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[kv]

Okay, so are we looking at WWII? No WWI or 'naum?

  -kv

[Ruski]

Hmm... yea, let's start with WWII

-Ruski

[kv]

So, out of anyone who can keep up reading between Ruski and I post-hogging, would anyone else want to play a 5th world PBP?

  -kv

[Curris]

I'd be interested sure, but are you planning on making like regular soldiers vs. soldiers war? Or more of a special forces infiltration game.

I would recommend making it more tactics and strategy orientated. Without High-tech, or magic, you would have less commandos and one men armies. Teamwork and squad tactics should be the order of the day, to make a balanced game. (But you all knew that already)

Actually. . . A commando based WWII squad is a good idea.

Stealth missions, to sabotage, to recon, to assassination, to defending a town guerrila style, to stealing maps, or code machines, to stealing enemy war machines, to blowing something up. This could work out very well.  

Sounds better than vanilla soldier. March, build base, fire shells, defend ambush, move out, build new base, etc.

So yeah, I'm interested, but still wondering what angle you were going to take it?

[Ruski]

well, standard ops shadowrun style gameplay.

sneak in, drop off, extraction, etc.

still have weapons specalists, snipers, demolitions experts, electronic warefare, chopper pilots, and all that.

only real tough part would be putting together a 'team'
kuz if we got a navy seal with a buncha dive gear, a skydiver, and a sniper who can drive a submarine, it's going to be tough to get them together
could do that cheesey 'special operations joint task force' bit though...
-RuskiFace the Pirate

[kv]

yeah, but that sounds like it would suck. I never liked the whole "you are all here because you're the best of the best, and we can't think of any other reason for you to all work together!"

So we'll probably figure out how many people want to play, and design a mission for a X-manned squad (4 or 6 would be my guess, although the Gm could pick up the slack)

And then from there, we'll decide who gets to be the sniper, medic, heavy weapons, commander, and everything.

  -kv

[Ruski]

could keep the criminal element, and let them all be in jail for some reason or another, and this is a 'last chance' for them to redeem themselves.

-Ruski

[AJStarhiker]

I think this could really be an interesting game.

[kv]

Dirty Dozen style?

  -kv

[AJStarhiker]

I'll need to watch that.

[Ruski]

Yea. OOooor. we could go hogan's heros. you are in a POW camp, and first order of buisness is to escape...

that could level the PC playing field a little better...

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[AJStarhiker]

I like the POW camp idea.  Did a report on them in Jr. High.  I used The Great Escape (Book, not movie) as one of my references.  Some of the stuff they came up with were truly ingenius.

[Ruski]

Hmm... so 'back to the shack' would be 'the great escape'

interesting... I like it.

from there, you did such a good job of tearing up the enemy country, they give you some guns and tell you to go back to it... that would be a good way to form a team like that...

-RuskiFace the Pirate

[kv]

yeah, and you could have a bunch of different skillsets (and different armies- british and french freedom fighters alongside american POWs).

I like. So 'back to the shack' becomes 'hogan's heroes'?

  -kv

[Ruski]

well, if you get caught, over and over again, it becomes hogan's heros.

back to the shack should be 'the great escape' you do it once, then you are free to be bossed arround by the joint cheif of staff... or you could just sit out the war in germany, making up your own runs.

-RuskiFace the Pirate