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Best Western?

Started by RPGPundit, January 02, 2018, 02:41:55 AM

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Dumarest

#30
January 03, 2018, 08:01:40 PM
Quote from: Toadmaster;1017611Wasn't meant as a condemnation of Boothill, just my reaction when I was like 12. We expected Clint to be 9 feet tall and bullet proof, like a 20th level fighter in D&D. I'm guessing the game doesn't work that way.

Assuming the game is best for fairly realistic settings where combat is very dangerous, probably less suited to cinematic play styles.

Oh, I didn't take it a bad way. It is true that most anyone in Boot Hill can be killed with one good shot depending on where you hit and what you roll for the wound.  It also has my favorite rules for fistfights and wrasslin'. Basically if you go for your shootin' irons every time you meet an enemy, you're asking to die unless you just have preternaturally lucky rolls and your enemies has lousy ones. Otherwise you'd best weigh the odds, take advantage of cover and your surroundings, or try to avoid a shootout. Then again, it takes about 2 minutes to roll up Ike Clancy to avenge his fallen cousin Zeke Clancy...

Toadmaster

#31
January 03, 2018, 11:04:19 PM
Quote from: Toadmaster;1017612This makes me realize that the wild west is probably the one genre that hasn't been Cthulhu'd yet. Hmmm, Cthulhu and Six guns yeah, I'd probably buy that.

Huh, guess I was wrong, one more thing to buy now.

Down darker trails

Dumarest

#32
January 03, 2018, 11:06:20 PM
Cthulhu added to something is more common than elves in D&D these days.

3rik

#33
January 04, 2018, 08:28:57 AM
Quote from: Dumarest;1017644Cthulhu added to something is more common than elves in D&D these days.

This is unfortunately true, but Down Darker Trails has been in the pipeline and eagerly awaited for quite some time already.
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Dumarest

#34
January 04, 2018, 10:04:27 AM Last Edit: January 04, 2018, 04:46:24 PM by Dumarest
Quote from: 3rik;1017680This is unfortunately true, but Down Darker Trails has been in the pipeline and eagerly awaited for quite some time already.

Sure, the Cthulhu fad is by no means new. Or bad, if that's what you like.

crkrueger

#35
January 04, 2018, 10:45:01 AM
Western Systems
  • Aces & Eights is awesome, but has a lot of heft.
  • Coyote Trail is much lighter and still a lot of fun.
  • Deadlands Classic is a good system, and you have the advantage of shifting to the Savage Worlds version for a big gigantic shoot out.
  • Boot Hill's always worked, and still does.


Non-Western Systems
  • Shadowrun 2nd/3rd and Cyberpunk 2013/2020 make for good and surprisingly quick western systems when you cut out the Technology/Magic.
  • For the narrative peeps, an Xworld hack seems tailor-made for the "small-town on the frontier" type of games.
  • If you like Barbarians of Lemuria and related games, it's a really light game that would handle westerns.
  • The mention of Down Darker Trails has me thinking about a Weird Tales Mountain Man campaign in the Rockies 1810-1830 using Mythras. :D
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joewolz

#36
January 04, 2018, 11:19:01 AM
For me, Classic Deadlands has the best Western feeling system.  We ignore most of the supernatural stuff (depending on the campaign) and I completely ignore the setting, just using it a straight Western.

When you play Classic Deadlands, the table ends up looking like the middle of a poker game with cards and chips everywhere. I think it's complex enought to be flavorful, but quick enough in play to work well...and it feels like a Western the whole time.
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Toadmaster

#37
January 04, 2018, 03:39:31 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1017644Cthulhu added to something is more common than elves in D&D these days.

This is true, not always in a way that makes any sense.

Quote from: Dumarest;1017691Sure, the Cthulhu far is by no means new. Or bad, if that's what you like.

I'm glad that this is a Chaosium product for CoC, rather than just some western themed game with mythos elements. I think the old west is an interesting setting for CoC and that is different than just Cthulhu in the old west of that makes any sense.

Also curious to see how this works for a straight western game. CoC tends to have pretty solid historical material with easily removed mythos material worked in. If this follows the usual pattern it may be a good choice for a non-Cthulhu western game as well.

trechriron

#38
January 04, 2018, 04:35:59 PM
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Voros

#39
January 04, 2018, 05:12:37 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1017644Cthulhu added to something is more common than elves in D&D these days.

Seems a good time to mention Owl Hoot Trail which is a D&D meets Western mash-up I've heard good things about. Some people strip out the fantasy elements and use it for a straight Western game.

Dumarest

#40
January 04, 2018, 05:55:22 PM
Quote from: Voros;1017741Seems a good time to mention Owl Hoot Trail which is a D&D meets Western mash-up I've heard good things about. Some people strip out the fantasy elements and use it for a straight Western game.

I had heard of that one but haven't ever seen or read it or known anyone who played it. Didn't know it had fantasy elements in it. Thought it was a straight Western. Has anyone played it? It seems like there are a ton of games that people make and others buy but no one seems to have played.

Voros

#41
January 04, 2018, 06:21:10 PM
Never bought or played it. These days there are more games published than anyone could play. But I wouldn't take RPGSite as representative of how much a game gets played as many posters are overtly hostile or indifferent to new games.

Dumarest

#42
January 04, 2018, 07:12:31 PM
Quote from: Voros;1017751...many posters are overtly hostile or indifferent to new games.

I'm generally indifferent to most of them. :D

I meant people I have talked to elsewhere in person or online.

Voros

#43
January 04, 2018, 07:17:02 PM
Yeah well as we know the vast majority of players play D&D and D&D only. Doesn't leave much room for other games unfortunately no matter how good or bad they are.

Dumarest

#44
January 04, 2018, 07:19:19 PM
Quote from: Voros;1017766Yeah well as we know the vast majority of players play D&D and D&D only. Doesn't leave much room for other games unfortunately no matter how good or bad they are.

Yes...whereas I have small interest in D&D (or most any fantasy games) so I've been visiting here less often.
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