From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
I could go for more Shadowrun. I miss playing that game. Though to be honest, I've been looking more at Interface Zero to cover that. Just need to find time to try it.
ReplyDeleteI was unaware there was a Savage Worlds cyberpunk setting. Is it good?
ReplyDeleteShadowrun was one of our go-to games in college as I think we've discussed before.
That's when I played it too. Its been a long time since I've had a chance to use those books though.
ReplyDeleteThe Savage Worlds version doesn't have the fantasy elements, though I'm sure it'd be easy enough to add them back in. But the various feats and edges seem like they'd work really well.
Like I said, I haven't had a chance to try it out so I don't know how well it actually plays.