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The Steerage Restoration, 1894

From Proprietor to Proletariat

You were once the master of your own kitchen in Ireland, but the failures of the Old World have driven you to the docks of lower Manhattan. Arriving in 1894 with the culinary skills of a restaurateur but the legal status of a penniless arrival, you must navigate the brutal competition of Five Points and the Waterfront. Your goal is to regain your dignity and perhaps, eventually, own a stove of your own again in a city that views you as just another mouth to feed.

Created by Gene Gregerson

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Runs

62

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Locations

6

Characters

4

World premise

A playable world seed with consequences.

You arrive at Castle Garden in April 1894, the salt of the Atlantic still stiffening your only coat. Behind you lies a shuttered storefront in Ireland; before you sits a New York City that smells of horse manure, coal smoke, and the frantic ambition of a million strangers. Your former status as a restaurateur means nothing to the harried clerks or the 'padrones' looking for cheap muscle. You are currently just another body in a crowded tenement quarter where the price of a bed can rise or fall based on the whim of a ward boss or the arrival of a new steamer. Survival here is a matter of leverage: knowing who owns the stove, who controls the dock, and how to turn twelve dollars into a future before the city swallows you whole.

Economic hardship is tightening daily margins across the lower wards.

Local survival pressures are forcing new arrivals to choose between 'the Church' and 'the Machine'.

The smell of the docks and the heat of the basement kitchens define your immediate options.

Most openings depend on local trust, timing, and finding a gap in the established order.

Map

Locations

authority

Castle Garden

The processing depot where your American life begins under official scrutiny and the gaze of predatory runners.

residential

Mulberry Bend

The heart of the tenements, thick with laundry lines, shared stoves, and the crushing weight of weekly rent.

social

Smith's Farthing Saloon

A gathering spot for migrants to trade news of work; the floor is sawdust and the air is thick with politics.

market

Fulton Fish Market

A chaotic hub of trade where a former restaurateur can spot quality, but must pay the 'tax' to the local gangs.

urban

Hudson Rail Yards

Gritty industrial fringes where labor is sold by the hour and the 'White Hand' watchers take their cut.

social

St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

A high-walled refuge where the Irish elite and the desperate poor occupy adjacent pews.

Power

Factions

political · influence 85

Tammany Hall

The Democratic machine that controls the city's jobs and favors through the Irish vote.

criminal · influence 40

The White Hand

Irish waterfront gangs controlling the docks with iron pipes and extortion.

political · influence 45

Nativist Coalitions

Groups resentful of the 'Old World' flood, looking to restrict your movements and employment.

Pressure

Opening rumors

Credibility 82

saloon-porter

The local alderman is looking for 'loyal sons' to help distribute coal, but the favors come with strings.

Credibility 68

market talk

Supply at the Fulton Market is tight this week; a man who knows quality from rot could make himself useful.

Credibility 91

street gossip

The White Hand gang is increasing 'protection' fees for any new street vendors near the Hudson piers.

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