Re: [DL] The Art of Spaghetti Western

[David R Goecke <mightygecko@juno.com>]

Hang 'em High (Eastwood)
Support your Local Gunfighter
Support your Local Sheriff
(both good for laughs, James Garner)
Desperado (a little more HoE but great for mexico, Antonio Banderas)

I haven't seen these, just heard of them, the first one is a horror so it
has promise.
The legend of Phantom Rider
Young Guns
Purgatory
Posse
Texas Rangers
The James Gang



On Sun, 04 May 2003 09:38:38 -0600 "Michael Maguire"
<mikejmaguire@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hi, ya'all!
> 
> I was working on piecing together a couple adventures for a new 
> Deadlands 
> game I am putting together for a group of players (all but 2 of whom 
> know 
> NOTHING about the game, so it should be a fun mix).
> 
> At any rate, I was working on one said scenario and a couple 
> chapters in 
> looked at it and said to myself...  "Gee...  great scenario.  Too 
> bad it 
> looks like a great Call of Cthulhu scenario instead of one for 
> Deadlands."
> 
> I run a lot of horror type games, and sadly noticed my spaghetti 
> western 
> elements to be lacking in the scenario design.  My solution was to 
> give my 
> self a fresh dose of inspiration, so I went out and bought a stack 
> of Clint 
> Eastwood movies:
> 
> Fist Full o' Dollars
> A Few Dollars More
> The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
> High Plains Drifter
> and Unforgiven
> 
> I almost bought myself a copy of Tombstone, too (not Eastwood, but a 
> good 
> movie).  Anyone give me any advice on some other good films that 
> really help 
> to catch the Deadlands feel?  I was thinking it'd be good not only 
> for me, 
> but for any players who might need a bit of help getting into the 
> whole 
> spaghetti western environment.
> 
> Mac
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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