| iceaxe | 08 Apr 2012 4:03 p.m. PST |
Does anyone know if the Cowboy Wars rules (which I don't have) are the same, basically the same or different to the older Warpaint rules (which I have)? If there are differences, what are they? Thanks. |
| Sergeant Paper | 08 Apr 2012 6:25 p.m. PST |
Cowboy Wars bad. No play. Use other rules. TRNN good, 6GS-BoG good. Gutshot good. Play these. What's a good set for Cavalry games? |
| GreyONE | 08 Apr 2012 8:11 p.m. PST |
What's a good set for Cavalry games? Yellow Ribbon? link and its expansion: Continually Wear Blue: link |
| Sergeant Paper | 08 Apr 2012 10:01 p.m. PST |
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| Norman D Landings | 09 Apr 2012 1:36 a.m. PST |
The 'Cowboys Wars' rules are part of the Q-die system games, which all used the same basic mechanics. I have several of the Q-die rulesets. They are without doubt some of the most error-strewn, poorly laid-out, inconsistent, bulked-out with repeated filler material, badly edited rubbish you will ever read. The worst examples are genuinely unplayable. I don't have Cowboy Wars, so I don't know how bad that particular rulebook is, but I would be amazed if it was any good. If you're looking at a Q-die rulebook and somebody runs up to you, snatches it out of your hands and dashes it to the floor… buy them a beer. |
| freewargamesrules | 09 Apr 2012 5:05 a.m. PST |
I too recommend Yellow Ribbon for cavalry rules. Another cowboy set are Legends of the Old west based on the LOTR strategy game and very easy to pick up. |
79thPA  | 09 Apr 2012 7:22 p.m. PST |
So they are the milk and bread of the gaming grocery store?
I flipped through them years ago and didn't think they were worth spending money on. |
| larrythegamer | 13 Aug 2012 4:47 a.m. PST |
I wish I'd researched the rules instead of buying them on a whim online. OG's response to my inquiry about the printing errors was to send me another copy with all the same errors. $40 USD down the drain <<sigh>>. We play Desperado 3, but so heavily modified that it barely resembles the original. If you like rolling five times for each hit, D3 as written is your kind of rules. |
| skyking20 | 13 Aug 2012 7:24 a.m. PST |
Since we are talking about Old West rules – again – I agree the D3 has too much die rolling. I have also done mods but need help to smooth it out more. Larry the G, are you willing to share what you have done?
sky |
John Leahy  | 29 Aug 2012 9:33 p.m. PST |
You know I was a huge Desperado gamer back when the 1st edition came out. I was one of the first guys to run it at Historicon back in the early 90's other than the author. I loved it. It simply couldn't handle the size games I wanted to run AND even worse it allowed for card counting. If your figs had used few cards and saw only 6 cards left in the deck you knew you were coming up soon! That's when I came across TRWNN. The sequence of play along with using the cards and character classes plus abilities made it a truly exceptional game. No card counting here! Frankly, Desperado couldn't hold a candle to it. I never looked back. My last TRWNN game was on a 16 foot table with 21+ players. Each ran at least 3 characters. We had the War Wagon, James West and Artemus Gordon, The Magnificent Seven, The Man with No Name, Chinese Tong Gang, The Anti-Chinese League, Brazo's County Regulators, Banditos, Federales, Texas Rangers and more. It also had two towns. I really need to post the video of it. Thanks, John |
| Razor78 | 16 Oct 2012 4:34 a.m. PST |
So does anyone know where you can get a copy of Yellow Ribbon and Continually Wear Blue? |
| Atomic Floozy | 16 Oct 2012 7:43 a.m. PST |
You can still get Yellow Ribbon from RAFM miniatures: link I don't know about Contiually Wear the Blue, they don't list it on their site any longer. -Elaine |
