Dystopian Campaign starts Saturday 30st of April.

[robertdd]

So we all have had our forces a while now, and we all have had time to paint. Some of us have even gotten some try-out games in. Now it is time for us to start putting our little ships to good use.

Our D6 generation friends from in Southern New Hampshire have cooked up a campaign setting that I propose we are going to use. It's called the X-Cam and is somewhat more abstracted than many of you might be used to, but it provides a fun framework to entice us to get some action going.

There are three sizes of battles, small to large, and you will play a bunch of small ones before you get up to the next level. This is how it works:

• Recon Mission: Players engage in small battles to gain Recon points. Recon points represent ‘intelligence’ your forces have gained about the Command Area, enemy positions, and assets.
• Strategic Missions: Once you have enough Recon points you may spend them to challenge other players to larger battles to gain Strategic points. Strategic points represent your offensive position in the area. The more Strategic points you have, the better positioned you are to make a critical strike and establish control.
• Control Missions: Players that have gained a strong strategic position are now ready to coordinate large engagements, such as Stronghold Assaults and Force Superiority battles, to gain Control points. Control points represent how much dominance your forces have in the area.
• The first player to gain 3 Control points will win the X-Cam.

There's more to it, of course, so read up on it here: www.thed6generation.com/dystopian-war-s-x-cam


What I like about this system: there is no minimum commitment in time. You can play as much or as little as you like. Also, because you start small you gradually will learn the rules, instead of all at once like we've done. I am sure we will have numerous issues that need deciding by someone, so I am nominating myself as upper-judge and score keeper, and Chuck as judge on disputes in games that I play in myself. This is of course until you guys find someone else who does a better job.

My first official ruling: we will butch up rules. That's OK. When we find out, we will play with the correct rules from there on out. If someone got an advantage because a rule was botched then so be it, no taking back.

I want to start the campaign officially on Saturday the 30st of Aril, and everyone who wants to play should have signed up by then. To sign up, just post on this thread, or somehow get in touch with me (I'm always around Wednessday nights, but letting Tony or Sean know will work just as well)

[pkelly]

This all sounds very cool. I would love to be part of this. I do have some issues that might come into play. Starting on April 18 I am in a Warmachine league until mid May. I can only come to the game story once a week. So , I will probably be playing warmachine. Once the league is wrapped up. I would love to get back into Dysptopian Wars.

[Sterling Archer]

I'm in.

[doctorclockwork]

What days are you planning on doing the campaign, robert?

[robertdd]

He guys, the campaign will not be played on any set day. The way this works is:
1. You challenge another player to a certain type of battle.
2. That player may accept or not, that's perfectly fine, but it is in your interest to accept, usually...
3. You decide upon a venue to play at, which may be Triple Play, but it can also be at one of your homes or whatever. If you plan to play at Triple Play you might want to check with the staff that there is available space when you want to play, or you may not find a table to play at.
4. Well before the game you roll for which scenario you end up playing.
5. You select a force to bring to the game (you will notice that points available for the smallest missions are really low, so plan on them being shorter games that will play fast) and you make sure that you have this written down. Yes! You DO need an army list! (It's only fair to your opponent)
6. Afterwards you report the outcome to me, and I will record it.

The system is such that the more you play, the more points you will accumulate. Usually even the losing site will score some points and come out ahead, but to really grab substantial points you need to win. I don't think you ever loose points for playing.

Pat, you could just sign up and play whenever it suits you (just say no to chalanges (insert chicken sound here)). While it will be a lot harder to win, you will still have fun playing, and others will want to play you because every game has potential for points. If you check out the score sheet that is available from the link I posted in my previous post you see that Russ Wakelin has only played a few games, but he takes second place in the league to Jeremy, who's played a ton. Russ must've done really well.

The campaign has no fixed end date. It ends a week after someone scores their third control point. If another player gets to that same point within a week there will be a huge cool big grudge match face-off between those two.

The system is designed to fit any schedule, no matter how much or little you can play. I think it would even stand up to someone actually coming on board half way through, althought I will probably cut off that option if it gets to near the end of the campaign. It will also allow for the new land units to be used when thewy become available, I'm sure. Most importantly, it gives us a structure to play a bunch of games around, wwhile having some sort of purpose while doing it. This is going to be fun guys!

I do encourage everyone interested to glance through the documents I linked!

[pkelly]

that sounds good to me. I just did not want to sign up and hold everyone back. I think a causal campaign is a great idea.

[robertdd]

Causal and casual.

[heybale]

I just moved to town but I'd love to get involved. I have a partially painted British fleet and maybe more on the way time allowing. When do y'all usually play at Triple Play? I've never played an actual game and could use some trial runs.

Mike

[pkelly]

Welcome to town. There is no set day we play. I would just post on the forums when you are free to see if anybody can meet you at the store. Most people seem to play Wednesday and Thursday or Saturday and Sunday. We all just started to play and only have one or two games under our belt. So do not worry about taking time to learn how to play.

[robertdd]

He mike, welcome. Just sign up for the campaign. It is designed to get us playing. We're not much of a competitive bunch anyways and, like Pat said, we are all just starting out this thing. My own fleet is only half painted.