Thursday, October 7, 2021

Dark West Session one Recap

 


The first session of my Dark West game using the WaRP OGL rules is now under my belt. Had three players show up and character creation went pretty smoothly so we were able to get some gaming in as well. We have a former bartender, a former outlaw and a gunslinger. 

The basic set up is the players are leaving a boomtown that has dried up. So they all pitched in on a wagon and horses to head over to the next big bustling town called Shibboleth. This town has much more potential as the mines a few miles away have really started to produce, the other side of the town goes from hills into plains and has attracted a couple of good sized ranches. Oh and the railway line runs through there also. 

Upon approaching the town on the outskirts the characters are treated with a grisly scene. Three men crucified and rotting about thirty feet off the side of the road. There is a different sign hanging on each one, "Bank Robber", "Murderer" and "Sinner". This does not sit well with them at all.

Over the day they meet the sheriff, the owner and employees at one of the saloons (aptly named "SALOON") and find a place to rent a room and stable their horses. They check on job leads and look around at the other local businesses as well. At nightfall they witness a shootout in the street in which the 'winner' is jailed in case the other person dies from his wounds. Then later are introduced to a fortune teller who has set up shop in the town.

After a discussion with the fortune teller the characters are urged to take a second look at the bodies crucified outside of town. So in the middle of the night they ride out on horseback light up a lantern and one of them stands on the back of their best trained horse to take a look. On that rotting carcass they discover the eyes have been covered with circular pieces of glass and once a lantern is brought closer the eyes begin to move around and then stare directly at them. 

Needless to say they were spooked down to their boots. After another uncanny encounter with a crow in their room they decide to bed down for the night. The former outlaw deciding against the room and returning to the wagon to sleep there instead. 


Many thanks to KnA games for letting us use their back room to run this game. 



4 comments:

  1. Cool! I'm a big fan of WARP, although I've had no local takers (people here don't want to play anything but current edition D&D, Pathfinder, or CoC).

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    1. Yeah a good chunk of folks here only want DnD and CoC. But luckily I'm managing to pull in a few folks. Also I'm alternating every other week with a guy running Cyberpunk 2020 that I'll be playing it. So it's actually good time for once.

      I love WaRP, Over the Edge was one of my favorite games for many years. Now almost everything I do or publish is using that system as it's basis.

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  2. 'course, the important bit, is Big Mama's Eatery has the best flapjacks and maple syrup this side of the mississippi

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