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Comment by Mark H. Walker on February 15, 2009 at 5:20pm

Perhaps, one of our unanounced games is titled The Rising and does bring in these paranormal elements.

Comment by Mike O'Brien on February 15, 2009 at 5:05pm

It might be interesting to add in the unreal elements as an element to WaW. That would allow those of us who don't want to use those elements to freely ignore them. Personally I like the Modern Gothic writers such as Jim Butcher. The idea of seeing those elements in a Third World War novel might make for interesting reading.

Comment by Mark H. Walker on February 15, 2009 at 2:00pm

They share the reality, but due to scale some of the things you'll read about in The Rising aren't emphasized in the board game. For example, Lycans don't group into platoons...hence you won't find any Lycan counters in a WaW game. On the other hand, WaW does have chemical attacks such as the one featured in the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writers Month) entry.

Honestly, what interests me (but might leave the rest of the reading planet cold) is the juxtaposition of nut and bolt reality, in addition to detailed battle scenes, with unreal elements such as Lycans.

Comment by Mike O'Brien on February 15, 2009 at 12:16pm

I like the idea that your games follow an "alternate history reality". I just hope the World at War games don't go down the same reality as your book. I will probably purchase the novel because I like the Modern Gothic genre but don't necessarily want the monsters in my "historical" games. Good luck on the writing.