East African/Kenya Sourcebook

[Olefin]

beginning work on a couple of campaign ideas to go with the sourcebook - possibly even a few involving French units in places like Somalia and Central African Republic - always thought that the French, with the exception of the RDF, were never given enough attention by the original Twilight 2000 authors

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Olefin

beginning work on a couple of campaign ideas to go with the sourcebook - possibly even a few involving French units in places like Somalia and Central African Republic - always thought that the French, with the exception of the RDF, were never given enough attention by the original Twilight 2000 authors

Agreed re the French...it has long been a goal of mine to put together some material on France to complement my Alternative Survivor's Guide to the UK, but at the moment a shortage of time means I haven't got beyond a single page of notes (and I really should complete the ASGUK first before undertaking another big project...)

You may be aware of this already but in the event you haven't seen it, the V2 NATO Vehicle Guide has an order of battle for French forces Worldwide. Whilst it doesn't appear to be complete it does identify some units based in both east and west Africa.

[Olefin]

Actually used that resource along with the RDF as part of my French forces for the African sourcebook - but it is incomplete to say the least. And while there is a mention of French units in Africa and large scale French influence there (the RDF mentions at least two ops against Soviet guerrillas for instance in Africa) the forces allocated really dont seem big enough.

Love your work on the Alternate Survivors Guide by the way - always love seeing new information there

have you considered doing more work on the situation in Ireland as well?

[Rainbow Six]

Thanks Olefin, appreciate that.

I would like to expand on the situation on the island of Ireland at some point in time, although in all likelihood it would form a completely separate volume as there’s no real connection between events on the mainland and what’s happening in Ireland but at the moment the only semi concrete thing I have is an order of battle for British and Irish forces (which isn’t on my website at the moment) and some scribbled notes here and there…I envisage the situation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties of the Republic to be akin to that of the Balkans in first half of the 1990’s, with various factions engaged in some particularly vicious ethnic and sectarian violence but I haven't given a lot of thought to what might be happening in the southern half of the Republic. However I’m acutely aware that there are still some parts of the UK volume that need to be completed (at a minimum three of the regional guides, although I also think that some of the marauder groups could benefit from some tweaking – nothing major, but as I alluded to in another thread, I think the work sometimes suffers from a lack of diversity, so I think I can improve on at least three of the marauder groups) and ideally I would like to complete that before I start anything else. My biggest challenge is finding the time…

[Olefin]

going to start working soon on a look at Liberia in the Twilight War and also working on an expansion for the Central African Republic as well to detail how the French and their allies and the Lord's Resistance Army who have now taken over Uganda come into conflict

[Draq]

Love the work

[Olefin]

thank you Draq - very nice to see comments like yours