New Game! Wild, Weird West!
With grumpy_jedi needing a break, boffo9 has agreed to pick up the reins and take us from fantasy to horror!
A slightly creepy game set in the West of 1910. Details:
Time: 1910ish - Indians are mostly subjugated, Banditos have been mostly hunted down, Pancho Villa and Zapata are getting active in Mexico, etc
Location: The Town in a vaguely undefined territory not yet a state, set in the shadow of the Rockies - a good week's ride away.
Access: Railroad, Horse
Character Creation: Basic WoD design.
Characters so far:
* Me: Maria Estoban Santiago Williams, Mad Scientist who lives on the fringe of The Town
* grumpy_jedi : Just arriving new preacher
* Adam: Irvine Wallace, the Gambler
Adam was so excited. "I get to fuck with the good ones! REVENGE IS MINE!"
More on Maria:
Name: Maria Estoban Santiago Williams
Country of origin: Buenos Aires
At the cusp of the new century, a young missionary's daughter named Ida Williams met the enigmatic and adventurous Estoban Santiago. Love caught them in its maelstorm, and they eloped within weeks of their first fateful meeting. Time passed, however, and the dark Estoban felt the urge to travel once more, a desire his young wife didn't share. One night, while she slumbered peacefully in their bed, he stole away, disappearing into the night and out of her life forever.
Ida returned home, but was cast out immediately by her father. Her uncle, Jeremiah, always tender-hearted to his young neice, took her in. As her belly swelled, he attempted to bolster her spirits, but her mood only grew darker and darker. She gave birth to a baby girl, and had her christianed Maria Estoban Santiago. Months later, Ida's health finally completely crumbled, and she died, leaving Jeremiah with the tiny Maria.
He stayed for many years in Buenos Aires, attempting to bridge the gap between he and his brother, but to no avail. He continued his work for the railroad, Maria growing strong and curious by his side. When she was confirmed, he appended 'Williams' to her name.
She was fifteen when they first heard whispers of gold in the West of the Americas. While gold was interesting, it was the new railroads that caught Jeremiah's interest the most. They left their home, intent on starting life anew. They spent time in several terretories, following the rails as they needed. When Jeremiah's health began to fail, however, they finally settled down where Maria could nurse him through his final year. He died in 1908, days after Maria turned 18.
She remained in the house, slowly turning her uncle's fix-it shop into something grander and more... bizarre. As she grew more hermetic, her contraptions grew more wonderful, and her ideas more wild, fusing her uncle's know-how, her father's passion, and her mother's sense of romance into what could only be called a mad scientist's lab.
A slightly creepy game set in the West of 1910. Details:
Time: 1910ish - Indians are mostly subjugated, Banditos have been mostly hunted down, Pancho Villa and Zapata are getting active in Mexico, etc
Location: The Town in a vaguely undefined territory not yet a state, set in the shadow of the Rockies - a good week's ride away.
Access: Railroad, Horse
Character Creation: Basic WoD design.
Characters so far:
* Me: Maria Estoban Santiago Williams, Mad Scientist who lives on the fringe of The Town
* grumpy_jedi : Just arriving new preacher
* Adam: Irvine Wallace, the Gambler
Adam was so excited. "I get to fuck with the good ones! REVENGE IS MINE!"
More on Maria:
Name: Maria Estoban Santiago Williams
Country of origin: Buenos Aires
At the cusp of the new century, a young missionary's daughter named Ida Williams met the enigmatic and adventurous Estoban Santiago. Love caught them in its maelstorm, and they eloped within weeks of their first fateful meeting. Time passed, however, and the dark Estoban felt the urge to travel once more, a desire his young wife didn't share. One night, while she slumbered peacefully in their bed, he stole away, disappearing into the night and out of her life forever.
Ida returned home, but was cast out immediately by her father. Her uncle, Jeremiah, always tender-hearted to his young neice, took her in. As her belly swelled, he attempted to bolster her spirits, but her mood only grew darker and darker. She gave birth to a baby girl, and had her christianed Maria Estoban Santiago. Months later, Ida's health finally completely crumbled, and she died, leaving Jeremiah with the tiny Maria.
He stayed for many years in Buenos Aires, attempting to bridge the gap between he and his brother, but to no avail. He continued his work for the railroad, Maria growing strong and curious by his side. When she was confirmed, he appended 'Williams' to her name.
She was fifteen when they first heard whispers of gold in the West of the Americas. While gold was interesting, it was the new railroads that caught Jeremiah's interest the most. They left their home, intent on starting life anew. They spent time in several terretories, following the rails as they needed. When Jeremiah's health began to fail, however, they finally settled down where Maria could nurse him through his final year. He died in 1908, days after Maria turned 18.
She remained in the house, slowly turning her uncle's fix-it shop into something grander and more... bizarre. As she grew more hermetic, her contraptions grew more wonderful, and her ideas more wild, fusing her uncle's know-how, her father's passion, and her mother's sense of romance into what could only be called a mad scientist's lab.