Best Western?

finarvyn · January 05, 2018, 04:28:15 PM

Quote from: Dumarest;1017748I 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.

Owl Hoot Trail is a "d20" style game. If I recall correctly it was based off of one of the "3E lite" games out there. It uses 3E's three saving throws and that kind of thing. I remember it being decent from a read-through, but not special enough to actually play it.

Dumarest · January 05, 2018, 06:50:18 PM

Quote from: finarvyn;1017896Owl Hoot Trail is a "d20" style game. If I recall correctly it was based off of one of the "3E lite" games out there. It uses 3E's three saving throws and that kind of thing. I remember it being decent from a read-through, but not special enough to actually play it.

What is 3E? Is that like the Tri-Stat system?

Edit: Never mind, I think you mean 3rd edition of AD&D.

cranebump · January 05, 2018, 07:50:29 PM

Looked over the Shotguns and Saddles system again. I like it. It's classless, with 12 stats you roll randomly for to generate bonuses (Shooting, Book Learning, Frontier, and so on). Backgrounds grant bonuses to scores. HP's are low: 5d at the highest level, with the HD determined by your Grit score. Nice system. I may have to run it someday.

Dumarest · January 06, 2018, 12:09:51 AM

Here's a recommendation for anyone running a Western RPG based on reality:
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By Lambert Florin, copyright 1970, from Promontory Press, nearly 900 pages about real locations in the Old West and stories about them, plus many photographs. The book covers 13 Western states plus the Yukon and British Columbia. I inherited my copy from my grandfather about 30 years ago...right now I'm looking at the maps of New Mexico and wondering if one of the towns would be a good starting point for a Boot Hill campaign. So much interesting material.

RPGPundit · January 08, 2018, 07:00:08 AM

For me it's Aces & Eights. But not the setting.

Ulairi · January 08, 2018, 09:34:15 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;1018251For me it's Aces & Eights. But not the setting.

Yup. But, luckily the setting can be ignored easily and doesn't impact the rules.

Speaking of which the rules for Aces & Eights Reloaded just hit the backers.

Dumarest · January 08, 2018, 10:07:16 AM

Quote from: Ulairi;1018266Yup. But, luckily the setting can be ignored easily and doesn't impact the rules.

Speaking of which the rules for Aces & Eights Reloaded just hit the backers.

Are there meaningful changes or is it just a new edition since the original is out of print?

Also that is a terrible name and wasn't the pun already used by Sidewinder or something?

Ulairi · January 08, 2018, 02:44:55 PM

Quote from: Dumarest;1018268Are there meaningful changes or is it just a new edition since the original is out of print?

Also that is a terrible name and wasn't the pun already used by Sidewinder or something?

I've downloaded it and look at like 10 pages and looks almost the same as my 1E copy from the pdf. I think it's just a revision and not a "new" edition. Which is fine in my eyes because the original went out of print so long ago.

Dumarest · January 08, 2018, 04:57:55 PM

Quote from: Ulairi;1018310I've downloaded it and look at like 10 pages and looks almost the same as my 1E copy from the pdf. I think it's just a revision and not a "new" edition. Which is fine in my eyes because the original went out of print so long ago.

Cool, that is something I will keep an eye out for. The first edition I stupidly sold long ago now sells for beaucoups de bucks.

Larsdangly · January 09, 2018, 09:19:59 PM

What do folks think of Gutshot as a game for western rpgs? I understand it is a skirmish game, but it sounds to me like it isn't much different from Boothill .

Dumarest · January 09, 2018, 09:28:37 PM

Quote from: Larsdangly;1018609What do folks think of Gutshot as a game for western rpgs? I understand it is a skirmish game, but it sounds to me like it isn't much different from Boothill .

That's a new one on me. Never heard of it. Is this the one? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17239/gutshot

If so, does it come with the miniatures?

Larsdangly · January 10, 2018, 12:38:43 AM

Quote from: Dumarest;1018611That's a new one on me. Never heard of it. Is this the one? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17239/gutshot

If so, does it come with the miniatures?

That's it. I know a dude who swears by it. You have to get your own mini's

Dumarest · January 10, 2018, 02:06:37 AM

Quote from: Larsdangly;1018650That's it. I know a dude who swears by it. You have to get your own mini's

Looks neat, although actually the links to Whitewash City and other printable Western buildings and accoutrements interest me more than the game. I wouldn't mind having some nice Wild West miniatures, though. All I've ever used have been cheap plastic "cowboy and Indian" figures akin to the classic green plastic army men.

Toadmaster · January 10, 2018, 03:33:39 PM

Quote from: Dumarest;1018656Looks neat, although actually the links to Whitewash City and other printable Western buildings and accoutrements interest me more than the game. I wouldn't mind having some nice Wild West miniatures, though. All I've ever used have been cheap plastic "cowboy and Indian" figures akin to the classic green plastic army men.

Reaper has a few, there is some steampunk and general weirdness mixed in but most will work for straight historical western games. The second page has more of the straight historical types.

https://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Western/sku-down

HMWHC · January 11, 2018, 05:45:35 PM

Quote from: Elfdart;1017615Phoenix Command with the Wild West sourcebook.

Funny you mention that, as I was just flipping through that the other day.

Did anyone back that recent Kickstarter for the Swedish RPG "Western".

I'm kicking myself for not backing the Kickstarter. It seems that "Aces & Eights" was somewhat inspired by this RPG if I'm not mistaken. Uses the same shot clock mechanic but the Swedish RPG predates Aces n' Eights.