Day 3 of the #RPGCampaignTourChallenge and the question is deceptively simple: Where the Heck Are We?
The answer can be equally deceptive in a post-apocalyptic game such as Gamma World.
The simplest answer is somewhere in the lower 48... long after the lower 48 ceased to exist.
We haven't set up a formal name of the region, beyond that of the Big River Valley. The Big River itself is true to it's name, 250 meters up Riverbend and expanding to well over 300 by Fair-Town, and growing to a consistent 450+ meters past KIA Academy.
Those three communities, all on the south bank of the river, mark the centers of civilization in the area: Riverbend, a large farming community, Fair-Town, a thriving walled town of artisans and culture, and KIA Academy, a vast catacomb and tower of forgotten technology that isn't all weapons.
Far upriver are the mysterious towns of Blackvale and the eerie named Catacombs. Further downriver, there are only rumors of vastly superior forces, militarily, mutation-wise, and by sheer size... and thankfully if the rumors are in any way true, they haven't ventured this far up the Big River.
Across the river is mostly wild lands (not to be confused with THE Wildlands much farther downriver), populated by mutant animal communities, including Hissers and Hoppers, and some mutant human farming villages. Further away from the river are legendary glow lands, allegedly tied to cities of the Ancients.
Further downriver are the lands of Parr, a strong militarily-led nation of mutant animals.
Even further on some maps are vague terms downriver, like "Devil's Gate" , "Legion" and even "Racist F*cks", not to mention other towns that rumors state are controlled by actual wizards....
And currently, in game, we're gingerly working our way down past KIA Academy for the first time in the three of so game years of the campaign... more to come.
Next: Day 4 -
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