Wing and Sword: a d20 Modern military campaign [METAGAME]

[The Shaman]

Sooooo...

What's going on?

Looks like знаток is still having some computer issues, unfortunately - we're waiting on his initiative roll.

 

[Bobitron]

Looks like знаток is still having some computer issues, unfortunately - we're waiting on his initiative roll.

I'll call him and check.

 

[The Shaman]

I'll call him and check.

Thanks, Bobitron - much appreciated.

As a heads-up to everyone, I will be out of town next week, from Monday through Saturday - my wife and I are taking our daughter to visit the grandparents. I'll be able to post until Sunday evening, then I will be without a computer until the following Saturday. Hopefully we'll be able to get a couple of rounds of action in before I take off.

 

[знаток]

Sorry again. Mostly I just wasn't paying attention. I remembered writing up a post, but I guess I never actually posted it, so I was waiting on everyone else. What's that, like two full strikes for me?

 

[Bobitron]

Hey Shaman, can you email me at bobitron@att.net? I have a couple questions, some off topic, but somewhat related.

Actually, I'll just ask the on-topic question here. I was going nuts trying to find what is in the average combat medkit from the era. There is plenty on WWII, but little on the '50s-'60s. There's some good info on a US Army medkit from the '40s in the attatchment.

The other stuff is WWII related for a face-to-face game I need to run, I'd appreciate your help.

Have a great trip, by the way.

 

[Barak]

Hmm Shaman.. This latest attack by the fells made me wonder about something.

Should (knock on wood) a PC buy the farm, what would we do from there? Would the player make a new character, or.. Something else?

 

[The Shaman]

Hmm Shaman.. This latest attack by the fells made me wonder about something.

Should (knock on wood) a PC buy the farm, what would we do from there? Would the player make a new character, or.. Something else?

If a character doesn't make it through this encounter, you'll have the option of creating another character that will be introduced in the next adventure - the new character would be one of the trainees with Capitaine Villiers about 20 km from where your characters are fighting for their lives. If Normand gets hosed early on, you're welcome to run one of the NPC legionnaires (Dinter, Berg, or Gonzalez) until the adventure is over.

 

[The Shaman]

Hey Shaman, can you email me at bobitron@att.net? I have a couple questions, some off topic, but somewhat related.

Actually, I'll just ask the on-topic question here. I was going nuts trying to find what is in the average combat medkit from the era. There is plenty on WWII, but little on the '50s-'60s. There's some good info on a US Army medkit from the '40s in the attatchment.

The other stuff is WWII related for a face-to-face game I need to run, I'd appreciate your help.

Have a great trip, by the way.

Wow, that's a cool document!

It's been really tough sometimes finding the appropriate period details - not a huge amount of material (in English, at least) on the Algerian war specifically and the French Army generally. (Most of it seems to focus on Dien Bien Phu.) I don't think battlefield medicine advanced by huge leaps between WWII and Vietnam, except in the treatment of radiation sickness - one thing I recall is that many of the techniques that became integral to civilian paramedic programs in the late 1960s and early 1970s came out of military practices from 'nam. I think we can get away with using this kit as representative of what's available to Marcel, even if the details aren't 100% spot on.

Look for an e-mail from me a little later today - I hope I can be of help.

 

[Barak]

- not a huge amount of material (in English, at least)

If there's ever anything you'd like me to translate from french, never hesitate to ask. I should be able to handle pretty much anything in french, and even in the case of some more esoteric technical stuff, I'd probably at least be able to -find- a translation easily enough.

Also, if there's anything specific you'd like to research on, but think it might be easier to find in french sites, and therefore cannot really navigate easily, just let me know and I'll research it for ya.

 

[The Shaman]

If there's ever anything you'd like me to translate from french, never hesitate to ask. I should be able to handle pretty much anything in french, and even in the case of some more esoteric technical stuff, I'd probably at least be able to -find- a translation easily enough.

Also, if there's anything specific you'd like to research on, but think it might be easier to find in french sites, and therefore cannot really navigate easily, just let me know and I'll research it for ya.

Thanks very much, Barak! I may very well take you up on that.

The problem is that most of the really good stuff is simply not available in North America - I comb through the bibliographies of the books I have and they reference archival material that is almost exclusively in France.