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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 9, 2020 12:43:13 GMT
We shall RP once again, and we shall RP in style!  Calling all RPers of this website, it is your time to discuss and suggest! I have been thinking of setting up a new RP game sometime in the future (March I think, provided that all of the planning goes well). It's supposed to be centered on the Western Desert Campaign of WW2. The year being 1940. The Playing Nations are to be: Germany and Italy (might throw even a Vichy France in there to balance the game) Britain, Australia, New Zealand (maybe even South Africa and India as minor powers) Gameplay The game isn't supposed to be the old "attack-the-Germans-to-Tunis-while-losing-some-7000-men-and-40-tanks-in-the-process" anymore, but something that also focuses on morale, intelligence, fog of war, supply lines, communication, unit's combat-effectiveness, reinforcements and the issues a normal unit would face, especially in the sweltering North African heat. Now this is what I've thought-out till date, before suffering a writer's block for some 7 or more days and then almost forgetting about the thing until Tolbethessar reminded me. I need the opinion of all youse over 'ere, ask me whatever you want to, suggest whatever you want to. Let's make an effort to have one damn good RP! Oh and one thing I forgot to mention is that players can choose either the generals that historically took part in these battles or they can design their own generals, the last thing though is something I myself have no idea how that would play out though. |
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Post by Tolbethessar on Jan 9, 2020 14:34:33 GMT
Um... Frederick the Great? If you recall, you're scheduled to host your RP after mine because you asked for more time. While it's possible that my RP would end under a month because it's a micro-RP, but I don't think you're going to be starting in the month of March though. (Not that you can afford to procrastinate until last week of March to plan your RP!  ) |
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Post by Victor Katz on Jan 9, 2020 14:36:18 GMT
Um... Frederick the Great ? If you recall, you're scheduled to host your RP after mine because you asked for more time. While it's possible that my RP would end under a month because it's a micro-RP, but I don't think you're going to be starting in the month of March though. (Not that you can afford to procrastinate until last week of March to plan your RP! ) Hey! A Desobal-GMed micro RP! Can you gib details?  |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 9, 2020 14:41:24 GMT
Um... Frederick the Great? If you recall, you're scheduled to host your RP after mine because you asked for more time. While it's possible that my RP would end under a month because it's a micro-RP, but I don't think you're going to be starting in the month of March though. (Not that you can afford to procrastinate until last week of March to plan your RP! ) Agreed, which is why I can move the date to even April. And I've procrastinated enough already, it's time to ask zha people! |
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Post by Tolbethessar on Jan 9, 2020 14:46:14 GMT
Um... Frederick the Great ? If you recall, you're scheduled to host your RP after mine because you asked for more time. While it's possible that my RP would end under a month because it's a micro-RP, but I don't think you're going to be starting in the month of March though. (Not that you can afford to procrastinate until last week of March to plan your RP! ) Hey! A Desobal-GMed micro RP! Can you gib details? Sure, it's actually a pilot-test of a much larger uh...game? It's really more of a forum board game than a RP and it's a game related to army logistics. It's set in the American Civil War. The micro-RP will be revolving around the Western Theater only, not the entire country (read: Kentucky/Tennessee). Instead of starting at the opening of the war, this micro-RP begins after the battles of Fort Henry & Fort Donelson, about 8-9 months later after the beginning of the war. |
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Post by Victor Katz on Jan 9, 2020 14:49:33 GMT
Hey! A Desobal-GMed micro RP! Can you gib details? Sure, it's actually a pilot-test of a much larger uh...game? It's really more of a forum board game than a RP and it's a game related to army logistics. It's set in the American Civil War. The micro-RP will be revolving around the Western Theater only, not the entire country (read: Kentucky/Tennessee). Instead of starting at the opening of the war, this micro-RP begins after the battles of Fort Henry & Fort Donelson, about 8-9 months later after the beginning of the war. Have been enjoying your Civil war book, I assume? I'm curious to see how the detailed and professional informations from the book are implemented in your RP. As much as I've been enjoying the Overture dippy, I'm hyped for the microRP! This forum is smooth-sailing! One good RP after another  |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 9, 2020 15:59:02 GMT
Sure, it's actually a pilot-test of a much larger uh...game? It's really more of a forum board game than a RP and it's a game related to army logistics. It's set in the American Civil War. The micro-RP will be revolving around the Western Theater only, not the entire country (read: Kentucky/Tennessee). Instead of starting at the opening of the war, this micro-RP begins after the battles of Fort Henry & Fort Donelson, about 8-9 months later after the beginning of the war. Have been enjoying your Civil war book, I assume? I'm curious to see how the detailed and professional informations from the book are implemented in your RP. As much as I've been enjoying the Overture dippy, I'm hyped for the microRP! This forum is smooth-sailing! One good RP after another I'll have to agree with that last line, we are planning some good games indeed, and I believe all of us would like to start the streak of good RPs after the Vietnam Game. Such success can only be guaranteed by mutual cooperation, which is why I made this thread |
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Post by Tolbethessar on Jan 14, 2020 22:26:45 GMT
The Playing Nations are to be: Germany and Italy (might throw even a Vichy France in there to balance the game) Britain, Australia, New Zealand (maybe even South Africa and India as minor powers) Gameplay The game isn't supposed to be the old "attack-the-Germans-to-Tunis-while-losing-some-7000-men-and-40-tanks-in-the-process" anymore, but something that also focuses on morale, intelligence, fog of war, supply lines, communication, unit's combat-effectiveness, reinforcements and the issues a normal unit would face, especially in the sweltering North African heat. Just curious... how do you intend to implement the fog of war for both sides? Are we talking about secret maps so the opponents are blind to your assets, locations? Or perhaps you meant something else than blindness but is still a feature set to simulate the effects of the fog? (Like a penalty or limitation) |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 15, 2020 10:07:51 GMT
The Playing Nations are to be: Germany and Italy (might throw even a Vichy France in there to balance the game) Britain, Australia, New Zealand (maybe even South Africa and India as minor powers) Gameplay The game isn't supposed to be the old "attack-the-Germans-to-Tunis-while-losing-some-7000-men-and-40-tanks-in-the-process" anymore, but something that also focuses on morale, intelligence, fog of war, supply lines, communication, unit's combat-effectiveness, reinforcements and the issues a normal unit would face, especially in the sweltering North African heat. Just curious... how do you intend to implement the fog of war for both sides? Are we talking about secret maps so the opponents are blind to your assets, locations? Or perhaps you meant something else than blindness but is still a feature set to simulate the effects of the fog? (Like a penalty or limitation) I'm thinking something along the lines of using military intelligence. Send recon units forward, roll to see if the enemy is there or not. Though this idea would need more work than just this much that I've written. |
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Post by Gaius Julius Caesar on Jan 19, 2020 0:28:11 GMT
I'm definitely interested whenever this RP actually comes out. Would the US eventually get involved? I think historically they helped in Africa in 1942.
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Post by Victor Katz on Jan 19, 2020 1:02:23 GMT
I'm definitely interested whenever this RP actually comes out. Would the US eventually get involved? I think historically they helped in Africa in 1942. I guess that will depend on the number of people joining? Frederick the Great? |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 19, 2020 14:43:30 GMT
I'm definitely interested whenever this RP actually comes out. Would the US eventually get involved? I think historically they helped in Africa in 1942. That, comes at a cost. At that time the Allies are winning, and they are winning hard. If you're saying something like late '42 than the Germans and Italians would be stuck in Tunisia and the surrounding area and that would give the Axis a serious disadvantage. If you're talking about Operation Torch, then I believe we could have the Americans in here, of course though they would be separated geographically from the Free French and the Commonwealth as they're on the other side of Africa |
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Post by Gaius Julius Caesar on Jan 19, 2020 14:54:17 GMT
I'm definitely interested whenever this RP actually comes out. Would the US eventually get involved? I think historically they helped in Africa in 1942. That, comes at a cost. At that time the Allies are winning, and they are winning hard. If you're saying something like late '42 than the Germans and Italians would be stuck in Tunisia and the surrounding area and that would give the Axis a serious disadvantage. If you're talking about Operation Torch, then I believe we could have the Americans in here, of course though they would be separated geographically from the Free French and the Commonwealth as they're on the other side of Africa Yeah I meant Operation Torch, because technically, the fighting there would've affected the supplies that the British, Germans, Italians, and French would've had access to. I don't know. I'm not really used to doing RP in such a specific location like that.  |
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Post by Frederick the Great on Jan 19, 2020 15:01:10 GMT
That, comes at a cost. At that time the Allies are winning, and they are winning hard. If you're saying something like late '42 than the Germans and Italians would be stuck in Tunisia and the surrounding area and that would give the Axis a serious disadvantage. If you're talking about Operation Torch, then I believe we could have the Americans in here, of course though they would be separated geographically from the Free French and the Commonwealth as they're on the other side of Africa Yeah I meant Operation Torch, because technically, the fighting there would've affected the supplies that the British, Germans, Italians, and French would've had access to. I don't know. I'm not really used to doing RP in such a specific location like that. We can have a second front, it's just that I don't want the Axis to be outnumbered the moment they start the game with. I'm reading about the activity that took place in '42 and it's seems promising. I was thinking of starting in '40 but '42 looks good as well, the Allies'd be trying to open up that front in Algeria and the Germans are ready for El Alamain in Egypt. Though the issue that rises again is, do we want to go with the historical number of divisions or do we just shovel as many as we can? Shovelling means that we can even create units of our own (like Germany raises eight armored units instead of six) and with the historical number it'll be ofcourse less units, so less territory one would want to take. |
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Post by Tolbethessar on Jan 19, 2020 17:05:50 GMT
Yeah I meant Operation Torch, because technically, the fighting there would've affected the supplies that the British, Germans, Italians, and French would've had access to. I don't know. I'm not really used to doing RP in such a specific location like that. We can have a second front, it's just that I don't want the Axis to be outnumbered the moment they start the game with. I'm reading about the activity that took place in '42 and it's seems promising. I was thinking of starting in '40 but '42 looks good as well, the Allies'd be trying to open up that front in Algeria and the Germans are ready for El Alamain in Egypt. Though the issue that rises again is, do we want to go with the historical number of divisions or do we just shovel as many as we can? Shovelling means that we can even create units of our own (like Germany raises eight armored units instead of six) and with the historical number it'll be ofcourse less units, so less territory one would want to take. It matters more to know what the battle mechanics looks like, and I don't mean just the dice. I mean how an attack is permitted in the RP. And ofc the fog of war, how would it effect the attack (or not having an effect)? Geographic impacts? I mean more than defender's advantage but also distance involved. That sort of larger impacts on gameplay. Like where our headquarters are would have an effect, perhaps? The person who is defending on his own home turf would have a shorter trip to his hq compared to the attacker who has a very long supply line. I assume that we're going to be generals? Or we're going to be the countries? Those kind of things are kinda important to figure out. |
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