I booted up the old classic Oregon Trail (not the ORIGINAl original -- this is the one that had a bunch more professions) and had a few Realmsers try to make their way to Oregon.

Our party consisted of:

Rokk Krinn (the doctor and founder of the feast)
JackAssterson
JKLantern
KitsuShel
and, in the last position that almost always dies:
DocDoom187

Due to Rokk being a doctor we had a crazy bankroll to start with. As the carpenters and farmers were bitterly trying to decide which of their children to sell in exchange for one more set of clothing we gleefully cleared out the stock of oxen, food and spare parts. The other travellers might be a little inconvenienced at our spendy ways, but what the hey.

Doctor Rokk, being concerned for our health, sets our pace and meals to their easiest setting and we're off!

May 1 -- we leave

May 2 -- to further rub it in we find wild fruit. It's a good thing. We only had 1987 pounds left.

May 22 -- JKLantern breaks his leg gathering buffalo chips for our fire. Rokk sets it with some old twine.

June 3 -- KitsuShel gets the measles! Rokk has the party rest for a few days while he finds some more twine to treat her.

June 24 -- JKLantern gets measles too! It's an epidemic! No amount of twine in the world can save him, so Rokk orders us to press on.

June 29 -- JK recovers on his own. We cast suspicious eyes at Rokk's miracle twine.

July 4-7 -- No water. We cast lots to see who will be donating their blood to the cause. Doc loses.

July 10 -- We make it to Independence Rock. Right on schedule, Rokk says.

July 16 -- I get dysentary! Horrors! We take five days to nurse my wounds. Children are heard to weep as they learn that their hero has been lain low.

July 25 -- As I suffer in my sickbed I somehow get a snakebite. JKLantern looks very innocent and whistles.

August 12 -- DocDoom breaks his leg. Wagonmaster Rokk sets our pace to Strenuous to compensate. Who can run 200 miles faster? 12 Oxen or a crippled Doc Doom, we ask.

August 14 -- Doc Doom catches up to us and breaks my leg. We rest.

August 18 -- I get ANOTHER snakebite. JKLantern insists that Slithery Sam is not responsible. I have my doubts.

August 31 -- DocDoom gets a snakebite. JKLantern, acting as barrister for Slithery Sam, somehow gets the little beast off on a technicality.

September 2 -- KitsuShel gets cholera. "Aren't you a doctor?" we ask Rokk. "Shut up and go get twine," he responds as we reach Soda Springs.

September 14 - -DocDoom gets Typhoid. We quicken our pace and set our rations to meager in an attempt to quicken his recovery. Somehow he survives.

October 15 -- Because of all the resting we've been doing we're waaaaay behind schedule. Wagonmaster Rokk blames the quality of twine out here. DocDoom gets dysentary, but by now we're more worried about the oxen.

October 24 -- a day before my birthday I get measles. We celebrate by resting for 5 days. We still have TONS of food. We celebrate that by killing five buffalo in an orgy of waste. That makes me feel better.

October 31 -- On halloween JKLantern gets a snakebite. Slithery Sam becomes a belt.

November 8-14 -- KitsuShel, myself and DocDoom all contract fevers. Through the haze we accuse Rokk with our glares.

December 18 -- We FINALLY reach Oregon. Despite my best efforts...err, fortunately, no one is dead. Rokk's performance puts him sixth on the high score list, which is kinda impressive due to the doctor's miserable endgame bonuses.

Typical patients - complain that you were sick, not that you survived.

Ooooh! I wanna be in next time!

You have no idea how hard that made me laugh. No idea at all...

Dont mock the Twine!

Oh! The Angry Face! It's on now!

Quick, DC, I have an idea! Grab the other side of the twine...

*Watches Rokk trip over twine*

Haha.

*Sees angry Rokk*

Oh boy.

Twine is seriously the cure all in that game???? Wow and I thought my HMO's were bad

ROFL. That's super awesome.

I don't really understand...

Ah twine. The 19th century's answer to duct tape.

WOO HOO! I survived!


And I broke Jack's leg!


That shows you for making me the "Red Shirt"of the group!

And Rokk, this game convinced me, I'm NEVER going to you for medical help.....

jk Rokk, I know you're a great doctor :-p

This thread inspired me to buy Oregon Trail 5. Yeah!