Land War in Asia

26 July, 2011

Contest #2 - Winner!

Another winner!

Though only two entered - either the reward was too little, or the task too great for the rest of the readership.

Conrad Kinch highlighted:
1. My Thirty Years War version of Dumas' Three Musketeers' escapades on The Bastion of St. Gervais
2. My first Command & Colours: Napoleonics scenario, The Battle of Sacile
3. My modern version of that old school classic, The Battle of Sittangbad

Sho3box chose:
1. A recent Force on Force game, an Ambush in Sangin
2. My Rebellion on Novaya Sakha setup for A Good Day to Die
3. The Tomorrow's War scenario for that game

So, without further ado:

So, congrats to Paul and thanks to you both. Leave a comment with your e-mail (I'll delete as soon as I see it) and I'll contact you to arrange things.
I'll let you all know what's chosen, and quite possibly post the scenario for everyone's perusal after Paul's gaming group has had a shot.

22 July, 2011

The Bastion of St. Conrad

My second contest is still running.
I'll be drawing a winner on Tuesday, so let's see what your favourite Land War in Asia posts are.

I wrote this systemless scenario for a Guild task last month, but never got around to posting it here.

In the midst of besieging a Hessian-held city, four officers of the Saxon Brigade have discovered a conspiracy against their Duke. Not knowing who to trust inside the camp, they make a brave sally to take control of the ruined bastion of St. Conrad where they may discuss the matter privately. However the abandoned bastion belongs to the city’s fortifications and the Hessians intend to take it back and repair it forthwith.

The senior amongst the group, one Adler, has placed a bet with a Swabian dragoon that he and his three companions, Eichel, Pfaff, and Ungar will go and breakfast in the bastion, and we will remain there an hour, by the watch, whatever the enemy may do to dislodge them!

View the full scenario

As you may have guessed it's a thinly disguised version of the exploits of the Three Musketeers during the siege of La Rochelle.
If anyone has a recommendation as to what system would suit this, please let me know your thoughts.

18 July, 2011

Corporate Security Drones

Heymans & Yamada security forces on Novaya Sakha rely heavily on drones to support their regular details. Small hover drones provide an extra few pairs of sensors in the urban environment. Armed spider drones provide some extra firepower, as well as being able to stand sentry.