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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 3201860" data-attributes="member: 317">Quite frankly, D20 Deadlands sucked bigtime, and I'm about the biggest Deadlands fan you'll find.  It completely demolished the charm and quirkiness of the setting and make it into D&D in the Weird West.  I tried to run it once, and gave up in disgust.  You won't find many Deadlands D20 sites either- its regarded as a black sheep and best forgotten by Deadlands fans.That said, all of the old sourcebooks for Deadlands are increbile- some of the best writing for any system, period- and they are great to use for background and ideas.  Also, as good as the Classic Deadlands system is, the Savage Worlds system retains the charm of the setting, AND simplifies the game.  I've taught non-games the SW system in under 20 minutes, and they loved it.  My advice is at least download the free SW trial and look at it- SW is a great system, and has largely replaced D20 and D&D for us.<a href="http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/Downloads.htm" target="_blank">http://www.peginc.com/Downloads/Downloads.htm</a>If you feel you have to stay with D20, then check out Sidewinder:Recoiled.  It doesn't have any magic rules  in it, but its a solid book for a D20 western game.</blockquote>