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You're not sure how it happened. Maybe you read one Louie L'Amour novel too many. Maybe you shotgunned the entire Westworld series last weekend, or maybe you are one of the three people who thought Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" was amazing. But here you are, and your reasons are your own. You've decided to run a Western-themed D&D campaign!
The only question now is: which genre of Western are you going to run? Check all that you might consider.
Classical Western (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Shane)
Acid Western (El Topo, Keoma, The Shooting)
Comedy Western (The Paleface, Blazing Saddles)
Contemporary/Neo-Western (Hud, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Gran Torino, No Country for Old Men)
Electric Western (Zachariah, Hate Horses)
Epic Western (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, How the West Was Won)
Fantasy Western (Stephen King's The Stand, Kino's Journey, The Dark Tower series)
Horror Western (Billy the Kid vs Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Burrowers, Near Dark)
Revisionist Western (Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven, The Last Wagon, Ride the High Country)
Science Western (Westworld, Futureworld, Back to the Future Part III)
Space Western (Firefly, Serenity, Cowboy Bebop, The Mandalorian, BraveStarr)
Weird Western (Wild Wild West, Western Religion, The Old Man Logan)
Wuxia Western (Shanghai Noon, Billy Jack, Kung Fu Hustle)
Other (Blaxploitation Western, Charro Western, Dacoit Western, etc., there's dozens of 'em)
None of the Above. No offense; Westerns just aren't my jam. But best of luck to you!
This list and the examples aren't mine; it all came from Wikipedia. If something looks mislabeled or out of place, that's probably why.
The only question now is: which genre of Western are you going to run? Check all that you might consider.
Classical Western (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Shane)
Acid Western (El Topo, Keoma, The Shooting)
Comedy Western (The Paleface, Blazing Saddles)
Contemporary/Neo-Western (Hud, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Gran Torino, No Country for Old Men)
Electric Western (Zachariah, Hate Horses)
Epic Western (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, How the West Was Won)
Fantasy Western (Stephen King's The Stand, Kino's Journey, The Dark Tower series)
Horror Western (Billy the Kid vs Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Burrowers, Near Dark)
Revisionist Western (Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven, The Last Wagon, Ride the High Country)
Science Western (Westworld, Futureworld, Back to the Future Part III)
Space Western (Firefly, Serenity, Cowboy Bebop, The Mandalorian, BraveStarr)
Weird Western (Wild Wild West, Western Religion, The Old Man Logan)
Wuxia Western (Shanghai Noon, Billy Jack, Kung Fu Hustle)
Other (Blaxploitation Western, Charro Western, Dacoit Western, etc., there's dozens of 'em)
None of the Above. No offense; Westerns just aren't my jam. But best of luck to you!
This list and the examples aren't mine; it all came from Wikipedia. If something looks mislabeled or out of place, that's probably why.
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I mean, wide open areas, "unexplored wilderness" (especially if you go up into Canada...from 'dusty trails' vibe of the USA, to the 'dark, cold frontier' of Canada vibe). No cell phones, camera's, night-vision, flashlights...the day time is fine, but when the sun goes down, you are surrounded by pitch blackness with only the dull glow of a campfire, or flicker of a lamp, and strange noises from said darkness or the creaking of wood. Who knows what kind of horrors are lurking just beyond you vision or just under your feet!