I really tried to keep our new game of AW serious after reading the Road, but I couldn’t resist throwing in an old…

I really tried to keep our new game of AW serious after reading the Road, but I couldn’t resist throwing in an old stuffed Smokey the Bear as a mascot for the local warlord. A real honest-to-life-size stuffed bear with a ranger hat and a charred patch on his but. A bit dusty and rearing on his hind legs for a strike. The warlord and his men are the soldiers of the 9th Calvary of the Republic. And then that spiraled into a “painting” in the major general’s office of their founder — a fellow in a black hat riding ol’ Smokey and holding a machine gun. A gift from the President of the Republic.