Campaign Start - Chicago

Campaign Start - Chicago

Connors 12 Sep 2011 00:23

Just a reminder - although the campaign is called 'Colorado' we are starting in the northern city of Chicago.

You will be looking to get (back) to Colorado, so please have a reason for you wanting to go there…or go back there. This will involve a train trip (but you haven't got tickets yet). (I recommend anyone have a look at the movie "Deadman" too for a nice feel for what it would have been like traveling from the 'east' out west via train.

I will try and find more out about Chicago at this time, but I do believe it is recovering from a great fire a few years ago. (Will check out the history and might try to provide some solid dot points on historical events for the place and more importantly Colorado later on).

Any Q's re the start of the campaign, please post them.

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“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman

History of Chicago

Connors 12 Sep 2011 09:21

Here is the wikipedia entry for the History of Chicago. It isn't much of a read, but has a link to a short Timeline of Chicago History.

Then, there is this cool site i have just found and am searching through. Chicago History Journal

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“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman

Re: History of Chicago

Connors 12 Sep 2011 10:14

From what I can gather, the two main events the town is recovering from are:
1. The Great Fire of 1871.
2. The Great Strike of 1877. (Video here).

Chicago had around 50 train lines before the Great Strike and the population was increasing rapidly, including immigrants and many moving from their farms.

Current Mayor: Carter Harrison Sr.

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“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman

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Re: Campaign Start - Chicago

Connors 10 Oct 2011 11:04

I believe I am ready to go now, thanks to Defa. I am going with the idea he gave me, just have to flesh out a few details (and stats) for the Chicago part.

I have done heaps of stats, player handouts and even a train as a Realm (using my Realms sheets) for the journey. In fact I have done hours/heaps of work for that part.

I now need to work on what happens when we get to Colorado…if you get that far ;) I will be going with PC background ideas that are posted early. I really want to run a character driven campaign, so I have no adventure in mind, which means I need to know things well in advance. So the players that do this will I guess be rewarded with more 'story' focused on them.

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“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman