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Mr. Handy wrote: "No, I don't," says Julia. "My family is back in Portsmouth. I've only just arrived in Calcutta and I don't really know anyone yet. Well, except for you, that is. Thank you for acting as my escort."

OOC: Where are the two of them headed to first?

He closed his travel trunk, opened the door and headed down the stairs to the reception. "Excuse me," he said to the young man waiting there, "I need my uniform attending to, and I need to know where I might purchase a new shirt." The young English man on the front desk was name...

Strachan Stopping in the shade by the hotel entrance he braced himself against the heat. It was only mid morning but it was already as stiffling hot as a June afteroon back home in London; his frock coat, de rigeur back home was going to be completely superfluous in Calcutta. Strachan took the froc...

Hermann Lovell Hermann Lovell had been awake all night, going through the notes of various Hindi culture. They were a fascinating people, in his own opinion. "Sir?" the indian servant tapped on his shoulders. "You are going to be late for the meeting with Mr. Talbot..." "Ri...

Granville Michaels Fifteen minutes later, he stepped from his room and made his way down to the dining room. A sleepy looking native lad was sat in a chair but sprang up when he saw Granville. Quickly seating the young ensign at a table with a view over the modest garden, he rushed off to sort brea...

Thomas Wakeham Thomas shook off his brooding, and determined to take a ride before his appointment, perhaps up to the northern end of the city. Later he would have to climb into his dress uniform for this ball. He couldn't remember how long it was since he'd been in full fig, and he feared it would...

Takes this for what it is worth but it seems in line with the more academic sources: A quarter of the entire population of Victorian Britain was living in poverty. 40% of the country’s wealth was owned by 5% of the population. During the Victorian era, the middle-class was growing and those who were...

Gaffer, Income will come with the appointment after your meeting with Sir Talbot. As something rough and ready, let's say that every character here in India has EDUx10 in ready cash, line of credit, immediate savings, etc. Given that 100-200 pounds is a decent ANNUAL income in the 1850s for someone ...

The Viscount Canning, Governor-General of India



Sir Richard Talbot, Private Secretary to the Governor-General

These are weapon stats from the Mysteries of the Raj sourcebook, Cthulhu by Gaslight, and Cthulhu by Gaslight Equipment Guide. Howdah Pistol (.577), 15% base, 3d4 damage, 5 yds base range (they are basically oversize shotgun pistols), attacks 1 or 2, ammo 1 or 2, reload 1/2 rounds (2 rounds per barr...

These are stats from the Mysteries of the Raj sourcebook. I'll check my Gaslight Equipment Guide later on for anything I don't have stats for. Howdah Pistol (.577), 15% base, 3d4 damage, 5 yds base range (they are basically oversize shotgun pistols), attacks 1 or 2, ammo 1 or 2, reload 1/2 rounds (2...

This is an excellent zoom based map of Calcutta in 1858.
Spend some time playing around with it...its quite creative.
http://rumsey.geogarage.com/maps/gct001 ... 35&zoom=13

"Depend upon it, Calcutta is the finest place in the world. I know there are towns with far larger and grander buildings; but then they are not half so clean, and new, and beautiful, as this bride-like city. I have been standing on the roof of the house the last half-hour for air, and, as it w...

Gaffer, I'll say you can find a Howdah pistol, which is in decent repair, plus a dozen rounds worth of ammo and powder for about 1 pound and 6 shillings in one of the main markets of Calcutta. It's made by a local firm, based off an existing European model, and it has been converted to a percussion ...

Firearms: The 1850s see extensive use of percussion cap based firearms. While older flintlock weapons are still found throughout India, the most modern weapons are percussion weapons, including the first revolvers that are appearing. Pepperbox weapons, usually all pistols, are the first attempt at m...

This thread is for OOC comments, questions, problems, etc. that you might have about anything going on in the game.

Okay, as you can tell, I am about a week behind schedule. Life, work and my birthday all popped up in the middle of things. I can assure, as in the previous game, I will try to post as frequently as players need and keep things moving. I will finish my work on the first post, and without any other p...

Philulhu wrote:Added details for Granville. Does the letter work for background?

Sounds good to me.

I'll have the first post up tomorrow morning, EST.
The game will start in Calcutta, before moving out to the Oudh.
It is New Year's Day, 1 January 1857.

Map of the city of Calcutta, 1859. This map is actually zoomable. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~21006~530098:Calcutta--Published-under-the-super?sort=Pub_Date%2CPub_List_No_InitialSort&qvq=q:+List_No=%270890.168%27%22+;sort:Pub_Date,Pub_List_No_InitialSort;lc:RUMSEY~8...