Dodge City - The heart of shootouts, brawls, and vanishing milk drinkers. Sand kicks up as a tumbleweed tumbles along the dusty dirt trail...
KABLAM!
The gunshot rings across the vast expanse of Kansas, signaling your arrival in the notorious Dodge City of 1883.
Howdy, partner! Dodge City is buzzin' with tales of rising stars, from the sweet and innocent Christian lady, Ida Beeson, to the gritty and bold hired gun, Luke Short. So cinch up those saddlebags and ready your lasso 'cause we're headin' for a wild ride. YEEHAW!
After the economic dynamite-like explosion, Dodge City is bustling with railroads, businesses, and, of course, a whole mess of violence. Trouble brews where the whiskey flows and the milk spills. Mayor Lawrence Deger tries to lay down the law by setting up sheriff posts, notably at his own watering hole, the "Long Branch Saloon." He aims to clean house, tossin' out the likes of troublemakers such as Luke Short. Well, Short ain't one to back down, so he rounds up some heavy-hittin allies like Bat Masterson and Wyatt Earp after catchin' wind of multiple threats.
But things go from bad to worse as the sheriffs on duty turn hostile, ridin' the trail straight into corruption and flashing the early signs of lawman brutality. Them saloon regulars find themselves catchin' more than a fair share of beatings.
One fine day, a feller dressed up like a lawman, Tom Sherman (how he got that badge is a real head-scratcher), goes chasin' down three patrons who vanish into thin air.
Panic grips the city, and now it's up to the good folks of Dodge City to untangle this mess. The showdown looms on the horizon, and the fate of Dodge City rests in the hands of its own citizens. Saddle up, partner, 'cause this ain't no ordinary tale—it's a wild ride through the heart of the West!
By IPC delegate Thomson Zhou