Game board spawns next Imagination campaign

 Blitzkreig map is getting a page of its history as a resource for a imagination campaign set in a group of years from the late 1920's and 1930's. 

The Minor countries have been named in a fashion,  lifting from the satiric Bored of the Rings book. I still need to make a decision on the naming of the two 'big' nations involved,  Big Red and Great Blue; I may even break up hose two countries into several more for a maximum of ten countries on the map.  The campaign is meant to be more gonzo than the mostly historical based 1800 ish continent.  

I will use it ( in theory)  to plunk WW1, WW2 and some noire Pulp games in a setting. The Minor countries include the Upper 40, the Lower 40, Todoor, Fordoor,  and Roi-Tan. The last is specifically designed for me to call mounted units the 'Riders of Roi Tan.'  (look, there goes Alice).  I am heavily leaning to a solo outing on this , similar to Barry's Redoubt  Eurica campaign.


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You will have to zoom in really big as the board is almost 4 foot across.

You see, my situation includes WW2 collections in 15,20 and 28mm . Ahem, not small collections at that. If you click on the image you can see through the magic of MS Paint, the new country names are recorded.

 I would like to report on the campaign in a newspaper format.  Is there a good software to help layout?  Right now I use open office for typing but it gets wonky when I try to get columns and headers on the same page with too many insets, like photos or tables. 


 

 

 

Comments

rross said…
A cool looking map there, Joe and the campaign should be fun - similar to your US v China imagi-campaign a couple of years ago?
pancerni said…
Keith, The US versus China campaign is over at Archduke P's blog if memory serves. What I'd be shooting for would be Command Decision and Crossfire games generated from map movements. A very good example of the kind of engagements can be found using keyword 'Command Decision TOB'
Joe

It is also an excuse to use the map, which I happily will leave up on my cellar table.
Joe, I look forward to seeing what you do here.
I used Libre Office when creating a newspaper for a Diplomacy game years ago. It seemed to work well but I agree editing can sometimes be complicated.
For a campaign-based battle-generator idea, see my Montcalm & Wolfe campaign with Peter from several years ago.

https://palousewargamingjournal.blogspot.com/search/label/Montcalm%20%26%20Wolfe
Ray Rousell said…
That's a great looking map, there Joe.
pancerni said…
Jonathan, thanks on both counts of these comments. Peter's games are interesting, I will go back into his archives for more ideas. The dueling reports from he & you on the Middle East WW1 games is interesting.

I will push through the Newspaper idea, it is too useful to abandon at this point. Thanks for the insight and support. Maybe I can send you a free copy of the "Lower 40 Zeitung."
pancerni said…
Ray,
Thank you. I am happy with the way it looks. Laying it out did almost feel like cheating, but I will be filling in with more details, so.....
Gonsalvo said…
AS noted previously, I have always liked that Blitzkrieg map,
Bored of the rings, eh? I'd be more inclined to go with Hyboria, Lankmar, or the realms of Elric of Melnibone myself. Best not to get started on that! :-)
pancerni said…
Peter,
We all have our favorites, eh? Elric's tale is a little dark for me, even before the final twists.

Now where should I put the Land of the Knee Walking Turkeys?
Czar Barry said…
This should be fun. I look forward to following this and seeing how it develops.
Tony Adams said…
The idea of "newspaper" reports is great and very different. As you say Archduke P has done this in the past and I am sure he can advise on layout and software etc....Regards
pancerni said…
Tony, setting up templates for several 'publishers ' so each country 's newspapers has its own look.
Joe
Neil Patterson said…
Grand Azuria v Gules Magna?
Neil
pancerni said…
oooh, classy....although I must admit my altar-boy Latin is taxed to make such translations.
Inquisitor said…
Joe, I’m not too familiar with software for newspaper style graphics, but I did find this site:
https://www.flipsnack.com/templates/newspapers


I use comic book apps on my phone.
pancerni said…
Edgar,
Thanks, I shall look at it. One of a thousand ideas.
pancerni said…
Neil,
It took three months but now I understand the "Blitzkrieg 50" reference! I had no idea anything was done with the game to that extant.

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