Atlantis campaign begins...

[Red Orc]

Breaking out of 'campaign mode' for a moment... I'm going away for 2 weeks to do a little adventuring of my own - I'm off on an archaeological dig in Italy for the next couple of weeks. So I won't be around to answer PMs or update the maps, should they require updating. But you know how this works by now, play some games upload the reports, everything's cushti.

If I find and ancient Martian devices, Idols of Leng, entrances to the World Beneath, evidence of of Captain Nemo's submarine base, or anything else of the kind, I'll be sure to let you know. Otherwise, see you around mid-September.

Carry on!

[Froggy the Great]

The restart of the campaign coincided with:  Two weeks of hell at work, my on-call week at work (not so hellish so far), becoming godfather to a local friend's newborn daughter, and fairly major choir commitments at church, plus my in-laws visiting. 

The H.M.S. St. George and the C.S.S. Caudell are probably even within fifty miles of each other staking their duplicate claims for their respective mother/father/cousin-lands, they just haven't found each other yet.  Carnage to follow.

[Bullshott]

For me, the restart of the campaign has coincided with a series of re-enactment events, family commitments and weekends away just plain enjoying myself. On top of that we have a factory move over the middle of September and a couple of old friends staying over at the same time as the move. All in all this means i'm unlikely to get much painting done before October and will probably not get to play any games until the middle if that month either.

[Thunderchicken]

All in all this means i'm unlikely to get much painting done before October and will probably not get to play any games until the middle if that month either.

That'll be BLAM then. 

[Red Orc]

Right, as a few people were perceptive enough to notice, I'm back from Italy. No evidence that the Romans were worshipping Cthulhu, visiting Venus or trading with Atlantis, I'm afraid, but never mind.

Carry on chaps!

[Thunderchicken]

No evidence that the Romans were worshipping Cthulhu, visiting Venus or trading with Atlantis, I'm afraid, but never mind.

Bummer!

At least there's still Father Christmas.

[Red Orc]

Right chaps, a new map of Atlantis has emerged for all those who are still paying attention.

The map is as follow...



Comments to follow shortly, probably...

[Froggy the Great]

Well, the good news is that I now have British and Martian forces that are large enough that I can use FUBAR for a decent-sized battle...Whether or not the Confederates can join at that scale is yet to be determined.

The Venusians plaguing the Delabrough Expedition earlier this year have not been heard from in months.  The repaired HMS St. George returned to port some time ago with all hands alive, though moderately unhinged.

[Conquistador]

EDIT:  okay who is which number, please?

Gracias,

Glenn

[Red Orc]

EDIT:  okay who is which number, please?...

Ahah. I see I'm being confusing.

These numbers don't relate to landing places of the modern nations.

But to give a general idea, Bullshott (US) and Dr De'Ath (Caliphate of Khosind) are somewhere south and west of '2', with Jimbibbly (Japan) a little to their west, and Malamute (British) and Gamer Mac (Chinese) are closer to '3', with Dewbakuk (US) near '4'.

No-one is near '5', though one of the islands off the SW point is believed to be the location for the 'Battle of Pyramid Island' earlier in the year, when British and American forces raced Japanese and ?Prussian-backed Khosind forces to capture a strategic hilltop, crowned with an Atlantean pyramid that frankly the Atlanteans weren't keen to give up.

Froggy the Great (British), Mors (Japanese), and Alfrik and his buddies (British v Prussians), have been active at various places along the central parts of the south coast, towards the river where '6' is marked.

Answer is 42 has established a French zone in the area of '7', and to the north of him are V Dozy Dragon and Whiskeyrat's Confederates and Prussians; finally east and north-east of '8', are ushistoryprof's Spanish (on the coast) and Russians (on the island).

Not sure if I've forgotten anyone, I hope not.

The numbers in fact relate to native settlements, the exact details of which will be forthcoming (along with lots of details that haven't exactly been in the public domain, sorry).

[Conquistador]

Ahah. I see I'm being confusing.

These numbers don't relate to landing places of the modern nations.

<snip>

Not your fault.  You know what they say about assumptions...

Okay, I hope to have a Aeronef battle report after I get back to CONUS (mid-November) - personal, not professional trip - between the Spanish backed Argentinians and the Portugese backed Brazilians in the vicinity of the Southern Central Coast/Islands.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Christian]

Bit of an update with the campaign, I have posted it here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=23808.0

I think I should have put it here though

[Red Orc]

I think it looks great, and it quite suits having its own thread to be honest. We'll be updating it over the coming weeks with new issues so it shouldn't just disappear, but then again it won't just be swamped in the general info in this thread.

Excellent job mate.

*To anyone having trouble downloading Lord Ponsonby's account from the 'Jumbuck Times' (I did at first) - please persevere, it is worth the wait, but as has been said, this is an experimental aetherographic technique involving precise galvanic engineering to manipulate the luminiferous flux. Sometimes it's a bit difficult. We're working on it.

[Blackwolf]

Helen Vaughn and her band of anarchists have landed on the north west coast via submersible,and have established themselves (read taken over) a small coastal village in the fjords.
  She is apparently wanted (for crimes against humanity,the worship of as yet unnamed beings and for being too good looking for her own damn good (that's from a song by an 80's band, Magazine if your old enough to remember Post-Punk) et cetera) by most of the European nations,in particular the British (she was a British citizen). Arthur Machen a noted journalist has written an account of Helen Vaughn's early life,tho' it is inaccurate in its outcome.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_God_Pan

  More soon........

[Froggy the Great]

Reports are coming in of heavy fighting between Lord Robert Delabrough's reappeared Atlantean Overcomers and a previously-unknown colony in the Atlantean region known jokingly as the "Martian Hinterlands".

Battle reports to follow as soon as the units involved make it through their stint in the LPL.