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| The peaceful town of New Paddock City |
The Dusst clan, lead by their patriarch Jedediah Dusst rode into town, skirting Main Street and moving behind the buildings to take advantage of the cover provided. Perhaps unfortunately Jed had not got his bearings and ended the move right behind the Sheriff's Office! The card draw did not favour him and he found the Sheriff and one of his Deputies overlooking him from an adjacent window. While the Sheriff's shooting can be glossed over, the Deputy hit his target, leaving Ol' Jed with 4 wounds...
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| Jed and the Boys take shelter from the hail of lead |
Meanwhile, El Blanco and his Bandidos has dismounted behind the Liberty Bell and made straight for the establishment of Madame Moustache. The building's balcony gave a good view over Main Street towards the jail and bank.
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| El Blanco and his men overlook the Noon Stage |
As in all good Gunfight games there was much lead flying and bodies dropping all over as the game developed. While Jed's boys fought it out with El Blanco's henchmen and the dwindling band of lawmen, Jed entered the bank by the rear door...
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| Sadly for Jed, El Blanco had beaten him to it! |
Jed had used two actions to enter the bank, meaning he could not shoot straight away. In a tense draw of the turn cards El Blanco came out next! Two shots saw Jed gunned down! While mayhem reigned on Mani Street and lawmen and the bad guys were carried off to Boot Hill, El Blanco calmly made his exit with the strongbox from the bank's safe and rode away into the sunset...
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| "...and to dust you shall return." |
We use Astounding Tales for our gunfight games, with some in house additions. I made the turn cards myself using mostly period images I found from the net ~
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| The Turn Cards |
My figures are mostly Dixon Miniatures and early Foundry figures, with some from Pass of the North which I bought a long time ago at Historicon. The buildings are all bar one by Battleflag, the exception being a Herb Gunht wooden kit I received for a present one Christmas from Dave Paddock. Some extras are by Gamecraft. In all the game lasted 17 turns and was a great exercise in fun and tension with Jon running out a close winner, Phil coming a close second and myself, well, we'll draw a veil over that I think for now...
The Ballad Of Jed Dusst (with apologies to Billy Joel)
ReplyDeleteFrom a town known as Howardsville, West Virginia
Rode a man with a six-gun in his hand
And his daring life of crime
Made him a legend in his time
East and west of the Rio Grande
Well, he never traveled heavy
With his brothers he always rode
And he soon put many other guns to shame
And he never had a sweetheart
And he never had an abode
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
And the law just could not seem to track him down
And it served his legend well
For the folks, they'd love to tell
'Bout when Jed Dusst came to town
Well, he never traveled heavy
With his brothers he always rode
And he soon put many other guns to shame
And he never had a sweetheart
But he finally found an abode
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name
I'm speachless with admiration, or something else...
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DeleteLovely report and pics, David. The photos of the inside of the bank almost looks like a still from "The Shootist"!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Giles! I enjoyed messing around with the Front Line resin pieces to make an interior for the buildings. The Saloon, in an earlier post, is my favourite piece.
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