After Curly Billy shot down Crazy Sam McGee Part 1

We kicked off our What a Cowboy campaign yesterday with the Rescue scenario from the rulebook.

The story so far:

A wealthy rancher, Frederick Broadstone (originally from Germany and known there as Friedrich von Breitstein) has settled in a Rocky Mountain valley. He owns most of the nearby town of Broadstone, including the saloon and the nearby silvermine. Broadstone didn't appreciate that Curly Billy also started a competing saloon in the town and began an intimidation campaign against Billy. The local sherrif "Crazy" Sam McGee turned a blind eye. After another incident, Billy's son tried to confront Broadstone, but was killed by one of his henchmen.

Curly Billy vowed to avenge his son and gunned down both the killer of his son and Crazy Sam McGee.

On the run from the Law and Broadstone, Billy has formed a gang and tries to hurt Broadstone wherever he can. Broadstone has contracted several Pinkertons to take out Billy and his gang.

Campaign map

Part 1; Bad man's cabin.

Curly Billy has kidnapped Broadstone's bookkeeper and has hidden him high in the mountains in Bad man's cabin. Broadstone's men have tracked Billy's gang to the cabin and are intent on bringing back the bookkeeper.

Paddy deploys inside the house with the bookkeeper and Mad Jack outside at the back of the house.

The Law and Curly Billy and Hans deploy at opposite table edges.

Billy moves to the top of a nearby ridge from which he has an excellent view of the cabin area.

 

The Pinkerton leader, Davey Kroket, approaches the front of the house while Mad Jack moves to the corner of the cabin.

Soon the Pinkertons are closing in on the cabin, exchanging fire with Paddy and Mad Jack.

The Duke even manages to come within point blank range of Mad Jack, but both manage to dodge the gunfire.

Mad Jack pursues the Duke, but finds himself surrounded by Pinkertons.

Dodging the crossfire, Mad Jack has to withdraw to the cabin and is joined by Hans Huffheins who certainly took his time to walk from the table edge to the cabin!

The Pinkertons close in on Mad Jack.

Meanwhile at the front of the cabin, Davey Kroket has taken several bullets from both Paddy in the cabin and Curly Billy on the ridge.

He loses all his action dice and is put out of action. With some shock on the other Pinkertons, they fail their Ride or Die test and withdraw from the table.

Paddy escorts the bookkeeper to safety, gaining enough reputation to be promoted from Greenhorn to Shootist!

All characters recover from their wounds and will face each other again in part 2!

This being our first What a Cowboy game, we forgot a number of things (taking Ride or Die tests and using the Desperado cards for instance) and had to look up stuff in the rulebook, but it was a fun game.