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Yes, there are. There are systems where the probabilities are close replicas of the observed odds of outcomes from real life. They tend not to be overly detailed, tho'. Some of the computer ones are so good that they are used in forensic investigations. And in training. Microsoft Flight...

One roll resolution? that's a hard barrier. more than 95% of the games I've read use damage rolls. Two come immediately to mind: Rolemaster, but it really isn't. MegaTraveller. After a bit of mental juggling... Year Zero comes to mind MegaTraveller, see below. Why Rolemaster isn't a 1-roll...

It's worth saying: Westerns as a genre almost always have an audience; it's seldom a big one. Also worth noting: a lot of classroom games about the Oregon Trail are written (teacherspayteachers.com has over 40), targeting various ages and educational standards. I suspect that they provide a...

I found that tracking success/fail for advancement in Mouse Guard often was a mild interruption for new-to-it players, but became quickly backgrounded by players to an almost imperceptable habit. Burning wheel, with its more complex tracking, never did for me nor my players.

Sun (one shot T&T:ANA Alpha PT) Recruit NPC; kill rats well.

which doesn't jive with the examples a few pages later.

in my two sessions, the most common was actually 2 hp... between the two thresholds. Armor reduced that to one frequently enough, but at tier 2 (second session) damage outpaced armor.

Axiomatically, that takes them out of actual western and into weird west.

Page ref? (No offense, but I want proof. And I don't trust your understandings of terms based upon prior history.)

Thresholds set by armor and level. Some special abilities also adjust it. If unarmored, it's (level)/(2×Level), no reduction uses. It's 0—3, actually. if damage roll ≤ 0, 0 HP if 1—(low threshold-1): 1 HP if (low threshold) — (high threshold - 1): 2 HP if (high threshold) to infinity: 3 HP...

The rules are pretty clear, at least to me: only a roll with fear gives the GM a free spotlight for the roll. A golden opportunity can also go straight to a spotlight, but that's not for the roll. Other spotlights take a fear, or masive player inaction. So NPCs are tied to either players...

The majority of western setting adventures are for Deadlands... and that's a weird west. There's a few seeds in the Challenge article for Space 1889 in the US, there are some adventure ideas in Western Hero... Most games that don't have compatibility with D&D lack adventures... at least ones...

I've often used a minigame affected by character skills for resolving gambling. It's really quite simple... Mind you, this was for CT, but works in MT and MgT 1 as well. each gambler antes. each rolls d66. if not cheating: → add 1/2 skill level, round up, to the 1's place → add 1/2 skill...

1883 and Lawman: Bass Reaves argue otherwise. There were a few black Lawmen, so L:BR is merely Historical Fictiion in the Western tradition. Moribund? Maybe, but every time it's been declared, some new variation of Westerns arises like a zombie. Note: I don't consider myself a fan of westerns...

Given the link to the thread re Paizo's statement is broken, here's the link to their blog post on it: paizo.com - Community / Paizo Blog Key paragraphs:

Only for players are they synonymous. Reread pages 149-152 Almost every PC action which uses a roll will trigger a GM move - note that that's usually going to be → Show how the world reacts. → Ask a question and build on the answer. In the case of rolls with hope, if the player doesn't have...

There's a new Non-Weird non-AltHist west game coming... Hurled into Eternity. it's card driven, and otherwise OSR sensibilities. Playtest material on an OS/OSR D&D board. I love his cover art:

Keeping in mind that bad rolls has two meanings... Rolled with fear rolled non-tie below TN One of my players hit the expletives when he rolled a 2... until the others pointed out that doubles are a crit, no matter the TN. Also, a roll of fail with hope is a GM move trigger but not a GM...

They set the terms they want. Use it or don't. Bitching about them not using your favored license? Take it up with their attorney... I'm certain it will be billed time... The CEO of Wizards and the CEO of HasBro both disagree... and the proof of that is not just that they tried to cancel the...