Re[2]: [WW] Weird War I?

[Arne Reuter <reuter@tse-online.de>]

Hello!

IMHO it would be fitting, but the idea would bog down very fast. The
very gruesome thing about WWI is that mass weapons had developed so
well, that neither side could gain an advantage.

Coming from the experience of extreme losses in life and material for
no visible gain new doctrines about mobility in warfare were developed
and employed successfully in WWII.

So in an RPG life would be really dull and death come fast. As for
movies, have a look at Galipoli (with Mel Gibson) and "Nothing new on
the western front" from Erich Maria Remarque. I believe there is an
American version of it with Ernest Borgnine and "xyz Walton".

The better alternative would be Vietnam or any other war in history.

> I think we kicked that idea around the office. Post a message highlighting
> Shane and see what da' Man himself has to say for himself. But I agree with
> you. With all the trench warfare and the experimental chemical and
> biological weapons, well, 'nuff said! ;)

> Now excuse me if this is explained somewhere obvious and I've just missed
> it, but are there any plans for WWI, and if so, when?  I personally think
> the "weird" element has a lot more potential in the Great War, as it was
> such a terrifying war anyway.  And the sheer amount of dead...many
> zombies...strange new gasses that mutate your comrades unlucky enough to get
> their masks on soon enough...maybe it even drives them on insane killing
> ramages...  And God knows what lurks in abandoned stretches of
> trench-tunnels and such...   It'd just be so greusomely fitting, IMO.

Mit freundlichen Gruessen,

Arne Reuter

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