What a Cowboy Scenario 1, High Noon

The Ballad of the Midnight Rider

As I walked out in the streets of Purgatory

As I walked out in Purgatory one Night ...

The Cast

Former 10th Cavalry Troopers

Woody Stroke
"Granny" Lover
Weasley Snipes
Cimarron Freeman
Buckshot Fishburn
Denzel Wessingtun
Fresh-Prince Willy
Samuel L Deadshot
Idris Elbows

The Vigilantes
Squint Eastwood

Dynamite Jackson
Slim Hipster
Wildfire Willie
Rattlesnake Jake
Bulletproof Brown
Texas T-Bone

Possible identities of the Midnight Rider

Mayor Black Bart Maverick
Reverend Jesse Jamison

Slap O'Finnigan, Ranch owner

Snakeoil van Trompe

And the Ladies

Buffalo Billie Jean
Honky Tonk Harriet owner of the Rockin' K
The Outlaw Queenie
The Lone Star Lass
Calamity Jackie 

County Centre

Township of Purgatory, Hellfire County Texas, Pop 112

Inner trail

1.  The Slippery A Ranch

2.  The Rocking K

3.  Railway canyon

4.  Dead Horse Springs

5.  The Jezabel Silver Mine

6.  The Sheep farmer's cabin

Outer Trail

1.  The Rustler's trail

2.  Buch's Hole

3.  Rattlesnake Watering hole

4.  The Rocking A Ranch

5.  The 'Pache reservation

6.  The old mission 

Scenario 1.  High Noon.  The Midnight Rider and his murderous lynch mob appear at the Rockin' K Ranch.  The vigilantes have however been tracked by a group of former soldiers lead by Sergeant Major Samuel L Deadshot.  Its a classic showdown.  The Cavalrymen are attempting to  clear the vigilantes out of the territory.  

The Defender selects one table edge as their  Deployment Edge.  The opposite table edge is the  Attacker’s Deployment Edge.  The Attacker places  one of their Characters onto the table within 6” of  their Deployment Edge.  The Defender then places  a Character within 6” of their Deployment Edge.   Players continue to place Characters alternately  until all are placed on the table.  Shuffle the  Activation Deck and draw the top card to begin  play.

The game ends when one side fails their “Ride or Die” Test and flees or voluntarily concedes at the end  of a Turn.

Experience Bonus:  A Character gains +2 Reputation for each opposing Character they take Out of  Action.

The Midnight Rider.  Vigilante, Real identity unknown

Slim Hipster, Rustler and vigilante

Woody Stroke, Foreman of the Rockin' K

Slap O'Finnigan, Owner of the Slippery "S." Possibly the figure behind the Midnight Rider.

Weasley Snipes, former soldier.

Granny Lover, former Soldier and dry goods store owner

Denzel Wessingtun, former soldier now hair tonic salesman

Samuel L Deadshot, former 10th Cavalry Sergeant Major.

The game plan

The Rider and his gang advance cautiously.

Samuel takes cover as Denzel and Woody advance.

Denzel puts a couple of lucky shots into Slim.  Slim goes down shot in the head.

Samuel L puts an aimed rifle shot into the Midnight Rider, hitting him in the leg.

Slim down, the Rider wounded

Woody stalks around the barn, sawn off ready.

Denzel and Samuel L advance down the trail.

Once again Rattlesnake gets no movement dice or aces high to convert.

The Rider runs off, heading for the hills.

Woody looses the sawn off at Rattlesnake.

And Woody ain't messing about.

Rattlesnake Jack hit twice.

The critical hit takes out a leg. Well he wasn't using it.

A win for the Rockin' K. 

All three of my Greenhorn characters are promoted to shootists.  Fair enough since they're ex Buffalo soldiers.

Can the Midnight Rider strike back in the next episode.  Maybe so partner.