Terra Ferra

The World of Terra Fere a wargame campaign

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Overview of Terra Fere

Welcome to the imaginary world of Terra Fere. The world is a setting for various imaginary wargames using historically based armies. It allows me to fight those conflicts that never took place but …. perhaps could have if the world had been just a bit different. the world centres on the small states of Hoysee and Flamboyance but expanse outwards as other opportunities have become possible. The over all historical setting is that of our own Terre Normalis but with minor differences in both historical events and geography.

The major geographical difference is the Great Mountains are far more formidable than there Terra Normalis equivalents (Alps) and the only passable passage is via the pass controlled by Nordsbocco. hoysee-final.jpg

Contra-factual history is always fraught with 'issues', basically if you change something all the factors effecting every else changes as well. That said Terra Fere is not an experiment in what-if but a relatively believable setting for my armies. The main changes in Terra Fere is that the Hasburg Empire is further eastward due to the Slavs becoming the inheritors of the Byzantine Empire.

The original idea came from a two player campaign I wrote called Hegemony. which allowed a cycle of battles between three armies until one player won two in a row. To add a narrative to the first war I invented the three nations of Hoysee, Flamboyance and Keller and the Kliene-Hoysee War. The rest is as they say history, or at least Terra Fere history.

The world of Terra Fere has since expanded both geographically and in time.

It should be noted that many of the names are bad translations of real local places or jokes (usually in bad ones!)

Why does this 'work' exist? I could have just worked out a campaign and not done all the background for incidence. Basically most of the effort is for my own enjoyment but its also an act of hubris and I intend for all or part to end up on the web somewhere. To that end the 'work' has three main threads. Firstly the story of Terra Fere and its history, this is the main thrust and is told fairly straight faced. The events are a mix of imagination and the result of wargames played either solo or against friends.

Secondly is the wargaming aspect. After all the whole reason for Terra Fere is to play games in. What rules are used and army lists etc. This is for those wargames who might be interested.

Lastly its an explanation my thoughts and how some of the 'history' came about, i.e. the working of my fevered brain. This part is just my hubris, after all who wants to know the background to the background?

To separate the three sections or threads all the wargame aspects are in the category Rules and my musings have the category Authors View.

Enjoy

The Geography The Region of Hoysee

The States Hoysee : Flamboyance : The Bishopric of Keller : Nordsbocco : Brittanic Empire

The Wars The River War : The Opera War

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