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Dirtwater is one of the towns in West of Loathing. It is the starting point of the game.

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Internal Locations[edit edit source]

Harrah's poker room isn't on the boardwalk, but if you're tired of the Borgata, it's the closest option. They've got 24 tables that have No-Limit and limit Texas Hold'em poker, as well as some seven-card stud. The main draw of the room for me is the World Series of Poker satellites, though the $100 + 50 entry fee is a little ridiculous. Say howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons.

Street[edit edit source]

• Buy sweet-smellin' flowers from a girl for 50 meat. This provides stench resistance, which is needed for many quests.
• Certain pardners will give you certain locations
  • If you have Gary the Goblin, talking to him here will unlock Fort Cowardice.
  • If you have Doc Alice, talking to her here will unlock The Daveyard.
  • If you have Crazy Pete, talking to him here will unlock Snakepit Mine.
  • If you have Susie Cochrane, talking to her here will unlock Stearns Ranch.
• The main thoroughfare is the only place in which you can interact with your horse.
• On Day 2, a man in leg-broken agony will ask you to get him Broken leg pills.
• On Day 3, Cactus Bill returns, in search for a lover.

The Jewel Saloon[edit edit source]

In the saloon you can rent a room (for free!), and acquire some simple quests. Additional small rooms include the poker room, a kitchen, and a stage, where the Dirtwater band plays (although you will need to find the band members).

Dirtwater Mercantile[edit edit source]

The shopkeep here sells many items that will be beneficial to your adventures.

Dirtwater Post Office[edit edit source]

Here you can drop off blank postcards with the clerk in order to receive packages from your brother Rufus.

There are also several P.O Boxes that can be accessed throughout the game to retrieve quest items.

Dirtwater Jail[edit edit source]

Dirtwater does not currently have a Sherf (or a Sheriff, for that matter). There are several bounties that you can accept. You can bring in each group of criminals either dead or alive.

Completing all 5 bounties by bringing in the thugs alive will give the Wanted: Alive achievement. Completing all 5 bounties by killing will give the Wanted: Dead achievement. Note you need Ruthless to get Wanted: Dead, but any alignment can complete Wanted: Alive.

'Empty Lot' Locations[edit edit source]

To the right of the main buildings are several empty lots. These fill in as you find and convince possible proprietors to set up shop here.

The exact stock of each shop depends on the order in which the lots are filled. In addition to their base inventory, an existing shop gains one new item to sell depending on which shop sets up immediately next door to them.

Possible shops include:

Quests[edit edit source]

• Additional quests can be found in The Jewel Saloon and in Dirtwater Jail.

Open bright and early

The Palm Beach Kennel Club is set to reopen its popular poker room, implementing a raft of safety precautions. The West Palm Beach gambling venue will get its poker games underway at 9am each day beginning Friday, May 22. All other areas of the property will open at 11:30am.

The policies in place around the entire facility are in line with what the gaming industry is seeing as casinos reopen around the country. Markers have been installed on the floor to guide patrons to proper social distancing, the number of betting windows has been reduced, and signs will be posted to help customers understand how to keep each other safe.

nobody will be allowed to enter the building without a face covering

The property will operate at 50% capacity, per local guidelines, and nobody will be allowed to enter the building without a face covering. Staff will take the temperature of guests via a contactless thermometer at every entrance.

Player with hand sanitizer acts last

It is the poker room, home to a WSOP Circuit stop until the past couple years, that has piqued the interest of gamblers. While poker players have wondered what live poker will look like as the country tries to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, the Palm Beach Kennel Club’s rules have been praised by many. Everything revolves around reducing the possible movement of the virus around the poker room.

Players will be seated upon arrival and nobody will be permitted to stay in the usual waiting area.

During games, no food is allowed. Drinks are permitted, but will be served with tabletop drink holders, rather than ones built into the table. Drink holders will be sanitized after each use. Chips will be sanitized when they are removed from play; cards will be thrown out and replaced frequently.

a bottle of hand sanitizer will rotate around the table to indicate who is on the button

Perhaps most interesting is a change in one aspect of the game mechanic. Instead of the dealer puck, a bottle of hand sanitizer will rotate around the table to indicate who is on the button. Players will be encouraged to use the sanitizer when it reaches their seat. Regardless of where the “button” is, dealers and players must sanitize their hands when arriving at the table.

Plastic dividers at Hard Rock Tampa

Across the state, the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker room opened Thursday, May 21. Like the Palm Beach Kennel Club, it will operate at 50% capacity, with 23 of 46 tables available for use, and games will be six-max. Players and dealers are required to wear facemasks.

What has really attracted attention to the Hard Rock Tampa poker room, though, is what the poker tables themselves look like. As depicted in a photo on social media, plexiglass barriers have been installed around the table to separate players from the dealer. Additional shields are in place between each player, effectively putting each customer in their own cubicle.

West Of Loathing Play

There are, of course, gaps under the plexiglass to facilitate the transfer of cards and chips. The setup has largely drawn criticism from potential patrons on Twitter. Some can’t see themselves playing in what they view as an unnatural poker environment. Others believe the constant passing of chips and cards will defeat the purpose of the other precautions.