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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 8369624" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>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!</p><p></p><p>The only question now is: which <em>genre</em> of Western are you going to run? Check all that you might consider.</p><p></p><p><strong>Classical Western</strong> (<em>Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Shane</em>)</p><p><strong>Acid Western</strong> (<em>El Topo, Keoma, The Shooting</em>)</p><p><strong>Comedy Western</strong> (<em>The Paleface, Blazing Saddles</em>)</p><p><strong>Contemporary/Neo-Western</strong> (<em>Hud, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Gran Torino, No Country for Old Men</em>)</p><p><strong>Electric Western</strong> (<em>Zachariah, Hate Horses</em>)</p><p><strong>Epic Western</strong> (<em>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, How the West Was Won</em>)</p><p><strong>Fantasy Western </strong>(Stephen King's <em>The Stand, Kino's Journey, The Dark Tower</em> series)</p><p><strong>Horror Western </strong>(<em>Billy the Kid vs Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Burrowers, Near Dark</em>)</p><p><strong>Revisionist Western</strong> (<em>Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven, The Last Wagon, Ride the High Country</em>)</p><p><strong>Science Western</strong> (<em>Westworld, Futureworld, Back to the Future Part III</em>)</p><p><strong>Space Western</strong> (<em>Firefly, Serenity, Cowboy Bebop, The Mandalorian, BraveStarr</em>)</p><p><strong>Weird Western </strong>(<em>Wild Wild West, Western Religion, The Old Man Logan</em>)</p><p><strong>Wuxia Western </strong>(<em>Shanghai Noon, Billy Jack, Kung Fu Hustle</em>)</p><p><strong>Other </strong>(Blaxploitation Western, Charro Western, Dacoit Western, etc., there's dozens of 'em)</p><p><strong>None of the Above. </strong> No offense; Westerns just aren't my jam. But best of luck to you!</p><p></p><p>This list and the examples aren't mine; it all came from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. If something looks mislabeled or out of place, that's probably why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 8369624, member: 50987"] 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 [I]genre[/I] of Western are you going to run? Check all that you might consider. [B]Classical Western[/B] ([I]Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Shane[/I]) [B]Acid Western[/B] ([I]El Topo, Keoma, The Shooting[/I]) [B]Comedy Western[/B] ([I]The Paleface, Blazing Saddles[/I]) [B]Contemporary/Neo-Western[/B] ([I]Hud, Kill Bill: Vol 2, Gran Torino, No Country for Old Men[/I]) [B]Electric Western[/B] ([I]Zachariah, Hate Horses[/I]) [B]Epic Western[/B] ([I]The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, How the West Was Won[/I]) [B]Fantasy Western [/B](Stephen King's [I]The Stand, Kino's Journey, The Dark Tower[/I] series) [B]Horror Western [/B]([I]Billy the Kid vs Dracula, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Burrowers, Near Dark[/I]) [B]Revisionist Western[/B] ([I]Dances with Wolves, Unforgiven, The Last Wagon, Ride the High Country[/I]) [B]Science Western[/B] ([I]Westworld, Futureworld, Back to the Future Part III[/I]) [B]Space Western[/B] ([I]Firefly, Serenity, Cowboy Bebop, The Mandalorian, BraveStarr[/I]) [B]Weird Western [/B]([I]Wild Wild West, Western Religion, The Old Man Logan[/I]) [B]Wuxia Western [/B]([I]Shanghai Noon, Billy Jack, Kung Fu Hustle[/I]) [B]Other [/B](Blaxploitation Western, Charro Western, Dacoit Western, etc., there's dozens of 'em) [B]None of the Above. [/B] 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 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)']Wikipedia[/URL]. If something looks mislabeled or out of place, that's probably why. [/QUOTE]
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