New Member's Thread

[kato13]

Welcome to IMO one of the best RPG gaming forum on the internet. The core of this group has been together for since at least 1998. For a group to stick together that long they must be doing something right. Even though we have a long history we always welcome new members.

(Please note if you do not relieve your confirmation email please PM me [kato13] to confirm you)

This thread is to provide new users with some information that might be useful for them.

The primary topic for this board is the Role Playing Game Twilight 2000. Post apocalyptic scenarios/fiction, general military discussions, role playing questions are also welcome. If you have an interests in these subjects take a look around I am sure you will find something of interest.

Off topic posts are also allowed but please be careful with discussions related to politics and religion.

In order to make certain important threads within this forum easier to find, I will link them here.


POLLING THREADS
Here you can find some demographic information about our users and our opinions on questions. Please feel free to add your information and opinions.

Demographics
Poll: Military Service
Poll: Where are you?
Poll: What do u do?
Poll: What is your birth year?
Poll: Browser Usage? 2021 Update


Gaming Questions
Poll: Internment Camps
Poll: GM Style
Poll: Player style
Poll: Your Preferred T2K Timeline
Poll: Best Tank Poll & Opinions

Introduction Thread
Introduce yourself here

IMPORTANT THREADS

Site Related
T2k Forum Thread Map
Attachment Map

DC working group
Collected Works of the DC Group
US Recovery Plan

Webstral
Webstral's Thunder Empire Summary

Game Master Threads
GM RESOURCES - links to make GMing easier and better

Recommendations
Member's Favorite Threads
Post-apocalyptic picture thread




T2K LINKS

Other Forums
93 Games Studio
http://93gamesstudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

Antennas Forum Archive
http://www.topbb.com/forum/twilight2000.html

T2K Yahoo
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/t2k/

Member Websites
Paul Mulcahy’s Pages
http://www.pmulcahy.com/

Antenna's T2K Pages
http://www.ludd.ltu.se/~antenna/

Chico's T2K Filedump
https://sites.google.com/site/chico20854/

Big Book of War (General Pain/Headquarters)
http://www.thebigbookofwar.50megs.com/

Twilight 2000 Wiki
http://twilight2000.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_2000_Wiki

Dave's T2K Stuff - Home (Rainbow Six)
http://www.twilight2000files.com/

GAME PUBLISHER LINKS

Twilight 2000
http://www.farfuture.net - Current Publishers of the Twilight 2000 RPG

Twilight 2013
http://www.93gamesstudio.com - Publishers of the Twilight 2013 RPG

Purchase PDFs
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?cPath=23


Game Developer Links
Loren Wiseman
http://www.lorenwiseman.com

I am welcome to suggestions on how to improve this post.

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[kato13]

Have not done much to this thread (beyond adding a few polls), but I like it to be the first thread so I am bumping it.

[qwerty1971]

i used to play T2k and M2k back in the mid 90s. then life caught up. Now life seems more manageable but no t2k players around me. maybe when i move back east i will find some. right now i am just working on my t2k database. i am really interested in unarmed combat house rules folks may have developed for the t2k system.

[headquarters]

Originally Posted by qwerty1971

i used to play T2k and M2k back in the mid 90s. then life caught up. Now life seems more manageable but no t2k players around me. maybe when i move back east i will find some. right now i am just working on my t2k database. i am really interested in unarmed combat house rules folks may have developed for the t2k system.

always glad to hear from a new playah

much in the same situation as you gaming wise -but lucky to have a group that gets together 3-4 times a year for weekend long sessions

as for house rules - dare I venture these

http://thebigbookofwar.50megs.com/DOX/0-House%20rules/

for your consideration...

[Top-Break]

Hello all,

I've been following Twilight 2000 since the early '90s, and have always found it to be one of my favorite settings. I've already posted a couple of items, but have neglected to make a formal introduction. OOPS.

Hello, my handle is Top-Break, and I am a Twilight 2000 Fan.

[Ancestor]

So, I'm a T2K junkie from way back. I registered at the old forum as Ancestor but was promptly called to active duty thereafter and forgot about the whole thing. At any rate, I discovered Chico's page while wasting time at work and was dragged back to the 7th grade. I discovered the link to this forum there and was blown away. Thank you all for the great work you have done to keep this game alive and I hope that I can add something useful in what few spare moments I have. My background is NG. I've deployed for several domestic operations (Katrina, Gustav), took a long AD tour working to improve multi-state response for the NG to large scale domestic operations, and then deployed to the Horn of Africa for a "combat tour". I hope that I can provide some insight on DOMOPS as well as the amazing place that is the dark continent. Again, thanks for this great web site!

[Aldaron]

After 93GS folded, I lost track of the forums. Doing a Google search led me to here, and I saw some familiar faces (well, names) on the Twilight forum.

Good to see you guys!

[Targan]

Welcome, Aldaron. I'd like to think we're the premier new home for the 93 Games Studio forums refugees

[Medic]

Yes, welcome Aldaron. Funny - I know you are not the same person, since you live in Australia, but a friend of mine uses the handle Aldaron as well. And I do believe, I remember you from 93-forums as well...

[Legbreaker]

Woo Hoo! Another Australian!

[stg58fal]

Been lurking here a while, reading a bunch.

Got back into gaming after a break of about 10 years or so, then moved, so now I'm in the process of finding a group. I hope.

I've GM'ed V1, V2, and 2.2, and am currently in the process of writing a campaign for 2013 since I thought I was going to be living in the area my friends/gaming group from my childhood/teen years live in, and gaming with them. Short version is, that ain't gonna happen. Such is life, neh?

The good thing about that is, I can recycle some of the material from previos campaigns. And from what some of my friends have told me, they STILL talk about the campaign I ran 16 years ago, so....

[Silent Six]

Hi everyone!

I don't know how I didn't find you all before. I think I may have been directed here a couple of times in the past, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I was on many of the older sites/forums and the various mailing lists over the years. I lurked around here for a couple of days and thought I'd register and engage in discussions. I don't know if any of you know/remember me, but I remember a lot of you guys.

[CarolG]

Hi all,
I've been lurking for a while but since I started posting I thought I'd at least say hi. Started playing Twilight 2000 last year and am thoroughly enjoying myself. Good to meet everyone.

[Targan]

Welcome CarolG! Pull up a chair and stay awhile. Cold beers are in the fridge and we don't stand on formality much here so is drinking from the bottle ok with you?

[DocSavage45B10]

Just wanted to say Hi! Raiding these forums for material has already helped me tremendously in setting up my campaign that is about to go live, this Sunday in fact. We'll be running version 2.2 rules in a near-future 2020 setting based on a timeline I found here. When I can find it again I will make sure to credit the author and thank him here. Anyway, here's the Obsidian Portal page for our game:

http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/afterwar-year-0

[DocSavage45B10]

P.P.S. Just wanted to thank Mohoender for his 'Another Modern Timeline', which I used as a base for a war winding down in the year 2020, mainly by adding a year of inconclusive political and economic war and both sides training and equipping new divisions since neither has their cold war forces. And also thank you Legbreaker, for your detailed analysis of the summer 2000 offeensive of the 3rd NATO Army that lead to the loss of the 5th ID, which I have also stolen to set the scene for my campaign.

Thanks guys!

[crazyritz]

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

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by crazyritz

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

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!

[Jonesy64]

Hello All, I grew up near Bloomington/Normal, IL home of Game Designer's Workshop. Served for 5 years active as a Military Policeman stationed in Germany and Virginia. Illinois National Guard in 1/123rd Infantry. Got the majority of the books back in the day. Have lurked here off and on. Loved the Pacific Northwest Sourcebook and looking forward to see more of Free League's Twilight 2000.

[Raellus]

Glad you found us, Jonesy64. Welcome!

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[TobyAdam]

Welcome to the forum! It's great to see such a long-standing and welcoming community. If you're into Twilight 2000 or related topics, you'll find plenty to enjoy here. Remember to PM kato13 if you don't receive your confirmation email.

[Red Diamond]

Greetings,
I started playing RPG with the first or second addition of D&D, (the old blue colored one.) Then got into AD&D, and other TSR games such as Top Secret and there was a brief stint playing Car Wars as I recall. I played Gulf Strike and Aegean Strike and then discovered Twilight: 2000 right around 1987-time frame.
There wasn't much demand for the game, so I left the RPG world and decided to do these adventures in real life by joining the Army.
I had a hard time "keeping a job" during my stint so I spent time as a Combat Engineer, Infantry, Military Intelligence, Special Forces and retired as a Pol-Mil Officer.
In my last job before retiring, I was part of a team that had to write scenarios for an enemy land invasion of Japan to support a bilateral US-Japan annual exercise. You can imagine what a joy that was as you try to wish away the 7th Fleet and 5th Airf Force to allow a land invasion and expect your Navy and AF counterparts to participate in the exercise.
As a retiree I wrote many "Road To Wars" supporting various US, British and NATO exercises as well as other forms of exercise support. The irony with that is that I do not enjoy writing at all.
Let me just say, I feel the pain for those that try to write the background/alter reality for the various versions of Twillight.

A few months ago, I was cleaning out my garage and found my old Twilight: 2000 gear. I thought I had found a mint and got online to find out how much I could sell this treasure for when I discovered that Twilight:2000 had not only been active but spawned into 2e 2.2, 2013, 4e and several different dimensions and altered realities!

The RPG world has come a long way since the 80's and now, after purchasing 4e and deciphering what the hell YZE, d20 and what not, I'm ready to sew the Red Diamond patch on my BDUs and get ready for the last offensive of the war which will surely end in victory!! Right?

[Raellus]

Welcome aboard, Marco, TGirl Kelley, Overlored, Azrael, and Red Diamond! It's good to have y'all here.

@Red Diamond, I'm not sure we've ever had an RL US 5th ID veteran on the forum.

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[Griffin]

Another of the fugees from 93GS.

[Targan]

Originally Posted by Griffin

Another of the fugees from 93GS.

Welcome to your new T2K/T2013 home, Grif!

[Capt_Bowman]

Good morning all

I'm going to assume this is the place to say hello and introduce myself. I'm simon, i've been playing T2K since I was about 13 when i GM'd a game for some friends. (yeah, i started early).

I was part of the team that worked on Twilight 2013 which, despite some of the criticism, was a blast to be part of.

I'm here now to keep touch with all things T2K and maybe break out my creative side and add some fiction.

S

[Targan]

Welcome to the forum, Simon!

[Capt_Bowman]

Thanks!

Hopefully i can find time to become a semi-valued contributor rather than just another lurker

[Kaeso]

Hello, new member from Switzerland. Long time role player (AD&D, Shadowrun and other) but my sole experience with TW2K is the computer game I found some years ago. Bought some books from the V.1 and must have a PDF from TW2013 (somewhere). Kind of prefer the original setting as it suits my childhood memories of the 80's. My background : I used to be deployed for peacekeeping operations in the Balkans and Africa as a LEO and for the (Swiss) army.

[Targan]

Welcome to the forum, Kaeso. You're our first Swiss member. Be prepared for lots of questions!