Re: [DL] Deadlands Props

["c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>]

I bought a 99 cent black skull from Wal-Mart during Halloween, lined it with
a Seuss-esque hat (purple stripes with white stripes) and went and put a
gold tooth in his mouth with some model paint.

C M Hylton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Preston Postle" <serfmonkey@ameritech.net>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 10:51 PM
Subject: [DL] Deadlands Props


> Comments made by various folk have got me thinking about one of the most
fun
> things in Deadlands -- the props. With poker chips and playing cards as
part
> of the required equipment (my Posse's Huckster shuffles his deck
constantly;
> part of it is characterization, but the other part is nervousness about
the
> outcome of his next hand), how can you go wrong?
>
> In one recent message, someone stated that he has his Posse draw Fate
Chips
> out of a spittoon, a great use of another staple of the Old West. I have
> always used a rough, square wooden box for my Fate Pot. The box is hinged
on
> top and painted black except for the hand-carved white skeletons on each
> side -- a Mexican "Dia de los Muertos" box. Never fails to elicit a
grimace
> from my players as they fish around in THAT thing at the beginning of each
> session!
>
> So who else has come up with imaginative Fate Pots or other props for use
> with Deadlands, and how have they added to your game?
>
> The Schoolmaster
>
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