Batman is protecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, not Gotham City

[Mark Rand]

Batman's home town is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Wayne Manor and the Batcave are in the Pittsburgh suburb of Fox Chapel.  If run by me, the campaign would be play by post.

[Christopher R Taylor]

Well Pittsburgh could surely use a hero

[TCArknight]

Would definitely be up for some Dar Champions PbP….

[Mark Rand]

The top floor of the Batcave has its reference library on one side and a group of hotel rooms on the other.  In addition to the bathrooms, the hotel rooms provide space for the heroes to put their costumes on and store any disguises they might have.

 

 

The main level is home to the tunnel to the vehicle exit, the Batmobile’s parking area, the crime lab, a restroom, and Bonnie’s workshop.  The tunnel has alcoves for vehicles, one of which is where Batgirl parks her highly advanced Batcycle, a gift from Batman.  Her Batcycle’s alcove also has shelves for storing full-face motorcycle helmets and a number of unassigned ones.  The communications equipment and a computer terminal are in an alcove off the Batmobile’s parking area, as are the medical area and a tunnel that branches off the main exit tunnel leading to the Batboat/Batsub.  An alcove off of Bonnie’s shop leads to her office and living quarters for when she prefers to stay in the Batcave.

 

 

The first sub-level houses the main gym, a restroom, the trophy room, the power and equipment room, and the computer room, which houses the Batcomputer, 8 linked Cray XC50s.

 

 

The second sub-level is for training.  Half of it is occupied by what Batgirl was running during The New Batman Adventures episode Cold Comfort.  The rest of it is a padded floor for free-form unarmed sparring.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Mark Rand

[Mark Rand]

Each hero gets a utility belt with the following gadgets: 8 batarangs, 1 mini gas mask, 4 sleep gas pellets, 4 smoke pellets, a grapnel gun, 6 flex cuffs, night vision goggles, a Bat communicator, and a smartphone-size mini-Bat Computer (with instructions and cables).

 

Batman (Bruce Alan Wayne) will not always be there, and Batgirl (Barbara Eileen Gordon) will, sometimes, be working on her own case.  The others that spend time in the Batcave are Alfred and Batman’s engineer (and Bruce’s handywoman) Bonnie Knight.  As Bruce plays polo in charity events, Jodie Huston, who Bruce never told that he was Batman, lives in the barn on his estate and cares for his polo ponies.

 

Andrea Winslow is a pilot of STAT MedEvac 4.  Melody Samuels, RN, CFRN (Certified Flight Registered Nurse), is her usual flight nurse.   Deanne Marshall is their usual flight paramedic.

 

[Mark Rand]

The heroes have to be at least 16-years-old.  Those of high school age use the Teen Champions rules.  Heroes attending high school attend Taylor Allderdice High School, the only one I have floor plans for.  Those attending college attend the University of Pittsburgh, where I worked for 28-years.

 

We are using the Dark Champions Animated rules.  The power level is standard, 400-points plus 75 in complications.  Point totals don’t have to be exact.  Close is fine.

[Mark Rand]

On 10/20/2023 at 6:08 PM, Christopher R Taylor said:

Well Pittsburgh could surely use a hero

True, especially with all the shootings in the area.

 

Bruce's parents were killed when they left the Forum Theater on Forbes Avenue, near Shady Avenue, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood.  There is now a medical office building on that site.

[Grow-Arm-Hair Lad]

I'm interested!

[Mark Rand]

The Honorable Edward C. Gainey is mayor of Pittsburgh. 

 

Lee Schmidt is Pittsburgh’s Director of Public Safety.  

 

Chief Darryl Jones heads the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and supervises the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. 

 

Chief Amera Gilchrist heads the Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services Bureau.

 

Chief Larry Scirotto heads the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. 

 

The Police Crime Scene Unit is made up of uniformed officers. 

 

Superintendent Wayne Walters heads the Pittsburgh Public Schools. 

 

Rich Fitzgerald is the County Executive of Allegheny County.  There will be a new one after election day.

 

Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Esq., the District Attorney of Allegheny County, is up for reelection.

 

Kevin M. Kraus is the Allegheny County Sheriff.     

 

Karl Williams, M.D., is the Allegheny County Medical Examiner.  The Medical Examiner's Office also houses the Forensic Laboratory Division for the county, which provides forensic services outside of the City of Pittsburgh.

 

Superintendent Christopher Kearns heads the Allegheny County Police.

 

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police uses the Explorer-based Ford Police Interceptor Utility as a squad car.  Some detectives use the Fusion Hybrid-based Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan.  The Crime Scene Unit uses crew cab Ford F-150s with a camper shell.  The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire uses the Chevrolet Tahoe as a chiefs’ car.

[Mark Rand]

I may have to do a bit of rethinking. 

 

For one thing, Pittsburgh's rivers are normally about 16-feet deep.  Flood stage is 25-feet.

 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Mark Rand

[Mark Rand]

Pittsburgh's antiquated sewer system is a combined system.  Both sewage and rain water run through the same pipes.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Mark Rand

[Mark Rand]

The current version of The Mickey Mouse Club and its sister shows, The Adventures of Spin and Marty and Backstage with the Mickey Mouse Club, which features rehearsal footage, interviews, and bloopers, are shot in Disney’s Pittsburgh area studios at the old Carrie Furnace site.

 

The Red-Team Mouseketeers are Annette Joanna Fox, Robert William “Bobby” Burger, Cheryl Harris, Carl “Cubby” O’Malley, Darlene Faye Gomez, Doreen Mariko Tanaka, Karen Anita Parker, Leonard “Lonnie” Baker, Sharon Little Deer, and Thomas Alan “Tommy” Cochran.  The Blue-Team Mouseketeers include “Judith “Judy” Hoffman and Nancy Aronson.  Only Judy, Sharon, and Tommy attend Allderdice. 

 

Judy, who wears thick glasses, belly dances, and has been known to wear belly dance-related tee shirts and sweat shirts, and Tommy eat lunch with their fellow Drama Club members and are engaged.  The “popular” girls have dubbed Judy “Gypsy”.

 

Sharon, a petite Native American teen, has been to Space Camp, sometimes wears one of her Space Camp flight suits, eats lunch with her fellow Stage Crew members, and sometimes talks aviation with Mr. Dixon, one of the teachers.  The “popular” girls have dubbed Sharon, “Space Mouse”, “Space Girl”, and “Pocahontas”.

[Mark Rand]

One of the fun things about Pittsburgh motorsports is the 40-year-old Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.   In the game, however, this is its first year.  The arrogant Judge Small (think Judge Smails from Caddyshack), who dosn't know anything about motorsports, is president of the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix association, which is made up of his friends, and he wants to do things his way, including having his grandson, who isn't qualified to do so, drive the Lamborghini pace car.  The local motorsports community, including Bruce Wayne, refuses to honor his requests.

[Mark Rand]

In Pittsburgh, the Wayne Enterprises Tower is in the Lower Hill on a parcel of land on the old Civic Arena site.  The First National Bank Tower and PPG Paints Arena (which has been dubbed "The Paint Can" are nearby.

Edited November 11, 2023 by Mark Rand

[Mark Rand]

We are in the Champions Universe.  Batman’s hometown is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, not Gotham City.  We are using the Dark Champions Animated rules.  The power level is standard, 400-points plus 75 in complications.  Point totals don’t have to be exact.  Close is fine.

 

The heroes have to be at least 16-years-old.  Those of high school age use the Teen Champions rules.  Heroes attending high school attend Taylor Allderdice High School.  Those attending college attend the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Each hero gets a utility belt with the following gadgets: 8 batarangs, 1 mini gas mask, 4 sleep gas pellets, 4 smoke pellets, a grapnel gun, 6 flex cuffs, night vision goggles, a Bat communicator, and a smartphone-size mini-Bat Computer (with instructions and cables).

 

The heroes are based out of an auxiliary Batcave located in a hidden sub-basement of a townhouse occupied by Wayne Enterprises engineer Bonnie Curtis.  It has two armored Chevrolet C8 Corvettes, a repair area, a forensics area, and a computer that can be tied in to the main Batcomputer.

 

Andrea Winslow is a pilot of STAT MedEvac 4.  Melody Samuels, RN, CFRN (Certified Flight Registered Nurse), is her usual flight nurse.   Deanne Marshall is their usual flight paramedic.

 

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department use the Explorer-based Ford Police Interceptor Utility as a squad car.  Some detectives use the Fusion Hybrid-based Ford Police Responder Hybrid Sedan.  The Pittsburgh Police Crime Scene Unit uses crew cab Ford F-150s with a camper shell as their vehicle.  The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire uses the Chevrolet Tahoe as a chiefs’ car.

 

Due to increased air-space surveillance by the authorities, Batman was forced to ground his flying fleet and rely instead on “borrowed” WayneTech aircraft operating from hangars at Pittsburgh International Airport.  Batman has the Jet-wing, a flight pack featuring two large, metallic wings that could also be used as shields, a jet pack for propulsion, and small rockets.  

The Honorable Ed Gainey is the mayor of Pittsburgh.  Lee Schmidt is the Director of the Department of Public Safety.  Chief Larry Scirotto is head of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.  Chief Darryl Jones is head of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and supervises the Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.  Chief Amera A. Gilchrist is head of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.  Dr. Wayne N. Walters is Superintendent of Pittsburgh Public Schools.

 

Rich Fitzgerald is the county executive of Allegheny County.  Sara G. Innamorato will succeed him in January of 2024.  Stephen A. Zappala Jr., Esq. is the District Attorney of Allegheny County.  Kevin M. Kraus is the sheriff of Allegheny County.