I want to start running a continuous wargame campaign for my roommates who are into that sort of thing, and I was thinking of using a second American Civil War a century or two into the future as a setting.
What are some neat things I can do with this premise? I'm thinking of basing it off of Shattered Union somewhat, with more than just the Union and the Confederacy. Possibly having Texas be its own thing, as well as California and Cascadia.
>>55165815
A Civil War scenario I've always wanted to see is somewhat of an alternate history situation, where for whatever reason, perhaps World War 2 goes a whole lot worse for a whole lot of people, or the Cold War finally gets hot, most of the world outside of the good ol' US of A hits a massive decline while America just keeps getting bigger through corporations, to the point where states rights are blowing government rights out of the water.
One thing leads to another, the states in their own personal interests start turning on each other, and bing bang boom, the entire united states is fighting against itself, with no larger world powers coming in to take advantage of the chaos.
Silly? Yes. But I love the concept of each state, or at the very least a lot of smaller factions set in the US, going at it and state cultures being driven up to 11.
>>55165815
Re-use Kaiserreich.
You'd end up with Canada, the USA, three american separatist nations and Mexico fighting over the US.
>>55165815
> century or two into the future
Oh, to be young and free again
>>55165815
The first thing you have to decide is what the root cause of the new Civil War is. Otherwise you're just changing the colors of states on the map.
>>55170479
Fatties vs Skinnies
Fatties: People who got so fat that they adopted robots and bionics to continue their gluttony life styles. Strong on robots, mechs and beam weponry. Weak on actual physical things and prone to mental and physical diseases.
Skinnies: The cult of the body. /fit/ on hyper steroids + biotech. The human body is perfection. Strong on bioengineered humans. Weak on techs, still uses 21st century weapons, even swords and spears out of ideology.