Editing Weird Wars (section)

==Weird Wars D20==
Pinnacle Games, the makers of [[Deadlands]], eventually bought into the D20 [[OGL]] enough to make Deadlands D20. But that wasn't enough for them; they wanted more. So, they decided to create an entirely new "weird history" setting, because, after all, it had worked so well with Deadlands. ''Weird War II'' was the fruits of their labor.

Released as the ''Blood on the Rhine'' core book in 2001, it portrayed a world in which the Nazi atrocities had actually awoken ancient, magical forces, allowing magic to slowly seep back into the world. Player, of course, were Allied soldiers confronting the Nazis, the Italians and the Japanese, who had all become aware of the magic and were harnessing it. Literal German [[werewolf|Wehrwolves]], zombies, apes with Nazi brains, oni, ghost tanks and other monstrosities, all with nothing but grit, guns, and maybe a small assortment of useful magical spells.

Weird Wars II was quite productive; in addition to the corebook, there was a dedicated bestiary ("Horrors of Weird War Two"), sourcebooks for Africa & Egypt ("Afrika Korpse"), the Pacific Theatre ("Land of the Rising Dead"), and the Russian Front ("Hell Freezes Over"), a sourcebook specifically for aerial campaigns ("Dead From Above"), and an adventure splat ("Hell in the Hedgerows").