Dead Man's Hand AAR - "This Town Aint Big Enough..."

[Captain Darling]

After the success of our first Dead Man's Hand game we took to the Wild West again this time in a town!

We had four five character gangs and had a wild card, The Willoughby Travelling Photography Company had set up in town near the Hanging Tree!

The shootout got off to a hot start the Lawmen in the centre of town and beset on all sides by Cowboys, Banditos and Indians! Despite the Law taking a couple of pot shots at the Cowboys they came to an arrangement with them to defend the town. The Indians and Banditos similarly ganged up...there’d be some falling out of bed fellows to come!

The Indians soon worked out their Hand to Hand superiority was their best weapon and so they got in close to the Lawmen and were soon cutting them down! Note here - even though I reminded everyone including myself before we started about ducking for cover and snap shots NO ONE used the snap shot rule against the rampant Indians, much to their character’s disadvantage!

The Law were down to one man quickly, with one other having his ‘picture took’ so they required a Big Nerve test despite having the Sheriff still in the action failed rolling a one!

The Cowboys managed to shot down an Indian but they too were soon left with town figures as they tackled the Indians and Desperados, they took a Big Nerve test and rolled a two. They too skedaddled!

Well it was just down to the allied Indians and Banditos, the Indians called out let lot the town to their ‘friends’ who replied with a volley of shots and calls of “This town aint big enough for you and us!”

It was on and both sides lost figures and required simultaneous Big Nerve tests...the Banditos passed and the Indians failed (rolling of all things a one!) a victory the Banditos!

A great game, everyone had fun and it was decided that we would be visiting the Wild West again very soon!

Before the action began the town Sheriff took the time to be photographed by the famous Hanging Tree by Burt Willoughby and his assistant!


Overview of town showing the Lawmen in the town centre and the Cowboys entering town, seen in the lower left and in the corral...


A general melee began in the street in front of the Post Office and the fighting was fierce, Indian Brave Shinii stabbed a Lawman and two Cowboys...his first victim was Cowboy Clint...


The Indians revelled in hand to hand combat (and every time we forgot the snap shot rules!) Here another Bandito is felled in hand to hand combat with an Indian!


The full scenario and AAR details with more pictures are on the TSOG Blog!
https://toysoldiersforoldgits.blogspot.com/2020/11/dead-mans-hand-aar-this-town-aint-big.html


Cheers!

[Easy E]

Thanks for sharing! 

It looked like good fun in a nice, dusty town.