It's October, 1899. The Wild West is dying.

You've fought it tooth and nail, but the time has come to face facts. The renegade Natives have all been defeated, most of the West is now under rule of law, barbed wire prevents cattle from wandering astray or being stolen, railroads and telegraphs allow quick communication. 

While the newspapers rightly tout these advancements as proof of civilization, for you it means the end of a livelihood, the end of adventure. Cattle are impossible to rustle, police will immediately break up a duel or a good old saloon brawl, lawbreakers will go to prison rather than face frontier justice. Yep, might be time to hang up the old Stetson. 

That is, until you read a little sidebar in the newspaper. Nothing too important, just a notice that the government intends to mint a new limited edition $10 gold coin to celebrate the coming of the 20th Century. Of course, that coin needs to be minted somewhere, and in this instance it will be at the San Francisco Mint in California. And of course, that gold needs to come from somewhere, and in this instance it comes from the gold mines of Colorado.

And so, $1 million worth of gold bullion is loaded onto a passenger train in Colorado Springs, Colorado, under guard by a detachment of cavalry troops. The same train you're riding on.

It's simple. Just steal the gold sometime over the three-day, 1300-mile train trip to San Francisco. You're crossing the mountains of Colorado, the scrublands of Utah, the deserts of Nevada, and the forests of California, should be easy enough to make a getaway and then never be seen again.

Then again, it seems like more than one person has had the same idea. . . 



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Please post at least once a week, if not more. Keep the OOC alive and the RP will follow!

I have no preference on post length, I'm happy with at least a solid paragraph. 

We might all be starting as individuals, but don't be afraid to fight one another, make alliances, and the like. This is your RP, I'm just facilitating it.

This is not a steampunk RP. Weapons and technology will be limited to what was historically available in 1899. 
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Please submit all Characters Sheets to me via PM for review. This keeps the OOC uncluttered.

Moniker: In the best Western tradition, nobody in these parts has a name. You're known only by a physical feature, a trait, a profession, a nationality, and so on. Examples: The Irishman, the Tall Woman, the Gambler.

Appearance: A detailed description or photo is fine. No GIFs, no anime.

Age: How old your character seems to be.

Armament: Westerns always make a big deal out of the weapons people carry. Be specific and detailed, include a photo if possible. Don't limit yourself to just six-shooters, either!

Equipment: Anything else your character is carrying with them on this train. 

Skills: Anything your character is particularly good at throughout skill or raw talent.

Bio: I don't need a huge amount of detail here, just a paragraph or two that explains how exactly we got here.
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Feel free to ask any questions in the OOC!