RE: Nations, States and Organisations - MAPS

Peter,

A group of (approx 30) GZG players in Melbourne (OZ) have put together a
map of where everyone is around 2190. 

http://www.netspace.net.au/~sneakin/expansion/expansion.html 

It may be of interest to you and yours.

Regards
Robert

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>From:	Peter Mancini[SMTP:Peter_Mancini@onesource.com]
>Sent:	Saturday, 11 April 1998 8:52
>To:	FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
>Subject:	Nations, States and Organizations
>
><<File: nsogzg.zip>>
>OK, well it basically killed my lunch hour writing this and my wife is
>probably wondering why I am late for dinner (and yes she will suspect
it
>has to do with gaming), but here is a document in the spirit of the CIA
>World Fact Book. It is in HTML format since I believe we can all read
that.
>I did the original in Microsoft Word 97. A lot of this became tongue in
>cheek when I ran out of serious things to say. Perhaps we can make this
a
>group effort and fill in the holes that I initially filled in with
jokes.
>Who knows, if this gets to be detailed enough perhaps it can be used as
a
>"serious" tool for designing scenarios and picking fights.
>
>The format divides the nationalities into Super Powers, Major Powers
and
>Minor Powers. It then lists the nations in no particular order. Each
nation
>then has a timeline written for them. I basically took the given
timeline
>in FT and SG and for the most part expanded on each item. In some cases
I
>did it from the point of view of the nation (ie, the ESU speaks of NAC
>aggression...)
>
>I actually feel closer to the background information now. I think it is
>easily one of the most complex backgrounds for any game I've ever
played.
>
>I go up to 2182 and not 2183 because that is the year of the Xeno War
and I
>want to use the document to figure out just exactly where everyone is
just
>before the "Big Boom Cometh."
>
>To think this all started because I wanted to write a small merc
>campaign...
>
>(See attached file: nsogzg.zip)
>
>