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| − | + | The Investigators are contacted by an old friend, who is a union representative seeking to organize workers at the Beardsley Copper Mining Co. in remote New Mexico. Recently another union agents was killed under suspicious circumstances ... perhaps murdered by the company to halt his efforts at unionizing Beardsley's workforce. Their old friend entreats the Investigators to come to Coppertown, N.M. to prove the accusation. | |
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| − | + | The situation at the Beardsley Copper Mining Co. is much more than it seems -- the Beardsley brothers, prospectors who founded the mine, are actually under the sway of a nest of Chthonians which use the area as a breeding site. In return for directing the brothers to larger and larger seams of copper ore, the Mythos creatures receive a diet of human victims (poor miners) and psychic energy. The missing Union organizer was one of these sacrifices. | |
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
'''Player Handouts:''' TBD. | '''Player Handouts:''' TBD. | ||
| − | '''Locations:''' | + | '''Locations:''' Coppertown, an isolating mining community in [[New Mexico]] |
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'''Tomes and Artifacts:''' TBD | '''Tomes and Artifacts:''' TBD | ||
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| − | + | Scenario includes some information about the I.W.W. (the "Wobblies") | |
===Keeper Comments=== | ===Keeper Comments=== | ||
Revision as of 03:36, 21 October 2013
Details
Pages: 32
Author(s): Harry Cleaver
Artist(s): TBD
Setting: 1920s (specifically, summer 1920)
Appears in: The Great Old Ones (Supplement).
Campaign: Some of the different scenarios in this book are very loosely connected and could conceivably be run as a campaign of sorts.
Summary
The Investigators are contacted by an old friend, who is a union representative seeking to organize workers at the Beardsley Copper Mining Co. in remote New Mexico. Recently another union agents was killed under suspicious circumstances ... perhaps murdered by the company to halt his efforts at unionizing Beardsley's workforce. Their old friend entreats the Investigators to come to Coppertown, N.M. to prove the accusation.
Links
Link to outside reviews or helpful pages.
- [Link 1]
- [Link 2]
Spoilers - Keepers Eyes Only
Players should not read any further.
Synopsis
The situation at the Beardsley Copper Mining Co. is much more than it seems -- the Beardsley brothers, prospectors who founded the mine, are actually under the sway of a nest of Chthonians which use the area as a breeding site. In return for directing the brothers to larger and larger seams of copper ore, the Mythos creatures receive a diet of human victims (poor miners) and psychic energy. The missing Union organizer was one of these sacrifices.
References
Player Handouts: TBD.
Locations: Coppertown, an isolating mining community in New Mexico
Creatures: Chthonians
Tomes and Artifacts: TBD
Campaigns / Scenarios: Suggestions are offered in The Great Old Ones (Supplement) about linking its various scenarios into a very loose campaign.
Comments
Scenario includes some information about the I.W.W. (the "Wobblies")
Keeper Comments
Comments to Keepers about this scenario; Possibly how to run it successfully. Keep general DISCUSSION on the talk page.
