$Id: world.tex,v 1.2 1999/02/18 00:05:25 akadams Exp $
This campaign, set in 1932, centers around the great depression, and loosley follows the Gurps Cliff Hangers supplement. Although Indian Jones (from West End) would be a better match.
It was a decade scarred by global depression which was brought on by the collapse of the US stock market (in 1929) and the problems abroad created by the Treaty of Versille. Basically, all of Europe was boiling in an immense pressure cooker, which was set to ``high'' immediately after WWI. South America was experiencing govermental changes. Asia was experiencing ``new forms'' of govermental changes. Africa was simply being used as ``bartering material'' for the other countries. And with all of this happening, Uncle Sam was on it way to becoming a ``recluse''. However, this time also marked the beginning of a new era, the golden age of transportation. Hence, although there wasn't much ``farming'' work at home, there was plenty of adventure. And more importantly, the transportation to get you there existed, although danger went hand in hand.
All ``recorded'' knowledge that occurred in prior to 1932 in our world exist in this campaign setting. However, please remember that not all events were indeed recorded and that simply because an event is recorded does not make it accurate. Furthermore, the future may or may not progress as our past history was recorded, in fact the player or non player characters can seriously alter the time line (ie. killing Hitler before 1938). This may or may not be a good thing...
| 1900 | Boxer Rebellion in China |
| 1901 | Theodore Roosevelt succeeds Williwm McKinley as President of USA |
| 1904-1905 | Russo - Japanese War |
| 1906 | Earthquake rocks San Francisco |
| 1907 | Oklahoma becomes 46th state |
| 1909 | William H. Taft succeeds Roosevelt as President of USA |
| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson succeeds Taft as President of the USA |
| 1914, June 28th | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assinated |
| 1914, July 28th | Austria invades Serbia, WWI starts |
| 1918 | Tsar Nicholas is executed by Bolsheviks (Russian Revolution) |
| 1918 | World War I ends |
| 1918, June 28th | Treaty of Versailles is signed (League of Nations) |
| 1919 | The 18th Amendment is ratified (Prohibition) |
| 1920 | The 19th Amendment is ratified (Woman's Suffrage) |
| 1921 | Warren G. Harding succeeds Wilson as President of the USA |
| 1922 | Fascists take over Italy, Benito Mussolini named prime minister |
| 1923 | Howard Carter get recognition for King Tutakahamna's discovery |
| 1924 | J. Edgar Hoover becomes the head of the FBI |
| 1925 | Calvin Coolidge succeeds Harding as President of the USA |
| 1925 | Tariff imposed on imported goods |
| 1926 | Leon Trotsky is ousted by Joesph Stalin |
| 1926 | Goverment of Portugal is overthrown by military |
| 1927 | Chiang Kai-shek succeeds Sun Yat-Sen in China |
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop across the atlantic |
| 1928 | Kellog-Briand Pact signed |
| 1929, Feb. 14th | Al Capone has 7 members of Bugs Malone gunned down |
| 1929 | Herbert Hover succeeds Coolidge as President of the USA |
| 1929, Nov. 9th | The US stock market collapses |
| 1930 | Revolutions occurs in Brazil and Argentina |
| 1931 | Japan and Great Britain abandon the gold standard |
| 1931 | King Alfonso of Spain is overthrown, constitution is drawn up |
| 1931 | Empire State Building opens |
| 1931 | George Washington Bridge opens |