Gunslinger-1983

An amazingly detailed tactical opus. Gunfights are resolved step by step and bullet by bullet. Of course the fisticuffs are blow by blow. The gunsmith has virtually every weapon availble at the time. Sticks and stones or even dynamite and lassoes or broken chairs can be part of your arsenal. The 8 boards are two sided with town scenes on one side and open country one the other. Each player has a hand to play from which both limits and allows actions. A roleplaying campaign of linked scenarios is possible. The downside is that a 10 second fight can take hours to resolve if enough players are present.

Contents

• 8 two sided mapboards
• Rulebook
• Deck of Result Cards-Either Malfunction or Fire. If Fire card shows
  1. Aim column down side with range across top. Cross index for result.
  2. Target Staus-Movement, Down or Head can change result
  3. Delay-Used to add Delay when called for
  4. Wound-Additional effects of Wounding
  5. Hex-Stagger Direction
  6. Tac-Non player character tactics
• Personal History Sheets
• 4 Player Aid Cards
  1. Combat Summary Tables
  2. List of Characters-Weapons/2nd Floor Saloon
  3. Actions-Height Charts/Rooming Housr 2nd Floor
  4. Assignment-Wages/2nd Floor Stable
• Counters;

Weapons Lists

Melee Weapons 8 Knife 3 Dynamite 3 Tomahawk 1 Axe 1 Spade 1 Pitchfork 1 Pail 1 Sabre 11 Bottle/Rock 8 Bow The General 2 Lasso The General 2 Lasso Loop The General 4 Lance The General 2 Whip The General 2 Whip Tip The General 30

One Handed Guns 2 C32 Sneak gun 3 C36c Navy 4 C41 Lightning 6 C44 Colt Frontier 6 C45 Peacemaker 2 C45c Dragoon 3 R41d Derringer 4 SW38 Target Pistol 2 SW45 Schofield 32

Two Handed Guns 2 H44 Henry rifle 3 R10 Shotgun 2 R10s Shotgun sawed-off 2 SH50 Sharps Old 50 2 SD58 trapdoor 6 W44 Winchester 73 2 W44s carbine 18

C-Colt, H-Henry, R-Remington, SH-Sharps, SD-Springfield, SW-Smith and Wesson, W-Winchester

Ammo Sources

	Gunbelt
	Bandolier
	Cartridge box
10	Double-sided

Movable Obstacles

11	Bottle/Rock
6	Chair
6	Bale
2	Table

Bookkeeping Counters

8	Roof/Ladder
9	Aim
31	Delay
14	Tac
10	Blast
8	RX
12	Head

Additionally, there are 8 Horses and a wagon.

A basic hand consists of 12 two-sided numbered cards. There are 7 of these sets each with 2 Aim counters;

1. Advance/Backup
2. Run/Spin Around
3. Sprint/Turn
4. Sprint/Leap-Drop
5. Cock-Aim-Shoot/Get Up-Down
6. Cock-Aim-Shoot/Throw
7. Shoot/Strength
8. Load/Head Out-Back
9. Draw and Cock/Head Out-Back
10. Jab/Duck
11. Swing/Block
12. Belt/Guard

There are 9 (B)onus cards that a player may hold due to practice in a Campaign or for the special character in a scenario;

1. Advance/Turn
2. Draw and Cock/Shoot
3. Draw and Cock/Shoot (This one is slower than the previous)
4. Chop/Sidestep
5. Lock/Hip Throw
6. Hook/Coverup
7. Trip/Kick
8. Bear Hug/Strength
9. Strength/Strength

Turn sequence

1. Time Marker is advanced one segment
2. Players add on sheet to next action's time points.If equal to the total segment this action is performed
3. Shots are resolved but damage does not take effest just yet
4. Other actions performed
5. Penalties go into effect
6. All player who performed an action put their next action card up
7. At the end of segment 5 all unperformed actions are cancelled

The General 19-1 added some very serious additional material

Variant Weapons

Two-Handed Weapons 1800 Bow Short bow 1816 K45c Kentucky Rifle 1822 U69c US Musket 1830 H50c Hawken Plains 1839 P36s Paterson carbine 1846 SD58 Mississippi Rifle 1855 SH50 Sharps rifle 1855 S52s Sharps carbine 1856 P36s Revolving carbine 1857 SD58 US Rifled Musket 1860 H44 Henry Rifle 1863 SR56 Spencer carbine 1866 W44 Winchester '66 1866 W44 '66 carbine 1866 SD58 Trapdoor conversion 1871 SH50 Sharps Big 50 1873 W44 Winchester '73 1873 W44s '73 carbine 1876 W45 Winchester '76 1876 TGT Competition rifle 1877 E44 Evans lever action 1894 W30 Winchester '94 1894 W30 '94 Carbine

Handguns 1816 M54c Belt pistol 1825 D41d Phillie Derr. 1836 P28c Baby Paterson 1836 P31c Paterson 1837 A36c Dragoon Pepperbox 1837 A28c Dainty Pepperbox 1838 P36c Texas Paterson 1847 C45c Dragoon 1851 C36c Navy 1856 L42c Le Mat 1860 S44c Starr 1861 SW32 1 1/2 1863 R22d Pepperbox Derr. 1866 R41d Double Derr. 1867 - C&B Conversion 1870 SW44 American 1871 C41d Clover Leaf 1872 RU44 S&W Russian 1873 C45 Peacemaker 1873 C44 Peacemaker 1873 C41 Thunderer 1873 C38 Lightning 1873 C32 Frontier 1875 SW45 Schofield 1876 SW38 Baby Russian 1881 MH44 Merwin/Hurlbert

10-Guage Shotguns 1816 BL10 Bluderbuss 1816 R10 Percussion 1867 Wh10 Whitney Phoenix 1874 R10 Remington 1887 W10 Lever action

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