Old West Sourcebooks?

[Xplo]

Originally Posted by Dunadin777

So, books I should probably pick up: GURPS Tactical Shooting, GURPS Old West, the Knuckleduster books, and maybe Thaumatology/Deadlands for the secondary elements.

If there's not going to be any magic, or at least none that the PCs will be using on a regular basis, you don't really need Thaumatology for anything. You certainly don't need it to invent zombies, rituals, or magic McGuffins.

OTOH, I strongly recommend High-Tech if you don't already have it for TL5-6 guns and equipment.

[Dunadin777]

Originally Posted by Xplo

If there's not going to be any magic, or at least none that the PCs will be using on a regular basis, you don't really need Thaumatology for anything. You certainly don't need it to invent zombies, rituals, or magic McGuffins.

OTOH, I strongly recommend High-Tech if you don't already have it for TL5-6 guns and equipment.

Well, Thaumatology is one of those books I keep hearing about anyway, so I might snag it at some point just for the heck of it. But yeah, in terms of this game's content, the only weird element will be the zombies, who are essentially there to make it a solid halloween experience. And yes, I do have High-Tech, and I'm starting to catalog which weapons from there will fit the setting.

[Daigoro]

For Weird West inspiration, you could also have a look at some Joe R. Lansdale stuff, particularly his Jonah Hex comics and graphic novels. Two Gun Mojo, for example, features a zombie Wild Bill Hickok.

[cybermancer2k1]

GURPS Old West is very well done and extremely useful. For background color and inspiration, I recommend the Time-Life Old West series of books. If your local library doesn't have them, you can find them on Amazon.

[sjard]

And for myself it doesn't hurt to live within an hours drive from the Robber's Roost area in one direction, and about the same distance from where Butch Cassidy was born in another.