RE: [DL] Eldritch County

["Darkechilde" <darkechilde@charter.net>]

Sounds like a fun campaign for Great Rail Wars, more than Deadlands, but
that's just a personal preference...

otherwise, sounds like fun.  :)

Darkechilde
darkechilde@charter.net

The next best thing to playin' and winnin' is playin' and losin'.
--Alison Krauss & Union Station "The Lucky One"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of John Vogel
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: [DL] Eldritch County
>
>
> This is an idea I have for a DL campaign, and I'd like
> to get some opinions on it.
>
> As everybody knows, the Civil War in the west was alot
> less about the actions of armies than it was about
> irregular border ruffian and jayhawker bands waging a
> guerrilla war against people they found personally
> objectionable.
>
> This campaign will be a tongue-in-cheek look at this
> situation.  Each player will start with a small posse
> of irregular troops or outlaws.  Each is seeking
> election to the US or CS congress.  Points will be
> given for such things as burning towns, bushwhacking
> opposing forces, commandeering military arms
> shipments, selling whiskey to the indians, etc.
> Obviously, the bands will be fighting it out the whole
> time, and there will be some supernatural stuff as
> well (walkin' dead arising from the Boll Weevil
> Cemetery or the Battlefield of Skunkly Swamp,
> ghostrock found in Stinky Pete's Mine, etc.).
>
> When a player feels he has made enough points causing
> mayhem, he can go to the County Seat and petition for
> a nomination to Congress.  The first player to get
> elected wins the campaign.
>
> Thoughts?