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zone 5—19TH-CENTURY INDIA zone 6—OUTBACK
Try to track down the THUGGEES, Prepare to do battle with
followers of an Indian cult who
the BUSHRANGERS! Hiding
combine robbery and ritual murder
in the name of Kali, the goddess in the Australian outback,
of destruction. First, they jolly up these runaway convicts and
criminal outlaws are wanted
to groups of traveling merchants. for rustling cattle, robbing
Then, as night falls, they creep
banks, and attacking
up silently on their companions,
whip out a scarf, and throttle them. travelers. Most notorious of
The original thugs! all is Ned Kelly, who wears
a suit of armor and an iron
helmet and is on the run
for killing three policemen.
zone 7—VICTORIAN LONDON
Visit the dangerous depths of
the London underworld, where
GAROTERS lurk in the smoggy
gloom. These heartless villains
seize respectable pedestrians
from behind by putting a thin
wire or rope around their throat and
then beating them senseless
and picking their pockets. No
wonder the local magazine Punch
has advised Londoners to wear
spiked metal collars for protection!
zone 8—AMERICAN WILD WEST
You need to be quick on the draw to survive in this zone.
There will be gun battles galore against trigger-happy gangs of
WILD WEST GUNMEN. This mob is out to rob trains and banks
and evade arrest by sheriffs and other law enforcers. Among
the heroes and villains you’ll meet are legendary outlaw Billy the Kid,
train robber Jesse James, and horse-thief-turned-lawman
Wyatt Earp. Get shooting!
SelecT: kILLERS AND BATTLE ZONES
8. WILD WEST
3. NINJA 4. PIRATE 5. THUGGEE 6. BUSHRANGER 7. GAROTER
GUNMAN
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