[UA] Re: City Swop

[Ryan Fitch-Davis]

Well....
There is a large museum of egyptian stuff run by the FRCC (Rosicrucians) 
not far from the Winchester mansion in downtown SJ.

SJ is a fairly young city... Nearly all of the buildings have been 
constructed in the last 30 years. Before that it was forgettable, 
dwelling deep in the shadow of San Francisco.

There are very few high-rise type buildings, the exception being the 
small core downtown.

Near downtown is the university. California State University, San Jose. 
Also there is University of Santa Clara, run by the Society of Jesus 
(possible Order of St. Cecil hook).

Around the area... Lots of the clueless occult types in the densely 
wooded mountains to the south, maybe some cluefull types too. On the 
other side of the range is Santa Cruz. A place that was protrayed fairly 
well as Santa Carla in the movie /The Lost Boys/ and also provided the 
backdrop for Clint Eastwood's /Sudden Impact/.

San Francisco to the northwest is worthy of it's own treatment.

The region has a greater-than-average occurence of the classical Serial 
Killer type of crime.

There is an amusement park in town, thrill rides and all... it's not 
terribly big.

The one distinctly odd memory I have is of just how hard it is to find a 
freeway onramp...



Robin Pfeifer wrote:

> I would like to contribute to (and make use of) any city swop project; 
> as I am in Germany I lack information on American cities, but while I 
> myself do not exactly live in the hotbed of Germany I can easily find 
> out a thing or two about the country (and I have been to Berlin at 
> least!). I'm not far from Cologne, Düsseldorf and the Ruhr Area.
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> I will start my first UA campaign today; my players wanted an X-files 
> style game, and I decided to make them FBI agents in UA. My players 
> don't know anything about UA, and as they won't touch the books they 
> will only know what I tell them. I prefer guiding them towards new game 
> settings that way. Power level is usually fairly low.
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> The first scenario I am writing involves the disappearance of a boy 
> during a candlelight tour of the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose 
> (thanks to about.com). I have a lot of info on that house, but not much 
> yet about San Jose. I could use a link to a decent city map or online 
> guide, or a description of interesting features by someone in the know. 
> UA-wise I will have a cliomancer-in-residence at the house, but no-one 
> very powerful. The house itself of course is full of trapped revenants, 
> just as Mrs. Winchester's medium predicted...
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> And I have a specific question: according to my World Almanac of 1992 
> the FBI has (or had then) 56 offices in other US cities. Is San Jose 
> among them? The PCs will operate out of the Washington headquarters (a 
> picture of which would be nice as well), but if there is an office in 
> San Jose I will have to create local agents as supporting cast etc.
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> If any other suggestions come up, I'll be glad to have them as well.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Robin
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