11-26-2018, 06:04 AM | #11 |
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Re: GURPS Old West
someone is playing red dead redemption :) damn O'driscoll
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11-26-2018, 06:55 AM | #12 |
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Re: GURPS Old West
I'd love to see a Pyramid issue dedicated to applying the themes and tropes of the Western Genre in other settings like 22nd Mars or 18th Century Siberia.
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11-26-2018, 09:20 AM | #14 |
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I think that argues nothing but your unfamiliarity with El Paso in 1895. People were being shot as frequently there and then as at any time and place west of the Mississippi after the Civil War.
Incidentally, Hardin was shot by law enforcement.In the back of the head while his guns were still holstered but the coroner didn't object. He thought it showed good judgment. The coroner was a busy man and Hardin's shooter didn't last long either. Very little job security in law enforcement back then. El Paso may not have been as small as Tombstone but Tombstone was so small tha the Earps and Youngers all played cards togethher the night before the OK Corral. They might not have been able to get up a game if they hadn't.
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Were I to run another campaign, though, I might set it in the 1870s, though there are a lot of good times and places. With my current group, I probably would need to add supernatural elements, and that would make it no longer a strictly old west game. Quote:
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11-26-2018, 01:17 PM | #16 |
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Re: GURPS Old West
I'm starting to get an itch for an Old West Campaign darn it...
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11-26-2018, 02:03 PM | #17 |
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Re: GURPS Old West
There was a really cool, as inKWEL!!! article in the old Pyramid weekly online mag OUT of THE BOX series that crossed the Western with Psionics. The storyline had tonnes of style and flavor.
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11-26-2018, 02:48 PM | #18 | |
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From the Gurps point of view we already have a source for Osterns. It's called "Russia". That said, the East has some advantages. There is a great deal more variety in potential adversaries and the winners did not have as great a technical and organizational superiority because there were rival empires like Persia and Turkey as well as the city-states and the Khans. There is a reasonable chance of a full-sized battle or siege. Of course those elements are not unknown in the Western but they are less especially for the 1870's. There is a lot of terrain people are unused to operating on and that has advantages too. In a sense Russia can be undiscovered from the players pov as well as the PCs. There is also a longer period of time and a lot more to choose from. Finally if you want a lot of darkness you can do anything from the Demitris to Stalin.
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11-26-2018, 03:19 PM | #19 |
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Re: GURPS Old West
One idea that could be tried is the New Mexican frontier before the arrival of the Gringos. The PCs could be Mexican or even Spanish instead of US cavalry. Vaqueros instead of cowboys. Etc.
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11-26-2018, 03:54 PM | #20 | |
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As far 1905 being too late for Westerns, I would say that period is when things were becoming more settled, but there are still plenty of fringes. Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch were from this era (1895-1908?), but they decided to go to Bolivia because the West wasn't wild enough anymore (at least according to the movie) |
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