'Unforgiven' Old West Scenarios

Unforgiven 1 Scenario

Gang 1: The Law

Little Bill Dagget              Sheriff

Fatty Rossiter                    Deputy

Andy Russell                      Deputy

Skinny Dubois                   Citizen (bar owner)        has shotgun only.

They start the scenario tooling up in the jailhouse, Skinny has just warned them about the arrival of William Munny and he decides to join the posse to further ingratiate himself with Little Bill. The Law must rid the town of the Outlaws and Desperados before they kill the Cowboys. Skinny is a dubious fellow, and anytime he is within close range of the two Cowboys throw a die, on a six he will shoot at them in order to claim the reward and to hang with the consequences, once he does this he will continue to hunt them down.

Gang 2: Desperados

William Munny                 Killer                     Nerve is reduced to +2, can have a shotgun as well as his two pistols.

Ned Logan                          Boss                       can have a rifle as well as his pistol.

The Schofield Kid            Bandit                   -2 for long range, he is shortsighted.

The weapon selections are more in line with the movie. They enter the town at one end of Main Street.

Gang 3: Cowboys

Texas Slim*                        Cowboy

Davey Bunting*                  Greenhorn

Charley Hecker                   Cowboy

Bucky                                  Cowboy

Muddy Chandler                 Cowboy

The Cowboys start the game in their favourite saloon, they must protect Slim and Bunting or lose the game.

Gang 4: Outlaws

English Bob                     Gunslinger

W.W. Beauchamp            Dude

Pecos Pete                        Dude

El Loco                             Dude

This gang also want the reward on the Cowboys, English Bob’s reputation has brought two local ‘no goods’ to join him. They enter the table at the opposite end of town from Munny.

DMH Cards:

Full decks are used by each gang and each starts with three cards in their hand.

Plot:

I doubt there are any Western fans who have not seen this movie, but if not then here is the gist of the story. The whores of Carefree have offered a reward to anyone who will kill two cowboys who assaulted one of their number and cut her with a knife. This has attracted the usual bunch of hoodlums and killers intent on claiming the reward. In order to do this the gang must kill both cowboys and have at least one man standing at the end of the turn.

Special Rules:

The Livery Stable must be at the opposite end of the town from the Cowboys, if they get there they throw a die, on a 5 or 6 horses are available, another throw on a D6 shows how many. It takes three actions to get a horse ready before mounting.

Unforgiven 2 Scenario

Gang 1: The Law

Little Bill Dagget              Sheriff

‘Rooster’ Cogburn           Marshall

Fatty Rossiter                    Deputy

Quick Mike                         Deputy

‘Dude’ McGill                    Deputy

Skinny Dubois                   Citizen (bar owner)        has shotgun only.

Texas Slim                          Cowboy                               prisoner

Davey Bunting                  Greenhorn                          prisoner

They start the scenario in the jailhouse, which is at the opposite end of Main Street from the train station. The Law must get the two Cowboys to the train station and on the train alive.

Gang 2: Cowboys

Jess Harper                         Range Boss

‘Friendly’ Mayhew          “Man with no Name”

Charley Hecker                 Cowboy

Bucky                                Cowboy

Big Ben                             Cowboy

Muddy Chandler              Greenhorn

The Cowboys start the game in their favourite saloon halfway to the train station, they want to free their friends.

Gang 4: Banditos

El Arana “The Spider”       Honcho

Luis Aguilar                        Charro

Ramon Ayala                     Caballero

Diego Luna                         Caballero

Jorge Rivero                       Vaquero

Manuel Diaz                       Vaquero

News of the reward has travelled all the way to the Border, the Spider and his men have just arrived and are milling about in a different bar from the Cowboys, again half way to the railway station.

DMH Cards:

Full decks are used by each gang and each starts with three cards in their hand.

Plot:

The whores of Carefree have offered a reward to anyone who will kill two cowboys who assaulted one of their number and cut her with a knife. This time Little Bill has moved quickly and arrested the Cowboys and wants to get them out of town, a Marshall has arrived to take them to the County Jail.

Special Rules :

The two prisoners are handcuffed together and a lawman must be within 40cm of them at all times, they move with this lawman, if not then they can try and run at the end of the move, they only have two actions, move or recover. Anytime a lawman again comes within 40cm, they are again prisoners. The prisoners have to be moved onto the train. Once the lawmen reach the station, roll a die, the train turns up on a 1, each turn thereafter add +1, so on the second turn a 1 or 2, then a 1, 2 or 3 etc.