Low-Down in Loveland, Recruiting Phase Options

[Digital Heroin]

Loveland.

Whoever named this little patch of vice must have been a prophet. From the moment some politco decided that the big old patch of farmland south of Seattle needed to be acquired by the military and both an Air Force and Army base established upon it the fate of Loveland was sealed. Race riots, a war, and mother nature's own volcanic bitchslap have done nothing to make the clutch of brothels, night clubs, pawnbrokers, check cashes, and strip clubs go away, and there was nothing Johnny Law and the Rent-a-Cops could do about it either. Loveland belongs to the underworld, with the Mafia and the Yakuza both trying to carve out their little piece of the prey-on-soldiers-pay pie. The thing about it is, Loveland is technically part of the Puyallup Barrens, which means that the only syndicate presence you are gonna find in this lovely little corner of the Metroplex is gonna be subtle, or flashy in a desperate attention seeking way.

In Loveland, the gangs rule the streets, but they do so with the blessing of the big boys. That, or they carve a path so bloody no one is going to touch them - except maybe the long arm of the law.

Of course there are the unlucky bastards. With the backlash in Tempo come new problems, like a newly empowered Knight Errant with an agenda of cleaning up the streets, and a whole lot of shuffle in the syndicates. Guess who has the biggest problems of them all? Yup, you do.

Welcome to life in Loveland with no patron-saint of crime on your side, and no leader to show you the light.

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Low-Down in Loveland is a game about gang life, in the tradition of Bleeding Edge (though I cannot promise as good a game as LargeMike ran, big shoes to fill there). For the gritty feel, this is going to be 300BP, one skill at 5 or two at 5, and 6 Avail. The gang (tentatively the Loveland Dozen) is a a bottom rung gang, though one with established turf that they've been holding for some time now, and with several sources of income. This is going to be painful at times, and turnover in characters may well happen, but it is also going to be largely sandbox. I provide the tapestry, you weave your thread inside of it.

Four slots are being reserved at this point for some fresh board types, four more stand open.

The recruit/planning phase may take a few weeks, but I will be giving hardline details soon.