Campaign created Monday, February 20, 2006 08:30:35 PM by Mastermind

This is a Heroic game set in the Old West right before it became the Wild West. ca. 1868, Denver, Colorado Territory. Check the sub-title for the latest Episode in the continuing saga of the High Plains Heroes.

The River Platte Area is in the waning stages of the Gold Rush that began in 1858. Denver has been snubbed by the Union Pacific, which decides to go through Cheyenne in the recently created Wyoming Territory to complete the Great Transcontinental Railroad.

The Native American tribes in the area (Arapaho, Cheyenne) are restless, still smoldering over the Sand Creek Massacre and other engagements some three and four years ago and the recent conclusion of Red Cloud?s successful guerilla war (1866-1868).

It is in this setting that the heroes take the stage.

Character considerations:
I am going for a gritty feel, with a very strong attempt for the characters to experience the history and reality of the times.

75/75, 8 points as starting characteristics in this Heroic game. I have set up normal characteristic max (15 for DEX, STR, CON; 20 for the rest). Also, literacy must be bought.

There are no superpowers, however, superskills and heroic talents from DkCh or Pulp Hero are allowable by permission on a case by case basis. Combat Luck can only be bought to one level and it does not stack with Armor or Cover...Unlike normal Combat Luck, the use would be against surprise, in the open or in one-on-one duels.

CSL's have not been a problem yet, however, if things get out of hand, the GM will be swinging the Nerf bat.

I also have an .hdt, .hdr, and the beginnings of an .hdp

I have already gathered a cadre of players for this experiment and initially the game is by Invitation Only. I do have plans in the future to explore other themes and areas in the American West.

1858	May 11 - Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. state. July 29 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. In the first week of July 1858, they finally discovered "good diggings" at the mouth of Little Dry Creek on the South Platte, panning out several hundred dollars of gold dust from a small pocket, the first significant gold discovery in the region August 16 - US President James Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal will force a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
1859	February 14 - Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. October 12 - Self-described "Emperor of the United States" Joshua A. Norton 'orders' the U.S. Congress to dissolve. October 16 - John Brown raids Harper's Ferry in Virginia, the signal for a general slave rebellion.
1860	November 6 - U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln beats John C. Breckinridge and is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first Republican to hold that office. December 20 - South Carolina becomes the first state to secede from the Union.
1861-1865	U.S. Civil War
1861	January 29 - Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. April 12 - American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, South Carolina July 21 - American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run - At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins (Confederate victory). November 7 - American Civil War: Battle of Belmont - In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
1862	March 28 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - In New Mexico Union forces succeed in stopping the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26. April 7 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh - Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeats the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. August 17 - Indian Wars: Lakota (Sioux) uprising begins in Minnesota as desperate Lakota attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. They will be overwhelmed by the US military six weeks later. August 19 - Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way. September 17 - Union forces defeat Confederate troops at the Battle of Antietam, in the bloodiest day in the American Civil War (with over 20,000 casualties). November 5 - Indian Wars: In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang. December 26 - William D. Duly hangs 38 Dakota Sioux in Minnesota
1863	January 1 - Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War making slavery's abolition in the rebel states an official war goal. March 3 - Idaho Territory is organized by the U.S. Congress May 1 ? May 4 - American Civil War: General Robert E. Lee defeats Union forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville with 13001 Confederate casualties, among them Stonewall Jackson lost to friendly fire, and 17500 Union casualties. July 1 - 3 - American Civil War: Union forces under George G. Meade turn back a Confederate invasion by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war. 28500 confederate men and 24500 union July 4 - American Civil War: Battle of Vicksburg - Ulysses S. Grant and the Union army capture the Confederate city Vicksburg, Mississippi after the town surrendered. The siege lasted 47 days. July 30 - Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
1864	Colorado War (1864?1865) ? Clashes centered on the Colorado Eastern Plains between the U.S. Army and an alliance consisting largely of the Cheyenne and Arapaho. November 15 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea begins - Union General Sherman burns Atlanta and starts to move south, destroying everything in his path in order to punish the Confederates for starting the war. November 29 - Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre - Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 400 Cheyenne and Arapahoe noncombatants at Sand Creek, Colorado (where they had been given permission to camp).
1865	April 9 - American Civil War: General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, effectively ending the American Civil War. April 14 - US President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. June 19 - American Civil War: Union Major General Gordon Granger lands at Galveston, Texas and informs the people of Texas of the Emancipation Proclamation. This event is celebrated each year as Juneteenth. June 23 - American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory Confederate General Stand Watie, a Cherokee Indian, surrenders the last significant rebel army. December 24 - Several US Civil War Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan.
1866-1868	Red Cloud's War
1866	February 13 - The first daylight robbery in United States history during peacetime takes place in Liberty, Missouri. This is considered to be the first robbery committed by Jesse James and his gang, although James's role is disputed. July 25 - The U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general") Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
1867	March 1 - Nebraska is admitted as the 37th U.S. state. April 9 - United States Senate approves the treaty authorizing the purchase of Alaska from Imperial Russia for US $7,200,000 October 21 - 'Manifest Destiny': Medicine Lodge Treaty - Near Medicine Lodge Creek, Kansas a landmark treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate a reservation in western Oklahoma.
1868	February 24 - After Andrew Johnson tried to dismiss United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, he becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. Johnson would later be acquitted by the United States Senate. May 14 - Treaty of Fort Laramie ratified by U.S. Congress July 28 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is adopted guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and all persons in the United States due process of law. November 6 - Ulysses S. Grant defeats Horatio Seymour in the U.S. presidential election.
November 7, 1868	The Campagin Begins as the Call to a Posse Noitce is posted for the notorious Kid Richter
November 10, 1868	Kid Richter and his gang are corraled and gunned down by the Denver Posse in a box canyon near Sangre de Cristo Pass
November 26, 1868	Thanksgiving Day (5th official celebration of this holiday)
November 27, 1868	Lucille Smith abducted by Captain William Stanley (3rd Colorado, 5th U.S. Cavalry). Battle of Washita River.
December 2, 1868	The Posse assaults the Church of the Holy Flame Compound outside of Perdition, Colorado
December 10, 1868	The Posse Returns triumphant to Denver. A few days later, Old Jim Tunney leaves Denver
December, 1868 to January 1869	Members of the Posse do various things. Domingo meets the group
February 1869	Red, Domingo, John, Josiah, Banning, Yancy in Cheyenne (Dixie's murder Feb 13th, Friday) Ace and Robert at Sloanville
March 1869	The Circle defeats Chinese opium dealers corrupted by otherworldly influences in Sloanville outside of Ft Bridger, Wyoming Territory
May 10, 1869	Officials and workers of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific railways met on Promontory Summit, in Utah Territory to drive in the Golden Spike uniting the east and west railroads