Back in the early 80s, my gaming group decided to take Tom Moldvay's B/X rules and houserule them into a wild west setting.  We had Boot Hill at the time, but we preferred the streamlined rules of B/X.  Additionally, it was very easy to take our B/X characters and import them into a wild west setting easily.

This Kickstarter project is bringing those rules to the masses, so to speak.  The fundraising goal is to get enough money for professional interior artists.

The game itself is meant to support various playstyles, from having options to play a historically accurate emulation, or a full fledged fantasy setting.  There are a few minor houserules from B/X, such as the baseline combat mechanic is THAC0, but also includes a guide to easily convert this to an ascending AC if preferred.

So help support this, and get a great project in return!

Link to the KS project here!

Sacrosanct, how does Westwater deal with firearms and gunplay?

Quote from: VectorSigma;661860Sacrosanct, how does Westwater deal with firearms and gunplay?

Since it's a B/X retroclone, the guns are largely treated like any other ranged weapon.  However, there are two differences to account for.

The first is loading.  It takes one full round to reload a weapon that uses cartridges.  It takes two full rounds to load a muzzle loaded black powder weapon.

The second difference is that since no one wears armor, a balance is in place to account for the AC of those who would normally be in armor for B/X.  The way this is done is from cover.  Light cover gives a -2 bonus to AC, medium cover gives -4, and heavy cover grants a -8 bonus to AC.