The stagecoach

Yesterday, there was a big fight in the streets of Vancouver. A stagecoach carying the saloon revenues was trying to cross the town from the "Sweet Magnolia" saloon to the "National Bank".

Several gangs were trying to steel the bags of money. 

After six turns of fight, the gang of the french gorilla "Le gros Jascques", won five bags of money. The irish "Big Malone"'s gang won two. "Gus Pennetier", one, and the algonquin renegade "Fucking Horse", no bags. A great fight that deserved gangs with equal profils (algonquins were poor shooters and there abilities in close combat not very effectives).

The Dance Hall

Here is the "Sweet Magnolia", Mrs Cynthia's dance hall...

Work in progress : The Dance Hall

Hi ! I am actually working on a new building for Legends of the old west : The Dance Hall (officially), the brothel (in fact). As you can see, the front of the building will be covered by a equivocal pink paint. The Wood sign on the front is freehand painted and is the reproduction of a town sign I have seen. It will probably be the biggest building in the town with stairs, a balcony and a terrace (many places to be for a shooter...)

The bank

Here is the National Bank which will be used in the Lotow scenario, "Bank Robbery" 

 The building is made with textured cardboard and balsa.

This town is too small for both of us...

Friday night, we played at Legends of the Old West.

A citizen wants to create a new restaurant in town, but there is a problem : The boss of the local saloon doesn't want a competitor.  The boss decides to set fire to the building site with the help of his best customer (a drunken mexican) and some banditos. To protect the building site, the cook is helped by the sheriff, his deputies and some vigilantes.

 The boss of the local saloon

 The sheriff ready to protect the building site

 The two competitors in a duel... Sawed-off shotgun against sixgun

The mexican ready to set fire 

 In fact no... The sheriff oversees the site

After three hours of game, the cook was killed and the site was in flame. A nice game !

The Farm

Here is the farm. It could be used in many games like "Legends of the old west" or "A divided nation". We used it in a Lotow gunfight to play one of the scenes of the movie "The devil's reject". Sure that soon, Marv will go there to find a yellow bastard...

The house

The barn

The water windmill

The good, the bad and the ugly

Here are some "Artizan Design" minis. The good, the bad and the ugly. Awesome miniatures I used last week for the scenario "There are two kinds of people...". It's one of the things I prefer in this game, playing the films I like...

"There are two kinds of people" : The Battle report

The game is based on the scenario "Hang em' high".  Tuco has been sentenced to death by hanging. Blondie has recovered the reward and is coming in town to make a last-gasp rescue attempt. Unfortunately, a union officer, has gladly taken the job of ensuring that the sentence is carried out...

The sheriff, four upstanding citizens, the officer and two soldiers (Frontier) deploy within 6" of the short table edge nearest the gallows (in fact a tree).

Blondie (the unknown gunfighter / Showdown), the brother of Tuco (mexican bandito) and six toughs set up within 6" of the opposite short edge.
In addition, there are eight innocent bystanders in the scenario. They are deployed in a ring, roughly 6" away from the gallow.
The hanging will commence on turn 10. The attackers can shootin' the rope on a 6 or cut it during the combat phase. Tuco has to come out the town to win the game.

 Tuco on the crate

Blondie and the brother of Tuco are coming in town

The sheriff, is waiting for the banditos

  Blondie in a duel against an upstanding citizen

The brother of Tuco, ready to shoot the sheriff

After six turns, Blondie has cut the top with his wincheter (first shot). the officer and most of upstanding citizens were killed. It was impossible for the sheriff to stop Blondie and Tuco.

The good : "Just like old times... One, two, three, Four, Five for you, Five for me... You know how much you worth now...?
Tuco : "How much...?"
The good : "2000 dollars..."

There are two kinds of people in the world, my friend. Those with a rope around the neck, and the people who have the job of doing the cutting.

Tonight, we play "Legends of the Old West"...

The story takes place during the civil war, just before the movie "The good, the bad, the ugly".

Blondie and Tuco go from town to town to receive rewards. Each time, Blondie frees Tuco when hanging, cutting the rope with a bullet. But then, there is a problem. A small contingent of soldiers of the union is present. Blondie will have to get help to free Tuco ...

The saloon

The hotel

New shops

The sheriff office

Shops

Welcome !

Hey Stranger !

We have created this blog to talk about our passion for the wargame, and more precisely, the wargame depicting the history of the American continent. My team mate Roro and I, have many projects :
- "Legends of the Old west" to play gunfights between desperados and lawmen.
- "A divided nation", a game created by Roro to live the great battles of the American Civil War
- "Muskets and Tomahawks", to play the French-Indian war.

To start, here are some pictures of my old west town. As soon as possible, I will post photos for each building.