Task Force Barbro

Overview

Task Force Barbro is a real-time tactical infiltration game set in an alternate Cold War Sweden. From a hidden safehouse, you build and manage a stay-behind resistance unit that operates behind enemy lines. In Soviet-occupied zones, you conduct real-time, first-person missions that demand stealth, sabotage, disguise, and precise extraction. Permadeath is always on, making every decision carry heavy consequences. Between operations, a turn-based campaign layer lets you allocate gear, gather intel, manage time, and contest territory, shaping the war you fight in the shadows. Success hinges on strategy, observation, and decisive action—there is no luck to rely on.

Core Loop

• Build and manage your resistance cell from a hidden safehouse.
• Infiltrate Soviet-occupied zones in real-time, first-person missions.
• Stealth, sabotage, disguise, extract — or die.
• Permadeath is always on.
• Between missions, manage gear, intel, time, and territory in a turn-based campaign layer.

World & Setting

In an alternate timeline, the USSR, guided by the Kosmos Machine—a sentient ideological AI—occupies Scandinavia. Sweden collapses without resistance and the King vanishes, while the United States offers questionable aid. You lead Task Force Barbro, a stay-behind resistance unit striking from the shadows. This tactical Cold War thriller emphasizes low-tech, high-agency operations, where resourcefulness and daring decisions determine the odds more than brute force.

Design Philosophy

• No randomness — success depends on player skill; failure is permanent.
• Skills improve efficiency, not access to actions.
• Tools unlock actions, not new classes or restrictions.
• Fully systemic: disguises, traps, and breaches obey grounded logic.
• AI and players follow identical rules, enabling true emergent storytelling.
• Story unfolds from player choices, intel, and faction dynamics, not scripted sequences.

Task Force Barbro invites you to orchestrate precision strikes from the shadows, balancing risk and reward in a world where every decision leaves a mark on the map and on history.