Vanguard00 Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Here's the premise (and forgive any rambling...it's hard to nail this down). Imagine your basic "Western Hero" setting. We're talkin' post-Civil War stuff, late 1800's. Now imagine a bit of magic and steampunk-esque technology thrown in (air ships, steam-powered robots, a guy with a gatling gun for an arm or something similar). It's basically like "Wild Wild West" meets "Deadlands", but not too heavy on the more esoteric aspects. It's still a Western, and it's about outlaws and cowboys and hustlers and rustlers and all that good stuff. If you've seen the comic "Alternation" you have an idea of the setting. What would you call it? "Western Hero" seems a little more limited than the scope of the game would imply. "Western Steampunk", perhaps? I know, it sounds like it'd be an easy call, but the whole "the name is everything" applies here. We gotta call it something. So...any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Briscoe County Hero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Briscoe County Hero? Heh. Funny, but not quite what we had in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Here's the premise (and forgive any rambling...it's hard to nail this down). Imagine your basic "Western Hero" setting. We're talkin' post-Civil War stuff, late 1800's. Now imagine a bit of magic and steampunk-esque technology thrown in (air ships, steam-powered robots, a guy with a gatling gun for an arm or something similar). It's basically like "Wild Wild West" meets "Deadlands", but not too heavy on the more esoteric aspects. It's still a Western, and it's about outlaws and cowboys and hustlers and rustlers and all that good stuff. If you've seen the comic "Alternation" you have an idea of the setting. What would you call it? "Western Hero" seems a little more limited than the scope of the game would imply. "Western Steampunk", perhaps? I know, it sounds like it'd be an easy call, but the whole "the name is everything" applies here. We gotta call it something. So...any ideas? Have you thought about a name based on the town they are in or something even more abstract? One of the most enjoyable RPG experiences I ever had was using the "Stalking the Night Fantastic/Bureau 13" rules, but the game was universaly called by its nickname: Mortis Omega (Latin+Greek for Dead End guys which was the GM's Dad's name for the group of teenagers that always hung out at his house on Saturday instead of going out on dates with girls!). The GM was basically doing his own version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgrandjean Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Hmmmm.... CoyotePunk? PulpWestern? SageLands? 188X? TrailBlazers? (Ok, not really. Sounds more of a crosstime/western thing.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Hmmmm.... CoyotePunk? PulpWestern? SageLands? 188X? TrailBlazers? (Ok, not really. Sounds more of a crosstime/western thing.) How about Rawhide? It comes with its own theme song too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? CoyotePunk? Sounds good to me. Othoe it dosen't realy scream 'steam' to me... Acualy, if I just herd that name without reading this, I would of thought about cowboys with mohawks rideing robotic horses and fraging cyber-injins with there rocket launchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? I just had an epiphany on this question. If fantasy with lots of powerful magic is High Fantasy, then maybe this could be called High Western. Whaddaya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? how about... Baloons and Boomsticks of Briscoe County? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA. Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? How about Weird Wild West? KA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Imagine your basic "Western Hero" setting. We're talkin' post-Civil War stuff' date=' late 1800's. Now imagine a bit of magic and steampunk-esque technology thrown in (air ships, steam-powered robots, a guy with a gatling gun for an arm or something similar). It's basically like "Wild Wild West" meets "Deadlands", but not too heavy on the more esoteric aspects. It's still a Western, and it's about outlaws and cowboys and hustlers and rustlers and all that good stuff.[/quote']How about just a subtle alteration of the classic phrase, "The Old West." Since this one is "futuristic" (compared to the real Old West) it wouldn't be "old." And since it sounds like a more fictionalized, larger-than-life version of the west, with almost a pulp adventure feel, it would certainly be "bold." How about, "The Bold West?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrel Nutkin Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? In "Knights of the Dinner Table", doesn't B.A. sometimes run a western RPG named Cattlepunk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted July 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Thanks for the replies thus far, folks. I'm forwarding 'em on to the GM as they come in. I think "188x" and "Weird Wild West" are frontrunners, but "Briscoe County Hero" got a chuckle. Keep 'em comin' if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abalux Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? RevolverPunk, maybe? If I remember my history correctly, the revolver didn't come into common use until after the Civil War. (Please correct me if I'm wrong )You could connect this "newfangled" piece of technology with the magic and anachronistic gear in the setting. I also thought SaddlePunk, but that might be a little silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPilot Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Gunfighters and Gizmos? Cattle Drives and Hard Drives? Six-Guns and Sixteen-Bits? Fistful of Silicon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Keen Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Solid chuckle for Brisco County HERO. My vote is for High Western. Like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted July 9, 2004 Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 Re: Whattya call it? Posse Comitatus (law passed after Reconstruction to prohibit the use of the military as a police force within the US) It's Latin, which evokes the magic bits, and sounds scientific too, while retaining "posse" for a Western feel. And you could even have the PC's as a special police force set up specifically to deal with the weirdness. or Hexas Rangers or Texarcanum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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