"I picked a good one, it looked like he could run" Topic

So, I need hitchin' posts and tied saddled horses.
A hitching post is easy.
But where can I get saddled horses, without having to buy mounted cowboys and throwing out the … cowboys?

Peter Pig makes them in 15mm.

You're probably looking for 28mm?

Yes. 😄

No need to throw them out. Send the cowboys my way.

The Perrys ACW range has several horse holder sets that have 3 horses and one rider.

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Hmmm.
That's interesting.

Knuckleduster do them as well:

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Brigade also has horse holder sets.

What scale and how many do you need?

28mm.
4-6

I see that you are taking this project seriously.

To the extent of having bought a Mariachi Band and a Cantina, yes. 😄
The horses are just for decoration. Or, not. Maybe? But at least I'll have them.

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Multi packs available, 3 horses w/ 2 holders

"buy mounted cowboys and throwing out the … cowboys?"

Just convert the cowboys to dead cowboys!
Not all can be converted, most should be.

The problem with mounted cowboys is that most of the figures I have seen had horses in Hollywood poses. I want them standing, hitched to the hitching post. The horse holder figure suggestions look good.
In the song, they were tied out back. May I suggest that Marty thought the song lyrics scanned better that way? 😄
I chose the title of this thread, by the way as a tribute to what I consider one of the very best Country Western songs of all time. Every line is beautifully poetic.
"Shocked by the foul evil thing I had done!"
My cantina, by the way, is from Thingsfromthebasement, "2 Adobe buildings".

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Is this to be a solo game? object to get the dying kiss?

John, are you familiar with Robbins' San Angelo? Another game possibility:

North of the border of Old Mexico
I rode one day to the cowtown of San Angelo
A hot sun was glowing, a hot breeze was blowing
Still not as warm as the lips that I waited to kiss

She sent a message a long time ago
Secora had promised to meet me in San Angelo
I was aware of the chance I was taking
I was an outlaw but great was my love for this girl

I must be with her I can't stay away
Nights spent without her are lonely and so are the days
If it means death then I'll have to chance it
Only a few minutes more and she'll be at my side

At ten o' clock in the morning
I tied my horse and I started to walk down the street
Where was Secora, had she forgotten
This was the day and the hour that she wanted to meet
But something is wrong with our plans and I fear death awaits me
Here on this hot dusty street

Up on a housetop but still I can see
There hides a man with a rifle, it's pointed at me
I might escape from the man with a rifle
But there are others just like him that I cannot see

Back of each window the click of a gun
Die if I stay and my love for her won't let me run
Where is Secora, will my eyes see her
Then in a moment she runs from a door down the street

"Up on your horse", she is crying
"Ride out of town it's a trap and they're waiting for you"
But if I ride out, she must ride with me
Then in a moment I know that our chances are gone
For a bullet is well on its way and it finds my Secora
She cries as she falls in my arms

Over and over her soft lips did say
"Now we're together, I won't let them take you away"
One little sigh, her little lips tremble
Then it was over, Secora had drifted away

Tears dim my vision but plainly I see
The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting for me
I rise to meet him, my one thought is beat him
He deserves death and I swear that this ranger will die

I beat his draw and I shot him
Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets could fly
My gun is empty or more I would shoot him
Now there are others just like him that want me to die
Their bullets are coming my way, how they hurt when they hit me
The pain makes me fall to the ground

Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight
I hear the sound of the lead as it robs me of life
If I must die, let me find Secora
Let me hold on to her hand for the few moments left

Blindly I search and it isn't in vain
I touch the soft velvet hand and it eases the pain
Life is no more but we're together
Even in death she's my lover, it's over, goodbye

Is this to be a solo game? object to get the dying kiss?

No. But, sort of. Maybe?
I said previously that it will be a challenge. Usually 6 friends show up.
Marty will show up in the Badlands of New Mexico end of the 9x5 table. El Paso is in the "civilized" part of the table. Murphy might object to the "civilized" description. 😄
It will be like an Olympic Hammer Throw event.
Marty sets out. Each other player will be a "mounted cowboy". They have a 1% shot. I have a ton of obstructing terrain. 24" rifle range, 6"'pistol range.
Marty gets a saving throw, as in the song.
After each Marty dies, I measure how close he comes to Rose's Cantina. (Which is 80% assembled now. It sucks to drop window frame pieces on a concrete floor…) Felina will be the marker for the measurement. How can I leave her out???
Everyone gets a turn as Marty.
Chili will be served. Songs will be sung. Get me a beer and you can have another turn as Marty.
Naturally, TSATF movement dice will be used.

I see no need to adapt Empire or Tractics complexity.

I went into Gerrity's Supermarket in Forty Fort last week. El Paso was playing. I joined in and took it as a Sign.

Gunfighter Ballads is full of scenario ideas.
Hank Williams, Asleep at the Wheel, Riders in the Sky… Add many others.
Ranger Doug is my Hero.
Long Black Veil is, sadly, not set up for a game. But I'm a sucker for Appalachian Murder Ballads.
Tom Dooley (Dula) would make a fine rpg.

and a good time was had by all!

FYI.
The Felina figure from the Brigade Ganes Mariachi band set is dancing, balanced on a very small base. Flames of War small base to the rescue.
I will probably have the GM move her 3-4" per turn towards Marty as soon as he can be seen from Rose's.

If Marty comes to his senses and declares "No broad is worth this much trouble!" and heads instead for Denver or San Diego, he will of course survive but lose all respect. Steal a different horse.

Oh, my friend pointed out the Old Glory ACW horse holder pack. A dozen horses plus 3 holders for $41. USD Many uses.

Now see, John, this is what I'm talking about. The dude in Come a Little Bit Closer DID lose all self-respect (and survived) and the Margaritaville lush isn't even in the game.

Ours is an inherently virile hobby!

It's called "situational awareness".
Perhaps you should fit Lynyrd Skynyrd in.
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Not cowardice. He's big and has a gun. Plus, I just met her! Incompatible star sign. Reasons. "Would I be the AH if I ran from a gun?"

Marty was shocked by the foul evil deed he had done, and sought redemption. Was he seeking justice? Upon himself?

Jimmy B had come to realize the depths of his folly. "…nothing to show but this big old tattoo. It's a real beauty. A Mexican cutie. (Felina, perhaps?) how it got there I haven't a clue."
The first step is being aware of yourself.

Seven Spanish Angels
Pancho and Lefty

They would make fine RPGs or maybe a Gloire scenario. But not an "escape from Isandhlawana" type game, like "El Paso".

Have you ever seen "The Road to Perdition"?
I see it as Tom Hanks saving his son's soul from the sin of murder by taking it upon himself, knowing he is damned anyway. I also see his redemption in that act.
(Jude Law needed killing anyway.)

Back on topic. Our semi-annual Old Glory will include those ACW horse holders. Maybe a few matching cowboys.
Thanks for suggestions!

Yes, that is the funniest line in a hilarious song.

and R to P, yes and yes.

I bought a hitching post with maybe a horse that was plastic/resin, from whatever line the hobby shops have for D&D etc. BIG 28mm. I think.

But sounds like you are fixed.

And I agree about self-awareness: Oh wa some power the giftie give us, to see ourselves as others see us" or something like that: Robbie Burns, iirc, On Seeing a Louse on a Lady's Hat at Church.

Since you are a MR fan, you may enjoy this story. In the Young Reader's Edition of LAND OF HOPE, Teachers Guide (TG) and Student Workbook (WB), we included a fair number of song lyrics as primary documents -- with links to performances on Youtube. The chapter on slavery has a number of the spirituals or "sorrow songs" as DuBois called them -- with some of his commentary. The chapter on the westward movement includes Shenandoah (of course) and Sweet Betsy From Pike, etc. They even let me do a contrast of Dixie and Battle Hymn. Railroad songs. Etc.

So of course we included Hunters of Kentucky in the chapter on Jackson, but agreed reluctantly that we'd best omit the verse about "girls of every hue, it seems, from snowy white to sooty." But it does have the half horse and half alligator. With contemporary illustration Then we suggested teachers assign a drawing of what that looked like --the old one has horse on top, but I'd think you'd want the reverse -- Posleen! --and we also included MR's Battle of New Orleans as as modern version and invited drawings of "fill this head with cannonballs and powdered his behind.

So apparently middle schoolers are okay with exploding gators and monsters but not with "left us all the booty."

TG is out this week, WB in December. On Amazon.

In Doonsbury, one of Clinton Caucus's ancestors was telling his slave, "Why don't you sing one of those songs you sing when you're feeling sorry for yourself? You know. The Blues!"

Best version of Shenandoah:

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It sounds very close to what the original would be. But that's a scholarly rabbit hole. I just enjoy.

John, were you kind to me, or did you not know either? Battle of NO was of course Johnny Horton, not Marty Robbins. My bad.

I usually prefer the original version of a song, as performed by the writer.
"Jimmy Driftwood", a high school history teacher, wrote it for his students. He's an interesting person. He made his own guitar and is a fascinating YouTube rabbit hole.

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Then there's the embarrassing version from the Ed Sullivan show. Featuring the Peter Genaro Dancers!
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Jimmy Driftwood also wrote "Tennessee Stud".
A fantastic Doc Watson song, that has similar gaming possibilities.
He whipped Comanche, Spanish, gamblers and her brothers and Pa.
I first heard it on the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle be Unbroken", a seminal album. A prized possession.

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Ah excellent, I love rabbit holes.

Sounds as though the game could be adapted for "The Highwayman." You'd need an English coaching inn, of course, but since "the redcoat troops came marching" the only horse you'd need would be at full gallop with the Highwayman riding.

And that takes me back about 60 years. "Bess, the landlord's daughter."

I'm sure you could get such an inn from either Thingsfromthebasement or Sarissa.
Who doesn't have Redcoats on skirmish bases, or a dashing Highwayman? 🙄 Well, since I do, I assume that everyone should!
Poem by Alfred, Lord Noyes. Poet Laureate.
One of the most beautiful heartbreaking songs ever; and one of the most beautifully sung too.

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I suppose one could also game Dennis Moore and his Lupins.

I actually did game "Rescue Roddy McCorley" years ago. 1798? Pshaw. I used 1745 British Marines. Use what you have!

I just noticed that Knuckleduster has a squad of 6 Scarlet Women, Soiled Doves, etc. As soon as I can get their Felina in a regular pack…

Well, in that case, an alternate scenario might be MR drunk and six or seven girls and he can't quite discern which one she is.

My new Cantina is small and squalid. Gee. I guess I'll have to add the second story after all. 😄

If you have a Babe for a gunfighter figure, try The Quick and the Dead.
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