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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8494858" data-attributes="member: 23751">&quot;Armed groups of common people who are complete strangers can arrive in town and walk around with their weapons and it's apparently ok, and they don't get bailed up for being brigands or vagabonds.&quot;This reason applies to many more places than western frontier towns.&nbsp; Hell, you could walk around armed anywhere in the U.S. during that time period, civilized or western frontier.&nbsp; There were also many other countries where you could do so as well.&quot;In early D&amp;D it was an assumed aspect of play that your perfectly ordinary common Fighter could find an area of land inhabited by 'monsters', 'clear it out' and establish yourself as a lord. Now calling yourself a lord may be vaguely Medieval/Early Modern, but the rest of it is all manifest destiny and claiming the frontier. (And completely at odds with any medieval conception of nobility).&quot;As you point out, this is just as easily vaguely medieval, just like....................D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's also not at all the western frontier.&nbsp; You could claim land, but you had to register with the government.&nbsp; You couldn't just grab it on your own and rule it.&nbsp; You were also subject to the laws of the city/town, county, state and/or country.&nbsp; You weren't really a law unto yourself like in early D&amp;D.Did you have any reasons that are western frontier town specific?&nbsp; Because you need that if you want to tie D&amp;D frontier towns to western U.S. frontier towns.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8494858, member: 23751"] "Armed groups of common people who are complete strangers can arrive in town and walk around with their weapons and it's apparently ok, and they don't get bailed up for being brigands or vagabonds." This reason applies to many more places than western frontier towns. Hell, you could walk around armed anywhere in the U.S. during that time period, civilized or western frontier. There were also many other countries where you could do so as well. "In early D&D it was an assumed aspect of play that your perfectly ordinary common Fighter could find an area of land inhabited by 'monsters', 'clear it out' and establish yourself as a lord. Now calling yourself a lord may be vaguely Medieval/Early Modern, but the rest of it is all manifest destiny and claiming the frontier. (And completely at odds with any medieval conception of nobility)." As you point out, this is just as easily vaguely medieval, just like....................D&D. It's also not at all the western frontier. You could claim land, but you had to register with the government. You couldn't just grab it on your own and rule it. You were also subject to the laws of the city/town, county, state and/or country. You weren't really a law unto yourself like in early D&D. Did you have any reasons that are western frontier town specific? Because you need that if you want to tie D&D frontier towns to western U.S. frontier towns. [/QUOTE]

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