Campaign 3 Playtest

The Campaign 3 Playtest (start 26 March 2025) is an informal campaign designed to determine the efficacy of a massive rewrite of the war game rules from version 3 to version 4.

Campaign 3 Playtest
Photograph of a playtest of Crysis (2007) in Leipzig, Sachsen, Deutschland.
Location Planet Baolo, Ghoveo Island Chain Status Ongoing
Factions
BBM_Ping Sticky Sirdog SierraKomodo Comrade	OPFOR
Strength
2 battlecruisers Battleship Bomber Cargo tender 2 cruisers 3 destroyers Fleet carrier Interceptor Multi-role fighter Sea warfare helicopter Stealth destroyer Strategic reconnaissance aircraft 2 strike aircraft 2 submarines	To be determined
Casualties and losses
N/A	N/A

Background

Map provided by command on 25 February 2025 of the Ghoveo Island Chain with markings of the deployment zone and the Tabar Straight.

The regiment, commanded by BBM_Ping, was ordered to land to the southwest of the Ghoveo Island Chain and to secure the general area around the Tabar Straight for further operations in the area.

Pre-deployment planning

Map with writings by BBM_Ping of his general plan of action once deployment was underway.

The regiment was comprised of 2 battalions led by Sticky and Sirdog. After a regiment leadership meeting held on 3 March it was determined that commanders SierraKomodo and Comrade would fall underneath Sticky's battalion whereas Sirdog's battalion would be comprised of just himself. The general makeup decided upon by BBM_Ping with consultation of all element leaders was that his units would comprise the overall fleet carrier, Sirdog's single-element battalion would focus on air operations, Sticky's element would be a screening fleet, Comrade would be a surface action group, and SierraKomodo would be reconnaissance.

BBM_Ping then sent out a general order that the specifics of fleet compositions, to be influenced by the aforementioned planning, was due on 9 March 2025. After this was done, BBM_Ping affirmed to command that his regiment was ready to deploy. Initial deployment was executed on 26 March.

Element makeup

Sirdog

Unit Information

Unit	Name	FS/HC	Armor	Speed	Weapons	Upgrades	Keywords
Unit 1	Strike Aircraft	HC 2	1	4	Rocket Pod AtGM	Air to Ground Missile Designator Pod	Bail Out! FW-L Jump Gear-Orbital
Unit 2	Strike Aircraft	HC 2	1	4	Rocket Pod LHT	Light Homing Torpedo	See Unit 1
Unit 3	Interceptor	HC 3	1	6	MR-AAM	Reinforced Airframe	See Unit 1
Unit 4	Bomber	HC 3	N/A	4	Unguided Bombs Guided Bombs	Guided Bombs	FW-H Jump Gear-Orbital

Weapon Information

Weapon Name	Statistics	Keywords
Rocket Pod	D4 / AP1 / RNG1 / SU / CST1	N/A
AtGM	D4 / AP2 / RNG1 / SU / CST1	N/A
LHT	D4 / AP0 / RNG0 / Sea/Sub / CST2	Active Homing Dumb Drop
MR-AAM	D4 / AP0 / RNG1-3 / A / CST1	N/A
Unguided Bombs	D6 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su / CST1	Blast 3 Dump Drop Precise
Guided Bombs	D6 / AP0 / RNG0 / Su / CST1	Blast 3 Dumb Drop LASE Precise

Relevant keywords

Keyword	Effect
Bail Out!	This unit, when killed, makes a D6 roll modified by circumstances of their death. On a 3+ the unit lives as a Regular Class 'Vehicle Crew' unit. On a 1-2 the unit is killed. Units that survive may obtain new vehicles for 1 Supply Crate.
FW-L	Hold actions reduce attack rolls by 1 but orders with movement must go minimum 1 grid. This unit may only safely land on Runway-L and Runway-H. Cannot be rearmed or repaired while airborne. Takeoffs are performed at half speed.
Jump Gear-Orbital	This unit is capable of performing orbital drops from Naval units still in orbit, cargo compartments may only have supply inside on drop.
FW-H	Hold actions reduce attack rolls by 1 but orders with movement must go minimum 1 grid. This unit may only safely land on Runway-H. Cannot be rearmed or repaired while airborne. Takeoffs are performed at half speed.
Active Homing	This weapon may be blind fired towards a grid and will auto aquire targets, mind you it's just as capable of aquiring friendlies as enemies like this.
Dumb Drop	This unit must move/pass over a target for this weapon to be deployed.
Blast X	If this weapon rolls X or higher damage it rolls again at a -1 to hit the next nearest target in this grid. The debuff compounds until all targets are hit or Blast isn't rolled.
Precise	This weapon is fired on sub-grids instead of full grids.
LASE	This weapon benefits from targets lased by the C-LASE command, allowing a second attack roll to be made against lased targets.