DW Campaign Discussion

[Ruckdog]

Okay! Lets get the ball rolling on the DW campaign!

Are we all on board with the Flashpoint system as described in the DW 2.5 rulebook? The downside I see is that not all participants will likely be able to play their games in person, given geographical constraints. At least we can use the fast resolution option using the dice rolling utility here on the forum.

For those that didn't know, if you want to roll dice here on the forum, you can type the following (replace the parenthesis with brackets). You can also get this code string by clicking the D6 icon in the menu above the post window:

(roll)XdY(/roll)

X= the quantity of dice

y= The number of sides

So, 2d6 for two six-sided dice, 5d10 for five ten-sided dice, etc.

Rolling 2d6 looks like:

Rolled 2d6 : 4, 2, total 6

[Ulfur83@googlemail.com]

Sounds good to me  🖒

[Ruckdog]

What geographical area do you all want to use for the campaign? We need to select a specific region for the Flashpoint rules.

Another thing I think we should discuss is the schedule for the campaign. Here is what I propose:

1 Oct: Official Start Date. Between now and then, we will be working to get players organized and added to the campaign, selecting fleets, etc.

1 Jan: Tentative End Date. This doesn't have to be a hard stop; we can take a poll at this point, and if a majority of the participants want to continue, we can extend the end date.

[RuleBritannia]

How about the Far East or Caribbean?  Both areas now open to all major nations, and lots of Island hopping.

[Landlubber]

I've always liked the idea of a campaign in the South Pacific. Natural theater for the FSA, EotBS, CF, and Aussies. Not too far from Covenant territory.

That schedule sounds good to me.

[Fracas]

South America is a front line area for all three: FSA v EotBS v CoA

[Easy E]

Perhaps around the arctic circle in a search for the Northwest Passage-type campaign.

Otherwise, Caribbean and South America is cool too.

[Ruckdog]

Well, one choice we need to make is if we want to play over a larger geographical area than the example map in the rulebook suggests. Here is a blog post I've written on the subject, to give an idea of what a like-sized map would look like in other geographical areas:

http://www.manbattlestations.com/blog/2017/09/22/thoughts-on-dw-flashpoint-campaign-maps/

[Fracas]

Regarding South America, SUSA is being propped up by CoA I think.
Southeast Asia looks good as well.
Baltic Sea if there are those with PLC and KoD,

[CDR-G]

You might think of regions. Players get to select a regional map to work in, and may move to another or operate in more than one. Player density would matter. But that can be managed. It would account for natural enemies and Allies. The region size could be small enough to force competition. Baltic, Caribbean, Sea of Japan, Mediterranean, North Sea, etc. Expandable and only certain areas in play at a time. A player could "move" their operations from one area to another. Get all the flavors without all extra stuff. 

[CDR-G]

Some details that may come up. Should we keep it simple or expand to maximize player's interests- or somewhere in-between.

This may not be an issue at all, but, do you want to account for players that may have small DW fleets/armies/air forces? For example gaps of unit types or not enough to field a 1,600 pt. MFV? Presumably you only need the models used in a specific battle, the rest are on paper. But some players may have small fleets that would impact that. Small powers should be part of the narrative. Possibly alliances or joint forces? Find a way to include all.

Will allies or mercenaries be involved within one players force?
Land forces?
Aerial Core Battle Groups?
Proxy units/models?
Maybe players can send you their inventory they will be using.
However it ends up is OK with me.
I know- annoying details.

[CDR-G]

The campaign still on?

[Ruckdog]

Well, since no one else has spoken up, I will!

I'd like for it to go on, but right now I'm up to my eyeballs in moving house. If you all are looking for me to coordinate, then I'm not going to be able to do much with this campaign for a couple of weeks.

That being said, we could fall back to a less coordination-intensive format, such as just reporting the results of our normal games (sort of like the X-cam system).