GURPS Classic Old West

GURPS Classic Old West

ADVENTURE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER By ANN DUPUIS, Second Edition LYNDA MANNING-SCHWARTZ, ROBERT E. SMITH, AND LIZ TORNABENE Second Edition: Revised and Expanded by STEPHEN DEDMAN Additional Material by MIKE HURST Edited by LOYD BLANKENSHIP, ANDREW HACKARD, STEVE JACKSON, AND MONICA STEPHENS Cover by DAVID COOK Illustrated by LOSTON WALLACE Additional Illustrations by ALEX FERNANDEZ AND TOPPER HELMERS Cartography by ANN DUPUIS GURPS System Design by STEVE JACKSON Playtesters: Bill Annand,“Big Horse” Bailey’s Gang Managing Editor ALAIN H. DAWSON (Tyrone D. Carpenter II, Paul Dupuis, Juliette Hartel, Mark Klein, Laird Popkin, and Kevin Weishaar), Art Director PHILIP REED Chuck Bickle, Drew Bittner, Larry Cohen, Robert Gilson, Joel M. Halpern, Mike Hurst, Production Manager RUSSELL GODWIN Carl Hullet, Ben V. Kloepper, Richard Layton, Brian Meyer, Walter Milliken, Steffan O’Sullivan, Production and Typography by Victor Reyna, William B. Rhodes, Brian Seeley, ALEX FERNANDEZ Stephen Shoup, Brett Slocum, Greg Ventura, Mike Wallace, Robin Zunino, and the SJG-BBS Illuminati. GURPS and the all-seeing pyramid are registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Pyramid and the names of all products published by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated are registered trademarks or trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, or used under license. GURPS Old West is copyright © 1991, 2000 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. All rights reserved. Some art copyright www.arttoday.com. ISBN 1-55634-439-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 STEVE JACKSON GAMES contents INTRODUCTION . .4 Dangerous News . .14 “Combine” Car . .48 The Mormons . .14 Wells, Fargo & Co . .48 About the Authors . .4 Revivals . .15 Private Car . .49 About GURPS . .4 Army Posts . .15 Waterways . .49 Page References . .4 Food . .16 Braking . .49 Flora and Fauna . .16 The Erie Canal . .49 The Land . .17 Barges . .50 The Great Plains . .17 Natural Hazards . .50 American Deserts and Plateaus . .18 One Day on a Keelboat . .50 The Pacific Coast . .18 Steamboats . .51 Western Timeline . .19 Long-Distance Communication . .51 River Pirates . .51 Pony Bob Haslam . .52 2.CHARACTERS . .21 Don’t Leave Home Without ... .52 Jacks of All Trades . .22 Character Types . .22 Advantages, Disadvantages, 4.INDIANS . .53 and Skills . .29 Indian Tribes Advantages . .29 and Their Territories . .54 New Advantage . .31 The Plains Indians . .55 Disadvantages . .31 The Hunt . .55 Skills . .33 United States Indian Policy . .55 Money . .36 Reservation Life . .55 Silver, Gold and Paper . .36 Indian Clichés . .55 Trading . .36 Plains Warfare . .57 1.LIFE ON THE FRONTIER . .5 Bounties . .37 Indian Weapons . .57 The Times . .6 Clothing . .37 Counting Coup . .57 Exploration and Trailblazing . .6 Price List . .38 The Magic of Indian Names . .57 Zebulon Pike, Military Explorer . .6 Entertainment and Outdoor Life . .38 Scalping . .58 The United States: 1800-1810 . .6 Everyday Necessities . .39 The Sioux . .59 The Fur Trade . .7 Homesteading . .39 Sample Indian Names . .59 Westward, Ho! . .7 Tools and Berdaches and Contraries . .59 Gold Fever . .7 Professional Equipment . .39 The Comanche . .60 Fur Companies . .7 Transport, Travel, The Sioux Nation . .60 The United States: 1811-1822 . .8 and Communications . .40 Typical Tipi Floorplan . .60 Around the Horn Job Table . .40 Entertainment . .60 and Across Panama . .8 The Southwestern Desert Tribes . .61 Cattle Drives . .9 Yuman Tribes . .61 The Waning of the West . .9 3.TRANSPORTATION . .42 O’odham and Tohono O’odham . .61 Life on the Cattle Trail . .9 Overland . .43 Animals . .61 Western Society . .10 Mule Trains . .43 Warfare . .61 Western Towns . .10 Major Overland Trails . .43 The Comanche Language . .61 Women in the West . .10 Overland Hazards . .43 “Snakes” . .61 The Unfortunate Donner Party . .10 Wagon Trains . .44 Pueblo Indians . .62 The Quest for Statehood . .10 Stagecoaches . .44 Nomads of the Southwest . .62 Disaster . .11 Other Vehicles . .44 The Pueblo The United States: 1861-1900 . .11 The Railroad . .45 “Place of Emergence” . .62 Status and Cost of Living . .11 Stagecoach Hazards . .45 The Anasazi . .62 Disease . .12 Railroad Cars . .45 The Ghost Dance . .63 Boom and Bust . .12 The Railroad Wars . .46 The Great Basin . .64 Taxes . .12 Internecine Warfare . .46 The Paiute . .64 Regional Accents . .12 Railroad Buildings . .46 The Ute . .64 The Law of the West . .13 Railroad Speeds . .46 Indian Trade . .64 Communication . .13 Major Railways: 1869-1890 . .46 Totem Poles . .64 “Howdy, Pardner!” . .13 Indians and the Railroads . .47 The Shoshoni . .65 Excerpts from San Francisco Settlers and Railroads . .47 Indians of the Northwest . .65 Police Blotters . .13 How to Rob a Train . .47 The Plateau . .65 Education . .14 Railway Hazards . .47 Mission Indians . .65 Religion . .14 The Iron Horse . .47 Eastern Indians in the West . .65 Entertainment . .14 Sleeper/Parlor Car . .48 The Northwest Coastal Indians . .66 California Indians . .66 2 CONTENTS Eastern and Southern Tribes . .66 Machine Guns . .87 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral . .105 Indian Magic in the Campaign . .66 Cannon . .87 In Search of Golden Cities . .105 The Five Civilized Tribes . .67 Other Ranged Weapons . .87 Legends of the White Stallion . .106 Indian Magic . .67 Hand Weapons . .89 Judge Roy Bean, The Vision Quest . .67 Weapon Table . .88 Law West of the Pecos . .106 Coyote, the Trickster . .67 Guns . .88 The O.K. Corral, Returning the Medicine . .67 Other Ranged Weapons . .89 Tombstone, 1881 . .107 Sorcery . .68 Hand Weapons . .89 Dick Merrick . .107 The Sun Dance . .68 Reading the Weapon Table . .90 Yuma Penitentiary . .107 Guardian Spirits . .69 Billy the Kid . .107 Bear . .70 Hanging Judge Parker . .108 Buffalo . .70 6.THE WARS . .91 The Lincoln County War . .108 Eagle . .70 The War of 1812 . .91 The Johnson County War . .108 Thunder . .70 The War Between Mexico and Texas . .92 Medicine Bundles . .70 The Mexican Army: 1835-48 . .92 The Texas Navy . .92 8.CAMPAIGNING . .109 The Mexican War . .93 Backdrops and Adventure Seeds . .110 The Texas Rangers . .93 The Weird, Weird West . .110 The Civil War . ..

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