Starting 'Armies of the Night'

[Targan]

Sounds good Tig. I look forward to hearing updates.

[TiggerCCW UK]

About 4 hours to kick off and in game terms I'm pretty well prepared. Sadly not quite so well prepared mentally I'm fairly sure that I heard somewhere that starting a new campaign when you've had less than two and a half hours sleep is not ideal. Seriously tough night last night in work. 6 staff missing (3 due to the Iceland volcano grounding flights from England) and we still took over L21k in 4 hours. Looking forward to the stress relief of messing with peoples heads tonight

[Jason Weiser]

Here's an idea. How about you have the boat drop them off in LI, like around Montauk or so and have them make their way overland and then over the Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridge into the city (The Manhattan Bridge could be fun, had all sorts of maintenance issues in the 90s).

Quoth Wiki:
Original source: Manhattan Bridge Article

Because tracks were on the outer part of the bridge, passing trains caused the bridge to tilt and sway. The wobble worsened as trains became longer and heavier. The New York City Department of Transportation failed to maintain the bridge properly, and the tracks finally were closed for repairs, blocking the paths of the trains that cross the bridge and reducing the number of trains passing between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The north tracks, which had been more heavily used, were closed first, from 1985 to 1988. The blockage split the B and D trains into two sections and rerouted the N via the Montague Street Tunnel.

In September 1990, the south side was reopened to N train traffic, even though major repairs had yet to be made.[7] An 18-month delay of procurements prompted the New York City Transit Authority and politicians to put pressure on the New York City DOT to resume subway traffic, while engineers warned the bridge was still unsafe.[8] On December 27 of that year, state inspectors forced south side service to be halted and rerouted via the tunnel again after corroded support beams were found along with missing steel plates.[7] (Shortly after a memo stating opposition to N train restoration across the bridge, from the city's deputy commissioner for bridges, David Steinberger, to the Transportation commissioner, Lucius J. Riccio, was leaked to The New York Times, Steinberger and his administrative assistant, David Bronstein, were fired. Although the official reason for Steinberger's firing was a difference of managerial approaches, the dismissals were controversial due to their timing and Steinberger being seen as a whistleblower with Riccio brushing off his concerns.)[8][9][10][11] With reluctance from Lucius Riccio and Mayor David Dinkins, the New York City Council's Transportation committee held an inquiry into the decision to restore subway service on the Manhattan Bridge south side (as well as the safety of all New York City bridges), finding that the Transportation Department and the Transit Authority's lack of cooperative inspection was a major contributor for the deteriorating conditions.[12][13][14]

A projection for a reopening date was initially made for 1995.[15] The south side finally reopened on July 22, 2001, whereby the north side was again closed, returning the Q to Broadway, introducing the new W train (which ran on the West End Line) and cutting B and D service from Brooklyn. On February 22, 2004, the north side reopened, and all four tracks were in service simultaneously for the first time in 18 years. B and D trains returned to Brooklyn on opposite routes (B to the Brighton Line, and D to the West End Line), the N once again uses the bridge for travel, and the W no longer runs in Brooklyn. Also, the north tracks were closed during off-peak hours between May and November 1995, and the same for the south tracks in 2003.

[Marc]

Sounds good Tig. I look forward to hearing updates.

Agree. It's been a while since I don't read a good roleplaying session report. This one seems promising.

[ex3313]

this may be late but from VA beach there is the chesapeake bridger tunnel that allows one to travel along the east portions of the state it s RT13 till you get to dover then it merges into RT 95 either end will need a ferry as they have large bridges