Written by Glenn Davisson The game is set in Vancouver, the third largest city in Canada (and largest on the west coast). It has the largest port in the country, and one of the largest in North America (including the fourth largest cruise ship terminal in the world). There are nine million tourists every year, […]
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The Thorium Incident
Written by Glenn Davisson The setting for this scenario is Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver has a large, busy international port and popular tourist destination, with millions of international visitors per year. It is also less than 25 miles from the US border. This makes it a hub of intelligence gathering activity, as well as […]
1990s – Coup in Iraq
Background The fall of the Iron Curtain held the promise of an end to espionage – at least on the scale it had previously operated at. However, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent Gulf War merely changed the protagonists. In the months leading up to the 1996 US elections, it is alleged that Bill […]
Valderon Alternative, The
Written by DdB Page Count: 27 This scenario is intended for a cell of between two and four characters that have a particular speciality in: Conducting surveillance operations; Technical proficiency with surveillance equipment; Covert intrusion skills; While not essential, it is useful if there is at least one reasonably fluent Polish speaker. The scenario is […]
1980s – A Bug’s Life
Background Using electronic recording/transmitting devices, known as bugs, to listen in on your rivals activities has been a common stable of the espionage agent’s arsenal. As long ago as 1946, the Soviet’s were bugging the US Embassy in Moscow (with a “Trojan Horse” type gift of a wooden replica of the Great Seal of the […]
OPERATION: Black Ice
By Huntsman Location The town of Grozade in the eastern part of Bosnia, close to the border with Serbia. Grozade was a muslim enclave and supposed “Safe haven”, before being overrun by Serbians, after the peace agreement was signed and a cease fire was in place. It was the scene of intense bombardment, reducing the […]
1980s – Two Tribes
Background In the early 1980s the threat of a nuclear war was almost overwhelming as the tensions between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries heightened following the elections of Margaret Thatcher in the UK and Ronald Reagan in the US. In particular, Reagan’s anti-communist policies and speech (he branded the Soviet Union an “evil empire” in […]
1970s – The Troubles
Background On 30 January 1972 British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march. This event later became known as Bloody Sunday. The subsequent cover-up only served to boost the status of, and recruitment into, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) – a paramilitary organisation that sought to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom […]
1960s – Checkpoint Charlie
Background The formation of the Soviet Union in 1922 saw restrictions put in place to keep citizens from leaving and in the aftermath of World War II, there was a mass migration of people from East to West. However, it wasn’t until the Berlin Wall was constructed (following the Berlin Crisis) that defections came to […]
1960s – The Space Race
Background In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth. This was closely followed in early May 1961 when astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space (though not in orbit). Later that month, US President John F. Kennedy went to Congress and asked for money to be assigned […]