Chaot Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 What? I thought this book was only describing a town tied with a scenario or two. It's able to cover a lot of ground in the twelve pages it has dedicated to rules and such. The rest of the some 80 odd pages are dedicated to Devil's Gulch and its surroundings. Devil's Gulch doesn't go into near as much detail on running a western as Aces High does. What it does do is provide a skeleton for a game as well as introduce some really cool character types and rules as well as a fleshed out setting to place adventures. Devil's Gulch + BGB does equal a complete [weird] western game. Aces High is a great book as well and one would be hard to go amiss consulting both to run a [weird] west game. Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorpa Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I was just wondering. Sitting here and planning a new Weird West campaign but this time I decided to use Devil's Gulch+BGB as basis for the character creation. Ofcourse I will use Aces High to support the Weird West campaign. But what has come up is in which categories the new skills are? Anyone know this? It is mostly because I use the category modifier option and want to know which one to apply to the new skills. Animal Handling I was a bit divided between Mental and Physical but since Ride is already under Physical and I felt Animal Handling is more knowledge based so I will probably put it among the Mental skills. Gun Spinning & Quick Draw. These two are the hardest choice and I am still not sure about their placement. Quick Draw I am pretty sure will go into Combat category since it is very combat related. Gun Spinning on the other hand I am leaning toward placing them in Physical or Manipulation category. What do you guys think? Or if the author is reading this what does he think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 (edited) ... Gun Spinning on the other hand I am leaning toward placing them in Physical or Manipulation category. I'd be inclined to make it a Manipulation skill. Physical skills seem to be more about the whole body, manipulation is more about fingers and hand stuff. Not that my cowboys do any of that nambypamby stuff! Pull a gun, shoot someone. That's what i say It's poetry... Edited October 8, 2013 by MrJealousy Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorpa Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 I'd be inclined to make it a Manipulation skill. Physical skills seem to be more about the whole body, manipulation is more about fingers and hand stuff. Not that my cowboys do any of that nambypamby stuff! Pull a gun, shoot someone. That's what i say It's poetry... That was actually what I was leaning towards myself with the same thoughts you have. Of course there is some showoffs that try to to impress the ladies with that "nambypamby stuff". But we all know what happens as soon as they encounter a real gunslinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Do either of the mentioned books have info on horses, saddles, guns of the period, and so on? How much of Devil's Gulch is about the town (the part I doubt I'd use much) and how much is basic info for the Old West setting (the part I'd use)? Is there anything about these that could displace my Boot Hill (3rd ed.)? Got no use for "Weird West." Quote http://mattssuperheroes.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorpa Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Aces High have a nice equipment list of weapons and general equipment available but the rest of the book is aimed mostly Weird West, despite that I have still found a lot of usable material for non-weird west. Mostly the equipment lists, very nice bestiary separating the natural and not so natural creatures from each other and the general world stuff like towns, weather, maps and such. Devil's Gulch is very usable even if you want to skip the Weird West part and only run regular Old West adventures. Not much info on equipment except some minor notes how to use the stuff in the BGB with some options. Devil's Gulch has the Weird West stuff clearly marked and separated from the main text for those who doesn't wanna use it. Even the first adventure is usable in a regular Old West but the second adventure is not so much. Basically everything except the last adventure in Devil's Gulch is usable in a regular Old West. I am not familiar with Boot Hill so can't help you there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Chorpa, I was occupied by other endeavors so I didn't see your helpful response. Thanks very much for the details. Quote http://mattssuperheroes.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaot Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If you're still looking for stuff you should go over to the downloads section here and look at the Old West docs. They are very good. http://basicroleplaying.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=13 Quote 70/420 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOB Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 DEVIL'S GULCH might be a BRP supplement, but lends itself seamlessly for Call of Cthulhu's Down Darker Trails setting. You get a complete town and cast of characters, ideal as a base of operations for your Wild or Weird West campaign. And now it's only $7.99 (53% off) in our 'Stay at Home' spring-cleaning sale. US and UK warehouse only. Includes PDF. While stocks last. https://www.chaosium.com/devils-gulch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I've always liked that cover, for some reason. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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