• What is San Splendido?
• What use is it to me?
• Disclaimer and Conditions of Use
• Do you have any examples?
• What's New?
• Where do I go now?

San Splendido is a fictional South American "Banana Republic" intended for use as a background information setting for a series of wargames. It was first used in June 1987.

The background has been developed over a number of years in order to provide some depth to wargames set in this genre. It has allowed recreational and educational games to be played without the need to spend too much time detailing the background, and allowing the designer to spend more time on the specific scenario itself. Besides - it's free.

The information provided in here is entirely fictional. No offence is intended to anyone by the descriptions of personalities, events or motivations in this resource. The country and people described are intended for use in educational and recreational wargames, and the characteristics they portray owe more to the cinema's view of this genre, than any basis of reality. Any similarity with any person, place, or thing, is not only coincidental, but also totally ludicrous. The information provided in this resource is provided free, on the condition that the above statement is accepted as a fact and is legally binding. Any and all of this information may be amended by any users for their personal use, provided no profit shall be made from it.

• A British Army Education Centre used a modified version of the background for an educational discussion role-play lesson to examine aspects about how Defence Policy is formulated.
• Operation Thunderstorm - an Operational Planning Game similar to those given to Army Staff College Students as part of their training.
• A Government level Role-Playing game, based on 5 years in the history of San Splendido. The players take the roles of the President, Senior Ministers and the Army Commanders to resolve a series of problems. PLEASE NOTE: While this file does not contain anything explicit or obscene it is intended for a "mature" audience.

All are included for free download.

• The Armed Forces Page has been updated with drawings of the Railway Battalion.
• The Mapping section has been updated with area maps of each of the major towns in San Splendido.
• Added to the Examples Section is a Tabletop/Role-Playing Scenario set in the village of Boca Chico, written by Derek Henderson.
• Included on the Download Page are Text versions of the Background and Armed Forces pages, so you don't have to strip the HTML tags before using them.

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