Re: [WW] Weird War I?

[Scott Hinkley <revhines@yahoo.com>]

The Crusades?  Yeah, it was a war, so to speak...it
just doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the Weird
Wars mentioned.  All of these use projectile weaponry,
whereas the Crusades (if used at all, which I doubt)
would be very primative in the least.

I would think WWI would be the better choice.  WWI was
about Empires and growing Nationalism amongst the
European nations and such.  The weapons race to se who
could build the better battleship, the bigger gun;
where rule was determined by might, not right.  It's
romantic notion, that was destroyed over the course of
4 years.

With so many warring parties to choose from, yes, the
game would be a bit more complicated (Italy changes
from the Entente to the Allies in mid war), but the
possibilities are limitless, IMHO.

Scott
--- "B.D. Flory" <bflory@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> > 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? 
> 
> This is from what Shane said in a conversation at
> the Origins PEG dinner,
> so take it with a grain of salt (he had some alcohol
> in him, the exact
> amount of which I'm unsure).
> 
> PEG is currently planning to release info on three
> other wars in the Weird
> Wars line:
> 
> Napoleonic
> American Revolution
> The Crusades
> 
> Others may or may not be added to this list, and I'm
> not sure how firm the
> above are, but they are the ones Shane specifically
> mentioned.
> 
> For my money, I'd rather see these before WWI, as
> they would offer more
> "new ground" to play in, whereas WWI would share a
> great deal of material
> with WWII.
> 
> YMMV.
> 
> B. D. Flory
> 
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> the globe that had the
> lion's heart.  I had the luck to be called upon to
> give the roar."
>                                                  
> -Winston Churchill
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