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I've been avoiding making scenarios based on WWII because it's a cliche-storm, but here are a few ideas I've had. I haven't managed to totally avoid the cliches, and these scenarios do take a lot from previous works, but I think I can provide enough of a twist to them to make them worth making. As dystopia is my forte, these will all involve OTL's best representative of grimdark, the Nazis.
Endsieg - My take on the post-apocalyptic Axis victory scenarios. This time, instead of debating how Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan developed, I choose every option and have their shattered empires develop in different ways. And, of course, gratuitous servings of Weird War elements. The feudal, genetically-modified Himmlerites of Burgundy face off against the undead legions from the irradiated and damned heartland of the old Reich. A revived shogunate and their samurai endeavor to maintain control of their Chinese and American territories, while being attacked by IJN and IJA warlords using leftover WWII weaponry to keep on fighting WWIII. And of course, on the dark side of the Moon and deep in the Mariana Trench, the remnants of the German and Japanese governments plan their triumphant return.
The New Order - A 1940s-punk scenario. In the 2040s, World War II burns on, or rather its embers still glow in the darkness. The Eurasian continent is under the domination of the Third Reich, although Germania's hold beyond the Urals and Caucasus is very tenuous. The Japanese Empire has fallen, consumed by Germany's newly-industrialized wartime ally, Nationalist China. Both factions fight one another in Central Asia and resist the United States of the Americas, a pseudo-monarchy under the Roosevelt family, who support the bloodthirsty Free European guerrillas in Africa and occasionally launch ballistic missiles at occupied Europe from their base in what the Americans refer to as Airstrip One.
Under the Jackboot - A fascist world, where most major fascist movements have succeeded. As Europe is divided against itself, these divisions occasionally breaking out into outright warfare, the American Union and Imperial Japan fight proxy wars around the Pacific and South America. Still not too sure about how to organize this one, so I'm open to ideas, but I'm fairly confident that the Nazis won't be dominating Europe this time around, but would be one of many batshit states in Europe.
A Very British Civil War - Based on the tabletop RPG of the same name, a world where King Edward VIII does not abdicate and does such improper things as marry a divorcee and appointing Oswald Mosley of the British Union of Fascists as his Prime Minister. This scenario focuses on the aftermath: Britain remains a fascist state under the dominance of the Greater German Reich, which was instrumental in allowing the King and the BUF to triumph in the British Civil War. The United States (which did not enter the war against Germany directly) and a rump Soviet Union, backers of the defeated British governments, continue to contest German domination of continental Europe and support the governments-in-exile scattered around the world.
Endsieg - My take on the post-apocalyptic Axis victory scenarios. This time, instead of debating how Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan developed, I choose every option and have their shattered empires develop in different ways. And, of course, gratuitous servings of Weird War elements. The feudal, genetically-modified Himmlerites of Burgundy face off against the undead legions from the irradiated and damned heartland of the old Reich. A revived shogunate and their samurai endeavor to maintain control of their Chinese and American territories, while being attacked by IJN and IJA warlords using leftover WWII weaponry to keep on fighting WWIII. And of course, on the dark side of the Moon and deep in the Mariana Trench, the remnants of the German and Japanese governments plan their triumphant return.
The New Order - A 1940s-punk scenario. In the 2040s, World War II burns on, or rather its embers still glow in the darkness. The Eurasian continent is under the domination of the Third Reich, although Germania's hold beyond the Urals and Caucasus is very tenuous. The Japanese Empire has fallen, consumed by Germany's newly-industrialized wartime ally, Nationalist China. Both factions fight one another in Central Asia and resist the United States of the Americas, a pseudo-monarchy under the Roosevelt family, who support the bloodthirsty Free European guerrillas in Africa and occasionally launch ballistic missiles at occupied Europe from their base in what the Americans refer to as Airstrip One.
Under the Jackboot - A fascist world, where most major fascist movements have succeeded. As Europe is divided against itself, these divisions occasionally breaking out into outright warfare, the American Union and Imperial Japan fight proxy wars around the Pacific and South America. Still not too sure about how to organize this one, so I'm open to ideas, but I'm fairly confident that the Nazis won't be dominating Europe this time around, but would be one of many batshit states in Europe.
A Very British Civil War - Based on the tabletop RPG of the same name, a world where King Edward VIII does not abdicate and does such improper things as marry a divorcee and appointing Oswald Mosley of the British Union of Fascists as his Prime Minister. This scenario focuses on the aftermath: Britain remains a fascist state under the dominance of the Greater German Reich, which was instrumental in allowing the King and the BUF to triumph in the British Civil War. The United States (which did not enter the war against Germany directly) and a rump Soviet Union, backers of the defeated British governments, continue to contest German domination of continental Europe and support the governments-in-exile scattered around the world.
Announcing Ad Astra Per Aspera: Galactic Warfare!
Some of you may have noticed a relative lack of content from me these past few months. This is in large part because I have been working on my latest project: a tabletop wargame set in the dystopian Ad Astra Per Aspera universe! I am proud to announce Ad Astra Per Aspera: Galactic Warfare! Ad Astra Per Aspera: Galactic Warfare is set during the Galactic War, the great war started between the Coalition of Western Republics, the Conseil of Workers' Systems, and their allies. Unbeknownst to all but the highest echelons of the two totalitarian superpowers, the entire war was orchestrated by their leaders for their own nefarious ends. But while the purpose of the war is fabricated, the brutal death and destruction on planets all throughout the Milky Way is all too real. Now is your chance to take command in this epic, but pointless, struggle! Ad Astra Per Aspera: Galactic Warfare is a 6mm tabletop wargame. I chose this scale to highlight the vast, impersonal battlefields of the 28th
Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40K Sheevposting Edition
I was listening to A Fan With Too Much Time’s excellent series, Star Wars vs. Warhammer 40K, a crossover fanfiction where an Imperial battlefleet from the Warhammer 40K universe encounters and, naturally, invades the Star Wars galaxy at the tail end of the Clone Wars. I like his approach to the crossover: while the Imperium outguns the SW galaxy and it shows, the Republic does get some good hits in against the invaders. Both sides also have intelligent people working for them, and most plans do not go off without any trouble. His approach to the mechanics of the Immaterium and how that meshes with the Force is also great. While the final outcome of the war is far from decided as of the time I am writing this post, it does look like the Imperium will be getting far more victories before they are thrown back into the void, if they are defeated at all. The general consensus on this sort of crossover is that an invading 40K force will defeat the Star Wars galaxy, unless severe limiting
The Man in the High Castle Sequel Idea
Just finished the series, and inspired to do a sequel in my style: cynical scifiness. Don't expect a map or a full scenario soon, but I will put down my thoughts below. Major spoilers.
All those people at the end are the multiverse's tourists and are looking at the newest universe integrated into the multiversal community. They aren't some great hope, they're just sightseers interested in yet another "Nazis win" timeline. No accounting for good taste. As a pragmatic concern, there's a policy of non-intervention among the major states which interest themselves in human affairs, and while that is sometimes violated, there's already numerous te
Not Dead Yet
You may have noticed that updates have slowed down recently. That doesn’t mean I’m dead, or that I’ve run out of projects. Here’s a brief status report on upcoming entries.
- Commissions. I’m still going to do those. I’m not going to give specifics in public, but you know who you are. If you want to send me a reminder, send me an email at rvbomally1[at]gmail.com. The Notes system is trash and I often send replies that don’t go through.
- Space Cadet. You jokers just got a few updates very recently, so no complaining here!
- Sunshine. I’ve been working with Serafim on this, and while I have no
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Under the Jackboot sounds like an idea I had ages ago, only the POD was that in the 19th century Pan-Germanism is much more invasive and influential, so that even the French, Russians and to an extent the Italians and Spaniards officially state that they are Germanic peoples. Franks in France, Vikings in Russia (Novgorod and Kievan Rus), Ostrogoths and Lombards for Italy and Visigoths for Spain. So "Germanic" ideas on how to run a state, euthenasia and racial purity become generally accepted by the Fascist-ish and militaristic governments.
So there's America doing their whole Nazi-Confederate thing, ethnic cleansing in Central Europe, Congoesque brutality across all of Africa, Russians enslaving Central Asians and reverting Poles, Balts and Finns to 3rd Class citizens. Also Unionism in Ireland is now racist as fuck and many have since died.
So there's America doing their whole Nazi-Confederate thing, ethnic cleansing in Central Europe, Congoesque brutality across all of Africa, Russians enslaving Central Asians and reverting Poles, Balts and Finns to 3rd Class citizens. Also Unionism in Ireland is now racist as fuck and many have since died.