Post by The Storyteller on Sept 15, 2015 22:03:58 GMT
America, 1873.
The Civil War rages on, as Europe has joined the fray. The British under Queen Victoria have sent a fleet to blockade New England and repel a Union invasion of Canada, while Bismarck's newly united Germany smash through France and seek the aid of the embattled forces of Washington. Czarist Russia and Spain have their own interests on the continent, as the Siberian governors looks east to Alaska and north from the still-colonized territories of Mexico.
With the east of the country in simmering war, the vast untamed West awaits those fleeing the carnage and seeking the legendary gold and riches or simply the solitude of the vast plains and mountains of middle America. While Britain lays claim to the new cities of Seattle and Vancouver, and Russia has set up a naval base at the mouth of the Columbia River in present day, Astoria, Oregon, the lands between the Rockies and the Mississippi River remain largely unclaimed and uncontested...officially.
It is in the boomtown of Jackson, Wyoming, where the story begins. Settled largely by a few Russian entrepreneurs and runaways from the American Civil war, the town has seen a population spike from 0 to 1900 in just a few months, and with functioning mines, an ever-increasing flood people to the area are stirring up the few remaining native tribes in the area, as well as the ever-more bold forces of England and Russia. The garrisons that used to provide security have been fed to the Mason Dixon meat grinder, and it will be up to the players to see whether the town can maintain its independence...or even if it should.
The Civil War rages on, as Europe has joined the fray. The British under Queen Victoria have sent a fleet to blockade New England and repel a Union invasion of Canada, while Bismarck's newly united Germany smash through France and seek the aid of the embattled forces of Washington. Czarist Russia and Spain have their own interests on the continent, as the Siberian governors looks east to Alaska and north from the still-colonized territories of Mexico.
With the east of the country in simmering war, the vast untamed West awaits those fleeing the carnage and seeking the legendary gold and riches or simply the solitude of the vast plains and mountains of middle America. While Britain lays claim to the new cities of Seattle and Vancouver, and Russia has set up a naval base at the mouth of the Columbia River in present day, Astoria, Oregon, the lands between the Rockies and the Mississippi River remain largely unclaimed and uncontested...officially.
It is in the boomtown of Jackson, Wyoming, where the story begins. Settled largely by a few Russian entrepreneurs and runaways from the American Civil war, the town has seen a population spike from 0 to 1900 in just a few months, and with functioning mines, an ever-increasing flood people to the area are stirring up the few remaining native tribes in the area, as well as the ever-more bold forces of England and Russia. The garrisons that used to provide security have been fed to the Mason Dixon meat grinder, and it will be up to the players to see whether the town can maintain its independence...or even if it should.