Black Siberia POW Camp from Challenge

[Matt Wiser]

Anyone here use the POW Camp from Challenge Magazine, the one called Black Siberia? We in our T2K group at CSU Fresno did, in between Black Madonna and Krakow. A well-placed rumor about a POW camp near the Czech Border took us to a village, where raiders had kidnapped a number of townsfolk, and a reward was being offered. We dealt with a raiding party ourselves-they tried to hit our laager at night, and the two survivors were interrogated as to who, where, and how many. A Trojan Horse mission with our T-72, UAZ jeep, and MTLB followed. After entering the camp posing as Soviets (having some Soviet defectors was a big plus), a deal was made with the Commandant, with the intent of returning in a few days, with some prisoners for him, and some goodies from Krakow. Reality: it was an intel op-to get the camp layout and prep for an attack.

A week later (game time) we did the same thing: a Trojan Horse mission to get inside, only this time, they strike while the main force comes in from the outside. It worked. The guards were either killed or scattered, several stool pigeons among the inmates were disposed of, the Commandant given a Field Court-Martial, convicted, and hung from the one remaining guard tower, and the now ex-prisoners given the chance to take off. Several who were Americans joined us (NPCs), while some other NATO prisoners, who were offered a ride with us, declined, armed themselves with guards' weapons, and took off on their own. And those kidnapped from the village were given a ride home. The reward was two weeks in a (relatively) safe place, their stills helped us with fuel, a chance to clean up, do some vehicle maintenance, and give the villagers some help in improving their overall security to prevent a repeat, and they also fed us while there.