China, August 1925
A Little Trouble in Big China is an alternate-history Quest on Sufficient Velocity
, written by Dadarian. It features the Warlord Era and Chinese Civil War, starting in 1916, and has the players take the reins of the different sides.
A Little Trouble in Big China provides examples of:
- Alternate History: Obviously.
- Les Collaborateurs: Manchukuo and its President, Zhang Zongchang.
- Curb Stomp Cushion: the Glorious March, which gave the KMT Guangdong.
- Easy Logistics: Averted, every faction has run into supply troubles at some point, which has occasionally lost battles.
- Election Day Episode: In the C-KMT and in Japan, other large countries in China don't have elections.
- The Empire: the Qing Empire, a theoretically absolute monarchy controlled by warlords.
- Evil Colonialist: The Japanese, French and British, all colonial powers who control much of China's trade and force unequal economic treaties on it, and also ignore its sovereignty.
- Full-Circle Revolution: The Beijang cliques, due to Zhang Zuolin's actions, end up returning the Qing dynasty to the throne.
- Genghis Gambit: Although the civil war is still officially on, the Second Sino-Japanese War froze for a time, with the polities that didn't enter the war aiding those who did.
- Historical Domain Character: Every person that a voter supports lived and had some influence at that time.
- Hit-and-Run Tactics: the favoured tactic of the C-KMT and communist militias.
- Internal Reformist: Most players are like this, using their influence to modernize and industrialize the state they are in.
- Peace Conference: Prince Chun, Regent of the Qing Empire, arranges one after the Second Sino-Japanese War (1923-25).
- Redshirt Army: What the Northeastern Defense Army appears to be in the Battle for Port Arthur: tens of thousands die assaulting it. The Battles of Jehol go much better for them.
- The Republic: the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) in the south.
- La Résistance: Communist partisans all over China are generally this.
- The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified: the Land Reform of the KMT is done as peacefully as possible, without any murders (or at least, without any non-judged murders).
- Royal Brat: Emperor Puyi is one, enjoying beating his eunuchs.
- Simple, yet Awesome: the Howell gun, a simple semiautomatic, that although more difficult to manufacture than the usual bolt-action guns, packs a lot more firepower.
- The Syndicate: the Tongs of Shanghai, controlled by Du Yuesheng, and closely allied with Chiang Kai-Shek's Kemintang (Chinese Revolutionary Party), control Shanghai and have an army (if a small one). Sadly eliminated by the Japanese in turn 8, though they have regrouped near Macao and in Taiwan.
- Vehicular Turnabout: Used by all factions, as standarization does not really exist, and most of them use the Hanyang 88 anyway.
- We ARE Struggling Together: Every faction is a collection of warlords, nominally united under a central leader, but if the leader attacks their power, they will revolt. In turn 6, it happened to the KMT.
- Zerg Rush: A common tactic among Chinese armies, as the armies are often under-trained but numerous.
