[Horror/Monster Hunters] American Small Town Mystery

[jason taylor]

Originally Posted by Miles

Going to throw out a mention to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, mostly because I had plans for a game set there which never took off. Friendly people, lots of Scandinavian and especially Finnish influence. If you've read American Gods, the Perfect American Small Town of Lakeland is supposed to be just across the border in Wisconsin. Very rural and isolated, but probably less so than most of Montana. There are several nearby Ojibwe/Chippewa reservations (Yes, they're an Algonquian culture), abandoned mines from the early 1900s, Great Lakes on three sides with uninhabited islands and deep, mostly unexplored waters, and more snow than pretty much anywhere in the Lower 48 thanks to those lakes.

Not to mention abandoned battlefields. That was after all "The Great Warpath" where English, French, Iroquois, and latter, Americans spent generations butting heads. Last of the Mohicans territory.

Then there is Stevenson's story of the Highlander doomed to die at Ticonderoga for choosing hospitality over kin-duty.

And of course there is the Edmond Fitzgerald.

More then enough potential for Creepy Things.