At 01:09 PM 6/6/2006, you wrote:
Hi Kurt, Thank you for your exceedingly FAST and prompt reply :)
No prob. Things are s-l-o-w at the office today.
I decided to splurge recently and picked up a copy of the Whitewash City printable buildings from Hotz productions located at http://www.erichotz.com/whitewash.html What I'm dreaming about (or is that salivating about?) is running a quickie Wild West scenario using GURPS rules and being prepared ahead of time to run a quickie scenario for people who may or may not be familiar with GURPS. The style of teaching GURPS "If you can think of doing it in real life, you can do it in GURPS" helped tremendously when it came to introducing my wife to gaming, and I don't doubt it would help introduce others into it if I'm careful.
If you do this, remember that the modern technique of gun fighting is really only about forty years old or so. Most of what we train for today were techniques that were not common knowledge or in general use back in the old west. Some of the real pros used the techniques, but the average gunman or cowboy probably didn't. You might want to contact the folks at the Single Action Shooting Society and see whether they have a chapter near where you live so you can attend and get an idea on a modern take at old west gunfighting. The people at the events I've attended have been among the most knowledgeable, kind, and pleasant folks I've ever met and when they're not competing are more than willing to talk all about the club, it's events, history, and the old west.
Now all I'd have to do is consider the effects of gunpowder smoke acting as a mild form of teargas (in heavy enough concentrations) or obscurring the view if you have enough of it hanging about YOU, and so on.
Maybe a very minor obscurement penalty, if that. You're not going to have a couple dozen shooters in an ordered line touch off volley fire.
I might even do some minor research on various weapons and see if I can make it worth the while for people to just have plain fun.
Check with the folks at the Single Action Shooting Society, http://www.sassnet.com . You'll learn more than you probably know is out there!
Kurt Feltenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEOTWAWKI Fiction And Discussion http://www.teotwawki.net "To our Country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right, but our country, right or wrong!" ~Stephen Decatur _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
