tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post7345552885971374885..comments2024-01-28T23:57:59.774-06:00Comments on Twin Cities Gamer: Old West OutlawsMontyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-525478189788480172013-09-22T16:13:09.095-05:002013-09-22T16:13:09.095-05:00Interesting. I tried Traveller so that gives me a...Interesting. I tried Traveller so that gives me an idea what the game was like. <br /><br />My RSI is from my elbows to my forearms. Painting doesn't aggravate it so I can paint all I want, thank god. I can't drum or landscape any more so it's the painting table for me. It's my saving grace. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-72500053249126390852013-09-22T14:44:04.892-05:002013-09-22T14:44:04.892-05:00I liked the unique setting for Rune Quest and over...I liked the unique setting for Rune Quest and over time some of the kinks in the rules system were worked out - initially it was a bit clunky like Traveller. BTW thank you for your encouraging comments on my blog. How do you manage to paint so much with your RSI? Impressive :-)Matthew Chapporyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628251318277808756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-90152196716868436472013-09-21T21:52:59.406-05:002013-09-21T21:52:59.406-05:00Matthew, thanks! I tried a number of non D & ...Matthew, thanks! I tried a number of non D & D systems, but I don't remember this one. How did I miss it? It sounds like fun!Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-15882024386018179542013-09-21T14:34:08.149-05:002013-09-21T14:34:08.149-05:00Great figures Monty and a lovely opportunity to re...Great figures Monty and a lovely opportunity to reminisce about the early RPG days. I think we tried almost every system out there including Boot Hill. Every gamer has those delightful stories about the dice playing havoc and creating some magical and tragic moments. The funniest system we ever played was Rune Quest with it's odd location hit system. It was very comic as most of the fights ended up with our characters crawling around almost trying to bite one another to death after most of their limbs were disabled... fun crazy stuff :-)Matthew Chapporyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628251318277808756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-57507004511676168732013-09-20T17:59:30.917-05:002013-09-20T17:59:30.917-05:00Groundbreaking stuff! I did love D & D. The o...Groundbreaking stuff! I did love D & D. The only limit was the imagination of the DM, and I suppose the creativity of the players. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-28934343990530915732013-09-20T04:53:56.729-05:002013-09-20T04:53:56.729-05:00Never got into Boot Hill but played first edition ...Never got into Boot Hill but played first edition D&D in the 70s as a kid in a big way. Your story made me smile....lot's of good memories with the early Gary G stuff.....they were the days the whole role playing thing was very Avant-garde and mysterious. Love it Monty.Tartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06380108018939718172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-62627668678148563192013-09-19T16:23:53.577-05:002013-09-19T16:23:53.577-05:00Two very good sources for Minnesota flavor! The ir...Two very good sources for Minnesota flavor! The irony is that my dad is the biggest muskie fisherman. It's crazy because muskies are 10,000 casts = 1 bite . No thanks! Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-15403565075546036862013-09-19T16:16:35.533-05:002013-09-19T16:16:35.533-05:00Blame the Coen Brothers and MST3K!
; )Blame the Coen Brothers and MST3K!<br />; )Evan Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107866906860803155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-48813758207568206782013-09-18T17:22:51.747-05:002013-09-18T17:22:51.747-05:00Another great song by the Clash! I can throw that...Another great song by the Clash! I can throw that in there, knowing that you're a fan as well. There'll be some good, some bad, and hopefully not too ugly. Thanks Gilles! Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-5760106836637573922013-09-18T16:50:28.976-05:002013-09-18T16:50:28.976-05:00Hi Monty,
so you done the magnificent seven! ;-)...Hi Monty, <br /><br />so you done the magnificent seven! ;-)<br />they are ready to go to Deadwood! <br />now you have to paint the good, the bad and the ugly;-)<br /><br />another great paint work on another period, congratulations my friend!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />thefrenchjester <br /><br /> <br /><br />thefrenchjesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235512457670024393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-21748752025740474922013-09-18T11:18:37.780-05:002013-09-18T11:18:37.780-05:00Fran! My friend was sore at me for a week afterwa...Fran! My friend was sore at me for a week afterwards! I blamed the dice and he saw the throws, but he wasn't having any of that. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-38665018652141054442013-09-18T11:17:41.936-05:002013-09-18T11:17:41.936-05:00Thanks so much Phil! I think I'll slip in the...Thanks so much Phil! I think I'll slip in the story of the Great Northfield Raid next. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-46767510459274219962013-09-18T11:17:05.484-05:002013-09-18T11:17:05.484-05:00Andras! You do have some LOVELY mountains where y...Andras! You do have some LOVELY mountains where you live. The Carpathian range, right? And you're so right on the urban living!Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-47234862196405565502013-09-18T11:16:08.070-05:002013-09-18T11:16:08.070-05:00Jonas! LOL, that was pretty bad, not being able t...Jonas! LOL, that was pretty bad, not being able to figure out if you got a hit. We used Boot Hill to calculate if you got a hit and then we used a supplement called Bio One to determine where the hit was and the damage. It reduced the human body down to a grid and using a 10 sided dice, you'd plot out the hit and how bad it was. It took into account facing, prone and all of that. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-43849004958763850432013-09-18T11:13:08.880-05:002013-09-18T11:13:08.880-05:00Thanks Michael! I have my old copy of Boot Hill b...Thanks Michael! I have my old copy of Boot Hill book and Bio One around here somewhere. Someone on eBay was listing Bio One for $70! I better find my set. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-78825567990769827482013-09-18T11:11:20.058-05:002013-09-18T11:11:20.058-05:00Thanks Cyrus! I'm just missing the chaps and ...Thanks Cyrus! I'm just missing the chaps and cowboy hat. And living out west, darn it. ;-)Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-65744085559299862042013-09-18T09:17:20.572-05:002013-09-18T09:17:20.572-05:00Lovely work Monty, I must dig out my cowboys but p...Lovely work Monty, I must dig out my cowboys but poor Pat!The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-89596821964254062632013-09-18T05:44:30.834-05:002013-09-18T05:44:30.834-05:00"Hands up guys, give me the cash, and quickly..."Hands up guys, give me the cash, and quickly!" I've just heard these words when looking at this excellent work Monty, the far west wind is blowing across this remarkable minis! I do like this!!<br />Cheers,<br />Phil.<br />Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-12235408507815546332013-09-18T03:59:27.941-05:002013-09-18T03:59:27.941-05:00Nice work. I grew up in the mountains and despise ...Nice work. I grew up in the mountains and despise this urban environment as much as I can. Although it has its own perks such as modeling shops 20 minutes away and no postage fees.Andrew McCoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18203034461676669716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-76836062713897496342013-09-18T01:37:55.954-05:002013-09-18T01:37:55.954-05:00Great painting and an even greater story!
I remem...Great painting and an even greater story!<br /><br />I remember, back in the late 80s, playing the Swedish Western game (simply called "Western") with it's overly complex combat system. It had this transparent hit template, that you would place over a drawing of a person with hit locations marked, and then move the template around according to your hit roll and various other modifiers. <br /><br />In our first ever gunfight, my character drew his gun and fired a shot. I rolled the to-hit dice and the GM started looking up the rules. After some 30 minutes of frantic flipping through the book, I put down the comic book I had picked up after waiting for 10 minutes and asked him: "So, do I hit?". He looked at me with a sad expression and answered: "I don't know."<br /><br />Needless to say, we never played the game again.Jonas Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03104129336412766484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-29896262509681099542013-09-18T01:36:52.917-05:002013-09-18T01:36:52.917-05:00Greate RPG story Monty !!! Give one some flachbac...Greate RPG story Monty !!! Give one some flachbacks from the western RPG games I used to run back in the days...<br /><br />...and of cours lovely painted minis ! It is indeed a chalange to paint 36 individual minis, easyer to paint uniforms:)<br /><br />Best regards MichaelDalaupprorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05292614404943521842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-38665690827527194672013-09-18T00:11:42.923-05:002013-09-18T00:11:42.923-05:00Sounds like your Wild West credentials are pretty ...Sounds like your Wild West credentials are pretty good Monty...lovely painting too!Cyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186074313046292554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-24895776993616994622013-09-17T19:36:05.302-05:002013-09-17T19:36:05.302-05:00Then I'm in! I also wade through it at work, s...Then I'm in! I also wade through it at work, so to speak. Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-47873470349942258402013-09-17T19:13:49.639-05:002013-09-17T19:13:49.639-05:00Wiatrog! That's right, not everything was sett...Wiatrog! That's right, not everything was settled with guns. You could resort to fisticuffs! Good times! Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227525544754109991.post-83453567819729310622013-09-17T19:12:45.137-05:002013-09-17T19:12:45.137-05:00You are time tripping through history on your pain...You are time tripping through history on your painting table. It is amazing how many things you have going at once!Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094254709103687259noreply@blogger.com