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<blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 1966000" data-attributes="member: 26473"><p><strong>Wing and Sword: a d20 Modern military campaign</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Wing and Sword</em> is a d20 <em>Modern</em> play-by-post military mini-campaign of counter-insurgency actions during the Algerian War of the 1950s and 1960s.</p><p></p><p>The player characters are <em>légionnaires</em> of the 1<em>er Regiment Étranger de Parachutistes</em> (REP), the First Foreign Parachute Regiment, assigned to suppress the insurrection lead by the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). FLN insurgents have been striking at civilian and military targets in the hinterland since 1954, but terrorist attacks in the large cities of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine are on the rise and the <em>gendarmerie</em> and sector troops assigned to the country are proving insufficient to stem the bloodshed. The French government begins a massive troop build-up in Algeria in 1956, but knows that conscripts alone will not be enough – the toughest assignments will fall to the men wearing a silver badge of a winged fist clutching a sword on their berets: <em>Les Paras</em>.</p><p></p><p>The <em>paras</em> are <em>Légionnaire</em> Marcel Benezet Fortier (played by <strong>Bobitron</strong>), <em>Légionnaire</em> Pyotr Andreievich Kerenin (played by <strong>shadowbloodmoon</strong>), <em>Légionnaire</em> Normand Joseph Mador (played by <strong>Barak</strong>), and <em>Légionnaire</em> Vidal Gaspard (played by <strong>знаток</strong>).</p><p></p><p>The campaign consists of eight operations (adventures) each made up of three to fourteen engagements (encounters), plus a prologue and epilogue. They are as follows:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkorange"><u><strong>Operations and Engagements</strong></u></span></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=114225" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkred"><em>Chat et Souris</em></span></a> (prologue)</p><p><strong>Life During Wartime</strong>: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2406955#post2406955" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkred">The Farm</span></a> / <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2851792#post2851792" target="_blank"><span style="color: darkred">Hearts and Minds</span></a> / <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2894203#post2894203" target="_blank"><span style="color: green">The Tomb of Abd-el-Hamou</span></a> / Sidi Moussem</p><p><strong><em>Maquisards</em></strong>: Pyrite / <em>Bouclage</em> / Flight of the Toucans / <em>Razzia</em> / Operation Bluebird</p><p><strong>Musketeers</strong>: Revise III / Snake in the Garden / Al-Quantarah / Peacekeepers</p><p><strong>The Battle of Algiers</strong>: <em>Ratonnade</em> I / The Strike / <em>Ratonnade</em> II / Powder Keg / <em>Ratonnade</em> III / Killing an Arab / <em>Ratonnade</em> IV / Corsairs of the Barbary Coast / Parade Rest / Home Guard / Hinterland / <em>Café Figaro</em> / Standoff in the Casbah / <em>Rue Canton</em></p><p><strong>Lines in the Sand</strong>: <span style="color: gold">The Legion of Gaius Marius</span> / Breakthrough / <em>Regroupement</em> / Barrages / Leopards / <em>Chott Melrhir</em> / Decision at El Bira / Black Gold / <em>Katiba</em> 144</p><p><strong>Ghosts of the Sahara</strong>: <span style="color: gold">Fort Galliéni</span> / Bir Djedad / <em>Méharistes</em></p><p><strong>Steamroller</strong>: <em>Oranie</em>: <em>Paix des Braves</em> / <em>Courroie</em>: <em>Oued Wahlah</em> / <em>Courroie</em>: <em>Les Lapins</em> / <em>Étincelle</em>: Little Brothers / <em>Jumelles</em>: Flying Banana Down / <em>Jumelles</em>: <em>Djebel-el-Ghazi</em> / <em>Jumelles</em>: Frostfire</p><p><strong><em>Plus Ultras</em></strong>: On the Barricades / Peace Talks / <em>Sagh Ettani</em> Rabih / "<em>République algierienne</em>" / <em>Tricolore</em> / Crescent and Star / The Putsch</p><p>Paris (epilogue)</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: darkgray">(<em>note: adventure list subject to revision</em>)</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: darkorange"><strong><u>Resources</u></strong></span></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=113233" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">Metagame</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=114109" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">Characters</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=130538" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">Story Hour</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shaman, post: 1966000, member: 26473"] [b]Wing and Sword: a d20 Modern military campaign[/b] [i]Wing and Sword[/i] is a d20 [i]Modern[/i] play-by-post military mini-campaign of counter-insurgency actions during the Algerian War of the 1950s and 1960s. The player characters are [i]légionnaires[/i] of the 1[i]er Regiment Étranger de Parachutistes[/i] (REP), the First Foreign Parachute Regiment, assigned to suppress the insurrection lead by the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). FLN insurgents have been striking at civilian and military targets in the hinterland since 1954, but terrorist attacks in the large cities of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine are on the rise and the [i]gendarmerie[/i] and sector troops assigned to the country are proving insufficient to stem the bloodshed. The French government begins a massive troop build-up in Algeria in 1956, but knows that conscripts alone will not be enough – the toughest assignments will fall to the men wearing a silver badge of a winged fist clutching a sword on their berets: [i]Les Paras[/i]. The [i]paras[/i] are [i]Légionnaire[/i] Marcel Benezet Fortier (played by [b]Bobitron[/b]), [i]Légionnaire[/i] Pyotr Andreievich Kerenin (played by [b]shadowbloodmoon[/b]), [i]Légionnaire[/i] Normand Joseph Mador (played by [b]Barak[/b]), and [i]Légionnaire[/i] Vidal Gaspard (played by [b]знаток[/b]). The campaign consists of eight operations (adventures) each made up of three to fourteen engagements (encounters), plus a prologue and epilogue. They are as follows: [color=darkorange][u][b]Operations and Engagements[/b][/u][/color] [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=114225][color=darkred][i]Chat et Souris[/i][/color][/url] (prologue) [b]Life During Wartime[/b]: [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2406955#post2406955][color=darkred]The Farm[/color][/url] / [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2851792#post2851792][color=darkred]Hearts and Minds[/color][/url] / [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=2894203#post2894203][color=green]The Tomb of Abd-el-Hamou[/color][/url] / Sidi Moussem [b][i]Maquisards[/i][/b]: Pyrite / [i]Bouclage[/i] / Flight of the Toucans / [i]Razzia[/i] / Operation Bluebird [b]Musketeers[/b]: Revise III / Snake in the Garden / Al-Quantarah / Peacekeepers [b]The Battle of Algiers[/b]: [i]Ratonnade[/i] I / The Strike / [i]Ratonnade[/i] II / Powder Keg / [i]Ratonnade[/i] III / Killing an Arab / [i]Ratonnade[/i] IV / Corsairs of the Barbary Coast / Parade Rest / Home Guard / Hinterland / [i]Café Figaro[/i] / Standoff in the Casbah / [i]Rue Canton[/i] [b]Lines in the Sand[/b]: [color=gold]The Legion of Gaius Marius[/color] / Breakthrough / [i]Regroupement[/i] / Barrages / Leopards / [i]Chott Melrhir[/i] / Decision at El Bira / Black Gold / [i]Katiba[/i] 144 [b]Ghosts of the Sahara[/b]: [color=gold]Fort Galliéni[/color] / Bir Djedad / [i]Méharistes[/i] [b]Steamroller[/b]: [i]Oranie[/i]: [i]Paix des Braves[/i] / [i]Courroie[/i]: [i]Oued Wahlah[/i] / [i]Courroie[/i]: [i]Les Lapins[/i] / [i]Étincelle[/i]: Little Brothers / [i]Jumelles[/i]: Flying Banana Down / [i]Jumelles[/i]: [i]Djebel-el-Ghazi[/i] / [i]Jumelles[/i]: Frostfire [b][i]Plus Ultras[/i][/b]: On the Barricades / Peace Talks / [i]Sagh Ettani[/i] Rabih / "[i]République algierienne[/i]" / [i]Tricolore[/i] / Crescent and Star / The Putsch Paris (epilogue) [size=1][color=darkgray]([i]note: adventure list subject to revision[/i])[/color][/size] [color=darkorange][b][u]Resources[/u][/b][u][/u][/color] [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=113233][color=blue]Metagame[/color][/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=114109][color=blue]Characters[/color][/url] [url=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=130538][color=blue]Story Hour[/color][/url] [/QUOTE]
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