New Member's Thread

[Raellus]

Welcome back, SITREP. I've created a thread where interested players and Ref's can connect.

https://forum.juhlin.com/showthread.php?t=6489

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[sitrep]

That’s awesome, bud!

[tanksoldier]

I was actually in the US Army during the period covered by T2K.

I was a tanker from 1990-2006, retiring then due to an injury, and was in Germany from 1990-1992. We used to play T2K in the barracks there. Later in my career I was assigned to the California Army Guard's HQ in Sacramento during the work week and to C/1-149 AR in Santa Cruz for drill weekends, part of 40th ID's 3rd Brigade.

One of my accomplishments while in Sacramento was helping the state aquire the MP Brigade headquarters that became the 49th MP Brigade, featured in some of the T2K lore.

This means that, if things really had gone as detailed in T2K's backstory I would have deployed with 40th ID to Europe so I've always been interested in what happened to it.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Welcome. Must have been interesting being in Germany during reunification, that's for sure.

[Big_Pete009]

I though I would drop in and say hi. I picked up 1st Ed when it came out. Yes I am old.

I have run a couple of long term campaigns using first and second Ed back in the day. I have picked up the new FL 4th Ed during the Kickstarter. I will admit to being a Free League fan boy.

I have just kicked off a new campaign using the new rules and I like it. I am using a bit of a mix of timelines for my campaign.

None of my players are veterans and my group ranges in age from early 20s to 50s

[Raellus]

Welcome aboard, Pete!

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[Ursus Maior]

Hi there! Good to see the board getting some influx. I like to mix various timeline elements as well.

Happy gaming!

[Pinetree]

G'day all,

Long time lurker here finally checking in. T2K has a special place in my heart, it was the first RPG I ever owned and I love all the old-school GDW stuff. I've still got my 1st & 2nd Ed. box sets and I also picked up a copy of 2.2 on DTRPG last year plus the 4th Ed KS. I'm quite intrigued by the YZ rules and looking forward to trying it out.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Welcome!

[Skunk]

Hello all from another new member.
I've always been interested in T2K, I bought the original when it first came out but never actually played or ran it, our post apocalyptic needs were always covered by Aftermath!.
I'm looking forward to giving the new version a crack now so I thought I'd join up here for some ideas.

[atiff]

Hi all,
Back again, I think it's been about 10 years I've been away Just picked up 4th edition rules yesterday, starting to digest them. Nice to see some names I know still here. Happy gaming all!

Andrew

[Raellus]

Welcome, new members (Pinetree, Skunk) and welcome back, old (atiff)!

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[Claidheamh]

Hey all, I've drifted through discussions on this forum for a long time, but decided to finally register as a user. Twilight 2K wasn't my first RPG, but I remember being captivated by the big multipage ad in Dragon magazine when GDW announced it. I've run multiple campaigns in the past, and I'm now beginning to think through a 4th ed campaign in the future.

[atiff]

Welcome! I've only played a bit of 4th ed (couple of days ago with my son) but looks fun so far. Wish you good play with your own experiences with it!

[KozmasSchmierfink]

Hello,
I originally met T2K in the early 90s. Then we had the horrible idea in language school to do a Bosnian War campaign since we were all watching the Bosnian War on SCOLA every day for homework. I'm a veteran and I have academicked on things Russia/NATO. Since 2014 for some reason, I've had the urge to get back into T2K but only recently pulled the trigger and I am losing myself in the rabbit hole.

- Kozmas

[Raellus]

Welcome aboard, Kozmas! You're in good company here. A lot of us rediscovered T2k later in life. I look forward to seeing you around the forum.

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[Marco]

Hi. I discovered T2K back when the first edition came out. By the time GDW released the second edition I had stopped playing TTRPGs altogether. I returned to gaming in the early 2000s. Anyway, I'm happy to be here. I have the fourth edition from Free League (played in a short campaign with some friends) and recently moved to Sicily (there are no gamers in my area, sadly). But I am looking to run an online game in the New Year and thankful for the resources on this forum.

[Tegyrius]

Welcome, Marco! It's always good to see another author on here. Your list of publication credits sent me down a rabbit hole of links that promises to be expensive...

With your prior involvement with Handiwork Games, have you done any work on the upcoming second edition of Cold City/Hot War?

- C.

[Marco]

Originally Posted by Tegyrius

Welcome, Marco! It's always good to see another author on here. Your list of publication credits sent me down a rabbit hole of links that promises to be expensive...

With your prior involvement with Handiwork Games, have you done any work on the upcoming second edition of Cold City/Hot War?

- C.

Thank you, Clayton. I love the Pacific Northwest Sourcebook so much! I haven't worked on the new Cold City/Hot War but I definitely want to check it out. Handiwork Games does great work.

[TGirl Kelley]

I'm Kelley-Anne and I'm new here and have just gone nuts over 4th ed. I've been a T2k fan since 1st ed and am loving the newest version.
I am hoping to convince my group to play it in the near future.

[kato13]

Welcome aboard. Hope you get a game running. It always feels good when this board can assist keeping the system/world going.

[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.

[Silent Hunter UK]

Originally Posted by TGirl Kelley

I'm Kelley-Anne and I'm new here and have just gone nuts over 4th ed. I've been a T2k fan since 1st ed and am loving the newest version.
I am hoping to convince my group to play it in the near future.

Welcome to the forum!

[Overlored]

Hi there from a new member!

I have discovered twilight 2000 last year and have been lurking here for the past month.

I am building a campaign for a couple of friends and look forward to bounce ideas and build(/destroy) the world with the people on this forum.

[kato13]

Welcome aboard. Glad you made the jump from lurker to member.

Feel free to ask any questions on your mind.

[Azrael20]

Hi all! I'm a long-time T2K fan and I've been loving this forum for a little while, so I thought I'd make an account and say hi in case any of y'all are still active =)

[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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[Red Diamond]

Oh no, that was just a bad joke. I'm old but not that old.
I was never mech, stationed in Europe and the 5th was disbanded while I was in Jr High I believe. I was saying I would put the Red Diamond on my BDUs in reference to the game.

[HaplessOperator]

I've a shocking lack of wealth and taste.

Been lurking for a minute, reading up on the older editions and such and what people thought of them, and how they compare to 4th.

I've been doing a lot of version comparison, seeing if 1e/2.2 might be better suited for what I'm trying to set up, and if one or the other offers more verisimilitude in its "feel" vice how quickly they can be run for small unit skirmishing, and the forums here have been a big help. Still not sure where I land on it, but it's been a ton of fascinating discussion from a bunch of obviously experienced folks.

Been fun reading the ol' Cold Warriors talking that seem to run around here, too. Wildly different experience than I had, it seems.