ge2002bill  | 21 Jul 2014 2:22 p.m. PST |
Our local weeknight group is gaming the interwar era and telling stories about it. The first story is 15,000 Miles From The Past. Chapter 1 is The Last Naval Battles here:
link
* * * * * * * * * *
Imagine the South Pacific between WWI and WWII. Naval Action, Shore Parties, Seaplanes, Heroes, Villains, Pulp, Adventure, Science, Science Fiction, Indigenous People/Animals all in tropical settings.
* * * * * * * * * *
Stories advance by briefly captioned photos of locations I've visited accentuated with historical miniatures on our tabletops.
* * * * * * * * * *
BLOG: Lost South Pacific Adventures
Story 1: 15,000 Miles From The Past
Chapter 1: The Last Naval Battles
* * * * * * * * * *
This will be different than anything before. I hope you enjoy reading and viewing our images. Thank you in advance.
Respectfully,
Bill
--- --- ---
PS
If some are familiar with The Campaigns of General Pettygree and Campaigns In Germania, the new series will be similar and better. |
 ColCampbell | 21 Jul 2014 2:57 p.m. PST |
Bill, Great start! I've subscribed as a follower. Jim |
| jpattern2 | 21 Jul 2014 4:25 p.m. PST |
|
| The Shadow | 21 Jul 2014 5:08 p.m. PST |
You certainly have *my* interest! |
chuck05  | 21 Jul 2014 6:39 p.m. PST |
Great stuff Bill. That just reminds me that I have to get going and finish up the last of the Germans and natives for the upcoming blog posts. Chuck |
| tuscaloosa | 21 Jul 2014 7:06 p.m. PST |
|
| Cyrus the Great | 21 Jul 2014 7:22 p.m. PST |
Like Tales of the Gold Monkey? |
| The Shadow | 21 Jul 2014 10:04 p.m. PST |
>>Like Tales of the Gold Monkey?<< Doesn't appear to be. This looks closer to WW I than W II. |
| ge2002bill | 22 Jul 2014 1:45 p.m. PST |
Hi Everyone,
Thank you very much for your great comments and expressions of interest and joy. I appreciate this a lot. Really do!
---
And….
Thank you Jim for subscribing.
Right on Chuck. Game #1 is August 6, 2014.
For Joe: Aarf or Aarf-Aarf.
For The Shadow: Vielleicht. (Perhaps)
---
You all make this fun to do. Thank you again.
Respecfully,
Bill |
| Servo3000 | 23 Jul 2014 7:45 a.m. PST |
Very nice photos and miniatures.
When I think of the Pacific in this period between wars I think of the enigmatic Lt Col Pete Ellis, the Marine whose mission is still debated but whose warnings about Japan were very prescient. Did he die an alcoholic or was he murdered by the Japanese for knowing too much?
I know his active period is later than your initial setting but I hope he or someone like him shows up in this. |
| YankeePedlar01 | 23 Jul 2014 1:18 p.m. PST |
That has cheered me up no end! Thanks! |
| Early morning writer | 23 Jul 2014 6:51 p.m. PST |
Bill, would that be the Galapagos Islands, maybe? Curious to follow this. Without the blogging, I embarked on something similar a few years ago but set in the later 1800's. Didn't go to far with it because all of the players ended up on different islands! Not much fun in that. In redesign to put everyone on one island: Happysteamcart Island. Maybe one day there might be an encounter betwixt the denizens of Malabascar Island and Happysteamcart Island? Of course, figures wise there is the challenge of varied scale, I have 15s and you've stumbled about in that larger scale. Doesn't mean there can't be contact and cross-pollination. |
| Timothy L Mayer | 23 Jul 2014 7:30 p.m. PST |
Neat! I'm anxious to see where this goes! |
| ge2002bill | 24 Jul 2014 10:35 a.m. PST |
For Servo3000: Thank you for the idea. I'll check him out.
* * * * *
For YankeePedlar01: I'm glad to learn this.
* * * * *
For Early Morning Writer: Yes indeed. A collaboration would be fine and thank you.
* * * * *
For Timothy: Me too! Thank you for your interest.
* * * * *
Cheers to all,
Bill |
