The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

The Martians have invaded, time to return the favor!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The Sand Pebbles




Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat
U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of
the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution
-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature
soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs the
ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and
foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's
presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash
through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver
at China Light Mission.

1 comment:

La Coloniale said...

This one is a bit outside our
area of operation here but I
think it captures the feel of
our era of play.