New: Jackets of Green (free, open-ended, email, human, historical, rpg)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:13:01 +0000

Name:		Jackets of Green
Costs:		free
Email:		robert.munsey zat us.army.mil
Frequency:		One per week
URL:		http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Jackets_of_Green/
Type:		Historical PBEM
Last-Update:		2006Jan15
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, historical, rpg

Description:

JACKETS OF GREEN - A PENINSULAR WAR PBEM USING TWILIGHT 2000 RULES

Setting

In the summer of 1810, Lord Wellington withdrew his British and Portuguese
army to safety behind the "Lines of Tores Vedras". Facing him were the
numerically superior French forces of Marshall Massena. For a while,
Wellington would bide his time. It is for Wellington to pick and choose
where and when he wants to give battle to the French. But meanwhile the
work of patrolling, scouting, skirmishing and raiding will go on. There
will be no rest for the green-jacketed men of the 95th Rifles. They are
the eyes and ears of Wellington's army - living hard, fighting hard, and
all for a shilling a day.

History of the 95th

The 95th Rifles were formed by Colonel Coote-Manningham and Colonel
William Sewart in the spring of 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of
Riflemen" and issued with green jackets and the new Baker rifle. Within
four months of its first parade the new unit led an assault landing at
Ferrol, aand two months later it ceased to be `experimental` and was
gazetted as the 95th Rifle Regiment. A second battalion was raised in 1805
and a third in 1809.

Character backgrounds

Characters may have experience with the 95th dating back to service to
Copenhagen (1801), Germany (1805), South America 1806-1807, the Flanders
campaign (1809) or the first phases of the Peninsular War (Corunna,
Talavera, and Agueda). Characters may also be members of the 60th Rifles
(the 95th's sister regiment in the British army), Jagers from the Kings
German Legion (Hanovarian troops in the service of the British monarch),
or "Black Brunswickers" from that German corps. They may also, with the
GM's permission, be Portuguese Ca�adores, Spanish guerillas, or any other
agreed background.

House rules for the game are at the website. If you are having trouble
with the rules, submit a character description and history. The more
descriptive the better. While knowledge of the time period would be
helpful, it is not necessary. In addition this game is simular the books
written about Sharpe's Rifles authored by Bernard Cornwell.

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