Welcome to An Unconventional Arms Race!
While you might have seen more-or-less conventional Arms Race games on these here forums, few are focusing on unconventional warfare. Here is one that plans on doing so.
The General Gist General Gist Sir... There are, as is normal, two sides. One side is, as normal, a more-or-less conventional third-world(i.e., unaligned) nation-state which has the option of purchasing equipment or designing(and manufacturing) its own. However, the other side is an initially unknown force, which could be anything from rebels, revolutionaries and cartels to aliens, megacorporations, magic users, or whatever else can be thought up prior to actually starting. Note that in the case of truley absurd foes there will also be outside help(XCOM-alike for aliens, neutral megacorporations, a different group of magic users, that sorta thing). Setting timewise is extremely near future.
The game with start with five turns of shenanigan preparation: Side A has five turns to purchase, design, and produce equipment while Side B has one turn of voting to
choose what manner of threat they consist of and four turns to purchase, design, and produce equipment of its own.
The game ends if and when Side A takes out Side B's leadership and defeats it militarily OR when Side B successfully destabilizes Side A's government and takes control itself.
HOWEVER Before the game gets started even unto that point, I have a task for all of you: Determining the playing field and choosing sides. Please use the following form for comments.
Side: (Nonbinding, used to get a general feel for interest)
-Nation State, Unknown Forces
Nation State Format: (UF need not use this line)
-State-owned Arsenals(standard Arms Race format), Private Companies(each player is its own company)
Landscape Determination: Choose a number between 1 and 10, where 1 is low and 10 is high. The top two for each category(save for neighbors) will be used to make the map.
-Average Temperature |
-Ambient Liquid |
-Elevation Variation |
-Level of Large Vegetation |
-Amount of Coastline |
-Nearby Neighbors | (Only the most voted for value will be chosen, representing number and vicinity of neighbors)
Further information will be provided in threads for the sides. And yes, I am rushing this before I have regrets.
By the way, if you have an Unconventional Force you wish to see included in the votes for it, please PM me here. I reserve the right to refuse suggestions if I cannot think of mechanics for them or if its something
distasteful.