May. 30th, 2018
BUY SUPPLIES
May. 30th, 2018 08:34 amYOU DON'T HAVE MANY OPTIONS, SUPPLY-WISE, BUT THE CARAVAN CAN SPARE YOU 100LBS OF DRIED FISH AND THREE BARRELS OF FRESH WATER.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
FISH / WATER
May. 30th, 2018 08:36 amYOUR FISHING IS SUCCESSFUL. YOUR PARTY MANAGES TO BRING IN 200LBS OF FISH.
LOSE 2 DAYS CLEANING/SMOKING THEM.
THE WATER FROM THE RIVER HAS MADE YOUR PARTY VERY ILL.
LOSE 3 DAYS TO AMOEBIC DYSENTERY.
CONTINUE
LOSE 2 DAYS CLEANING/SMOKING THEM.
THE WATER FROM THE RIVER HAS MADE YOUR PARTY VERY ILL.
LOSE 3 DAYS TO AMOEBIC DYSENTERY.
CONTINUE
YOU CONTINUE WEST. MORALE IS HIGH, FOOD STORES ARE GOOD, AND THE WEATHER IS FAIR. YOU MAKE GOOD TIME AND ARE PART WAY THROUGH NEBRASKA.
THE CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON ARE DARK. LOOKS LIKE A STORM IS COMING.
DO YOU:
STOP AND CAMP
CONTINUE WEST
THE CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON ARE DARK. LOOKS LIKE A STORM IS COMING.
DO YOU:
STOP AND CAMP
CONTINUE WEST
STOP AND CAMP
May. 30th, 2018 09:47 amYOU UNHITCH THE OXEN AND GET THE WAGONS STAKED DOWN AND REORGANIZED JUST IN TIME.
THE STORM ROLLS IN. THE SKY DARKENS, LIT ONLY BY LIGHTNING THAT IS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY SHATTERING CRACKS OF THUNDER. THE RAIN FALLS SO FAST IT DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO SINK INTO THE PARCHED GROUND, FLOODING INCHES DEEP ACROSS THE PRAIRIE.
YOUR OXEN ARE ANNOYED, BUT YOUR PARTY IS SAFE AND RIDES OUT THE STORM. YOU ONLY LOSE ONE DAY TO WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP AND THE WATER TO SOAK IN, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
THE STORM ROLLS IN. THE SKY DARKENS, LIT ONLY BY LIGHTNING THAT IS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY SHATTERING CRACKS OF THUNDER. THE RAIN FALLS SO FAST IT DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO SINK INTO THE PARCHED GROUND, FLOODING INCHES DEEP ACROSS THE PRAIRIE.
YOUR OXEN ARE ANNOYED, BUT YOUR PARTY IS SAFE AND RIDES OUT THE STORM. YOU ONLY LOSE ONE DAY TO WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP AND THE WATER TO SOAK IN, BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
CONTINUE IN THE STORM
May. 30th, 2018 10:18 amTHE SKY DARKENS. RAIN BEATS DOWN HARD ENOUGH TO LEAVE WELTS ON SKIN. LIGHTNING ILLUMINATES THE SKY, THUNDER CRACKS OVERHEAD. THE OXEN PANIC AND TRY TO RUN, BUT THE GROUND HAS MIRED THE WAGON WHEELS.
A FUNNEL FORMS IN THE SKY. WAGON STUCK FAST, ALL YOU CAN DO IS WATCH AS THE TORNADO RACES TOWARD YOU.
THERE IS NO TIME TO RUN BEFORE IT HITS.
THERE IS DEFINITELY NOT KANSAS ANYMORE. THERE ARE NO SINGING LITTLE PEOPLE, NOR ANY GOLDEN BRICK ROAD.
YOU ARE JUST DEAD.
YOU HAVE LOST THE GAME.
START OVER?
YES
NO
A FUNNEL FORMS IN THE SKY. WAGON STUCK FAST, ALL YOU CAN DO IS WATCH AS THE TORNADO RACES TOWARD YOU.
THERE IS NO TIME TO RUN BEFORE IT HITS.
THERE IS DEFINITELY NOT KANSAS ANYMORE. THERE ARE NO SINGING LITTLE PEOPLE, NOR ANY GOLDEN BRICK ROAD.
YOU ARE JUST DEAD.
YOU HAVE LOST THE GAME.
START OVER?
YES
NO
NEBRASKA IS FLAT AND BORING. YOU OCCASIONALLY PASS OTHER WAGON CONVOYS AND SHARE COMPANY AND NEWS. AT NIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR COYOTES AND WOLVES HOWLING IN THE DISTANCE.
SOME OF THE WAGONS HAVE DECIDED TO BAND TOGETHER TO FORM A LARGER COOPERATIVE CONVOY.
DO YOU:
JOIN THE CONVOY
CONTINUE ALONE
SOME OF THE WAGONS HAVE DECIDED TO BAND TOGETHER TO FORM A LARGER COOPERATIVE CONVOY.
DO YOU:
JOIN THE CONVOY
CONTINUE ALONE
JOIN THE CONVOY
May. 30th, 2018 12:09 pmYOU JOIN A COOPERATIVE CONVOY. EVERY WAGON TAKES A TURN AT HUNTING AND FORAGING, SO WHILE YOU MAKE FEWER MILES PER DAY, YOU NO LONGER LOSE DAYS TO FIND FOOD.
AHEAD IS FORT LARAMIE, IN WYOMING.
DO YOU:
STOP AT THE FORT
CONTINUE
AHEAD IS FORT LARAMIE, IN WYOMING.
DO YOU:
STOP AT THE FORT
CONTINUE
YOU LOSE 2 DAYS TO WASH AND DRY ALL THE THINGS. INCLUDING YOURSELVES. AND THE OXEN. WHILE THE LAUNDRY IS DRYING, YOUR CHILDREN MANAGE TO FIND SOME VERY EARLY BLACKBERRIES.
MAINLY BY FALLING INTO THE THICKET.
WHATEVER. BLACKBERRIES. YOU MANAGE TO HARVEST 100LBS OF BERRIES.
CONTINUE
MAINLY BY FALLING INTO THE THICKET.
WHATEVER. BLACKBERRIES. YOU MANAGE TO HARVEST 100LBS OF BERRIES.
CONTINUE
YOU PUSH ON, PLUGGING YOUR NOSE WITH A WOODEN CLOTHESPIN.
AS IF THAT WOULD WORK. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
NOW YOU CAN TASTE THE STENCH. YOUR CHILDREN TAKE TURNS VOMITING OFF THE BACK OF THE WAGON, WEAKENING WITH EVERY MILE.
DO YOU:
STOP AND DO LAUNDRY
CONTINUE
AS IF THAT WOULD WORK. IT MEANS YOU HAVE TO BREATHE THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
NOW YOU CAN TASTE THE STENCH. YOUR CHILDREN TAKE TURNS VOMITING OFF THE BACK OF THE WAGON, WEAKENING WITH EVERY MILE.
DO YOU:
STOP AND DO LAUNDRY
CONTINUE
FORT LARAMIE
May. 30th, 2018 01:53 pmYOU HAVE ARRIVED AT FORT LARAMIE. THE FORT WAS BEGUN BY FUR TRADERS AS FORT WILLIAM IN 1834 WHERE THE NORTH PLATTE AND LARAMIE RIVERS MEET. IN 1849, THE U.S. MILITARY PURCHASED THE FORT AND NAMED IT IN HONOR OF JACQUES LA RAMIE, A LOCAL FRENCH FUR TRAPPER.
DO YOU CARE?
NO. YOU DO NOT.
YOU ONLY CARE THAT YOU CAN RESUPPLY YOUR FRESH WATER AND TRADE FOR FOOD. YOU ARE ABLE TO PACK AN AWFUL LOT OF ZUCCHINI INTO YOUR WAGON.
THERE IS ANOTHER CARAVAN CO-OP HERE, AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THEM.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THEM.
DO YOU:
JOIN THEM
CONTINUE
DO YOU CARE?
NO. YOU DO NOT.
YOU ONLY CARE THAT YOU CAN RESUPPLY YOUR FRESH WATER AND TRADE FOR FOOD. YOU ARE ABLE TO PACK AN AWFUL LOT OF ZUCCHINI INTO YOUR WAGON.
THERE IS ANOTHER CARAVAN CO-OP HERE, AND THEY ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THEM.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN THEM.
DO YOU:
JOIN THEM
CONTINUE
CARAVAN - IDAHO
May. 30th, 2018 02:06 pmI LIKE YOU. YOU MAKE GOOD CHOICES. YOUR CARAVAN MAKES GOOD TIME, MORALE IS HIGH, FOOD IS PLENTIFUL, THE WEATHER REMAINS FAIR WITH ONLY OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN.
YOUR CONVOY MAKES IT SAFELY ACROSS THE ASS END OF IDAHO. ALL THE WAY TO BAKER CITY.
THE CONVOY WANTS TO RESUPPLY. YOUR PARTY HAS ENOUGH PROVISIONS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TEN DAYS.
DO YOU:
RESUPPLY WITH THE CONVOY
CONTINUE
YOUR CONVOY MAKES IT SAFELY ACROSS THE ASS END OF IDAHO. ALL THE WAY TO BAKER CITY.
THE CONVOY WANTS TO RESUPPLY. YOUR PARTY HAS ENOUGH PROVISIONS FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TEN DAYS.
DO YOU:
RESUPPLY WITH THE CONVOY
CONTINUE
YOUR PRIZE FOR GOING IT ALONE IS: IDAHO.
LOTS OF IDAHO. YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE THE LAND OF POTATOES, BUT NO. THERE ARE NO POTATOES YET BECAUSE THE RUSSET BURBANK POTATO WOULDN'T BE CREATED UNTIL 1872 AND THAT IS WHAT KICKED OFF IDAHO'S POTATO FARMING CRAZE.
YOU MAKE IT 10 DAYS BEFORE FOOD STORES BEGIN TO RUN OUT.
DO YOU:
FORAGE AND GATHER
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
LOTS OF IDAHO. YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE THE LAND OF POTATOES, BUT NO. THERE ARE NO POTATOES YET BECAUSE THE RUSSET BURBANK POTATO WOULDN'T BE CREATED UNTIL 1872 AND THAT IS WHAT KICKED OFF IDAHO'S POTATO FARMING CRAZE.
YOU MAKE IT 10 DAYS BEFORE FOOD STORES BEGIN TO RUN OUT.
DO YOU:
FORAGE AND GATHER
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
FORAGE AND GATHER
May. 30th, 2018 02:20 pmDIDN'T I JUST TELL YOU THERE ARE NO POTATOES HERE? WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO FIND?
ROCKS, IS WHAT YOU FIND.
GRASS.
ROCKS, GRASS, AND MORE IDAHO. SO MUCH IDAHO. YOU MAKE BAD CHOICES. YOU DESERVE IDAHO.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
ROCKS, IS WHAT YOU FIND.
GRASS.
ROCKS, GRASS, AND MORE IDAHO. SO MUCH IDAHO. YOU MAKE BAD CHOICES. YOU DESERVE IDAHO.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
STOP AND HUNT
May. 30th, 2018 02:23 pmLOSE 1 WEEK. THE WEATHER HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE FROM BLISTERING HOT TO BRUTALLY COLD AT NIGHT. YOU STOP TO HUNT AND RESUPPLY YOUR WAGON. YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, AND RETURN TO THE WAGON WITH ENOUGH FOOD FOR ANOTHER WEEK.
BUT NO POTATOES.
CONTINUE
BUT NO POTATOES.
CONTINUE
YOU MAKE IT ANOTHER WEEK, CROSSING IDAHO, LACKING POTATOES BECAUSE THERE ARE NO POTATOES IN IDAHO AT THIS TIME. NONE. NOT ONE. NARY A SINGLE POTATO.
TROUBLE STRIKES LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
EXACTLY LIKE A THIEF.
YOUR SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN STOLEN.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
TROUBLE STRIKES LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.
EXACTLY LIKE A THIEF.
YOUR SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN STOLEN.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
STOP AND HUNT
May. 30th, 2018 02:47 pmYOUR HUNT IS UNSUCCESSFUL. BECAUSE THE THIEVES STOLE YOUR AMMUNITION.
DO YOU:
ATTEMPT TO MAKE SNARES
CONTINUE
DO YOU:
ATTEMPT TO MAKE SNARES
CONTINUE
FORT BOISE
May. 30th, 2018 03:00 pmYOU HAVE MADE IT TO FORT BOISE. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT YOU ARE STILL IN IDAHO.
YOU ARE ABLE TO FILL YOUR WATER BARRELS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO TRADE RABBIT FUR FOR SUPPLIES. KIND PEOPLE, WHO TAKE PITY ON YOUR PARTY.
DO YOU:
TRADE FOR SUPPLIES
CONTINUE
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT YOU ARE STILL IN IDAHO.
YOU ARE ABLE TO FILL YOUR WATER BARRELS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO TRADE RABBIT FUR FOR SUPPLIES. KIND PEOPLE, WHO TAKE PITY ON YOUR PARTY.
DO YOU:
TRADE FOR SUPPLIES
CONTINUE
TRADE FOR FOOD
May. 30th, 2018 03:03 pmYOU SUCCESSFULLY TRADE YOUR UNCURED, STINKY RABBIT FURS FOR ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO LAST ANOTHER WEEK.
EVERYONE ASSURES YOU THAT YOU'LL MAKE BAKER CITY BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT.
LOSE 1 DAY TO REST BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
EVERYONE ASSURES YOU THAT YOU'LL MAKE BAKER CITY BEFORE THE WEEK IS OUT.
LOSE 1 DAY TO REST BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.
BAKER CITY
May. 30th, 2018 03:15 pmGOOD NEWS: YOU HAVE FINALLY ESCAPED IDAHO.
YOU HAVE ARRIVED IN BAKER CITY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THIS IS ON THE MAP. BAKER CITY WASN'T EVEN PLATTED UNTIL 1865, BUT SURE, WHATEVER, LET'S HAVE BAKER CITY IN THIS GAME.
IT'S A CITY. IT PROBABLY SMELLS TERRIBLE.
IT IS ALSO VERY COLD HERE. IT IS IN A VALLEY BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS. IT ALMOST NEVER SEES THE SUN.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SUN IN DAYS.
ANYWAY. BAKER CITY.
DO YOU:
JOIN / STAY WITH A CARAVAN
REST AND RESUPPLY
CONTINUE
YOU HAVE ARRIVED IN BAKER CITY.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THIS IS ON THE MAP. BAKER CITY WASN'T EVEN PLATTED UNTIL 1865, BUT SURE, WHATEVER, LET'S HAVE BAKER CITY IN THIS GAME.
IT'S A CITY. IT PROBABLY SMELLS TERRIBLE.
IT IS ALSO VERY COLD HERE. IT IS IN A VALLEY BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS. IT ALMOST NEVER SEES THE SUN.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THE SUN IN DAYS.
ANYWAY. BAKER CITY.
DO YOU:
JOIN / STAY WITH A CARAVAN
REST AND RESUPPLY
CONTINUE
CARAVAN - OREGON
May. 30th, 2018 03:24 pmTHIS WAS A GOOD CHOICE.
A VERY GOOD CHOICE.
THE CARAVAN MAKES LESS MILES PER DAY, BUT IS ABLE TO KEEP A STEADY, CONSTANT PACE. CAMARADERIE IS HIGH, PEOPLE SHARE SUPPLIES WHERE NEEDED, FOOD IS NOT PLENTIFUL BUT LEAN RATIONS ARE BETTER THAN NONE.
YOU ARE ABLE TO CROSS THE ENTIRETY OF OREGON WITHOUT INCIDENT.
YOU HAVE MADE IT TO OREGON CITY ALIVE.
AND YOU DID NOT MAKE ME WRITE 30 POSTS ABOUT OREGON.
YOU HAVE WON THE GAME.
HOORAY!
START OVER?
YES
NO
A VERY GOOD CHOICE.
THE CARAVAN MAKES LESS MILES PER DAY, BUT IS ABLE TO KEEP A STEADY, CONSTANT PACE. CAMARADERIE IS HIGH, PEOPLE SHARE SUPPLIES WHERE NEEDED, FOOD IS NOT PLENTIFUL BUT LEAN RATIONS ARE BETTER THAN NONE.
YOU ARE ABLE TO CROSS THE ENTIRETY OF OREGON WITHOUT INCIDENT.
YOU HAVE MADE IT TO OREGON CITY ALIVE.
AND YOU DID NOT MAKE ME WRITE 30 POSTS ABOUT OREGON.
YOU HAVE WON THE GAME.
HOORAY!
START OVER?
YES
NO
REST AND RESUPPLY
May. 30th, 2018 03:32 pmLOSE 1 WEEK TO REST AND RESUPPLY IN THE CITY. THE WEATHER HAS TURNED COLD AND RAINY.
YOUR PARTY HEADS OFF, AND MAKES IT 10 DAYS BEFORE THE SUPPLIES RUN LOW.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
YOUR PARTY HEADS OFF, AND MAKES IT 10 DAYS BEFORE THE SUPPLIES RUN LOW.
DO YOU:
STOP AND HUNT
CONTINUE
STOP AND HUNT
May. 30th, 2018 03:34 pmYOU STOP AND HUNT. YOU ARE PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL AND SHOOT A BRACE OF GEESE.
GEESE ARE MONSTERS. GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE GEESE.
DO YOU:
HUNT AGAIN
FORAGE AND GATHER
CONTINUE
GEESE ARE MONSTERS. GOOD RIDDANCE TO THE GEESE.
DO YOU:
HUNT AGAIN
FORAGE AND GATHER
CONTINUE
HUNT AGAIN
May. 30th, 2018 03:35 pmYOU HAVE BETTER LUCK THIS TIME, AND BRING DOWN A MOUNTAIN GOAT. YOU NOW HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO MAKE IT ANOTHER 10 DAYS.
CONTINUE
CONTINUE
FORAGE AND GATHER
May. 30th, 2018 03:36 pmYOU MAKE POOR CHOICES. THERE IS VERY LITTLE FORAGE IN THE COLD, WET MOUNTAIN RANGE.
DO YOU:
HUNT AGAIN
CONTINUE
DO YOU:
HUNT AGAIN
CONTINUE