Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[TiQuinn]

4e.

That’s it.

That’s the post.

 

[CleverNickName]

It happens all the time, I'm afraid. I'm not sure what it is about that particular topic that makes people lose their civility, but hoo boy. Folks lose their damned minds over it.

I'm always going to be salty about my survey that got shut down because people couldn't keep their emotions (and behavior) in check. Now there will forever be a hole in my data, and there will always be a spat of insults and nonsense where there could have been some interesting discussion and reminiscence. People will look back over the other, related surveys, and that one is going to stand out for all the wrong reasons. And I wonder: is that how it's always going to be? Is that always going to be the lasting impression, is that what people are always going to remember?

 

[Gradine]

4e.

 

[Umbran]

Fedoras & Flat Caps. A game of cops & robbers in an alternate 1920s America where fantastic beings (like Fey) exist. Initial campaign setting: Las Vegas (a.k.a. “Las Feygas”).

(Essentially, Shadowrun during the Great Depression & Prohibition era.)

My understanding is that Las Vegas was unremarkable in the 20s. Nevada didn't legalize casino gambling until 1931, the same year they started the tunnels for the Hoover Dam. Basically, the thing we think of when we hear "Las Vegas" is a post-WWII phenomenon.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My understanding is that Las Vegas was unremarkable in the 20s. Nevada didn't legalize casino gambling until 1931, the same year they started the tunnels for the Hoover Dam. Basically, the thing we think of when we hear "Las Vegas" is a post-WWII phenomenon.

While the first casino in Vegas opened in 1905, you’re right that it didn’t start earning its infamy until the 1940s.

The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino was created by renaming the Hotel Nevada in 1905. Then the state made gambling illegal in 1910. Supposedly, they obeyed the law…by putting their gambling supplies into storage, not by actually divesting themselves of it.

So when casinos were re-legalized in 1931, they were ready and waiting.

Las Vegas’ first real organized crime boss is widely considered to be James “Jim” Ferguson who, upon arriving in LV in 1924:

…found gambling, legal and illegal, prostitution and bootlegging all flourishing. At the time, Las Vegas’ population was about 2,300.

The young Ferguson learned that those in charge of the city’s red light district had been in control for nearly two decades. They appeared vulnerable to a takeover.

The first mobster in Las Vegas: Part 1

Las Vegas crime kingpin Jim Ferguson reigned over city’s bootlegging, vice rackets during Prohibition

themobmuseum.org

So there’s ample room for taking some liberties with the city’s history. Maybe even MAJOR ones. Especially if the Fey managed to get their hooks into key politicians…

Or simply moved their gambling halls into storage rooms connected to the Fey Realms.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

So there’s ample room for taking some liberties with the city’s history. Maybe even MAJOR ones. Especially if the Fey managed to get their hooks into key politicians…

Last Call by Tim Powers is an alternate history with some neat ideas about magic and Las Vegas. No fey that I recall, but it's a short hop from the Fisher King to King Arthur to the fey.

 

[prabe]

Last Call by Tim Powers is an alternate history with some neat ideas about magic and Las Vegas. No fey that I recall, but it's a short hop from the Fisher King to King Arthur to the fey.

Short hop? It's barely a big step.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Short hop? It's barely a big step.

A misty step, some might say.

 

[Autumnal]

 

[RealAlHazred]

My understanding is that Las Vegas was unremarkable in the 20s. Nevada didn't legalize casino gambling until 1931, the same year they started the tunnels for the Hoover Dam. Basically, the thing we think of when we hear "Las Vegas" is a post-WWII phenomenon.

Had the players in my 1870s game go to Las Vegas. They were very disappointed! It's basically a tumbleweed town of less than 800 people in that era!