Download or read book The Courtyard of Hell written by Allan Goodall and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Courtyard of Hell is an adventure campaign for GODLIKE, the acclaimed roleplaying game of deadly action and superheroic courage in World War II. It focuses on one brutal week of urban combat in the Italian campaign: the Battle of Ortona in December 1943. The player characters are Canadian, American, and British “Talents,” or superpowered commandos trained to combat Hitler’s prized “Übermenschen.” The Talents accompany determined, veteran Canadian units as they attempt to wrest the town of Ortona from a regiment of elite German paratroopers. The Canadians have an advantage in tanks and artillery, but the Germans have turned the town into a virtual fortress. Unknown to either side, the two forces are equal in number. It was for good reason that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill dubbed Ortona “Little Stalingrad.” “It wasn’t hell. It was the courtyard of hell. It was a maelstrom of noise and hot, splitting steel... the rattling of machine guns never stops... wounded men refuse to leave, and the men don’t want to be relieved after seven days and seven nights... the battlefield is still an appalling thing to see, in its mud, ruin, dead, and its blight and desolation.” —Matthew Halton, War Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Courtyard of Hell includes: * Fifteen scenes of suspenseful action, enough for months of adventure. * Details on character creation for the Ortona campaign. * The weapons, equipment, vehicles, and organizations of the Allied and Axis forces. * Dozens of enemy characters. * “One Roll Cityfight,” a new system for generating instant missions of urban combat to surprise and challenge players.