stopped playing. After my brothers divorce we picked it up again, he decided that he wanted to get all his players from around the world home and concentrate on rebuilding the united states (however I think his real plan is to set up his own government lol). First his men in California participated in there rebuilding efforts then thru some large scale coordination started freeing up southern California and aiding forces in Arizona. Then we continued an older group of mid east characters that had made it to Thailand and stole an LST then started island hoping all the way to Hawaii then California and eventually join up with his men there. Now we are getting ready to have his men that failed the mission from armies of the night (they fled the city heading north) to head west to Colorado and find the brother of a character last known to be in California. Its been quite a journey so far with the battle of twenty nine palms to the battle of tucson and a large price on the head of Col. Paynes by the Mexican forces for his use of chemical weapons on the battle field. I'm interested to see what trouble he starts next.

swaghauler 03-23-2020 07:40 PM

Welcome back to the Forum guys.

sitrep 05-13-2020 02:14 PM

Hello!
 
Holy crap! I did not know there was a forum for the old Twilight 2000 game! What a rush of find memories. I played this game what in the late 80s? Hell yeah I'm coming back to this.

Silent Hunter UK 05-13-2020 02:27 PM

Welcome!

wolffhound79 05-14-2020 12:06 AM

Hi sitrep.

Zinmar 05-17-2020 10:13 AM

Does anyone know of a group that is playing using discord or something? Last time I played this I was actually stationed in Aschaffenburg Germany in the late 1980's. Not to particular on what version just looking for a decent group of people to join and game with. I miss the days of gaming with friends on weekends.

Legbreaker 05-17-2020 10:34 AM

Not currently, but I too wouldn't mind a few discord sessions...
https://discord.gg/PPG9ZzZ

StainlessSteelCynic 05-17-2020 11:01 AM

I think the only real problem with such an idea is nothing to do with using Discord or Skype et al. but the timezones some of us are in.
Other than, from my recent experience with it, Discord works out pretty well for running game sessions.
A mate of mine is running a Call of Cthulhu game via Discord but we're all in the same city so timezone doesn't matter. However if I was to try and jump on to something being run in a North American or European timezone, it most often puts my local time as something ludicrously early in the morning (like, still dark outside kind of early in the morning!)

Silent Hunter UK 05-17-2020 12:45 PM

I'm involved in a Wing Commander RP. We get round the time zone issues by doing it on Saturday.

Zinmar 05-17-2020 03:44 PM

Thanks for the discord link! Just joined the page and hopefully something might pop.

Cypher 05-20-2020 04:22 PM

Hi all, joined a while ago (like a few years ago), tried a password reset (which failed to work) so created a new account.

Played a lot of T2k in late high school/early college then got sidetracked, but kept all my books etc as it was a favourite. Used it to run stargate and a number of other settings over the years too.

Looking to pick it up again soon, my most regular (and reliable) player is my wife, so I'll be starting a 2.2 game (the version I started with) for her pretty soon and eventually a game for our most regular gaming group.

I'm thinking an alternative settings to the default for each (probably Canada/US and Africa) so lots of research in the near future...

Severian 06-01-2020 02:45 PM

Apologies to those who may have already seen some of this in the T2k Free League Facebook group (which is where I found out about this forum!).

I hate to say how much effect Twilight: 2000 actually had on me. I played first edition a lot, and second edition (which came out when I was in the army) a bit. By the year 2000 I was a character I would have wanted to play - I had been an infantryman, a paratrooper, military intelligence, and served in special forces. I spoke Russian (thanks mainly to the Defense Language Institute!) and I was stationed in Germany. But alas, our timeline was different. I didn't even see combat until after 2000, and in the hot deserts of the Middle East instead of the cold forests of Central Europe. I finally retired from the US Army in 2012 with 10 years of active duty and 13 years of reserve service.

After leaving active duty in 2000, I went on to developing video games, mostly military ones, including Panzer Elite, America's Army, Twilight War, Order of War, World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, World of Warships, and Master of Orion. I've spent the last couple of years making simulations (PC and VR) for training military and law enforcement in lethal force decision-making. In 2007, I actually looked into buying the rights to Twilight: 2000, only to discover that they had recently been acquired by 93 Games Studio. Just hearing a couple of weeks ago that the game is being brought back by Free League practically brought tears to my eyes. I still even have most of the reference books I bought in the 80's and 90's for playing the game - many dozens of them.

Raellus 06-01-2020 07:02 PM

Welcome, Severian. It's good to have you aboard.

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StainlessSteelCynic 06-01-2020 09:18 PM

Welcome to all the new members and those who are returning :)

worst2first 08-21-2020 06:04 PM

Hello everyone.

I saw a post about this form on the Facebook page for the new Free League version of T2K and thought I would join.

I've been playing RPGs and tabletop games for about 20 years. I live in Dallas, Texas. I currently work as an assessment developer and editor.

My friends and I played our first game of First Edition T2K last weekend. T2K was the first RPG my friend purchased but he was too young to really understand it. When he saw there was a new version in development he bought PDFs of the original to hold us over until Free League publishes the new edition.

I had a lot of fun last weekend. We're playing again tomorrow. I think a setting like T2K is probably the only way to have a military-themed RPG that works because the chain-of-command is so limiting to player freedom.

I look forward to reading the many resources you all have developed and hopefully contributing some to the discussions.

-worst2first

(My username is based on my approach to sports video games. I've always enjoyed taking terrible teams and trying to turn them into champions. I guess I like underdogs.)

Raellus 08-21-2020 06:43 PM

WELCOME
 
Welcome to the board, W2F!

Like your friend, I bought the v1 box set when I was 11 years old and, yeah, it was a bit too complicated for me to actually play at that age. I thought Twilght 2000 died when the Cold War ended. I offloaded all of my T2k stuff at the local used bookstore (still kicking myself for that). I found this community about 10 years ago and it got me into T2k PbPs (since my RL friends don't do RPGs).

I'm looking forward to seeing what Free League does with the property.

BTW, I too like to take cellar-dweller teams (in FIFA) and manage them to top domestic league and Champions League glory. Good times.

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Silent Hunter UK 08-22-2020 05:27 AM

Welcome to the board!

My username is a joke based on my general lack of stealth in video games, BTW.

swaghauler 08-23-2020 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by worst2first (Post 84813)
Hello everyone.

I saw a post about this form on the Facebook page for the new Free League version of T2K and thought I would join.

I've been playing RPGs and tabletop games for about 20 years. I live in Dallas, Texas. I currently work as an assessment developer and editor.

My friends and I played our first game of First Edition T2K last weekend. T2K was the first RPG my friend purchased but he was too young to really understand it. When he saw there was a new version in development he bought PDFs of the original to hold us over until Free League publishes the new edition.

I had a lot of fun last weekend. We're playing again tomorrow. I think a setting like T2K is probably the only way to have a military-themed RPG that works because the chain-of-command is so limiting to player freedom.

I look forward to reading the many resources you all have developed and hopefully contributing some to the discussions.

-worst2first

(My username is based on my approach to sports video games. I've always enjoyed taking terrible teams and trying to turn them into champions. I guess I like underdogs.)

Welcome aboard. Feel free to post or even NECRO old threads. Unlike the D&D forums, we don't care about reviving old threads.

WTFisGoingOnInHere 10-03-2020 08:09 PM

Hello All!
I have been a long time player of many RPG's, including T2K, mostly v1 back in the late 80's and early 90's, getting back into playing with the same group from back then, and few of our kids that have fallen into RPG's. I have a good swath of the v1 materials in original hardcopy, and picked up the v1 and v2 CD's from FFE a few years ago.
Stumbled on the site via google and cannot thank you all enough for compiling the resources here to keep the game alive in all the various versions.
My group is starting back up with v2.2, but it will be interesting to see if the upcoming version can create the kind of rebirth for T2K that 5e did for D&D.
I have some material that I will try to get uploaded and see what everybody thinks.

StainlessSteelCynic 10-03-2020 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by WTFisGoingOnInHere (Post 85233)
Hello All!
I have been a long time player of many RPG's, including T2K, mostly v1 back in the late 80's and early 90's, getting back into playing with the same group from back then, and few of our kids that have fallen into RPG's. I have a good swath of the v1 materials in original hardcopy, and picked up the v1 and v2 CD's from FFE a few years ago.
Stumbled on the site via google and cannot thank you all enough for compiling the resources here to keep the game alive in all the various versions.
My group is starting back up with v2.2, but it will be interesting to see if the upcoming version can create the kind of rebirth for T2K that 5e did for D&D.
I have some material that I will try to get uploaded and see what everybody thinks.

Welcome to the forum. As has been mentioned by others here, wander through the pages and feel free to raise old threads, we're not scared of going back over old topics (and a new set of eyes can often bring some new ideas to an old topic)


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