Chapter One: The Limehouse Slasher... In Her Majesty`s Name

The Peelers of Old Scotland Yard, under Inspector Abeline (Reputation 20) have been summoned to Victoria Square in response to reports of a sighting the infamous Limehouse Phantom Slasher.  

Also summoned to the scene are Lord Randolph Farthingdale (Rep 50) and Dr Howard Parker (Rep 52) with a group from the notorious Explorer's Club, on the trail of the Knife of Amun Re stolen from the British Museum by the Phantom Slasher of Old Limehouse.

My version of a Victorian Science Fiction skirmish game is set in an unhistorical 1885.  There are several factions, and Limehouse is only one of the settings.  I have collected settings for Egypt and Central Africa as well as an English country estate.

The Leagues:

Her Britannic Majesty`s Royal Geographic Club

The Belgian Imperial Intelligence Service, The Red Headed League

Major James Quigglesworth and The Royal Aeronautical Corps

Professor Chou en Ginsberg and the Red Tongs

The Armoured Brigade of the Ghost

Count Radu Brașov and his Slavic Minions

I am using a mixture of the Osprey game In Her Majesty`s Name, and Pulp alley, a role playing game.  

Some of my add on rules:

Pluck     2d6 check  5 (Hero) to 9 (Coward)  Low roll fails.    

Shooting    D6 per weapon, -2 if 3” moved

Fighting     D6 per attack   -2 barehanded (Subdues)

Speed         Foot 6” Running +3”

The Limehouse terrain is still under construction, but the look I`m going for works!  The walls will be dark red and there will be cotton wool fog banks... That park needs the railings sorting out. 

The Explorers enter Victoria Square, and approach the first plot point, the prostitute Nelly, a woman with information.

Inspector Abeline, Sergeant Portly and the bobbies arrive.

At the first plot point Lord Randolph rolls his Pluck!  Nelly spills the beans about seeing the Slasher.. "ooh Sir... he was all slashy an` all that, over by the park..."

The Police find the first victim, horribly slashed.  Inspector Abeline fails his pluck roll.  A peril is then rolled...

The peril is the Slasher himself, who leaps from the fog and attacks the fat Sergeant... and runs away...  The Police lose a reputation point and a slashed Sergeant.

 The Explorers discover a second victim at Plot point four.  Dr Parker examines the body and passes his Pluck roll.  They follow a trail of bloody footprints towards the park... 

In the park the Explorers encounter the Major Plot point (Five) and it's the Slasher.  Dr Parker's companion, Lady D`Arcy, uses her Samurai training to disarm him.  Literally since she removes one of his arms.  

The Explorers are on form as Lord Randolph uses his Enfield revolver to shoot the Slasher in the head. 

The Knife of Amun Ra, stolen from the British museum, is recovered from the severed hand.

The Police turn up, without their Sergeant, and take possession of the Slasher`s body.  (Later, at the Limehouse Mortuary, the body disappears under mysterious circumstances, see Chapter Two, the Limehouse Golem)

The Bobbies gain one Notoriety Point, taking the Inspector to a reputation of 19

The Explorers each gain five Reputation points taking Lord Randolph to 55 and Dr Parker to 57