Because the decisive victory for the Union never happened, the Civil War was allowed to continue.
Most importantly, the Battle of Gettysburg ends in a stalemate, with rumors circulating that the dead soldiers were rising and attacking anyone nearby, causing both armies to flee the chaos. 1863: Reports start coming in about strange occurrences in the western territories of the US.After they ravage across the globe destroying civilization and turning most of the Earth into a wasted landscape of nightmares and death in the process they mysteriously vanish.Ī very condenced version of the Deadlands timeline was published on reddit: This allows the "Reckoners" to manifest directly on Earth where they are revealed to be the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. While GURPS Deadlands: Weird West is set in 1877 Pinnacle Entertainment Group came out with Deadlands: Hell on Earth where the "Reckoners" manipulate the Confederate States of America and United States into a nuclear war. Seismic upheavals have pushed much of California into the ocean, creating a badlands area known as "the Great Maze." In the Great Maze, miners discover "ghost rock," a mineral that burns hotter and longer than coal and is used as the basis for most Deadlands technology as well as alchemical potions and semi-magical materials. The "Reckoners" then manipulated events so the Civil War continues to the present of 1877. One of the first actions of the Reckoners was to animate the dead soldiers from both sides of the Battle of Gettysburg and have them attack the living soldiers. The ritual brought powerful malicious entities known as the "Reckoners" which fed on negative emotions (especially fear). On July 3, 1863, a group of American Indians from various tribes, led by a Sioux shaman known as "Raven," performed a ritual in an effort to drive out the European settlers. Classic Deadlands: Weird West (2001, 2020) is a licensed version of Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Deadlands RPG for GURPS Classic.
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