Phelot
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The other thread was a good idea... so...
OK, I was thinking this setting could work both as an RPG and especially as a strategy game. The strategy part is obvious, it'd be a war game, but the RPG would probably have to focus on the PC effecting the different factions depending on his actions. I'm thinking the PC would be doing a lot of survival and a lot of sneaking around bigger players waiting for the smoke to clear to see what they can loot...
Anyways, here it is:
The setting takes place in northern New Jersey sometime in the very early 21st century. In 1965 nuclear war breaks out between America, China, and Russia with no clear victors. In this setting, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston (as well as most other major cities) are nuked along with a number of Nike Missile silos located in New Jersey (Swdesboro, South Plainfield, Mahwah). The capital is nuked and due to some confusion and lack of warning, the entire federal government is incapacitated to the point were no clear government body exists anymore. New Jersey is left to fend for itself as armies of refugees collapse the infrastructure. Power is intermittent along with clean drinking water.
Fast forward a few decades and the state government has collapsed due to a devastating war caused when the acting governor of NJ attempted to gain more control over the northern counties which were being run locally by county reps. and in some cases individual "mayors." These northern counties banded together. After the war, the state found itself with an obliterated capital city, no state government, and the further fracturing of the state into rival counties and cities.
After this war, the two imminent powers in the north clashed over the relatively intact city of Newark in Essex County. That's the focus of this setting, the conflict there.
The main players are:
Morris-Union Military Jointure Commission: The two counties formed a military pact for mutual protection and to counter some of their more powerful neighbors. They are primarily at war with the Hudson-Bergen-South Passaic Commonwealth and North Passaic.
Hudson-Bergen-South Passaic Commonwealth (HBSPC): Haven't designed this that much yet. South Passaic was conquered from the original Passaic county essentially splitting the county into a free northern partition and an occupied south.
North Passaic: Concerned only with regaining it's full county. Not interested in the war for Newark. Very weak.
Essex County: Militarily they were allied with the other counties during the war with the state, but bailed out to fight a civil war when a local strongman took control of Newark.
Free City of Newark: Heavily fortified, Newark is in the fight for it's life with two much larger forces colliding into it's borders and in some areas city streets.
NOTE: Not sure if anymore would be needed. I wanted this to be a local conflict, nothing too grand.
Besides civilian vehicles pressed into military service, the counties use a collection of repaired or leftover national guard equipment as well as a limited ability to produce new vehicles. These include mostly 1960's era weapons such as:
M41 Walker Bulldog, M24 Chaffee, M4 Sherman, M46 Patton, and M26 Pershing. As well as any number of APCs, jeeps, etc etc.
Firearms would be those found around that time, M14s, M3A1s, etc. As well as various civilian firearms.
So, this is actually the first time I've written about this though I think about it when I'm driving through boring areas for extended periods of time. I know it's kind of a mess, but when I used to live in that part of the US, I always thought it was such an interesting urban area and oddly enough, what kind of tactics would be used should a war be fought there.
So what do you think?
OK, I was thinking this setting could work both as an RPG and especially as a strategy game. The strategy part is obvious, it'd be a war game, but the RPG would probably have to focus on the PC effecting the different factions depending on his actions. I'm thinking the PC would be doing a lot of survival and a lot of sneaking around bigger players waiting for the smoke to clear to see what they can loot...
Anyways, here it is:
The setting takes place in northern New Jersey sometime in the very early 21st century. In 1965 nuclear war breaks out between America, China, and Russia with no clear victors. In this setting, New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston (as well as most other major cities) are nuked along with a number of Nike Missile silos located in New Jersey (Swdesboro, South Plainfield, Mahwah). The capital is nuked and due to some confusion and lack of warning, the entire federal government is incapacitated to the point were no clear government body exists anymore. New Jersey is left to fend for itself as armies of refugees collapse the infrastructure. Power is intermittent along with clean drinking water.
Fast forward a few decades and the state government has collapsed due to a devastating war caused when the acting governor of NJ attempted to gain more control over the northern counties which were being run locally by county reps. and in some cases individual "mayors." These northern counties banded together. After the war, the state found itself with an obliterated capital city, no state government, and the further fracturing of the state into rival counties and cities.
After this war, the two imminent powers in the north clashed over the relatively intact city of Newark in Essex County. That's the focus of this setting, the conflict there.
The main players are:
Morris-Union Military Jointure Commission: The two counties formed a military pact for mutual protection and to counter some of their more powerful neighbors. They are primarily at war with the Hudson-Bergen-South Passaic Commonwealth and North Passaic.
Hudson-Bergen-South Passaic Commonwealth (HBSPC): Haven't designed this that much yet. South Passaic was conquered from the original Passaic county essentially splitting the county into a free northern partition and an occupied south.
North Passaic: Concerned only with regaining it's full county. Not interested in the war for Newark. Very weak.
Essex County: Militarily they were allied with the other counties during the war with the state, but bailed out to fight a civil war when a local strongman took control of Newark.
Free City of Newark: Heavily fortified, Newark is in the fight for it's life with two much larger forces colliding into it's borders and in some areas city streets.
NOTE: Not sure if anymore would be needed. I wanted this to be a local conflict, nothing too grand.
Besides civilian vehicles pressed into military service, the counties use a collection of repaired or leftover national guard equipment as well as a limited ability to produce new vehicles. These include mostly 1960's era weapons such as:
M41 Walker Bulldog, M24 Chaffee, M4 Sherman, M46 Patton, and M26 Pershing. As well as any number of APCs, jeeps, etc etc.
Firearms would be those found around that time, M14s, M3A1s, etc. As well as various civilian firearms.
So, this is actually the first time I've written about this though I think about it when I'm driving through boring areas for extended periods of time. I know it's kind of a mess, but when I used to live in that part of the US, I always thought it was such an interesting urban area and oddly enough, what kind of tactics would be used should a war be fought there.
So what do you think?