4:35am, May 20th, 2000
Kraków, School 38, Swit Batalion HQ
Clear Skies (but dark), 10°C

Gunfire and explosions bathed the night in a brutal cacophony. While not in the immediate vicinity, the ongoing battle to both the east and west forced itself to be heard as it dominated the group’s aural surroundings. As the players entered the school through a small hallway, another enormous explosion could be heard somewhere to the left. No doubt the BWP-1’s 73mm Grom cannon was engaging in kinetic diplomacy with the members of the Swit Batalion. How the defenders had been ready and so eerily prepared for the early morning assault was an open question.

Meanwhile in the nondescript hallway, Val took a ragged breath, trying to regain her composure after a defender’s bullet had smashed into her flak jacket, no doubt bruising a rib. BJ and Sean approached the T-junction’s intersection, covering opposite directions. To the left, another short hallway with a door to the left and a pair of double doors at the end - that way no doubt led to the gymnasium and pool area, allegedly where the Batalion would be at its most dangerous. To the right, more doors with an open path to another T-junction. Cover in both directions was fleeting, and there was no telling where, or how many Batalion members were still in the building. The players were inside the school, but at what cost? And what were they to do now?

#Twilight2000 #Gunbark2k #TTRPG

4:35am, May 20th, 2000
Kraków, School 38, Swit Batalion HQ
Clear Skies (but dark), 10°C

Gunfire and explosions bathed the night in a brutal cacophony. While not in the immediate vicinity, the ongoing battle to both the east and west forced itself to be heard as it dominated the group’s aural surroundings. As the players entered the school through a small hallway, another enormous explosion could be heard somewhere to the left. No doubt the BWP-1’s 73mm Grom cannon was engaging in kinetic diplomacy with the members of the Swit Batalion. How the defenders had been ready and so eerily prepared for the early morning assault was an open question.

Meanwhile in the nondescript hallway, Val took a ragged breath, trying to regain her composure after a defender’s bullet had smashed into her flak jacket, no doubt bruising a rib. BJ and Sean approached the T-junction’s intersection, covering opposite directions. To the left, another short hallway with a door to the left and a pair of double doors at the end - that way no doubt led to the gymnasium and pool area, allegedly where the Batalion would be at its most dangerous. To the right, more doors with an open path to another T-junction. Cover in both directions was fleeting, and there was no telling where, or how many Batalion members were still in the building. The players were inside the school, but at what cost? And what were they to do now?

#Twilight2000 #Gunbark2k #TTRPG

As a Roleplayer of a Certain Age, I've seen DOZENS of lists of personality traits, simple aids/prompts for rounding out NPCs.

The original #Twilight2000 ref's guide devotes a page to such a list, tied to a two-card draw for those in the mood to randomize, and it's just. SO. themed.

Like, it's not about the range of human natures in any neutral way; it's VERY much character traits for a post-nuke hellscape. 😅

It makes me happy. I've got no USE for it, but it makes me happy.

#TTRPG

Mireu què hem trobat!
Començem d'aquí poc amb Crepuscle (després seguim amb Lluna nova).

#cinema #cine #twilight2000 #newmoon #vampir #vampiro #SantAndreudelPalomar #barcelona #10AnysRevoltantElPalomar #10AnysAmbLaCinètika

What kind of music would soldiers in Twilight 2000 blast in their beat up APC while crossing the nuclear wasteland?

Spice Girls? Take That? 😆 🎶

#ttrpg #Twilight2000 #postapocalyptic

I was looking through some modern and sci-fi rpgs, and I found it interesting that most simplify guns into pistol, rifle, automatic pistol, automatic rifle. Why go into any more detail than that?

But I was curious if a game did go into all the variations of guns out there. Look no further than Twilight 2000 Infantry Weapons of the World.

So how does it differentiate between M1933 Tokarev pistol and a Mauser HSc? Mostly just ancillary things like, ammo used, price, weight.

#ttrpg #twilight2000 #osr

„Militaristic TTRPGs such as T: 2000 allowed gamers to participate in a “masculine pleasure culture of war.” […], such a culture offers a mode of fantasy and play which permits personal masculinity to be secured through a variety of means […].“

#ttrpg #rpg #twilight2000 #t2k

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/when-you-say-thermonuclear-war-i-think-you-mean-the-call-to-adventure-the-twilight-2000-tabletop-roleplaying-game-and-the-postapocalyptic-worlds-imaginary-spaces/12F96C8DA7EDEA9A275CD35F8FCDC28F

Can we have a Twilight 2000 mod for Arma?

That sounds like something that could be quite cool. 🤔

#Arma #Twilight2000

5:23pm May 11th, 2000
Kraków, Free City
Light clouds – 13°C

Today had been warmer than the characters had experienced in quite some time. Though for Poland, “warm” was relative. A high of 62 degrees Fahrenheit back home wasn’t exactly sandals weather, but even still, it was a nice respite after such a cold spring. The air carried the smell of damp brick and woodsmoke, and sunlight broke through the clouds in fleeting patches, painting the ruins of Kraków in pink light. Along the river, a pair of fishing trawlers creaked puttered along, tripod DsHK machineguns on the bow of each vessel. No doubt a patrol from the Fisherman’s Guild. The sight reminded everyone that life existed here in the city, but it was still a dangerous place, and even an activity as simple as fishing could result in a firefight.

The compound itself was quiet but uneasy, its walls scarred by years of neglect. Dust and grime still clung to the corners of rooms, and the players’ gear sat stacked in rough piles next to cots in the warehouse where it had been dumped the night before. With Kaminski and Otto gone back to the hotel, the group had the place to themselves for the first time. Every creak of the old floors and every echo from the city outside underscored just how exposed they truly were. For now, there was no plan beyond settling in, checking defenses, mapping what little they had, and trying to imagine how this ruin might be turned into a foothold. Evening was drawing in, and with it the knowledge that the Free City was already watching.

#Twilight2000 #Gunbark2k #TTRPG