The recruiter's office is packed. After that last round of ass whoopings that the Allies gave to the Japanese on their homeland, the recruitment offices have been packed to the gills in new recruits looking to stick it to the Germans on their presently occupied ground on a large island in the Atlantic they have been using as a forward defensive position against would be invasions from the Eastern Seaboard of the American homeland. Every recruit knew that this would be a hard fight. The enemy has had time to entrench and fortify.
The same could be said about the British troops roaring to attack the German defenses to clear their flank for an invasion of mainland France. And so too do the French flock to American and British recruitment centers in hopes of winning back their homeland.
All in all, by the end of 1947, American and British troops with their French detachments and all equipment set aside for invasion totalled enough for 200,000 men with the initial invasion force being 23,000 split betwixt 7 beaches on the island's northern side.
Unbeknownst to the western Allied forces, the Russians also had an invasion plan. The Eastern Front having collapsed and forced Soviet high command and the majority of the Red Army to flee to North Africa (the worst possible place to be a native Russian.) They Soviets want to destroy the thing keeping the German War Machine safe from a western attack, thus allowing them to return home and recommence the Great Patriotic War. The Soviet Union would be attacking the Southwest side as the Allies distract the Germans in the North. Their numbers are 600. The beach they're landing on is ill suited for invasion unlike the northern beaches.
The operation would be known as
OPERATION: SUVOROV
Deployed:
Reserves:
Name: Billy Boberson
Rank: E-2
Backstory: A regular guy doing regular stuff until he decided to join the army.
Description of character: Looks like a regular dud with a mustache.
Accolades: Hunter: +1 to tracking
Construction Expert: +1 to build fortifications and shelters
Inventory:
Primary: Springfield M1903
Sidearm: Colt M1911
Bayonet:
Shovel:
Extra Equipment: Knife
Location:
Status:
Name: Jackson “Moonshine” Shine
Rank: E-2
Backstory: From Australia (I’ll do this once we’re off the beach and characters are more likely to live longer)
Description of character: On the short side, with red hair and freckles clearly belying Irish heritage. He holds his Boys ATR like it’s his baby.
Accolades: Focus: +1 (stacking) to hit when not moving and using a rifle scope.
Pain Tollerance: -1 to any pain gained
Inventory:
Primary: Boys Antitank Rifle
Sidearm: Owen Gun
Bayonet
Shovel
Extra Equipment: (requests)
-Scope
-Pocket Bible
-Protective goggles
Name: Christopher Mcgee
Rank: E-2
Kills:
Backstory: A young man drafted straight out of highschool from Rhode Island his general demeanor is one of both great excitement and fear.
Description of character: Skinny as a twig with red fuzzy hair and a couple of freckles. Wrote his name and home address on his helmet.
Accolades: Jittery: +1 to initiative when entering combat, at the cost of -1 to hit with non automatic firearms.
Fleet Footed: No disadvantage when moving on unstable terrain.
Inventory:
Primary: BAR 1918 (Has "If found return to Christopher Mcgee." carved on the stock)
Sidearm: Smith and Wesson Revolver
Bayonet:
Shovel:
Extra Equipment: M1 Frags
Location:
Status:
Name:?
Rank:E-2
Branch: Marines
Description of character: he is indescribable.
Accolades: Homerun: +1 melee combat
Slippy: +1 dodge
Inventory:
Primary: over under shotgun
Sidearm: BAR 1918
Bayonet
Shovel
Extra Equipment: Machete
Name: George Smith
Rank: E-2
Kills:
Backstory: An African-American fisherman from Georgia who had his father fight in the Harlem Hellfighters (369 Infantry Regiment) and enlisted up to show some patriotism to his country and his heritage
Description of character: An somewhat muscular African-American who is somewhat tall with a black buzzcut and a growing stubble of a beard
Accolades: Flak Jacket: Damage reduction from Explosions (Damage/2)
Patient: +1 to hit when not moving and having not fired for a turn.
Inventory:
Primary: M5 Folsom
Sidearm: Colt M1911
Bayonet:
Shovel:
Extra Equipment:
Location:
Status:
Name: Kyle "Bro" Chadwick
Rank: O-1
Branch: Army
Backstory: Definitely has one
Description of character: A man, or a dragon-man, or maybe just a dragon.
Accolades: Draconic: Fire resistance (damage severity/2)
Fiery Rage: +1 to hit with flamethrowers (stacking per pain awarded)
Inventory:
Primary: Pedersen
Sidearm: Smith & Wesson
Bayonet
Shovel
Extra Equipment:
-bowie knife
-M1 flamethrower
-cool hat (fire resistant)
-Officer's Baton
KIA:
Cryosleep:
Hello! I AM BACK!!! This will be my best and hopefully last attempt to revive my old game, Seltsame Insel from years ago under a new name and with way, way more stuff. For those who didn't play or have never read Seltsame Insel the first time, it's a GRUNTS styled WW2-esque game in which I recreate D-Day on a strange island held by German forces. The first time ran for several turns and had a massive death toll. I spent 2 whole deployments refining and recrafting my game from the ground up. I play tested it on (ironically, given the subject material) June 6th 2021 with 2 of my friends, who became (with help of magic and stuffs) Naked Jesus and Frankenstein (and his monster in the same person). Magic and specail things will be explained in another spoiler.
I will try my damnedest to make the actual details as close to actual D-Day as possible. I will be basing most of my details from a book I was reading during the two deployments. The book went into excruciating details about every aspects of the invasion and preparations. As such, I will model it off the descriptions there. There are seven beachheads. 1 french, 4 american, and 2 british beaches, codenamed Chair, Carpet, Knocker, Beach, Dog, Schnitzel, and Bathtub respectively.
There will be a few other spoilers to detail the rest of the game as I want it to be.
The first beach you guys will be going to is the American beach codenamed Beach Beach (My friend randomly picked it early in my second deployment). The french beach is already taken, so there may eventually be reinforcements.
The game will start when I have at least 4 people. Anyone who is dormant for more than 3 consecutive turns will be put in cryosleep until the end of the battle/ their return.
Turns will be taken in shifts depending on the stage of the beaches. Each Beach is broken up into 9 zones denoted in Roman Numerals. The zones are (in order from furthest to closest): Landing, Surf, Wet Sand, Dry Sand, Shingle, Packed Sand, Sea Wall, Base of Bluff, and Bluff. The Turns in the zones will be split between the Players, Artillery, MGs, Infantry, traps, mortars, etc.
There will be magic, but at first it will be random. Anything that could be reasonably construed as Divinity, Eldritch dealings, Luck, or traditional sorcery/Magics will be given a random magical effect from the Net Libram of Random Magical Effects. Every time afterwards, that spell will henceforth be performed the same way as done the first time if able. During the beach invasions, I will not track what you do and do not know. If you find a spell, I'll log that and you will be able to cast that spell from then until your character at the end of the beach invasion dies in normal combat. After that, they'll have to rediscover any magic you want.
Accolades are like perks/abilities. You start with up to 2 and get a new one every 3 ranks (up to 5). You can receive accolades from myself for exceptionally heroic or stupid acts. They can work to buff you, buff other players, debuff the enemies, perform a predetermined minor action without rolling for it, etc., etc.
On the island, all characters will speak common and their home language. Example being the Frenchmen speak Common and French when on the island. But would otherwise speak only French and whatever other language they may have learned before.
Equipment will be shown as follows: Name| Description| Turns of Firing Before Reloading| Turns to Reload| Comments from Me
Browning-Johnson M1944 | A battlefield modification of an aircraft Browning 1919 | 10 | 3 | Made by the troops for the troops
BAR 1918 | Light machine gun chambered in .30-06 | 4 | 1 | Classic trench broom
M1 Carbine | Small Carbine version of the M1 Garand | 4 | 1 | Small and dependable
M5 Folsom | An updated M1 Garand with a detachable magazine and Select Fire | 3 (2) | 1 | New and Improved!
Springfield M1903 | America's Sniper rifle | 5 | 1 (5 without clips) | *PANG* *crick crack*
Pedersen M3 | America's revolving battle rifle | 4 | 1 | It spins
Colt M1911 | A single stack pistol in .45 ACP | 2 | 1 | Muh 2 world wars
Smith and Wesson Revolver | A revolver in .38 Special | 6 | 2 | Favorite of Gunfighters everywhere
Winchester M1897 | The trenchgun in slamfire | 6 (2) | 2 | Bam *chik chak* Bam *chik* Bam *chik* Bam *chik* Bam *chik* Bam
Side By Side Shotgun | Classic | 2 | 2 | GIT OFF MAH LAWN!!!
Over Under Shotgun | Innovation on the classic | 2 | 2 | YOU DERN KIDS!!!
M1 Frag | Fragmentation Grenade | 1 | N/A | FRAG OUT!!!
M3 Incendiary | Incendiary Grenade | 1 | N/A | *Boom* *Fwooosh*
M2 Smoke | Smoke Grenade | 1 | N/A | *Kssssssh*
M67A2 | Smoke Grenade in other colors | 1 | N/A | *Kssssssh, but in color*
M2 Forsby | Anti tank Rocket launcher | 1 | 3 | Fuck your tanks!
M1 Flamethrower | A flamethrower | N/A | N/A | BURN 'EM OUT!!!!
M4 Sub Machinegun | A Modification of the Owen Gun for use by American troops | 3 | 1 | Weird, but it works.
Equipment will be shown as follows: Name| Description| Turns of Firing Before Reloading| Turns to Reload| Comments from Me
Enfield No VI Mk II | The British Rifle | 10 | 2 | Bloody good time, chaps.
Metford Carbine | Based off a combination of the M1 Carbine and a captured Gewehr 41 | 5 | 1 | Innovation on Yank and Gerry guns
Sten Mk VII | SMG in 9mm Parabellum | 3 | 1 | Jolly old gun
Owen Gun | SMG made by the Australians and well liked by all | 3 | 1 | Queer, but it functions.
Bren Mk II | British LMG | 4 | 1 | It just works
Vickers Heavy | Huge Water cooled machine gun | N/A | N/A | Makes Tea for Tea Time
Webley | Officer's sidearm | 6 | 2 | Fix Bayonets, Lads!
M1911 (See America)
(For Grenades see America's Grenades, shotguns, and Flamethrower)
Boys Anti tank Rifle | Anti Tank Rifle | 5 | 1 | For the tanks
PIAT | and Anti tank rocket launcher | 1 | 3 | Delever their tea from over here, lads.
Name:
Rank: If you're an officer, put O-1, else put E-2. More for tracking the status of players in their march onwards towards being a General (Admiral for the navy folk)/Master Sergeant (Master Chief Petty Officer for the Navy folk)
Branch: Army, Navy, Marines
Backstory: Optional
Description of character: Pictures will work if you want to use those in lieu of words
Accolades: Perks, basically. Buffs, abilities, resistances, debuffs, just imagine something that might make your character a specialist and we'll balance it. You can have 2 to begin with and will get a new one every third rank.
Inventory:
Primary:
Sidearm:
Bayonet
Shovel
Extra Equipment: Ask for stuff. Grenades are free, just say you're throwing a grenade and unless you've thrown 2, i'll let you throw some nades
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Topic: Operation: Suvorov (Recruiting and OOC thread) 6/Infinite (Read 1898 times)