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Hehe, quick pace on the scene, sorry :) Just want to get the relevant parts of the back story done, and most importantly practice the game mechanics (skills, shooting, etc). This character has more social skills than the others, which could make for interesting role playing in the future.

Sorry to ask again, but I don't understand what's happening. Last thing I knew is me and Ryan were closing his office a few seconds after Maddox left, and now we've got a corpse outta nowhere? Have I missed something?

Maddox rides into town and he brings a dead body on a horse (it's mentioned in the first post) and also Sinta under arrest. But the fact that Marc Cornan is dead and his corpse is outside is not mentioned in the conversation inside and you and Ryan realize this only after you come out.

Don't worry. It just felt strange, like if I'd missed something. 

No probs, just surprised you hadn´t posted (and the other scene is nearly finished). No worries, I´ve updated the scene now, had to rush a few things but this scene was mostly to catch up and push Crowe into the right direction :)

Thanks for the links, I´ll update the lingo / slang scene. I had seen the "legends of America" one, it is a very thorough list of slang words and expression, and a great web site all around. The other one is more Redneck (southern accent), but still usable.

When I have time, I continue with my list of western films :) The other day I watched Open Range (thanks for the tip Malken). I´ll avoid spoilers just in case.

Technically a good film, a nice simple story, and great casting with Costner and Duval. The final shoot out was very much Aces&Eights style, which made me laugh. I´m not a great fan of Costner´s… His melodramatic underacting (can´t think of a better expression) is unnerving. He makes a huge effort not to overact. When you compare his acting to that of Robert Duval, you can see the difference. He is absolutely great, and fun to watch. Too bad I hadn´t seen this film before preparing this game, however I could almost see a more mature and wiser version of Vernon Adams, the ultimate veteran cowboy :)

On the negative side, there were far too many shots of CGI landscapes (or enhanced by computer) and the pace was, well, Kevin Costner-style. But all and all a great film, highly recommended.

I finally watched it too a few days ago. I think it's a pretty good movie and enjoyed it even more than the first time. I liked the realistic, down-to-earth tone without being too grim and gritty. Also there were several things that made me think of the game, especially the shootout and future-Vern. Robert Duvall is awesome, he makes Boss a memorable character. About Kevin Costner, I gotta say I do like most of his films, but I can't disagree with you about his acting skills and his tendency to get too dense sometimes. In this one he made the wise choice of sharing protagonism a bit, playing a more support role than usual. Shame that by the end he couldn't resist anymore and decided to add that cheesy epilogue that almost ruined the movie :) But still, pretty good overall.

I also watched Young Guns (apparently I've started my own western cycle now :P). It was quite nice, a bit too 80's for my taste (that synthesizers...) but it's a fun movie. My favourite part was Terence Stamp's character, an educated english man raising kids from the streets in the middle of the Wild West. Could make a good plot on its own. The rest of the cast is very in tune with the movie. I've seen Christian Slater is in the sequel to complete the brat gang :) I'll be watching it soon. Anyway, nice one, thanks for the recommendation.

I watched Young Gungs II on Thursday. I think you have to consider the YGI and YGII a sort of complementary works. There is a different style to each one, I would say the first is about Billy "the person". The less known parts of his story, when he met Tunstall (played by Terence Stamp), and the Regulators and Lincoln County War. And Tunstall was a huge influence for the Kid. These episodes are, in my opinion, well represented in YGI and it works all around. YGII has a much more epic feel to it, but in a way it makes sense. The youngster from YGI has acquired the status of a legend, there is the myth of Billy the Kid and the reality of a 20 year old rebel looking for his place. There are things I don´t like about YGII still, but when the years have not treated the film too badly. And yes, the Brat Pack is there in full force. And the sound track that seemed inappropiate to me 20 years ago (I only rememberd the two main songs by Bon Jovi which sounded strange), this time around I actually enjoyed the instrumental epic style music.

I think I mentioned already the film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" by the great Sam Peckinpah. It was maybe too melancholic and sad, but I have to admit it is a masterpiece as a film. It´s so much deeper you can´t really compare it to YG.

I also watched "310 to Yuma", and even parts of the 1957 original (just for fun I fast forwarded to certain scenes). The original from 1950s is not really "my cup of tea", but the new version with Russell Crowe is more than adequate. It´s not great though, and it´s missing something to make it stand out. Not sure what though. Maybe it is not believable enough. There are plenty of plot holes and thinks that make little sense. Russell Crowe´s side kick bandit (the southerner) suffers from overacting. The ending is confusing. And maybe the fact that Russell Crowe always seems to play some sort of über character with no faults makes him less attractive for me. Or maybe he takes his characters too seriously :)

Memorable scene from Tombstone:

And while we are at it, one of those scenes that makes Peckinpah so highly rated director. From "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid".

Boss, I'm taking a look at my sheet and I can't find my Observation percentage to roll. 

It´s 94%. Listening and Observation are listed before the other skills (which are listed alphabetically), so they are first on the sheet.

For this roll, the difficulty is Average so you get +40%
 

You're right. I was taking a look at the alphabetical order, and just saw 'Oration'. I didn't tought they'll be the first ones.

Nothing beats that

I´ve opened a small scene for you here , so you´re finished with the "First Meeting". This small "in between"-scene with Laura is a tricky one, since we have not really established too much about their story. We´ll see how it goes, maybe it´s a good chance to get to understand the two characters while the other characters finish their scenes.

Nice one aputor! It´s a great scene from the ultimate western film I guess.

It inspired me to put the background music for the Boot Hill. It´s now "Claudia´s Song" from the Unforgiven soundtrack. I didn´t remember how heartbreaking and beautiful it was.

And we have 16 corpses already! On our way to the "bloodiest western" list hehe

Ok, sounds good. She's quite intriguing. By the way, I've been wondering what's Laura relationship to Sinta, or at least what Hurd knows about it. I assumed they're just old friends or something like that.

Welcome aputor, good entrance :) I agree, that one is really hard to beat.