Set Europe Ablaze Core Rulebook
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In 1939 Hitler thrust war and all its horrors upon the nations of Western Europe. By May 1940 Great Britain alone stood defiant against Nazi aggression. Neville Chamberlain¸ all pretense of appeasement gone¸ addressed the War Cabinet: 'A new organization shall be established forthwith to co-ordinate all action¸ by way of subversion and sabotage...' and thus SOE was born.
"Early in 1941¸ President Roosevelt instructed William Donovan to develop a US intelligence service based on Britain's Secret Intelligence Service and SOE¸ a service that would soon come to be known as the OSS.
"Clandestine agents¸ both men and women¸ complete one of the most rigorous training programs of the war. Their style of fighting is unorthodox and ungentlemanly"and ruthless; it has to be¸ for agents often face terrible odds and are always outnumbered in their lonely battle against fascist tyranny. They strike at enemy communications¸ transportation¸ and supply targets as well as enemy morale to satisfy a directive originally given by Winston Churchill to the men and women of SOE to 'Set Europe ablaze!'
"Set Europe Ablaze is a complete role playing game which provides all the rules needed to play clandestine agents in World War II. Each player needs only a single D10 and the guidance of a game master to delve into exciting missions behind the lines of occupied Europe or within the borders of equally dangerous 'neutral' nations as they fight a secret war against the evil of fascist oppression.