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Title: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: sunjester on 02 March 2019, 09:42:08 AM
I ran another of my Wild West gunfights using my home-grown rules on Friday.

Mark ran the posse of lawmen who had captured the notorious outlaw Stinking Pete and was es courting him to the local town marshal's office to be locked up until he could be transferred to the State prison. Just before being captured Pete had robbed a gold shipment and only Pete knew where it was stashed.

Colin, Bill, Martin and Henry all had rival gangs of outlaws who wanted to grab Pete and "persuade" him to reveal where the gold was hidden. I umpired and controlled the townsfolk, which included the marshal and his two deputies, in the Marshal's office. They would be activated once some entered the Marshal's office, if the shooting had already started they would be on Wait (overwatch) and able to react, otherwise they would be taken by surprise.

All Mark had to do was get Stinking Pete into the jail, all the others had to do was either take Pete off the table, or else be the last man standing!

See how it went here https://tringwargames.blogspot.com/2019/03/wild-west-bloodbath.html

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Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 02 March 2019, 10:39:39 AM
So, Mark holed up in a bar...

Really...
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Raider4 on 02 March 2019, 10:47:40 AM
Looks fun, bit of a bloodbath though.

Quote from: sunjester on 02 March 2019, 09:42:08 AM
. . . the notorious outlaw Stinking Pete . . .

Careful there, you'll have the House of Mouse's lawyers on you using names like that. At least you didn't have a Sheriff named Woody . . .
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Womble67 on 02 March 2019, 11:09:26 AM
Looks like you had fun

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: sunjester on 02 March 2019, 11:58:54 AM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 02 March 2019, 10:39:39 AM
So, Mark holed up in a bar...

Really...

I know, who'd have thought......
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Ithoriel on 02 March 2019, 02:09:08 PM
Great AAR and super set up.

Brings back memories of "Once Upon A Time In The West" games many moons ago. Still have my protagonisti figure somewhere.

Ah the joys of the A.G.R.O. - Advanced Gunfight Re-creation Object. They don't make things like that any more ... thank goodness :)

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Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Orcs on 02 March 2019, 02:19:48 PM
Quote from: mad lemmey on 02 March 2019, 10:39:39 AM
So, Mark holed up in a bar...

Really...


At least it wasn't a brothel  :)

I might have had something to do while I was waiting !
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Last Hussar on 02 March 2019, 03:19:29 PM
No doubt that was 2 doors down.
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: fsn on 02 March 2019, 03:19:52 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 02 March 2019, 02:09:08 PM
Ah the joys of the A.G.R.O. - Advanced Gunfight Re-creation Object. They don't make things like that any more ... thank goodness :)

I hold my AGRO dear!

Never really got past the tenderfoot level of OUATITW.
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Orcs on 02 March 2019, 06:09:17 PM
Quote from: Last Hussar on 02 March 2019, 03:19:29 PM
No doubt that was 2 doors down.

It was three doors down and  Henry spent most of the time in there on over watch, or was he just watching ?
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: paulr on 02 March 2019, 11:39:10 PM
 :-bd =D> :-bd
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: FierceKitty on 03 March 2019, 01:37:42 AM
In my brief go at wild west, my one success was seducing the minister's wife during a service in the church (though we rendezvoused at Madame Sadie's to do the necessary). Who needs a knocking shop?
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: Techno on 03 March 2019, 08:16:51 AM
Back on tack.  ;)

Very nice report, Graham !  :)

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: d_Guy on 03 March 2019, 01:35:16 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 03 March 2019, 01:37:42 AM
In my brief go at wild west, my one success was seducing the minister's wife during a service in the church (though we rendezvoused at Madame Sadie's to do the necessary). Who needs a knocking shop?

We preachers are notoriously underpaid, I assume a "tip" was part of the "seduction"  ;)

Meanwhile, nice report Graham!
When I saw Terry37's excellent collection of gunfighters back in The Fall, I was inspired until I realized I would have to paint the dang things.  :)
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: grahambeyrout on 03 March 2019, 01:39:44 PM
What I find rather appealing about the wild west OK Corral type shoot-out is that it is one of few set-ups one can play with a ground scale totally in accordance with figure scale, and landscape scale without much compromise, even at 54mm scale. Unless the townsfolk have a go, its just a few figures and a few buildings.
Title: Re: Wild West Bloodbath!
Post by: grahambeyrout on 03 March 2019, 01:41:48 PM
What I find rather appealing about the wild west OK Corral type shoot-out is that it is one of few set-ups one can play with a ground scale totally in accordance with figure scale, and landscape scale without much compromise, even at 54mm scale. Unless the townsfolk have a go, its just a few figures and a few buildings.