Campaign Chronicles

Pecos Bill was a Texan Cowboy during the American Westward Expansion (in some versions, the 1830s, other tales claim 1845 - the year Texas became a US State). In either event, Bill was separated from his family after falling out of their covered wagon and was subsequently raised by a pack of coyotes. He rescued a colt from a pack of buzzards and it became his constant companion, eventually growing into the horse "Widow-Maker".   Bill was the toughest cowboy of his time, equally at ease brawling with bandits as he was with Native Americans. "They" say he dug the Rio Grande and not only roped, but rode a tornado.  He eventually courted a (and I am not kidding when I say this) catfish-riding woman named Slue-Foot Sue. Bill and Sue were soon engaged to marry and Sue insisted on riding Widow-Maker before the wedding.  Widow-Maker was jealous of Sue and during her attempt to ride, he bucked so hard that her dress's bustle bounced her to t...

While watching YouTube the other day, I stumbled across another video that got me to thinking…  With that in mind, I have been putting some thought into these Red Reverends and how I could incorporate them into the  Old West chapter of  my campaign . This sect of the Catholic Church splintered off from the Ordo Malleus after the Salem Witch Hunts.   The founders insist that they did not go “too far”, rather that they didn’t go far enough and that if they had found all of the witches that they would have been hailed as heroes and champions of the faith rather than having their power diminished because of failure. Members of the Order use self-flagellation to purify themselves and their bodies are covered with layer upon layer of scars resulting from this practice.   They also wear red to symbolize the blood Jesus shed during the Crucifixion. The Red Reverends are fanatically devoted to their sect and almost slavishly follow the dictat...

(No.  Not that kind) I have been toying with an idea of late.  Last summer, I wrote out a Western campaign (that I am still waiting to run) based on a combination of the old Boot Hill Modules with some Deadlands and Fistful of Zombies thrown in.  I had also planned another set of adventures using the Gangbusters boxed set and modules mixed with Cthulhu by Gaslamp.  And then I said, "what if the characters in the 20's are the grandchildren of the characters from the Western?" How far could I take that idea?  What if the characters from the Western were the great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren of another group from the American Revolution?  And what if the children from the 20's characters were involved in the fighting during World War II?  What if there was an overarching story that combined elements of each of these campaigns? The players begin the campaign during the American Revolution.   Everything seems all f...