As you may know, it will soon be time for a Beasts of War campaign of some sort assuming it hasn't been pushed back again. Assuming it has not, we will soon all be fighting the good fight (unless we're not taking part in which case I guess those people are fighting the power?) and the easy part is actually rolling dice and doing the game. The hard part? Figuring out a name for the battle reports you're uploading! 99.9% of people in the last campaign, Wotan, played a million battles each but only thought up a few names*, depriving the campaign of about six billion battles. As a result, PanO won because they started doing that thing where you look around the room, leading to such battles as "coffee cup", "the cat", and "television", but even PanO got bored of that after accidentally staring right into the lightbulb one too many times. If only there was an easier way, many people** said in a comments section after the campaign ended. Rolling dice is easy. If only making names for things was just as easy, they said. Well, fret no more, for all you need to do now is roll some dice and look at some things, and YOU, yes, YOU... No, not you, YOU, can have a battle report name! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yLpjlWKT6bRWMcolcwO5NllT16Cxa8kC7Id1mbRztUg/edit?usp=sharing It's so easy even Fusilier Angus can do it.*** 1 Either select a prefix list yourself, or roll a D20 to randomise from the 10 options. 2 From there, roll again to pick one of the 20 options. 3 Repeat for the suffix 4 You now have something like Operation Brutal Gorilla! With this tool**** the upcoming campaign on S̶v̶a̶l̶a̶r̶h̶e̶i̶m̶a̶ ̶ Dawn will have at least six battles take place during it, all of them with names! So good luck, have fun, and if you get something daft like Lead Balloon, just re-roll. It's not specific to any army, but does have some Infinity terms as possible results. If you'd rather sub in your own 20 in some spot, go nuts *Source: Made It Up. **Zero people. *** At least he could if he could count to 10. ****Moronic spreadsheet
The next 2 player box will be called: Operation purple monkey dishwater. Calling it now. Angus can count to 10, sort of. 1, 2 skip a few, lots, more'n'lots and (shows both hands, fingers splayed) "this many". Much like any other infantryman (regardless of country, flag or branch). (I was one but I managed to pull a transfer after a serious knee injury (ACL tear) and became a Qie instead. :D I are the smart one. ).
We'll call our next Operation "Operation: Operation n+1" where n will be known only to select officers. We call this operational security by confusion.
I like it when operation names make no sense and just sound awesome. Operation SARACEN CHAOS Operation DELTA COBALT Operation PHOENIX CHAIN
I think I'm going to be using that operation name the next time I mess up a Hasassin army in the campaign.
In my opinion, this is one of the most valuable things to have emerged from this forum since it opened. I automated the data selection, and found that if you get a run of good names, you also end up with a narrative escalation series. For example: Operation: Glass Manatee (learn the whereabouts of a secret test facility so you can attempt Mission 2...) Operation: Jericho Moon (abduct key personnel from the heavily guarded test facility so you can attempt Mission 3...) Operation: Goblin Hovercraft (... need I say more?) This all makes perfect sense to me in a way that nothing in ITS ever does, and I want to play it right now!
OPERATION: MERCURY DRUID - The last project of Praxis has been discovered, a new remote unit created with “liquid metal” and transform properties, equipped with an illegal AI and powerful hacker protocols. All factions wants its technology but the Mercury Druid just want to watch the world burn. Best. Generator. Ever. We don't need Gutier, he has been replaced by an excel and a dice.
Wait a minute, have you ever actually read the Core books? I mean, I paid hard cash for N3 and HNN3 and I do love owning them, but really honestly, they do go a lot like this: [Unit Name A] The [Unit Name A] are battle-hardened warriors of uncompromising valour, etc. etc. [Unit Name B] [Unit Name B] have a well-deserved reputation for challenging even the [Unit Name A] in situations of grave peril, etc. etc. [Unit Name C] Although small and specialized, [Unit Name C] have earned many regimental honours by employing radical tactics that make even [Unit Name A] envious of their achievements etc. etc. And that's ok, until you get into the fourth faction, when you start checking Del S' Mission Name Generator and quietly wondering if he actually leaked the key data from Gutier's own personal Fluff Generator! ... maybe Del S' system needs to be called 'Instant Gutier'?
I like the line from Mike Z Williamson's The Weapon: "If I'm ever in charge, I'm going to be honest with the troops and call it Operation Goat Rope."
Great Job Del S! I took the freedom and created an online generator using your tables. http://bastian-dornauf.de/genops/
@CoveredInFish It's good, Bastian; it's real good. <tips back cowboy hat> That's some nice programming for sure... So ... <pondering the array of developer tools at his fingertips> ... I'll see your online generator, and .... I'll raise you an iPhone app: Spoiler: iPhone Simulator Screenshots But it'll take a week for Apple to process it and be publicly available, so I'll concede the Rapid Development tournament; respect.
First try and I get "Operation: Argentinian Fluorine". What the hell is that? Can somebody give me an idea about how to use such an absurd name? P.S.: No spanish nationality for a spanish game? No american nationality so we can get something like "American Eagle"? Well, at least you can get things like "Greek Olympus" :p
Ninja'd at my own game. I am but a warrior pitching my mortal skill amongst demi-gods. Respect to all.
