MGibster
Legend
I can't say I ever saw much similarity between AD&D and westerns when I was a teenager. Other than having frontier at times, AD&D just never really hit on the points that define the western as a genre.
- Stock characters such as the gambler, the prostitute with a heart of gold, prospector, and perhaps most importantly the gunslinger are missing.
- Encroaching civilization in the form of technology (rail road, telegraph, cold beer) and the arrival of families, churches, and political institutions.
- I don't recall a single boom town in any AD&D adventure. Maybe they existed but I just can't recall a single one.
- The look of AD&D doesn't resemble what you'd expect to find in a western.