I've been playing around with submitting an article to the Cepheus Journal about running Spaghetti Western-inspired adventures in Cepheus Engine games, specifically Independence Game's Rider. Here's one of the ideas I've been considering. Note that none of this has been playtested in any way. Anti-Hero Points It was common in many Italian westerns for the … Continue reading Anti-Hero points: a mechanic for Spaghetti Western games
Sivad's Sanctum recently released the Wild West RPG - In the Light of the Setting Sun: Bonanza Edition. It's an update of the old Saddlebag edition of their OSR-inspired western RPG. I've always liked the system and was pleased to see a new version. Here's some notes and a fillable version of the official character … Continue reading In the Light of the Setting Sun: Bonanza Edition – Review and fillable Character Sheet.
Rider is a Old West RPG that uses the Cepheus Engine rules (basically open-source Traveller). It comes with a character sheet, but I wanted something a little more printer-friendly, so I've made a custom version. rider_charsheetDownload
I've finally gotten around to adding my In the Light of the Setting Sun supplements to DriveThru. They're still available on my itch page as well. These could easily be used together. The hidden entrance to the Lost Valley could easily be found in an old silver mine in the hills near Felicity. Thunder Lizards … Continue reading My Setting Sun supplements now on DriveThruRPG – Dinosaurs and Spaghetti Westerns
I've made another entry in the Pleasure-not-Business Card RPG Jam over on itch.io. It's a simple dueling subsystem that can be plugged into most RPGs. It's designed for western games, but could easily work with other genres (samurai fights would work nicely) It's based on the system David Baymiller designed on his excellent OSR Library … Continue reading MicroDuel: RPG Dueling Rules on a Business Card
I've been putting together a zine detailing a setting for Jon Davis' Western RPG - In the Light of a Setting Sun. I've posted bits of it before, but I've cleaned it up a bit, added some detail, and posted it over on itch.io. It's set in a dying border town, similar to the one … Continue reading The Town that Stank of Death: A Spaghetti Western RPG sandbox zine
As a request, I've created fillable character sheets for the first edition of Boot Hill, the old west RPG from TSR. It was published in 1975, and was a little closer to a miniatures wargame than a RPG, but did have some basic advancement and campaigning rules. I've made a couple of different versions. One … Continue reading Boot Hill 1st Edition – Fillable Character sheet
Here's the second post on the town of Felicity, my spaghetti western influenced setting for In the Light of the Setting Sun, the wild west indie RPG from Jon Davis. This has a list of notable townsfolk. I've listed stats for all the major characters, occasional quotes by and about each person that can be … Continue reading Felicity Part II: The Townsfolk of Felicity
I finally ran my first one-shot of In the Light of the Setting Sun, the wild west indie RPG from Jon Davis. Here's the notes for the town I created for the setting. I used it as a sandbox game the players could bounce around in. This post will list notable town locations. Future posts … Continue reading Felicity: A town setting for the Wild West game In the Light of The Setting Sun
I'm a big fan of In the Light of the Setting Sun (here's my modified character sheet) by Jon Davis, a Wild West hack of Tunnel Goons. It's a rules-light system Recently a Setting Sun Jam has been set up on itch.io to create new material for the game. I've made my own supplement to … Continue reading Thunder Lizards of the Lost Valley
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