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Wild West Themed RPGs

Started by Jamfke, January 06, 2020, 11:27:25 AM

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Jamfke

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March 06, 2020, 03:50:08 PM
Digging into my work on my own write up. I am working on native tribes in the southwest at the moment and plan to include six of the most prominent in the area; Apache, Cheyenne, Navajo, Sioux, Paiute and Comanche. How much detail do you think would be sufficient? The game is leaning heavily toward a Spaghetti Western cinematic style, so I don't think I need to get too deep into the historical end, but I don't want them to be too stereotypical either. So far I'm keeping the tribal info down to a couple of paragraphs and then a stat block for warrior types from each tribe.
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James F Keck
Keck Publishing
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Omega

#46
March 06, 2020, 07:44:32 PM
Quote from: Jamfke;1123572Digging into my work on my own write up. I am working on native tribes in the southwest at the moment and plan to include six of the most prominent in the area; Apache, Cheyenne, Navajo, Sioux, Paiute and Comanche. How much detail do you think would be sufficient? The game is leaning heavily toward a Spaghetti Western cinematic style, so I don't think I need to get too deep into the historical end, but I don't want them to be too stereotypical either. So far I'm keeping the tribal info down to a couple of paragraphs and then a stat block for warrior types from each tribe.

Problem is... some of those tribes are portrayed sterotypically because that is how they tended to act. Even other tribes caught into this as this or that tribe developed a rep, good, or more often, bad.

If you are going the gunslinger route then one option is to pretty much not depict any tribes and just have a catchall native that can be the same things as a normal gunslinger. It fits the theme and removes the problem of trying to accomodate subject matter that the SJW cultists are atteacted to like chainsaw wielding sharks to blood.

Omega

#47
March 06, 2020, 07:51:07 PM
Came across another one. Down Darker Trails for what looks like 7e Call of Cthulhu. Anyone seen this yet? Im a little leery if picking up books from Chaosium when they toss around buzzwords like "culturally sensitive". Though looks like it also either ties into or draws from something called Pulp Cthulhu?

The Spaniard

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March 08, 2020, 08:02:51 AM
I played in an Aces & Eights game a few years ago.  The GM did an amazing job researching the history of the area, and runs a good game.  I thought the mechanics were a bit clunky.  Ultimately I decided I wasn't very interested in that genre.
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