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The Glory of Combat - A Time of War - Scenario 3

Date: Monday, August 14th, 2023 Setup: Story Cubes: Magnet/Turtle. Based on the information we retrieved from the aerospace fighter, we believe that we can draw out and capture a tank to get a world-wide view of their battle plans. Gameplay: Ray growled as he looked through his binocs at the Clan formation. There were too many? “I thought you said this was a small formation,” he said to the scout who’d told them of this Clan gathering. The scout shrugged. “It was small, Hauptman. I guess they got reinforced.” Ray shook his head. There was no help for it, he supposed. It certainly wasn’t the scout’s fault. He shook his head. “Ok. Thank you. You did good work. I’m sure this will work as we need it to.” The scout nodded and left to return to his infantry unit. Sgt. Berger scratched his head, looking at the Clan units in the distance. The dappled light from the trees overhead combined well with the camouflage uniform he wore. “I don’t like it,” he said. Ray shrugged in respon
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The Glory of Combat - A Time of War - Scenarios 1 & 2

 My name is Ray Becker. I am a young company commander in the Federated Commonwealth. While I was still in school, the Clans invaded. I wanted, no NEEDED to fight against their invasion. Now that I have graduated, I have been placed in command of a small force of Battlemechs, battlesuits, and infantry. I have been tasked with repelling the Clan Smoke Jaguar forces on the planet Ehua. I will fight them, prove to my family that I am a worthy son, and find glory in honorable combat! Scenario 1 A Total Warfare scenario pitting four of my mechs, an Awesome, Trebuchet, Phoenix Hawk, and Rifleman against two clan Ryokens. As my lance was out scouting, they came across the pair of clan mechs. Both forces eyed each other for a few seconds before joining battle. The clan pilots proved to be the superior gunners, scouring the armor from our Trebuchet and knocking it out of the battle by completely destroying one of its legs. However, our massed fire was too much for them, and the two clan mechs f

The Expanse RPG - Episode 02

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The Infernal Kraken - Episode 01

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The Expanse RPG Episode 01

 Last weekend, as an experiment, I played through a solo session of The Expanse RPG by Green Ronin and recorded it as an audio file. My plan was to put it on YouTube, but I hated everything I came up with for album art. Besides, I was an audio podcaster, not a video podcaster.  This session was a fun experience! As I was editing the audio, it re-kindled my excitement for the game. Hopefully, I'll get another chance to continue this solo game soon. I hope you enjoy listening to this session. I'll probably continue the game and just record it with text, next time. The Expanse Episode 01