Question on the Location of Century Station?

[Reagren Wright]

Its location can be anyplace where the G.M. wants it. However, it has some Spanish names which
means it wouldn't be along the Northeast or Northwest of the country.

[Pepsi Jedi]

Yeah they specifically state you can put it anywhere. That being said it's on the coast of something or another. be it the ocean, a sea, or a big lake. Gramercy island is out in the water off the coast of Century Station.

[FreelancerMar]

IMHO Gramercy island = A type of Alcatraz.

I would put Century Station Somewhere along the cost of Southern California but that is just me.

[Juce734]

IMHO Gramercy island = A type of Alcatraz.

I would put Century Station Somewhere along the cost of Southern California but that is just me.

The reason I have a problem doing that is because Gramercy is East of the main land. I like to pretend Century Station is part of a man made island off the East Coast of Florida. It is also the biggest city on this island.

I do find Century Station a little bit tough to use.

How do you guys use it?

[Pepsi Jedi]

IMHO Gramercy island = A type of Alcatraz.

I would put Century Station Somewhere along the cost of Southern California but that is just me.

lol it's not just your opinion. It's written explicitly to be exactly that. "A type of Alcatraz"

[Pepsi Jedi]

IMHO Gramercy island = A type of Alcatraz.

I would put Century Station Somewhere along the cost of Southern California but that is just me.

The reason I have a problem doing that is because Gramercy is East of the main land. I like to pretend Century Station is part of a man made island off the East Coast of Florida. It is also the biggest city on this island.

I do find Century Station a little bit tough to use.

How do you guys use it?

If you wannt it west coast you can always just change references from 'East" to 'west.' No big thing. hell you can put it on Alcatraz island itself if you WANT. (( but lose a bit of lore if you do that)

I use Century Station just fine. As to "how" I use it, it's much like all the RPGs. In that "I use the parts I need, and the parts I don't, remain unused till I need them or till I need to change something"

It's pretty cool that it's such a big center for supers. Allows for all sort of power level in the game. From huge mega heros that take care of the things threatening the City itself or the country. All the way down to my group's more prefered. "Gutter games" Where we play second or even third string sets of heros that take on stuff that the 'MEGA'S" can't take time out of their day to handle. Lets us keep it more personal and down to earth, while also being able to pitich in on the big things.

We handle the smaller villians (( ones of our power level)) and if big things happen our groups are usually called on for back up or such. If the Centurians are fighting off an alien fleet dropping in from another dimension, our little team might get assigned a single neiborhood or stregic local to defend. A bridge or a tower, or the prision. ect.

We've even had games where the 'Big teams' have been 'called away' and our smaller 'home town team' had to step up and fill the 'bigger roles' while the Mega's were away.

our group doesn't like the SUPER SUPER SUPER mega powerful heroes. That's not to say we're whimps, but you know, we're more "Xmen" or 'New warriors" types over "GODS" and such. Nothing wrong with those guys, but it's hard to keep a game going if every encounter is on that super arcing level of danger. You run out of 'one upmanship' unless things get stupid.

[BillionSix]

Century Station is supposed to be the HU equivalent of Metropolis or Gotham City. A fictional city which has no fixed location.
So, you can just leave it vague.
Despite the spanish names, I always imagined it being on the east coast.

[Pepsi Jedi]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

[BillionSix]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

Well, in terms of feel, it's a weird cross of the two. It's like what if Metropolis crashed into the ground and turned into Gotham City.

[Pepsi Jedi]

Which was probably exactly what they were aimin' for. lol

[The Beast]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

IIRC, the DC Atlas placed "anywhere" in Delaware.

[Pepsi Jedi]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

IIRC, the DC Atlas placed "anywhere" in Delaware.

And how many times has it been changed and retaconned?

Metropolis has been in Kansas for like 11 years on Smallville. *Shrugs* I've heard "Mid west" as well.

[PapaMambo]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

IIRC, the DC Atlas placed "anywhere" in Delaware.

And how many times has it been changed and retaconned?

Metropolis has been in Kansas for like 11 years on Smallville. *Shrugs* I've heard "Mid west" as well.

I've always assumed that Gotham was an analog of Chicago, and Metropolis was the analog for NYC (thus the Statue of Liberty)

If you read any official news about Gotham though, I believe it's supposed to be an amalgam of New York and Chicago. But Metropolis has always been New York as far as I can recall.

EDIT: After doing some more research, it appears we're all right - sort of. Century City's location is purposely left vague, as is Gotham and Metropolis in DC's Universe. At any time in the history of comics, Metropolis has been part of New York, Delaware, Conneticut, Kansas... Generally it appears to be Mid-west to East Coast though. And Gotham has been in New Jersey, Chicago, New York etc etc..

What I have read though (and appears to be backed up by multiple sources) is that Metropolis and Gotham are apparently within driving distance of each other. This would then lend credence to one being NYC, and the other being New Jersey perhaps??

Thus the reason I like Marvel - real cities, with locations that never move..

[Pepsi Jedi]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

IIRC, the DC Atlas placed "anywhere" in Delaware.

And how many times has it been changed and retaconned?

Metropolis has been in Kansas for like 11 years on Smallville. *Shrugs* I've heard "Mid west" as well.

I've always assumed that Gotham was an analog of Chicago, and Metropolis was the analog for NYC (thus the Statue of Liberty)

If you read any official news about Gotham though, I believe it's supposed to be an amalgam of New York and Chicago. But Metropolis has always been New York as far as I can recall.

EDIT: After doing some more research, it appears we're all right - sort of. Century City's location is purposely left vague, as is Gotham and Metropolis in DC's Universe. At any time in the history of comics, Metropolis has been part of New York, Delaware, Conneticut, Kansas... Generally it appears to be Mid-west to East Coast though. And Gotham has been in New Jersey, Chicago, New York etc etc..

What I have read though (and appears to be backed up by multiple sources) is that Metropolis and Gotham are apparently within driving distance of each other. This would then lend credence to one being NYC, and the other being New Jersey perhaps??

Thus the reason I like Marvel - real cities, with locations that never move..

Well.... Asgard kinda crashed to earth in the Mid west didn't it? *Grins* Not a 'city" but.. yeah. lol

[Damian Magecraft]

For me it was always east coast too. Sort of a "Super powered Sister City" to NYC, or for me, Boston.

Though it'd work just as well in the great lakes region. but Billion hit it right on the head, it's 100% an analog of Metropolis. (( Gotham was clearly NYC, while Metropolis was more 'generic and could have been anywhere'.))

IIRC, the DC Atlas placed "anywhere" in Delaware.

And how many times has it been changed and retaconned?

Metropolis has been in Kansas for like 11 years on Smallville. *Shrugs* I've heard "Mid west" as well.

I've always assumed that Gotham was an analog of Chicago, and Metropolis was the analog for NYC (thus the Statue of Liberty)

If you read any official news about Gotham though, I believe it's supposed to be an amalgam of New York and Chicago. But Metropolis has always been New York as far as I can recall.

EDIT: After doing some more research, it appears we're all right - sort of. Century City's location is purposely left vague, as is Gotham and Metropolis in DC's Universe. At any time in the history of comics, Metropolis has been part of New York, Delaware, Conneticut, Kansas... Generally it appears to be Mid-west to East Coast though. And Gotham has been in New Jersey, Chicago, New York etc etc..

What I have read though (and appears to be backed up by multiple sources) is that Metropolis and Gotham are apparently within driving distance of each other. This would then lend credence to one being NYC, and the other being New Jersey perhaps??

Thus the reason I like Marvel - real cities, with locations that never move..

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

[BillionSix]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

Great. Now I am picturing the Batman talking in a southern drawl.

[Damian Magecraft]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

Great. Now I am picturing the Batman talking in a southern drawl.

how is that any worse than a Boston accent? (there indications in older DC publications that it is near there as well)

[BillionSix]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

Great. Now I am picturing the Batman talking in a southern drawl.

how is that any worse than a Boston accent? (there indications in older DC publications that it is near there as well)

I could see the Waynes having a cultured, Ivy League kind of sound.

[LeeNapier]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

FYI - Swamps do not equal southern states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swam ... ife_Refuge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypress_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp

A swamp only requires wet lowlands.

[Damian Magecraft]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

FYI - Swamps do not equal southern states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swam ... ife_Refuge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypress_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp

A swamp only requires wet lowlands.

true but couple it with New Orleans only being a days drive (as i said) does

[FreelancerMar]

After doing some research I know exactly where Century station is located.

It's located in RPG/Fantasy Land. *Very quickly ducks the incomming vegtables*

[Mercdog]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

FYI - Swamps do not equal southern states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swam ... ife_Refuge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypress_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp

A swamp only requires wet lowlands.

true but couple it with New Orleans only being a days drive (as i said) does

But how long do you define a day for travel? You can drive from New Orleans to Chicago in 14 hours. Gotham could well be near the Great Lakes.

Just sayin'.

[Pepsi Jedi]

there are references in the batman mythos that also places New Orleans only a days drive from gotham... and with the new mythos references to swamp marshes surrounding the 5 islands of gotham... that would place gotham in the southern states.

FYI - Swamps do not equal southern states.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Swam ... ife_Refuge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Cypress_Swamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockomock_Swamp

A swamp only requires wet lowlands.

true but couple it with New Orleans only being a days drive (as i said) does

But how long do you define a day for travel? You can drive from New Orleans to Chicago in 14 hours. Gotham could well be near the Great Lakes.

Just sayin'.

ehhhh... Kinda sorta.. the computer says you can, but that's assuming absolute maximum speed every inch of the way, 0 traffic, and 0 stops. 0 refueling. Perfect weather.

I drove from NC to the UP of MI and it took more than 14 hours. lol

That being said, Yeah I had the same general thought. Some people might consider " A day's drive" to be equivalent of "A day of work" I.E. 8 hours. Some might think "From the time I get up till I go to bed" Roughly 16 hours or so.. but some would consider it 24 hours.

[Mercdog]

But how long do you define a day for travel? You can drive from New Orleans to Chicago in 14 hours. Gotham could well be near the Great Lakes.

Just sayin'.

ehhhh... Kinda sorta.. the computer says you can, but that's assuming absolute maximum speed every inch of the way, 0 traffic, and 0 stops. 0 refueling. Perfect weather.

I drove from NC to the UP of MI and it took more than 14 hours. lol

That being said, Yeah I had the same general thought. Some people might consider " A day's drive" to be equivalent of "A day of work" I.E. 8 hours. Some might think "From the time I get up till I go to bed" Roughly 16 hours or so.. but some would consider it 24 hours.

Sooo... Add about 2 hours for Gas and Snacks?

[Pepsi Jedi]

Heh just for fun.

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/05/19/ ... roes-pics/

[NMI]

I typically had Century Station on the west coast, near San Francisco with Gramercy Island replacing Alcatraz.
Another campaign, I simply had all of the locations of Century Station in Chicago, IL. post alien invasion with Gramercy Island being in Lake Michigan.

[Pepsi Jedi]

How long did your campaign run before someone took out the Goldengate? 5.... 10 minutes, tops? *G*

[NMI]

How long did your campaign run before someone took out the Goldengate? 5.... 10 minutes, tops? *G*

mutant activists led by a man with a very "magnetic" personality had already taken out the bridge in game history

[Pepsi Jedi]

How long did your campaign run before someone took out the Goldengate? 5.... 10 minutes, tops? *G*

mutant activists led by a man with a very "magnetic" personality had already taken out the bridge in game history

I was pretty sure that got put back at the end of that game, didn't it?

[acreRake]

Texas.

[Senator Cybus]

Five miles south of Cardiff.

[NMI]

How long did your campaign run before someone took out the Goldengate? 5.... 10 minutes, tops? *G*

mutant activists led by a man with a very "magnetic" personality had already taken out the bridge in game history

I was pretty sure that got put back at the end of that game, didn't it?

It never came up actually.