Legends of the Old West - JR, GF

LEGENDS OF THE OLD WEST is a tabletop miniatures game which allows you to bring to life the deeds of the brave lawmen and gunfighters of the most famous period in America's history.

This 136-page book lays out rules for gunfights (and bar fights and knife fights) using miniatures to represent the famous gunslingers of the old American West. Beyond the rules for combat, the book is really an invitation to start a light RPG compaign, evaluating each member of your potential gang and assigning a dollar value to keep him on retainer. So use your old railroad buildings to stage a gunfight or created an entire economic campaign pitting the ranchers against the sod-busters. All the tools are in this book.

Like all Games Workshop books, there is plenty of eye candy and tips on painting and scenery.

LotOW is based on Warhammer and Lord of the Rings tabletop battle game with Necromunda and Mordheim mixed in.

We played two games last night, both using the High Noon scenario. Jim brought his posse of Lawmen and I pulled out my Outlaws. Not much finesse, just straight forward shootin' and fightin'!

The first game was played in town and the second took place in the wilderness. The Outlaws came out on top in both, partially due to their special "Life is Cheap" rule. Sometimes crime does pay!

Old West Cowboys , DS

This is my cowboy posse for Legends of the Old West. The figures are by Wargames Foundry and were really fun to paint up. The minis were really clean and easy to paint.

I'm also now the proud owner of a digital camera! There's a lot of functions that I have been experimenting with; it's a bit of a learning curve, but I am reasonably happy with how the pictures turned out.

Legends of the Old West Tournament Round 2

07/16/08
Jim's Lawmen vs. Grant's Outlaws: High Noon scenario.
Shawn's Cowboys vs. Dave's Plains Indians: Avert the Massacre scenario.
Deb's Outlaws vs. Garrett's Cowboys: TBA

Dave: 2/0/0
Deb: TBA
Garrett: TBA
Grant: 2/0/0
Jim: 1/1/0
Shawn: 0/2/0

Legends of the Old West Tournament

07/05/08 and 07/14/08
Deb's Outlaws vs. Jim's Lawmen: High Noon scenario.
Shawn's Cowboys vs. Grant's Outlaws: Hang 'em High scenario.
Dave's Plains Indians vs. Garrett's Cowboys: Dawn Raid scenario

Dave: 1/0/0
Deb: 0/1/0
Garrett: 0/1/0
Grant: 1/0/0
Jim: 1/0/0
Shawn: 0/1/0

JR Lawmen

DS Plains Indians

I have been working for past several weeks on plains Indians for a Legends of the Old West posse. The figures are from Wargames Foundry. The sculpts are of good quality and fun to paint. There are some bits on them that are at this point a bit unidentifiable, so I have decided to paint them simply for now, and to do some research to see what they could possibly be for the future.

One of the nice things about the Foundry line is that they provide the models both mounted and dismounted. I was lucky to purchase most of this line back when the packs came with 8 infantry per, or 4 horse and 4 riders (the packs are now 6 infantry and 3 cavalry.) I also got them when Foundry ran one of their infrequent sales and picked them up for $12.00 per!

When the Dale Wardens got interested in playing LotOW, I dusted the packs off and got to work. Next on the project agenda is finishing off 23 more mounted plains Indians warriors and the last 5 dismounted Dog Soldiers. The finished force will be a bit more than the standard "$200.00 posse" in Legends of the Old West, but the Blood on the Plains supplement has gotten me interested in doing some larger battles.

Once the plains Indians are completed, I will start work on U.S. cavalry, so they will have a suitable opponent. When I made my plains Indians purchase, I also picked up the Foundry line of cavalry. It will be a bit of a daunting task as I have 40 dismounted and 40 mounted to complete. As all miniatures painters know; it's so much easier to spend the money than it is to get them done.

se-old west scenery

saloon wip-se

interior is 2 floors and has wallpaper siding

GF Il Cattivo

GF Scenery

Four sections of 6" fencing plus two smaller 2" sections for Legends of the Old West.

GF LotOW Building In Progress 2

GF LotOW Building In Progress

GF Bandito 3

"There must be a hundred reasons why I don't blow you away," his voice barely above a whisper. "Right now I can't think of one."

GF Bandito 2

"There's always a man faster on the draw than you are, and the more you use a gun, the sooner you're gonna run into that man."

GF Bandito

"You see, in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig."