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<blockquote data-quote="John Dallman" data-source="post: 9623377" data-attributes="member: 6999616">We're still trying to get the Duke &amp; Duchess of Windsor to the Bahamas. It's a trying quest. We were all ready to fly them out of Bathurst, Gambia, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, when we went to collect them from the hotel, and found that the Duke had sneaked off and headed &quot;Up country&quot; with a local British expatriate, Gambia consists of one river valley, and we rapidly learned they'd gone by powerboat. So we hired the other powerboat and pilot in town, hastily assembled supplies, fuel, weapons, and etc, got vaccinated against cholera and yellow fever and set off after them. The next day we found their boat parked in a small town, asked where they'd gone, which was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegambian_stone_circles" target="_blank">Senegambian stone circles</a>, and went after them on foot, equipped with plentiful supplies of gin, whisky and cigarettes. There are a lot of stone circles, and in this campaign, they are somewhat magical (there only seems to be one basic type of magic, although it is used in many different ways). An Aura ritual revealed that there are spirits within each stone circle, and there was a funeral going on. The Duke and his party were watching, and what we did was diplomatically suggest that watching respectfully from a distance was a much better idea than intruding and asking questions.We kept them distracted with drink and tobacco until the funeral was finished, at which point we were able to convince the Duke that the weather would be favourable the day after tomorrow and, the next day, escort them back to Bathurst. We did not go for any of the GM's temptations. We want to get the Duke to his destination, and then have a holiday. He's a lose cannon, thinking only of his own pleasures. Just like the historical version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Dallman, post: 9623377, member: 6999616"] We're still trying to get the Duke & Duchess of Windsor to the Bahamas. It's a trying quest. We were all ready to fly them out of Bathurst, Gambia, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, when we went to collect them from the hotel, and found that the Duke had sneaked off and headed "Up country" with a local British expatriate, Gambia consists of one river valley, and we rapidly learned they'd gone by powerboat. So we hired the other powerboat and pilot in town, hastily assembled supplies, fuel, weapons, and etc, got vaccinated against cholera and yellow fever and set off after them. The next day we found their boat parked in a small town, asked where they'd gone, which was the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegambian_stone_circles']Senegambian stone circles[/URL], and went after them on foot, equipped with plentiful supplies of gin, whisky and cigarettes. There are a [I]lot[/I] of stone circles, and in this campaign, they are somewhat magical (there only seems to be one basic type of magic, although it is used in many different ways). An Aura ritual revealed that there are spirits within each stone circle, and there was a funeral going on. The Duke and his party were watching, and what we did was diplomatically suggest that watching respectfully from a distance was a much better idea than intruding and asking questions. We kept them distracted with drink and tobacco until the funeral was finished, at which point we were able to convince the Duke that the weather would be favourable the day after tomorrow and, the next day, escort them back to Bathurst. We did not go for any of the GM's temptations. We want to get the Duke to his destination, and then have a holiday. He's a lose cannon, thinking only of his own pleasures. Just like the historical version. [/QUOTE]

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