So, does anyone know a system that would be good for gunslinging and the old west? Something that specifically either focuses on, or just plain has a system for, quickdraw duels.
Wild West Systems
Kayden Butler
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Lincoln White
Aces & Eights. Personally I'd use GURPS but I'm also a giant GURPSfag.
Luke Garcia
Dogs in the Vineyard.
Jayden Cook
Here in Sweden we have rpg that call Western but they didn't have translated into english yet.
Isaiah Gonzalez
I'm actually kicking around designs on a western-setting system played entirely with poker chips and playing cards, but I can't decide if it's worth pursuing.
Oliver Howard
Savage Worlds
Jack Robinson
The Deadlines setting for Savage Worlds had some nifty mechanics for duels.
Kayden Thomas
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Jack Rogers
Try hunting up a copy of "Boot Hill" by TSR.
Liam Collins
That game already exists.
It is called Dust Devils.
Eli Thompson
Fair warning; Boot Hill has a high player mortality rate.
Ethan Nguyen
>Aces & Eights
Made by the guy who makes Knights of the Dinner Table.
He based it off his in comic Cattlepunk campaign which was a parody itself of TSR's Boot Hill.
Nathaniel Wood
Moar!
Landon Ross
Bump
Kevin Diaz
Coyote Trail is alright, as far as western themed RPGs go.
Lucas Martinez
Boothill 3E for rules medium, Aces & Eight for rules-heavy. Ignore all other advice.
Jacob Ramirez
THW's Six Gun Sound - Blaze of Glory
Nathan Russell
Werewolf: The Wild West
Adam Myers
Deadlines has a poker hand mechanic that but still also use dice.
It's should be noted Deadlands 1e uses it's only system while deadlands reloaded use savage worlds. Basically the same but streamlines some of the mechanics.
Noah Clark
gunslingers and gamblers.
It uses poker dice (or you could just use normal d6, the faces don't matter) and you try to get the best possible poker hand. Your skills determine how many rerolls you get.
For duels you use your lowest stat of either shooting, nerves or reflexes and see who gets the better hand.
Daniel Anderson
*we have a rpg that is called Western but they didn't translate it into english yet
hope I can help you with your second language a bit
Jonathan Watson
Necromunda CE
Eli Green
There's lots of games that can do the western thing (I think a stripped down GURPS would actually be a great fit). Read some history, watch some old westerns, and have fun.
But I think quickdraw duels are a hard thing to in a game. In old movies, you could get away with having the hero just barely outdraw the bad guy every single time. In a game, that quickly becomes predictable. How do you do that with five players? How do you make the stakes of the duel high enough without killing off half the players every time they pick a fight?
Even in old movies, the climactic duel is often more complex than just "who's the fastest draw". Shane and High Noon both end with a running gun battle.