kjones
2007-05-29, 07:58 AM
Sometimes, I feel like I'm the only one in the world who's played this little gem by KenzerCo, but they're coming out with the Shattered Frontiers sourcebook pretty soon, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has ever played it.
It's a Wild West RPG, and the gunfights are incredibly rules-intensive, especially once you start laying on the "Advanced" rules (gunplay being so complex in and of itself that movement counts as "advanced), and it captures the realism of how damn hard it can be to hit somebody with a pistol pretty well. They have this neat little mechanic called the Shot Clock, which is a transparent grid you place over a silhouette to determine where your shot went (since hit location matters, and a near miss can still cause a "flinch").
Anyways, I love this game, and when I get tired of the hyper-fantasy D&D combat of "I hit him nine times in six seconds, and unless he drops to below 1HP he doesn't even notice", I can appreciate a realistic game with detailed combat. Anyone else ever play? (Or find it intriguing?)
It's a Wild West RPG, and the gunfights are incredibly rules-intensive, especially once you start laying on the "Advanced" rules (gunplay being so complex in and of itself that movement counts as "advanced), and it captures the realism of how damn hard it can be to hit somebody with a pistol pretty well. They have this neat little mechanic called the Shot Clock, which is a transparent grid you place over a silhouette to determine where your shot went (since hit location matters, and a near miss can still cause a "flinch").
Anyways, I love this game, and when I get tired of the hyper-fantasy D&D combat of "I hit him nine times in six seconds, and unless he drops to below 1HP he doesn't even notice", I can appreciate a realistic game with detailed combat. Anyone else ever play? (Or find it intriguing?)