bclarkie wrote:

Hmm, sounds quite similar to my buying strategy.  I also have a bad tendancy to also say, "Hmmm that is much cheaper than it should be....I think I'll buy that too."

hmm yeha i suffer from that too.

and on specific items too, such as tegel manor...its a case of "well i have 6 why not have 7"  

ExTSR wrote:There are two distinctly different editions of the early rules, First and Second printings. Very few rules are different, tho. I know Brian was running a sporadic BH campaign when I arrived at TSR in January 1980. Of course the AD&D1e DMG has notes on tying BH into AD&D, but that was just to appease Brian, rather than any real interest on Gary's part. ;> The 3rd edition is the first boxed set, for which actual modules were done (gasp), again at Brian's insistence.

Ah... Boot Hill. You might be able to answer this, Frank. (Although anyone, please chime in! )

D'you whether anyone else has tried playing the original Boot Hill "scenario" ("The Owlhoot Trio", 1974, should be; although I may be missing earlier... ), fleshed out from the original publication?
The maps are all there, locale described, PCs/NPCs named (w/o stats, but w/some weapons), etc.
Just curious...

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p.s. Did I forget to say "nice inscriptions" y'picked-up recently?
Even if those might "damage the value" of the items.
(as if...)

Hey, whatever nomenclature works for the majority. (They can declare Pi equal to 3.0 for all I care.) Yes, it does make logical sense to stick to Editions and Printings within Editions (as long as you don't enshrine terms like 'third-minus' as permanent categories ;> ). And yes, that version does make serious attempts to flesh out the characters to make it more of a roleplaying game, though it does not notably decrease the incidence of lethality.

FITS also suffered from nomenclature when,as an excellent aerial wargame, it was retitled and crammed into the Roleplaying mode as Dawn Patrol. Very little was added and hobbyists still ignored that new craze (RPGing), sticking to good ol' wargaming like they always had. Few were fooled.

Gamma World kills characters willy nilly, and Jim Ward has never apologized for that; it's true old-school.

zhowar wrote:Interesting. Do you mean that this was published in the first print of Boot Hill (that Frank posted a pic of)?

Before... (1974 vs 1975).

I'm using "scenario" in a slightly loose manner since that's way back into BH as skirmish rules rather than full-blown character development and cohesive (ongoing) plot. Plus, the majority of the presentation is as a sample run to illustrate play, rather than a bare-bones scenario.
It is the first one printed though, afaik, and the setting details provided (nice neat maps, locale decription, characters, etc.) would certainly allow for a re-run.

zhowar wrote:I love learning the names from sample scenarios...Owlhoot Trio sounds like it should be the name of a bluegrass group.

Wondering how many others there were that didn't make it into print.

So.... no-one's played this?
(Poss. suggestion for LGGC 2007, Frank? )

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aside: Also from 1974, there's a 1-1 scale Chainmail Fantasy scenario, "Pied Piper of Hamlin" (sic). Will let your imagination run on that one.
On the plus side that is presented as a proper scenario, albeit not written by EGG (which The Owlhoot Trio is).

(Hrmm... I'm sure there might be earlier 1-1 Chainmail Fantasy scenarios in print, if I look hard enough...
[ed.] *g* Excepting one by EGG which is mostly 20-1).

grodog wrote:So if the adventure predates Boothill, David, where was it published (or is it a manuscript you've got?

Ms. would be neat, but I did say published, Allan.

OK; I'll be nice... Panzerfaust.


(Ditto for the Chainmail Fantasy scenarios).