Fictional Countries in T2K & Beyond

[Adm.Lee]

When I was at OSU, some of the alums thought about a minis campaign called, "Banana Republic." The idea was that two or more fictional countries in 1946 wanted to buy up lots of WW2-surplus gear to go to war with each other. What's your perfect fighter plane? Tank? Battleship? When we saw that everyone wanted mostly American gear, tanks aside, that boiled down to arguments on what's better. It never got played, but it seemed a neat idea.

When GDW released the First Battle series of games (1950s-modern, squad/vehicle per counter) which included a point-buy system for scenarios, my brother and I started with the People's Republic of Ruritania vs. the Kingdom of Graustark. That never really developed, unfortunately.

I have mused about doing a post-WW1 (or post-WW2, or pre-WW2 pulp-style) campaign using T2k rules and/or modules. I think a fictional country or two would be more useful than a historical country, since myself and one or more players would be saying, "But that's not how it happened!" Poland came together really quickly in 1918, too fast for much of an RPG, in my opinion, but some other country in about the same place, caught between German troops that haven't left yet and Bolshevik armies with British/French naval aid and advisers.

Raellus: I like your descendants-of-pirates socialist state, I've noodled off and on about something Caribbean for a pulp-era game (jungle, dinosaurs, pirates, aliens, etc.).

[rcaf_777]

A good place for fiction countires is RECON RPG by Palladium Books, they released a good revisied copy with a few countires in the back, not a bad gaming system too

[Medic]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

A good place for fiction countires is RECON RPG by Palladium Books, they released a good revisied copy with a few countires in the back, not a bad gaming system too

RECON is legendary.

[Webstral]

Rcaf, I love your signature line. If that quote only came a US Army source, you'd have a snapshot of what is wrong with the Big Army, despite the best efforts of so many NCOs and company-grade officers.

[rcaf_777]

check this out then, I met one of these officers

[Targan]

Originally Posted by rcaf_777

check this out then, I met one of these officers

Did you meet the hot one on the right?

[Webstral]

I’d make a disparaging remark about taxpayer dollars being poorly invested, but I got a glimpse at the 3rd ID headquarters operation at BIAP during OIF3. There are literally dozens of officers there looking for make-work. I don’t know whether I would consider this a plush situation or truly depressing. I suppose if I had done two tours much lower down the chain I probably would relish the opportunity to drink coffee and worry about the general’s bowel movements for a year. Many of those guys had done a tour already, since 3rd ID took part in OIF1. Still, there were perhaps 100 guys getting combat pay for hanging out at BIAP for a year.

[Webstral]

Originally Posted by Targan

Did you meet the hot one on the right?

She is cute. I bet she slept alone only on the nights when she chose to.

This reminds me: One of the privates in 4th Brigade, 3rd ID had a duffle bag of cash seized at the post office. She had heard she wouldn't be able to carry it home, so she tried to ship it. Three guesses how she acquired it. I actually met her before this happened. Cute little blonde girl, about 19. She was sent to the checkpoint at the 14 July bridge when my company still ran that checkpoint. I can see how she appealed to her clientele, who apparently included a number of officers.

[Cue The Human League's "Human"]

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by Targan

Did you meet the hot one on the right?

Yes I did she hate is photo, and since the we are talking about lonely nights, not all of us had lonely night in afghanstain,

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...lead-to-prison

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by Targan

Did you meet the hot one on the right?

Weeeeell... I can't see this myself, she looks like she has some horse in her ancestory.