FORAGE AND GATHER

YOU FIND AN ORCHARD GROWING WILD. YOU ARE ABLE TO HARVEST APPLES AND BRING 100LBS BACK TO YOUR WAGONS.

DO YOU:
STOP TO HUNT
CONTINUE

STOP AND HUNT

YOUR HUNT IS SUCCESSFUL. YOU WASTE MANY BULLETS BUT YOU MANAGE TO TAKE DOWN A DEER AND BRING 100LBS OF MEAT BACK TO YOUR WAGON.

DO YOU:
STOP AND FORAGE
HUNT AGAIN
CONTINUE

HUNT AGAIN

YOUR HUNT IS SUCCESSFUL. YOU BRING DOWN A BRACE OF PARTRIDGE, SOME SQUIRRELS, A BUNCH OF RABBITS, AND A LARGE BADGER. YOU ARE ABLE TO CARRY 100LBS OF FOOD BACK TO YOUR WAGON. THE NOISE OF THE HUNTING HAS SCARED OTHER GAME AWAY.

YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS TO CONTINUE WEST.

CONTINUE

RESUPPLIED WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF FOOD, YOUR WAGON CONTINUES WEST AND YOU ARE FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE UP FOR SOME LOST TIME ON THE TRAIL.

YOU COME TO A FORK IN THE TRAIL. ANOTHER WAGONEER IS FIXING A BROKEN AXLE AT THE FORK. THE TRAIL CONTINUES TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT. THE TRAIL TO THE RIGHT IS WORN SMOOTH WITH CLEAR WHEEL TRAILS PRESSED INTO THE SOD. THE TRAIL TO THE LEFT IS BARELY THERE, BUT STILL VISIBLE. THE WAGONEER SAYS THE TRAIL TO THE RIGHT TAKES 7 DAYS BUT IS A FAIR AND EASY TRAIL; THE TRAIL TO THE LEFT TAKES 3 DAYS BUT YOU'LL NEED TO DO SOME BUSHWHACKING TO MAKE SURE THE WAGON MAKES IT THROUGH.

DO YOU:
TAKE THE TRAIL TO THE RIGHT
TAKE THE TRAIL TO THE LEFT
STOP TO HELP THE WAGONEER

TRAIL TO THE RIGHT

THE TRAIL TO THE RIGHT IS EASY RIDING. THE PASTORAL PRAIRIE PASSES BY, AND AT FIRST IT IS SCENIC BUT AS THE DAYS GO ON, THE UNCHANGING GRASSLANDS BEGIN TO TAKE ON A SLIGHTLY SINISTER AIR. YOU COULD SWEAR YOU'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT SAME STAND OF SCRUB OAK THREE TIMES SO FAR. UNEASINESS SPREADS THROUGH THE PARTY.

AFTER 7 DAYS, YOUR TRAIL REJOINS THE MAIN TRAIL.

DO YOU:
STOP AND REST
CONTINUE

STOP AND REST

LOSE 1 DAY.

YOU STOP TO REST AND SET UP CAMP. ANOTHER WAGON CATCHES UP TO YOU AND SHARES YOUR FIRE. THEY'VE BROUGHT PROVISIONS OF VEGETABLES, AND THE ADDITION OF SOME GREENS AND ROOTS TO YOUR MEAT-AND-FRUIT DIET DOES WONDERS TO IMPROVE MORALE, AS DOES THE COMPANY OF OTHERS.

THE NEXT MORNING, MORALE HAS IMPROVED AND THE PARTY CAN CONTINUE WEST.

CONTINUE

THE CLOUDLESS SKY IS WATCHING YOU. YOU CAN HEAR WHISPERS AS THE REST OF THE PARTY PLOTS AGAINST YOU. EVEN THE CHILDREN. PERHAPS ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN. THE OXEN KEEP LOOKING BACK AT YOU OVER THEIR SHOULDERS AS THOUGH THEY KNOW A SECRET ABOUT YOU. A SECRET THEY WANT TO TELL.

EVEN THE TREES ARE WHISPERING. IT SOUNDS LIKE WIND THROUGH THE LEAVES, BUT YOU KNOW. OH, YOU KNOW.

YOU GO FOR THE GUN.

BEFORE YOU CAN REACH IT, YOUR SPOUSE TACKLES YOU AND KNOCKS YOU OUT.

LOSE 4 DAYS WHILE YOU RECOVER FROM BEING STIR CRAZY.

CONTINUE WEST

TRAIL TO THE LEFT

THE TRAIL TO THE LEFT IS SHORTER BUT FULL OF VINES AND BRUSH. WHILE YOUR PARTY IS BUSY CUTTING BRUSH, A THIEF RAIDS YOUR WAGON AND STEALS HALF YOUR SUPPLY OF BULLETS AND SEVERAL SETS OF CLOTHING.

LOSE 1 DAY TO BRUSH CUTTING BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WEST.

STOP TO HELP WAGONEER

THE WAGONEER IS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP FIXING HIS WAGON. HE DIRECTS YOU TO THE PATH ON THE LEFT, AND BOTH WAGONS MAKE GOOD TIME, EVEN WITH THE BRUSH CUTTING. A THIEF IS SPOTTED, BUT CHASED OFF BEFORE HE CAN STEAL ANYTHING.

YOU REJOIN THE MAIN TRAIL AND HEAD WEST.