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Tango01

29 Apr 2016 9:51 p.m. PST

"During the Civil War, tollhouses were quite a common sight. There is even an anecdote about General Sheridan being held up by one Charlotte Hillman, the keeper of a tollhouse, who refused to let his army pass. Only after Sheridan promised to send the money the pike was raised.

This already shows the potential of such a piece of terrain for a game like Sharp Practice, so I did some research on the Internet and looked for a suitable building to replicate…

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