Operation 21st
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About the Project
This is more than just an army builder; this is more than a campaign project; this is a whole new game project that I am creating. Muv-Luv Alternative: Tactics.
Related Genre: Science Fiction
This Project is Active
Playtest 1
On Dec 1, 2023, the first playlets was had with mixed results.
Lessons were learned; rules adjusted and bases redone. Here is the original plan.
This is the original map and it would have taken up easily 2 rooms and so much room. This was 1"=500m. Now; onto creating the supplement and redo the rosters. The rules and roster will be posted as soon as I am done with them. The ground scale in the image is wrong.The Plan.
So why is this called Operation 21st?
In the Muv-Luv series; the aliens known as the BETA (The Beings of Extra Terrestrial origin which is Adversary to the human race) construct these towering structures called monuments and they are labeled where they are and what number in sequence is this hive.
The 21st Hive is built on the island of Sade in Japan; also known as Sadogashima.
I have seen on YouTube scenes of the famed battle; the Battle of Sadogashima or Operation 21st and then when the anime came out; I watched all of the episodes related to the battle.
Mostly, a youtube channel called Yamamto Mech Battles done a two part series based on this famed battle amongst the Muv-Luv fandom. I was so inspired by these videos that I made a game so I can recreate them on the tabletop.
So… the plan.
After scaling out the screenshot of the map of Sadogashima taken on google earth and resizing it so 1"=1km. The original plan was 1"=100m but it took up so much space that I zoomed out to this scale of 1"=1km. In this ground scale; it may allow on-mapa artillery guns to be justified; even self-propelled howitzers and still allow practically all of Whiskey Unit to be present on the table. Some of the more notable units mentioned in the battle are labeled and where they roughly landed to retake the island. This image is taken directly from the supplement that I am creating so others can game this battle as well.The Progress
I had forgotten to update this! Oops.
Well; as there is obviously a lack of miniatures out there to properly cover this or I don’t have them, yet, I went with the all paper route.
Note that everything seen here is just a prototype as the bases since then have been adjusted.
For the initial test; I created 2 tactical regiments, 1 armored division and 3 brigade sized BETA herds.
A Start Of An Ambitious Project
Many years ago; I came across a mecha anime series called Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. I hated it at first but soon fell in love with that and the whole franchise. That only grew when Schwarzenmarken came out. As I created a successful gundam game; I created a 12mm game called Muv-Luv Alternative: Tactics.
