Wild West shootout with trench crusade rules

[Schlaumeier]

This year I've played two Wild West games with a friend, using the trench crusade rules. Trench crusade for Wild West might sound like a stretch, but as TC has rules for pistols, rifles and (double barreled) shotguns - why not? The rules make for a fast and fun game and the vibes are about right for a wild west shootout. I just felt that the double barreled shotgun was a bit overpowered, as it can give off two devastating shots each round, whereas revolvers can only shoot once per round. Maybe we need to come up with rules for reloading. Or maybe I just need to get over tha fact that my mountain men got blasted to pieces with that shotgun.

[mweaver]

Bigger setups where rangers are longer might help.  Shotguns really are nasty!

Nice terrain setup.

-Michael

[terrement]

Not familiar with the TC rules but generally speaking you might consider a few things.

Shotgun - when you said two devastating shots per turn, are you talking about a barrel into two different targets, or a single target getting both barrels?
 - reloading would seem to be a logical requirement.  no movement while reloading?  limit the number of shells for reloading?

pistols - do you differentiate between single action and double action?  Single action means you need to take an action to cock the revolver and another to pull the trigger.  Double action cocks and shoots with a single action.  So double action could fire twice (at the same target) in the same time
 - do you allow for fanning?  More "Hollywood" than not, you still might consider it.

rifles - do you differentiate between trap door carbines and rifles (load a round, shoot it, eject shell, load next round) and lever action rifles like the Henry and Winchester repeaters? 
 - perhaps more accurate if you are using the single shot at a specific target as opposed to levering off 3-4 shots into the general area in the same time but the multiple shots might be a better capability for suppressing one or more targets in the same area, as well as the possibility of hitting more than one target if grouped together.  A single shot from either, when aimed, I would thing would be comparable.

Again, these things I mentioned are not based on the TC rules with which I have no familiarity, just thoughts and observations from shooting I've done.

[Schlaumeier]

Thanks for your input Terrement.

About the guns:
It's two shots at two different targets. Remaining stationary while reloading makes sence.
No differentiation between single and double action revolvers.
And no differentiation between kinds of rifles.

For the most parts I do like the simplicitiy that lies in that.

What is fanning in this context?