Considering doing a WW3 RP, anybody interested?

[Wojak.]

Post name says it all really, but I’ll explain a little further.
I was wondering what would happen if WW3 had started in early 2020, and what this timeline would be like! This is my first time in a nation building RP, so I hope you can all bear with me!

Feel free to ask questions and make suggestions in the replies!

 

[Lorsh]

Don't need to take this suggestion, but this concept might be fun with a fictional universe/countries. More flexible in terms of tech, geography, all that stuff, and the players would have more input when it comes making their nations.

 

[liostwolf]

I would like this is it a group thing or 1x1

 

[Jannah]

Most likely scenario I could picture for something like this is either Russia or China warring with the US. Other countries would join in depending on whether they're more closely aligned to China/Russia, or the US. It could be an interesting concept for a nation RP, but I doubt I'd join in personally. Nation RP's tend to be very mechanically extensive and I definitely prefer the storytelling aspect of RP.

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

I was actually looking for something like this! I'd love to really focus on the reality and grittiness of war, especially with something so close to our time. We for the specifics of how it starts, there are a few ideas. One is an alternate reality where Ukraine joins NATO, kick-starting a series of events that lead to WWIII, with other powers picking sides soon after. I'll need to do more research to come up with other ideas, as I want the lead up to the war to be at the very least understandable.

Personally, I'd prefer this to be more focused on individuals, with the big strokes of story mostly being in the background, as I much prefer characters over the big picture.

 

[silent whisper]

I wouldn’t mind joining I like discussing about ww2 so this is up my street I wouldn’t mind playing anyone

 

[Wojak.]

I would like this is it a group thing or 1x1

It’s a group RP!

 

[Martydi]

I might be interested. Are there any plans to balance out the playing field among the players? Cause as it stands in reality, WW3 seems like it would be significantly in favour of NATO as long as nukes are not used.

 

[Wojak.]

My balancing idea is that it’s an alternative timeline where NATO signed an act to disarm their nuclear weapons until 2025, for the sake of having the fighting be fairer!

( I know that it doesn’t make too much sense, I might edit it later. )

 

[Martydi]

My balancing idea is that it’s an alternative timeline where NATO signed an act to disarm their nuclear weapons until 2025, for the sake of having the fighting be fairer!

( I know that it doesn’t make too much sense, I might edit it later. )

That just gives free nuke pass to Russia and China, while doing nothing to help with the fact that NATO has way more conventional military strength than whoever might end up facing them. If you look at global firepower, NATO members count for three out of top ten largest militaries, represented by US, UK and France. If you count US allies outside of NATO, you also factor in Japan and South Korea, which hold positions 5 and 6 on the aforementioned ranking, respectively. Plus a whole lot of NATO members outside of top 10.

 

[silent whisper]

Why don’t we just say that there was some like convention where they got rid of nuclear weapons

 

[Lorsh]

Could be alt history where there just aren't any nukes

 

[silent whisper]

Yeah and there’s still present things like our tanks now but like we just wouldn’t have nukes

 

[Wojak.]

Sure, let’s just say nuclear fission was never used to create bombs! This was gonna be an alternative timeline anyway!

 

[silent whisper]

I was also thinking I don’t really know if someone said this earlier or not but you could have the us China and Russia all be against each other because they’re pretty much the largest major powers there are at the moment maybe Korea but with out nukes

 

[Martydi]

In case I wasn't clear enough earlier, nukes aren't my primary concern. Is there anything planned to level the playing field of conventional warfare? Because as it stands in reality, NATO and their allies are going to pretty much wipe the floor with everyone else.

 

[silent whisper]

We could just say nato disbanded? I guess

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

I do like the idea of NATO being disbanded. Maybe some kind of conflict caused it to fracture?

 

[Jannah]

I was also thinking I don’t really know if someone said this earlier or not but you could have the us China and Russia all be against each other because they’re pretty much the largest major powers there are at the moment maybe Korea but with out nukes

North Korea (I'm assuming you're referring to North Korea here) is really not a major world player or even a threat, if we're trying to think of a realistic backstory for this. Honestly, I'm still convinced a war between the US and China is the most likely scenario.

 

[silent whisper]

Yeah yeah that’s fair and a good point

 

[silent whisper]

I do like the idea of NATO being disbanded. Maybe some kind of conflict caused it to fracture?

Maybe that’s why we’re in ww3

 

[Jannah]

Yeah yeah that’s fair and a good point

Yea. Literally the only reason North Korea has nukes is because they're paranoid about being invaded, thus having them as an invader is just not realistic. They wouldn't last long in a war against larger powers anyway. They would be crushed, probably by the US. For them everything is about self-preservation at this point. Has been since the USSR fell.

 

[Rusty of Shackleford]

Another idea is that thisis an alternate timeline where the Soviet Union avoided collapsing, and things went hot.

 

[silent whisper]

I think that opens a lot more doors than needs to be becauses what about the countries it used to own what’s their place so I think just sticking to normal Russia would work (this is about the ussr)

 

[liostwolf]

So question. Am i in this rp and will we have charakter sheets?