Centralia in D&D

[ralphmelton]

Centralia, PA is the site of an fire in an underground coal mine that has been burning since 1962.

But my thinking about it for today is that with the identiying marks stripped off, it would make a great setting for an RPG. Vents of smoke, hot ground, and signs that people used to live here... it could really be a nice setting for a fantasy RPG, or a neat weird setting for a modern campaign.

http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm has some pictures and discussion.

Comments

[mrpeck.livejournal.com]

I drove through/around Centralia a few years ago. I was on my way home from Knoebels via a different route and ended up taking a few wrong turns. I remember it being an odd combination of forest and ghost town. I eventually hit a road block and had to readjust my route. At least it was an interesting detour.

[mg4h.livejournal.com]

Squonk Opera did a musical about Centralia, paralleling the town's fate with Dante's Inferno. It was very odd and fun, and we got a rubber skeleton out of it too. (They tend to toss things into the audience and we got lucky.)
http://www.squonkopera.com