Starmoon Posted May 18, 2009 Report Share Posted May 18, 2009 Hello, we have just started a western campaign and finished the second session. Any campaign or setting suggestions would be welcomed. Here is the current game blog from one a character's perspective. ****Warning: there is some strong language**** http://billy-sunday.dreamwidth.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Western Hero good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostwolf Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Western Hero Aww, shucks boss. Thanks for sharin' that out for me. - the player of Billy Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted May 19, 2009 Report Share Posted May 19, 2009 Re: Western Hero one of our local GMs, Brickmuppet, ran an AWESOME Western game a few years ago, here's some highlifes: Secessionists, trying to found a new Nation out of the Dakota Territories. Natl.Geographic archaeologists, trespassing while on a quest for dinosaur bones. Native Americans, trying figure out which, if any, white people to kill. Plus the sacred lodge of their spider god. Corrupt bureaucrats in the Land Assayers Office. the Ghost Horse. Tin-Clad steamboats in river-combat. Sabotage via horse-laxative. a mix-up of our Supplies on a planetary scale. Law-biding Swedish settlers just protecting their own. Claim jumpers and Railroad Barons, in cahoots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Western Hero You could always rip off -- excuse me, I mean adapt -- the plots/themes of most, if not all, of Clint Eastwood's Western films. Here's a few just for example: Pale Rider: Lone Avenger comes to the aid of miners being oppressed by a corrupt land baron and his hired guns (just replace "Lone Avenger" with "Group of heroes" and you're all set). High Plains Drifter: While it was never clearly stated that this was the case in this film, it was implied that Eastwood's character was a murdered man come back from the dead to exact vengeance on his killers. For a group campaign, the entire party would have to be put in this situation, and would be a one-shot affair (since, once the party had achieved its goal of vengeance, they would return back to the afterlife). Major Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Western Hero Law-biding Swedish settlers just protecting their own. Law-abiding Swedes? Something wrong with that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Western Hero Movies to watch and possibly be inspired by: Silverado Rustler's Rhapsody Pale Rider They Call Me Trinity Trinity is STILL My Name My Name is Nobody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Western Hero I think hero games works better than any other system for Western games, at least the more cinematic ones. You can make them gritty as you want (people very likely to die from a gunshot) if you want as well. I recommend reading L'Amour, Brand, and other pulpish western novels for plots. L'Amour tended to have just a few stock plots he embellished and built up: 1) The wagon train that has problems on the way 2) The bad guy rancher pushing out homesteaders 3) The crooked guy using homesteaders to push out ranchers, then take over their land 4) The escort gone bad 5) The cattle drive 6) The explorer pushing westward Any of these can be adapted for a group with a bit of thought. In terms of movies, Silverado especially and the Magnificent Seven show how to give a group enough to do in a game setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Re: Western Hero Hello, we have just started a western campaign and finished the second session. Any campaign or setting suggestions would be welcomed. Here is the current game blog from one a character's perspective. ****Warning: there is some strong language**** http://billy-sunday.dreamwidth.org/ If you can, pick up a copy of Western Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowcat1313 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Re: Western Hero interesting campaign ideas, I am not a big western fan, but I liked the Floating Outfit books by JT Edson, another example of group stuff. and we cant forget some of these movies Blazing Saddles They died with their boots onErrol Flynn as Custer] True Grit Treasure of the Sierra Madre[Origin of Badges.... we dont need no stinkin badges] The Cowboys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Re: Western Hero Another few ideas. The PC's are: Army Scouts Government Surveyors/Mapmakers Territorial Marshal's Drive or Ride Shotgun on a stage line. Pony Express Riders Cavalry Troop on the frontier Prospectors searching for the legendary ______ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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