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ZorValachan wrote:

Mr. Jays wrote:Don't forget Times Beach, St. Charles is supposedly pretty haunted as well as Bonne Terre, someone already mentioned the Lemp Mansion, and East St. Louis is GREAT place for people to just vanish

I remember my dad by this place a few times when he'd take us to the nearby boy scout camp. I SO wanted to explore it (it was in the 1985-1192 time period.)

So, I'm not the only one who went to Beaumont eh? I actually played my first game of Rifts at S-F.

Mr. Jays wrote:

ZorValachan wrote:

Mr. Jays wrote:Don't forget Times Beach, St. Charles is supposedly pretty haunted as well as Bonne Terre, someone already mentioned the Lemp Mansion, and East St. Louis is GREAT place for people to just vanish

I remember my dad by this place a few times when he'd take us to the nearby boy scout camp. I SO wanted to explore it (it was in the 1985-1192 time period.)

So, I'm not the only one who went to Beaumont eh? I actually played my first game of Rifts at S-F.

I've been at S-F too. Just significantly before Rifts came out.

Lord Z wrote:Gal, you have me curious. What role would the UFOs and/or Big Foot play in your games? I mean are they supernaturals, truer aliens, or a combination?

Heya Z, sorry for the tardy reply.

I ran a few short adventures in North Dakota that never really panned-out into a campaign. --Like having 5 episodes of the X-Files and no over-arching story. These adventures mainly involved characters having a terrible interstate highway accident, then awakening in a hospital that they soon discover is a clandestine government facility. Long before "LOST" (1990s), they watched in horror as CNN/news casts related that there were "no survivors" in the incident that landed them in the hospital. Officially, they were dead. With broken (and cast) arms/legs, one or two wheelchair-bound, they enacted their escape.

Of course, they had to make their way through an unknown government medical facility, gathering resources from janitor's closets, supply rooms and staff lounges. A funny irony: they stumble into a genetic manipulation lab and EASILY kill-off a were-beast sort of chimera thingy that I had intended to whooop some arss. They got lucky. Rolled 20s. Over and over. So, they took little to no damage and dispatched one of my MAJOR THREATS. I was stupified.

THEN... two geeky scientists in an elevator (armed with clipboards and pens) almost kill the main characters! Insane, memorable and quite funny.

ANYWAY.... Bigfoot and/or UFOs had no appearance in the adventures. Further, the adventures didn't continue as long as I'd like, so I never had a chance to even develop Bigfoot and/or UFO storylines. HOWEVER... now that you mention this, ideas are simmering in the back of my mind for an adventure involving the two elements, for numerous *real world* reports indicate that there is a connection between Bigfoot and UFOs. --Reminiscent of Yoda departing in a "UFO" with wookie (Bigfoot) escorts. I think Lucas was/is onto something he's trying to share with the general population, as his Death Star REMARKABLY resembles one of Saturn's moons, Iapetus. ---complete with a "trench" (3 parallel ridges) around its equator.

If I remember correctly, the old Alternity setting had a connection between Bigfoot and Greys. (They called the Grays something different.)

Zor, that is an amazing story. I lived near St. Louis from roughly 1998-2000. I had never heard of Times Beach.

Gal, your hospital game seems like a great one-shot, perhaps useful as a convention game. I like how it begins with a horrific car accident, an exciting and feasible scene to roleplay which gets ignored in most games because it has no special effects.

As for the other plots, perhaps you could add these to the Plot Hook thread.

I always thought that the AT&T emblem looked like the second Death Star.

Lord Z wrote:Zor, that is an amazing story. I lived near St. Louis from roughly 1998-2000. I had never heard of Times Beach.

Take I-44 west past Fenton. You'll see and exit for Rte 66 State Park. That's where Times Beach used to be.

Here's some more info on Times Beach. (It was part of a series, so you have to wait a bit). Watch the top link first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLpse-lcJmE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZ7Bw73_8w

Lord Z wrote:Gal, your hospital game seems like a great one-shot, perhaps useful as a convention game. I like how it begins with a horrific car accident, an exciting and feasible scene to roleplay which gets ignored in most games because it has no special effects.

Thanks Z, --I'd planned it as the start of an X-Files-ish type of campaign, but friends moved away and operational necessities prevented us from getting together as often, and then before you know it, there's no one to roleplay with! Such is the nature of military existence. So, yeah, it ended up being a two or three session experience, and as you said, would make for a decent one-shot.

Lord Z wrote:As for the other plots, perhaps you could add these to the Plot Hook thread.

I'll have to check out the Plot Hook thread. I've been on less frequently lately; it sounds VERY interesting.

Lord Z wrote:I always thought that the AT&T emblem looked like the second Death Star.

Now that you mention it, it DOES. LOL! Hidden in plain sight. It goes along with the government mindset of, "Why build ONE when you can have TWO for double the cost?"

Currently, I'm in the Tampa area, and this would be a FANTASTIC location to host a BTS campaign. Being on the bay, there is a lot of potential for scenes involving the Port of Tampa (shipping containers, smuggling, etc.). Being practically on the Gulf of Mexico, that opens up a LOT (missing boats/yachts/ships, oil slick anomalies, drug running, etc.). And then there's all the stuff, like swamps, lakes, submerged caverns, etc.) surrounding Tampa. PLUS: right in Tampa, we have MacDill AFB, which is enshrouded with UFO lore, Special Operations msytique and NOAA hurricane missions. Toss in a few dramatic locations, one of which is the stadium where the Buccaneers play, and you have a diverse tapestry of locations fit for any major motion picture. --The identical series of locales fit for any epic roleplaying campaign or adventure.

The Tampa area is where I implied that Mister Green was being hidden my soldiers from the Court of Tarot. I hadn't thought of the pirate connection, but it is definitely there in the history.

Shinitensi, do any particular stories stand out in your memory?

We are currently running a game in Portland,OR as we all live here & can visualize it best. But we just travelled to Spain for the running of the bulls. A PC in the group won a bet for the trip (he's a advid gambler). But eventually our GM says we'll be rifted to RIFTS Earth.

Louie Drake, how did your group roleplay the running of the bulls? I am guessing that a lot of Rolls to Dodge were required!

My campaign (which started in the early 90s) first took place in Ohio, in my own fictional city where Cincinatti is. After a couple years the group had to go on the run (to escape the cluthes of the evil Professor Tomblin from 1st ed). A lot of the supporting cast of NPCs were jailed and others scattered. The PCs spent a couple years on the run, stopping for months periodically at various places, including L.A., New York City and Houston. After travelling down to Columbia (for the 1st edition adventure from Boxed Nightmares which takes place there) the party had a cool million as a reward and bought land with their new identities in Mexico of all places! The campaign has been more settled on the east coast of Mexico, with adventures taking place in Jalapa City (or Xalapa) and Vera Cruz with a few trips to very scary Mexico City and the interior.
Unfortunately we don't play much anymore but we keep talking about it. We need a new second edition book to get things into gear!

Jasper, that sounds great.

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