Re: [DL] Doomtown book - get it or not? [mild spoilers]

[Xotzil@aol.com]

>>Okay, so this had made me curious.  What exactly are
>>the Doomtown Faction Books?  Specifically, I'm
>>wondering if The Agency is a generic book on The
>>Agency (how it operates, more details on its
>>headquarters, etc, etc) or is it more a Doomtown
>>Faction Book on just the Agency's presence in Gommora?

"Faction book" is kind of a misnomer. Makes it sound like a splatbook or 
something, which is really isn't.

Yes, the Agency book is a book about the generic Agency, although there are a 
few references to Doomtown related people and things within it (as well as a 
capsulated entry on the end of the first Doomtown arc...what really happened).

The Collegium was originally an invention of the card game, but the idea was 
solid enough to evolve into a group that exists outside it (both to Ghost 
Creek and to a merger with Wasach).

The Black Circle is a merger of two already existing major power groups in 
the Weird West [Black River railroad and Bayou Vermillion railroad] and one 
that started minor (a mention in City o'Gloom) and became major probably due 
to its affiliation with Doomtown [Whateleys] (as has its expansion into 
RangeWars).

Those are the only three books so far that are "specifically" aimed at 
Doomtown factions. I suppose it could be argued that Lost Angels could 
qualify, but that book was released long before the Angels ever became a 
faction, as was Ghost Dancers before the Sioux got involved.

The Law Dogs are the Sheriff's office for the town. Info in Law Dogs.

Black Jacks are just an outlaw outfit. Generic info in Law Dogs.

There are rumours of a Rangers book to come at some point.

We still have little or no information about SweetRock mining (barring an 
outpost in Canyon o'Doom), and only vague information about Kang (found in 
The Great Maze Rain o'Terror and Fortress o'Fear).

--Jacques (Chris' friend)