Re: [DL] [DL Weird Wars (Shane)

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 04:56  PM, David R Goecke wrote:

>
> I know that this isn't a Weird Wars listserv, but I'm not on that
> listserv, 'cus I don't play that game... yet. Please bear with me.
>
> I was just curious as too what Wars you have in mind to develope for
> this? You've already got Weird War 2, and the Crusades coming out soon.
> What else? Weird War 1? Vietnam? War of 1812? American Revolution? I'd
> really like to see that! I can't see you making a Civil War (being that
> you've been doing a horror Civil war for the past 5 years) or a Weird
> Wars: The Persian Gulf. That one would be, what, 2 chapters, 3?

I don't remember the full list, but Shane has mentioned that they'd 
like to explore a range of wars, including:

Vietnam
The Boxer Rebellion
US Civil War*...and several others I've forgotten. I think Vietnam may 
be the most recent war they're planning to handle, as it's a good 
opportunity for a lot of odd stuff to happen. More modern conflicts 
where the US has been involved have been more sterile, I think, without 
the harsh realities of WWII or Vietnam. As you said, Weird Wars: The 
persian Gulf would be a very sort book.

Slightly offtopic: someone was making an Afghanistan d20 book a year or 
so ago... Reviews said it didn't pull any punches. I may try to round 
out my Weird Wars II collection at some point, as I think the 
advantages of a system my gaming group knows might be good for 'fill 
in' adventures.

*Yes, Deadlands covers this... but it's a very different game. 
Deadlands is grounded in the Weird West and uses the Civil War as a 
backdrop, whereas the Weird Wars Civil War game would focus on the 
military life itself. Different genre, so no foul.