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SgtPrylo26 Jul 2016 7:16 a.m. PST

I ran two games of Dead Man's Hand at Origins this year. The game started with two briefings that essentially said similar things: the town of Rio Gato was celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the hanging of Judge Buford P. Justice. The 'Hanging Judge', most corrupt judge ever to sit on the bench. He and his cronies: 'Scarecrow' Jim Higgins, and the Dalton boys, were hung together. His last words: "No man can kill me…I'll be back, you'll see!"

Did I mention Rio Gato was built on ancient graveyard?

Lots of pictures…

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79thPA Supporting Member of TMP26 Jul 2016 7:48 a.m. PST

That's an interesting looking game.

SgtPrylo26 Jul 2016 8:36 a.m. PST

Mind you, none of the players knew what going to happen. The Desperados were there to rob a bank while the celebration was going on. The Lawmen had word a robbery was imminent, so were on the lookout.

So it started like any other game of DMH.

Personal logo PaulCollins Supporting Member of TMP26 Jul 2016 3:08 p.m. PST

That looks like great fun! I guess Dead Man's Hand was a very appropriate set of rules for such a scenario!

clifblkskull26 Jul 2016 8:52 p.m. PST

Very nice
Great scenario idea
Thanks
Clif

SgtPrylo27 Jul 2016 6:23 a.m. PST

I had a lot of great responses from the players. There were 4 players a side, so it was a full table for both sessions.

In the first game, the players pretty much ignored the undead and shot the heck out of each other, with predictable results as the evil horde closed in.

The second game players focused more on the undead, and most importantly, they remembered Judge Justice's final words. As a result, in the last picture you can see where Diamond Sue Dawson killed the Hangin' Judge with her trusty Colt.

My son helped me run the undead – were a lot of them – and they moved towards the closest living thing at the end of each turn. Man or animal, and they popped up all over the board. The zombies were in the graveyard around the church – recent burials after all. The skeletons cam from everywhere. Those were the 'standard' types. There were 2 'bone fiends' – amalgamation of several skeletons from mass graves. There were the Dalton brothers – zombie gunslingers. There was 'Scarecrow' Jim, a very tall, thin skeleton carrying a rifle with a scythe blade attached. And then the 'Hangin' Judge'. Who, they found out, could not be put down by a male figure.

There were some fun twists: the Chinese laundry was run by a Kung Fu master and his disciples. Father O'Leary had a magical sawed-off shotgun powered by faith. There was dynamite 'hidden' around the board – I say 'hidden' because if you looked in the mining supply or hardware stores, you would have found it. Horse-drawn wagons ran down more than one skeleton in a panic, and a couple of Lawmen and Desperados. The wandering vagabond killed 8 skeletons with his sack alone! In both games the NPC townsfolk (with the players rolling for them) killed more undead than the players! Which then prompted the players to say: "Zombie attack? Just another Friday night in Rio Gato!"

capncarp04 Sep 2016 4:04 p.m. PST

Sgt Prylo, was one of the cantinas named "las tetas tornadas"? Staffed only by a night shift?

SgtPrylo14 Sep 2016 7:06 a.m. PST

no, capn. should've thought of that…

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