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Offline General Roos

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Old West rules?
« on: March 29, 2010, 12:01:57 AM »
What kind of rules do you use for Old West-gaming?
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Offline HerbyF

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2010, 12:15:53 AM »
I use Legends of the Old West for gunfights & skirmish. The Sword and the Flame for larger battles.
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Offline Johnno

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2010, 04:13:29 AM »
I have LOTOW and TRWNN.
I prefer LOTOW because I am more used to/comfortable with GWs rules.
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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2010, 01:13:39 PM »
Here's a whole list:
http://www.erichotz.com/game_rules1.html
I'm partial to Fistful of Lead (cause I wrote 'em)
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Offline General Roos

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2010, 09:19:12 PM »
Thanks for the list Baron!

Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2010, 02:17:27 PM »
All those mentioned above are good, as are Gutshot and Sixgun Sound.

Offline Mikey

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 06:59:58 PM »
 Gutshot and Six Gun Sound are nice sets. My favorite is Tombstones and Tumbleweeds  http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=49&products_id=465

Offline thebinmann

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2010, 07:21:13 PM »
I use Deadlands, and you can get the Savage Worlds for free:

http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/Showdown/Showdown.pdf

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Offline Lowtardog

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2010, 07:38:28 PM »
I use Deadlands, and you can get the Savage Worlds for free:

http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/Showdown/Showdown.pdf

Trooper builder here and more
http://www.peginc.com/downloads.html

Ditto for me though I have dabbled with LOTOW

Offline thebinmann

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2010, 07:52:35 PM »
Ditto for me though I have dabbled with LOTOW
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Offline Thargor

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2010, 09:31:48 PM »
I'm using The Rules With No Name.  They're a good beer and pretzel set of rules, probably not very good for the serious gamer though   ;)

Offline BaronVonJ

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 06:13:02 PM »
Mine are only $6......
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Offline Gluteus Maximus

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2010, 07:41:24 PM »
Mine are only $6......
-J

Fistful of Lead are listed as $12.00 here :

http://neo-forge.com/rules2.html

 :(

Mind you that's not exactly extortionate, even with the $5.00 shipping to the UK  lol

I'm a sucker for reading rules, even if I don't get to play many games. I might have to order a set in the near future  ;)

Offline BaronVonJ

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2010, 02:09:17 PM »
$6 is for a pdf download. No S&H for that.
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Offline Stavros Banjo

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Re: Old West rules?
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2010, 05:14:21 PM »
I'll happily give "Fistful of Lead" the big thumbs up  :D

Great little set of rules if you fancy some simple fast and furious gun play without loads of bells and whistles attached. I love the card activation system, being a little unusual in that certain cards can give you extra bonuses when drawn. The rules definitely benefit from a good scenario to make the best of them but are perfect for acting out all your old favourite cowboy movies.

.....and they're dirt cheap too!
...and what fresh new hell is this?

 

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