Wild West OGL (d20)
This is a game about the American West. Some of the book is about how it was¸ and some is about how it is remembered. It is up to the players and Games Master to find their own version of the West¸ finding their own trail between truth and legend. If the players want a historically accurate game where miles are miles¸ events occur as they truly did¸ and death comes more often from disease than a bullet¸ then they will find the tools they need in this book. Alternatively¸ if the players want a game inspired by movies and dime novels¸ where the history is just a painted backdrop and heroes ride high in the saddle¸ then they too will find their desires catered for within. The classic period of the West made famous by movies¸ books and legends was from the 1850s to the 1870s. Before the California gold rush¸ the West was relatively thinly settled and unexplored. By the 1880s¸ railroads and barbed wire had tied down the frontier and ended the days of cattle drives and wild cattle towns.