Black Madonna

About the adventure

We were cav scouts, mechanized reconnaissance. Our life expectancy in combat was about two minutes. Most of us didn’t even last that long. We never saw the enemy coming. When the Division HQ started shouting over the radio, it was already too late. The tanks of the Soviet 6th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade hit them hard at dawn, five klicks north of Kalisz. The proud US 5th Mechanized Infantry Division - now just a band of scattered stragglers, spread out all over hell. Running for our lives. Dying in the Polish dirt, which had been cratered and irradiated by tactical nukes from both sides. When we first heard about Operation Reset, we couldn’t believe it. The first major offensive by NATO forces in Europe in over a year. The order was to link up with other US forces under III Corps and push our way to Warsaw, or what’s left of it. We weren’t told why. Some said it was a last hurrah, a final try to save the world as we knew it. We didn’t care. We just knew it was a Hail Mary, a desperate gamble in the most desperate of times. And maybe, just maybe, a chance to find a ride home. It was no surprise that it went to hell. It doesn’t matter anymore, anyway. Now, all that matters is to survive each day. Twilight: 2000 is a roleplaying game about survival in mankind’s most desperate hour. In the year 2000 of a history that took a different turn from our own, the world is ravaged by war. Yet, in this very bleak world, there is still hope. Mere survival is not enough. In the midst of utter destruction, you can start to build something new. Rally more people to your ranks. Stake a claim and protect it. And maybe, if you live long enough, start turning the tide