I got an email on 23 August from GDW (via dtrpg) announcing the release of those T2K supplements.
As for Marc - why don't you send a PM asking him for advance notice in the future?
There have been two new "official" releaseses, one being an East African Sourcebook and the other an adventure titled Rook's Gambit. YOu can see more about these here:
http://forum.juhlin.com/index.php
There have been two new "official" releaseses, one being an East African Sourcebook and the other an adventure titled Rook's Gambit. YOu can see more about these here:
http://forum.juhlin.com/index.php
...are the islands of Curacao or Aruba mentioned anywhere, as they have refineries for dealing with the very heavy high-grade sludge of crude oil from Venezuela, and as such would be highly valuable to control? I have been to both and the refineries are pretty obvious on the islands.
Also, are there any additional books covering what sort of ships might still be operating in that environment? Both the East African and Korean have pirate communities preying on shipping, while the Spanish Main book practically begs to have some added shipping to it.
Well, I have downloaded the CIA World Facebook for the years 1994 and 1995, for some overview of the countries of the World at that point in time. I will have to make some allowance for the non-breakup of the Soviet Union, but for Africa and the Caribbean, that should not be that difficult. I have copies of the Military Balance for the years 1994-1995 and 1996-1997 on the way, so that will give some idea of the military hardware in Africa and South America. That should be sufficient to get things going.
No, those islands aren't mentioned at all, Grenada and Carriacou are. Carriacou is listed as a home to pirates with small craft. Probably fishing boats, maybe something a bit bigger.
Those refineries sound like a great adventure seed, though...
Shipping was never a strong point in T2K - some modules had small craft that PCs might reasonably run like Pirates of the Vistula, or there was that Soviet supply ship Artika in Boomer. The v2 Nautical Aviation Handbook had a few small craft, from a canoe to a swamp skimmer to a short-haul patrol boat with helipad on the aft deck.
Then again, google searches make research a lot easier today.
, which does give it some means of earning foreign exchange. I will have to do some number crunching on arable land verses population, but food did comprise 25% of Grenada's imports.world's second-largest producer and fourth-largest exporter of nutmeg and mace