Atlantis campaign begins...

[Red Orc]

Hmmm, very interesting. There's life in the old expeditions yet!

Just very very roughly Froggy, taking the map about 6 posts back (October 30th) as rough guide, your original location was near the south coast, towards the eastern side of the continent, somewhere near point '6' (the map isn't 100% accurate as you may have already realised).

Are Lord Delaborough's current adventures in the same general area (mountains, forest and river valleys in the south-east)? Or has he moved out to explore other areas?

The mountains to the north of the original location are fairly high, those in the ranges to the north-west (across the plains west of location '8') are even higher - mountains would be the favoured locations for the Martians on Atlantis, but they had various interests there, so they're not just going to be found up on mountain-tops.

[Froggy the Great]

I believe the Crown wrote off the original area of Atlantis, and moved Delabrough elsewhere.  It looks like the Prussians and Japanese might be getting involved in this theatre soon, with a remote possibility of the Confederacy coming in later.

Wherever will work for that, works for me.

[Cadet13]

Is it too late to try and get on board? If it isn't then

1. Cadet13

2. Mainly British (Army and RN), but with some Americans (Army and Navy), French, the German-financed Dr. von Hauser Scientific Expedition, and Atlaneans.

3. Small scale skirmish, with Steam tech and small ship coastal actions in 28mm.

I really hope this campaign hasn't lost steam; I'd really like to get involved! It might take a little while to get enough stuff together for a proper game, but not too long. 

Regards,

Cadet13

[Red Orc]

Hi Cadet, well, to be honest it has lost some steam, but like an old drunk I don't know whenI've had enough, so, welcome aboard, the more the merrier!

I'm sending you a PM, we can start sorting out details.

[Froggy the Great]

Are we still corresponding dates in 1891 to dates in 2011, or did we lose enough steam that we're still in 1890?

[Froggy the Great]

It is confirmed that the Crown's recent hostilities have been with quite a large colony of extraterrestrials, presumably dating from before Atlantis's original antediluvian disappearance.  Reports have reached London of large settlements of graceful soaring towers peopled by a race of amazons, every single one of them resembling a Lady H_. A. N_, variously of London, Prague, the Andes, and the Antarctic.

Hostilities are reported to to be of moderate size, a platoon of soldiers each, with cavalry and mechanised detatchments.  Unconfirmed reports also have the HMS St. George shot down again, though later reports have it once more in the air. Likewise, Lord Robert Delabrough has been reported by reliable eyewitnesses as killed in no fewer than three engagements--


"You call this copy, Bartles?  Take this to one of the penny-dreadfuls, maybe they can publish this..."
"But boss, this is what I have!"
"Bartles, you're fired.  Any more out of you about this obvious forgery and I'll see you never work for another newspaper in London again!"
"But boss..."
"Out, Bartles!"

Most recently, forces of the crown under the command of Colonel Edward Titchener were caught in an ambush from these "Martian Hinterlanders" and decimated as they were attemting to effect a peaceful prisoner exchange.  Royal enquiries to The Hague and Syrtis Major are proceeding with all due haste.

OOC:  Again, battle reports to be posted once the participants have done their time in the LPL.

[Red Orc]

Are we still corresponding dates in 1891 to dates in 2011, or did we lose enough steam that we're still in 1890?

Yeah, still exactly 120 years ago - so campaign time, it's now March 1891.

Love the newspaper reports - maybe Bartles could get a job with the Jumbuck Times?

[Alfrik]

Update on Prussian Occupation forces; This in:

"Our supply depot that was destroyed by the British Expeditionary Force has been unable to be reestablished. This in turn has effectively cut off the Prussian forces from resupply. The situation has deteriorated such that a straggling line of troops have been found on a beach and removed to naval ships after abandoning all their equipment and destroyed their vehicles."

"It is known that the British forces are suffering from the rough seas of winter interrupting their supply situation as well.

[Froggy the Great]

News has reached the reporters on the HMS Dragonfire off the Atlantean coast of heavy fighting in and around another abandoned Martian settlement.  This time, British and Martian forces clashed over control of an abandoned unobtanium mine near that same settlement.  The report was garbled, but Col. Titchener, an otherwise sober sensible man, raved on about foul creatures burrowing up from the earth near the mine and attacking soldiers of both sides.  This report was unable to be corroborated, as shortly thereafter he was turned upon and allegedly devoured by the Cytherian Parrotman levies he was leading into battle.

It was further reported after the transmission quality was restored, that the crown is now in possession of the mine after "moderate" losses.  It is the view of this correspondent that this indicates the near annihilation of the crown's forces for nearly equal numbers of the enemy.  This is further borne out by the dispatch from the HMS Dragonfire of several fresh squads to reinforce Lord Delabrough's position and hold upon the mine.

Battle report to follow as soon as we figure out how to get pictures to me.

[Froggy the Great]

The British settlement of New Effingham is in flames.

More details here: http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=27694

Anyone else still playing this campaign?

[Cadet13]

I am. It's taken me longer than I've hoped (with my school and whatnot), but hopefully I'll have enough troops painted to get a game in this weekend.

[Alfrik]

The  dastardly Prussians have pulled their ground forces out by a makeshift harbor when their harbor supply depot was burned to the ground by the British. But they have established a new depot using mechanical infantry and robotic walkers to rebuild. Reports indicate that only a few Prussian scientists have been seen, no other soldiers!

The British in the mean time have rehab'd their equipment and straightened out their supply situation. Plans are in the offing to renew the struggle with the Prussians. Mean time the Atlantean native city as used the time to augment their troop training and equipment, delving deep under the city in nearly forgotten chambers for material of war!

[Froggy the Great]

The war between the British and the Martians on Atlantis is not going well.  The Martians possess a clear advantage in troops and spies, catching the retreat from the ashes of New Effingham and rendering it no longer fit for combat. 

The local British authorities are reportedly considering a drastic reconsideration of strategies, and hope to salvage the deteriorating situation before too long.

[Red Orc]

Well, after a flurry of activity in early spring, the lull in fighting, lasting most of the late spring and early summer (one suspects that the Atlantean Spring Fever mustr have struck again), seems to be over. Froggy the Great has been very busy, and battle reports can be found on the following threads:
July 3rd, July 7th, July 14th, July 20th, July 23rd, July 27th.

Furthermore, in the wilds of the north-west, the Khosindan forces have it seems been building a railway, as the following thread shows - Dr De'Ath's Khosind Light Railway.

Congratulations and thanks to all who are keeping this going, there's life in the old continent yet!

[Froggy the Great]

Currently, the fighting in the south of Atlantis is centered in a large area of ruins, some appearing European and some more like the abandoned cities in the northern regions of Mars. 

So far, this arrangement beggars explanation, but it may be part of why the force of blonde doppelgangers formerly thought to be Martian are now thought to be of Atlantean origin.

Conflicts have been reported between British, Atlantean, Confederate States of America, the Prussian empire, and an army with the appearance of ancient Rome.  These latter forces appear to have made landfall comparatively recently.

At the moment, the advantage appears to rest with the British, though the winds of fortune appear wont to shift with distressing rapidity.  Our sources confirm the british and confederates holding secure bases on the coast, and it is surmised that Prussia does also.  The location and nature has yet to be determined of any base for the High Atlanteans, to say nothing of these "Romans", if that is indeed who they are...