Huh, I seem to be missing some of the detail from later, where one of the ENemy Side missions puts you as Carmen Richtoffen supposedly demonstrating the new variable Horten flying wing fighter-bomber, but actually the backup to make sure that Operation Valkyrie succeeds in killing Hitler so the remaining German leaders can work together with the rest of the surviving human military to repel the Zzard invasion. There's a complication to it, of course, in that Eva Braun is actually a powerful ESPer herself, and catches you just before you can get into the mecha and get the job done, but what brought this back to my attention was this Mythbusters episode:
While I'm at it, if I could successfully resurrect my full notes again, would anyone be interested in playing this by posts using a) Mekton, b) WEG-D6/Open d6/Star Wars RPG, or c) the MEGS/DC Heroes game system? BESM/Tri-Stat would also be an option, but doesn't really scale well enough for both human action and giant mecha. Yes, the general outline of events is kind of laid down, but so would it be with any WWII game, and there's a lot of wiggle room in there for how well various operations go, and especially in the later stages for how well the players diplomance, scavenge and manage resources to keep their equipment operational and supplied with fuel and ammunition.
I have a bad tendency to get enthusiastic about projects for a few days or weeks and then move on to the next thing, but if I managed to get to where I (as a noob GM who's only run two game sessions, ever) felt I had done adequate prep work for this kind of massive campaign, the social obligation of players waiting on it would pretty certainly keep my head in the game.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
While I'm at it, if I could successfully resurrect my full notes again, would anyone be interested in playing this by posts using a) Mekton, b) WEG-D6/Open d6/Star Wars RPG, or c) the MEGS/DC Heroes game system? BESM/Tri-Stat would also be an option, but doesn't really scale well enough for both human action and giant mecha. Yes, the general outline of events is kind of laid down, but so would it be with any WWII game, and there's a lot of wiggle room in there for how well various operations go, and especially in the later stages for how well the players diplomance, scavenge and manage resources to keep their equipment operational and supplied with fuel and ammunition.
I have a bad tendency to get enthusiastic about projects for a few days or weeks and then move on to the next thing, but if I managed to get to where I (as a noob GM who's only run two game sessions, ever) felt I had done adequate prep work for this kind of massive campaign, the social obligation of players waiting on it would pretty certainly keep my head in the game.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows