Had over an hour to play this last night – bliss! I mainly went around picking flowers, partly to complete survivalist challenges and partly so Billy could give them to his lovely wife Annabel. It’s lovely to see a couple so in love after so many years of marriage.

I also persuaded a man not to have relations with a prostitute, met up with the would-be movie mogul from earlier in the game, shot several people who deserved it (and at least one who didn’t) and got killed by bears.

Oh, and I’ve got a new way of dealing with those women who try to lure me into ambushes. Once I’ve dispatched the lurking men, I hogtie the lady, put her on my horse and then dump her on the floor of the nearest brothel. (I may or may not shout “Whore delivery!” as I do so. Let’s say I don’t, because this is worrying enough already, psychologically speaking.) Now, I assume they won’t force her to work there, in fact I reckon they’ll cut her loose, give her something to drink and send her on her way, but I reckon it’s a humiliating enough experience to pay her back for trying to get me killed. And it’s nicer than than leaving her tied up on the train tracks. (That gets very messy indeed.)

Next time I play I think I’ll be on the hunt for beaver. And boars. Luckily, they seem to be in the same rough location. Unluckily, I think it might be bear country.