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OK, I'm going to order Weird Wisconsin from Amazon, but I was hoping to get some Badger State advice from those who know:
It looks like my group's Hunter: The Vigil game is going to be set in Wisconsin.
The first game will take place in the summer of 2002, when the characters are all elementary schoolers. I'm looking for this to take place in a poor or lower middle class community that would have been both hurt by the post-9/11 economic hit and where a fair number of adults would have gone off to the military, leaving the kids, in large part, on their own when the horrible stuff starts happening.
The later games will all take place in a college town. Madison is the obvious choice, but I honestly feel like it's a little too big for my purposes. It's hard to get things really claustrophobic with a population of more than 200,000. Any suggestions for other college towns in the state, where the college is legitimately the center of all social and economic activity?
What about Wisconsin would you include in a World of Darkness game? I lived in Madison for a few months, years ago, but I'm otherwise pretty much a blank slate.
Finally, what things should appear (or not appear) in a Wisconsin game to give it a truly authentic flavor?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
It looks like my group's Hunter: The Vigil game is going to be set in Wisconsin.
The first game will take place in the summer of 2002, when the characters are all elementary schoolers. I'm looking for this to take place in a poor or lower middle class community that would have been both hurt by the post-9/11 economic hit and where a fair number of adults would have gone off to the military, leaving the kids, in large part, on their own when the horrible stuff starts happening.
The later games will all take place in a college town. Madison is the obvious choice, but I honestly feel like it's a little too big for my purposes. It's hard to get things really claustrophobic with a population of more than 200,000. Any suggestions for other college towns in the state, where the college is legitimately the center of all social and economic activity?
What about Wisconsin would you include in a World of Darkness game? I lived in Madison for a few months, years ago, but I'm otherwise pretty much a blank slate.
Finally, what things should appear (or not appear) in a Wisconsin game to give it a truly authentic flavor?
Your help is greatly appreciated.