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Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards

This story-driven Campaign borrows heavily from such sources of H.G. Wells 'The War of the Worlds', Jeff Wayne's Musical version of 'The War of the Worlds', Wings of Glory WW1 and Tripods & Triplanes, this is a fun Campaign purely for enjoyment purposes and maybe to encourage those who haven't, to see the rich background involving a certain Martian Invasion of Earth. All copyrights belong to their respective owners and full credit given to those who have inspired the unfolding events in this Campaign. Timelines, places have been altered for the sake of the story.

  1. AAR - Scenario 1: Avalanches above.... Business continues below.

    by , 06-27-2021 at 09:22 (Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards)
    The result of the first AAR of Scenario 1 of the Campaign is in! Here are the highlights! (results at the end):


    After a heavy battle in the sky, the first of the Martian Cylinders crashlands... And the countdown has begun! Stopping their conflict for a brief moment, a Sopwith Camel and a Fokker E.V. both suffering with smoke damage, investigate the crater...
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    The Fokker E.V. manages to take the first photograph but is struck ...
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  2. The Campaign Begins... Invaders from Mars!

    by , 06-09-2021 at 02:06 (Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards)
    [B][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=5]Scenario 1: Avalanches above.... Business continues below.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

    The Martians have made planetfall! Though the Entente and Central Powers are completely unaware of this deadly new threat, they carry on as normal with their conflict. Now a Martian Cylinder has impacted near a raging aerial battle, the brave pilots pause for a brief moment to investigate.

    Players: 2+ (3 recommended).

    Play area: Recommended 90cm x ...

    Updated 06-09-2021 at 02:12 by SethLewis

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  3. Story Driven Campaign is (almost) ready to be launched!

    by , 06-08-2021 at 03:38 (Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards)
    [B][FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=5]Story Driven Campaign: Tripods, Triplanes and The War of the Worlds[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

    [SIZE=4]In this story-driven Campaign players play out a set of scenarios depicting the events that happened in 'The War of the Worlds' but with a ‘What if…?’ twist in the tale.[/SIZE]

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    [SIZE=4]Players are split into 3 categories (Forces) each vying for supremacy over the Earth.

    The Earthling forces ...
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  4. Strange happenings on Mars

    by , 06-04-2021 at 07:11 (Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards)
    [SIZE=5]Dark omens...[/SIZE]

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  5. The Eve of the New War...

    by , 05-31-2021 at 10:14 (Tripods & Triplanes: The War of the Worlds, January 1918 onwards)
    [SIZE=4][FONT=Arial Black][U]Foreword[/U][/FONT][/SIZE]

    Just a brief starter to say a big 'thank you' to Hedeby and Flying Officer Kyte for helping me sort out how to post a Blog Entry! (Long story mainly involving this narrator's 'operator error')! And another 'thank you' to Hedeby for patiently working with me to get me signed up to the forum in the first place - and to all those who worked in the background to make this happen. And more 'thank yous' go out to the various wingmen ...
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