Looking at the THS timeline for two reasons. - Page 2

lachimba · 04-03-2023, 05:35 AM

Looking at the timeline for two reasons.

1. What needs to be changed if I more or less want real history to flow at least until now (with a buffer of time to give it a remotely plausible timeframe to actually happen)

and

2. When do I actually want a THS game to be set? The more I look at THS the more I'm interested in playing in an earlier closer to the real world THS setting.

1. Timeline

Unsurprisingly looks like most of this hasn't happened. I would change the 2015 pandemic to the real world 2020 one.

Push everything else to start in the 2030s that means somethings in the 2030s and so on in the timeline will be happening concurrently and other things will need to be pushed further back.

Casting a glance over that its probably most of the space stuff and Mars not being terraformed quickly is probably a more realistic thing anyway.

I don't think it will make so much difference on a game set on Earth and a game in space will be more about doing some of those things.

Which leads to:

2. When are some interesting time periods to play closer to a real 2023 world feel?

The new 2030s. Close to today. but can have some of this tech and the space stuff happening 'real time for the PCs'

The less new 2050s. The Andes war can still be a thing. Which with deadly cybershells and people still possibly being armed with what we have today gives a lot of similarity to 2023

Then the pacific war.

04-03-2023, 05:35 AM	#1
lachimba MIB Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sydney	Looking at the THS timeline for two reasons. Looking at the timeline for two reasons. 1. What needs to be changed if I more or less want real history to flow at least until now (with a buffer of time to give it a remotely plausible timeframe to actually happen) and 2. When do I actually want a THS game to be set? The more I look at THS the more I'm interested in playing in an earlier closer to the real world THS setting. 1. Timeline Unsurprisingly looks like most of this hasn't happened. I would change the 2015 pandemic to the real world 2020 one. Push everything else to start in the 2030s that means somethings in the 2030s and so on in the timeline will be happening concurrently and other things will need to be pushed further back. Casting a glance over that its probably most of the space stuff and Mars not being terraformed quickly is probably a more realistic thing anyway. I don't think it will make so much difference on a game set on Earth and a game in space will be more about doing some of those things. Which leads to: 2. When are some interesting time periods to play closer to a real 2023 world feel? The new 2030s. Close to today. but can have some of this tech and the space stuff happening 'real time for the PCs' The less new 2050s. The Andes war can still be a thing. Which with deadly cybershells and people still possibly being armed with what we have today gives a lot of similarity to 2023 Then the pacific war.