Date of the Wave?

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Date of the Wave?

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Does the Wave actually have a date in the main book? Or is it relagated to the sourcebooks.

Rifter 40 and 45 have 20 and 12 June 2012 respectively, but I can't find anything in the main book.
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Re: Date of the Wave?

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Hello...

thorr-kan wrote:Does the Wave actually have a date in the main book? Or is it relagated to the sourcebooks.

Rifter 40 and 45 have 20 and 12 June 2012 respectively, but I can't find anything in the main book.

I haven't found the actual date in the main book, but I know that it tends to vary between just about all the sources. For example, most of the information in Dead Reign Sourcebook 5: Graveyard Earth is based on a 2008 scenario (Although a little bit of leeway is offered to change it to your heart's content should you desire to... :-)), while the article "Dead Reign: Tampa Bay" from The Rifter #69 claims a more traditional 2012 release of the Wave and everything that follows (Thumbs up to the author of that article - it was very helpful! :ok:). My belief about timelines in Dead Reign is that it is up to the GM to decide, though if I were given the option of choosing one, it would be for a Wave occurring sometime in 2012, because it's much easier for me to work with with the resources and support that I have available..

Personally, I was originally thinking of a Wave that would occur on December 21st, 2012 (Especially if the Death Cult of Brulyx was really involved with it... :twisted:), because of the symbolic date among other things. However, since most of the sources from both The Rifter and the actual game have been leaning towards a Wave occurring in the middle of the year, I have been attempting to come up with ways to make that a reality, since there is more support for it. Notably, some of the information in Graveyard Earth could become a reality in my eyes even with the introduction of zombies in 2012, particularly the stationing of troops in 2012 at a number of places where they wouldn't have been IRL, so I have been focusing on the military and what is available as a big part of my gearheading. But anyway, please take care; thanks a bunch, and have a good day.

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Re: Date of the Wave?

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While left a bit open, information in some of the source books detail signifigant military presence in the Middle East -Prior- to the US withdrawl. So, it's 'supposed' to be before then.

That said, unless you're in the middle east this is a very minor detail (Major one if you're playing in Iraq. Minor if you're anywhere else in the world) So you can put it where ever you want it. In general it's supposed to be a 'Modern day' Zombie setting.
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Re: Date of the Wave?

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whassupman03 wrote:Hello...

thorr-kan wrote:Does the Wave actually have a date in the main book? Or is it relagated to the sourcebooks.

Rifter 40 and 45 have 20 and 12 June 2012 respectively, but I can't find anything in the main book.

I haven't found the actual date in the main book, but I know that it tends to vary between just about all the sources. For example, most of the information in Dead Reign Sourcebook 5: Graveyard Earth is based on a 2008 scenario (Although a little bit of leeway is offered to change it to your heart's content should you desire to... :-)), while the article "Dead Reign: Tampa Bay" from The Rifter #69 claims a more traditional 2012 release of the Wave and everything that follows (Thumbs up to the author of that article - it was very helpful! :ok:). My belief about timelines in Dead Reign is that it is up to the GM to decide, though if I were given the option of choosing one, it would be for a Wave occurring sometime in 2012, because it's much easier for me to work with with the resources and support that I have available..

Personally, I was originally thinking of a Wave that would occur on December 21st, 2012 (Especially if the Death Cult of Brulyx was really involved with it... :twisted:), because of the symbolic date among other things. However, since most of the sources from both The Rifter and the actual game have been leaning towards a Wave occurring in the middle of the year, I have been attempting to come up with ways to make that a reality, since there is more support for it. Notably, some of the information in Graveyard Earth could become a reality in my eyes even with the introduction of zombies in 2012, particularly the stationing of troops in 2012 at a number of places where they wouldn't have been IRL, so I have been focusing on the military and what is available as a big part of my gearheading. But anyway, please take care; thanks a bunch, and have a good day.

whassupman03 8)



Could always do the way happening on the day with the date that associated with the numbers from Lost. /shrug
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