http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/ Legends of the Old West Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:01:34 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4578 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4578 I hi-lite increased Henchman stats on the posse sheet to flag up that they are maxed in that characteristic. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:58:59 GMT foureyedtroll1986 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4577 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4577 I guess that means we've been playing it wrong for a while at our club. I had a Tough that had G6 and W3, but I guess that should have been impossible then. R Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:29 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4576 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4576 Pg 89- no more than one increase per stat for henchmen until they get Kid Done Good which means a Raw Recruit cannot advance beyond the starting scores for a Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:32:48 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4575 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4575 played a three way bar-room brawl last night & lost... 2 heroes survived, 2 heroes & 2 henchmen OOA. BUT then... both henchmen were unscathed, one hero made Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:56 GMT Charles Tricker http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4574 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4574 I think on the same page as the stat advance page. I don't own the rulebook, I usually borrow from my friend, he has it atm. Cheers Charles To: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:07:58 GMT foureyedtroll1986 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4573 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4573 Where does it specify henchmen may only gain one increase for each statistic? As far as I saw it, they can gain as many as they want, so long as they don't Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:49:06 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4572 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4572 Henchmen only get one advance in each stat. For US Cavalry, Raw Recruits start out with dire stats because they are greenhorns, not because they are inherently Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:37:07 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4571 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4571 Ah- learn something new every day. Basically a long handled romphaia/falx then? Still wouldn't want to stand near anyone lopping about with one... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:21:30 GMT Olivier Perronny http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4570 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4570 That's a 'straight' scythe, a modified weapon from the farm tool, a very dreadful weapon indeed. http://perrysheroes.free.fr/spip.php?article245 It's more like Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:21:48 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4569 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4569 The whole idea of 2-H weapon fighters being supported by a mate is dodgy in terms of 'realism'... I wouldn't want to stand right next to a comrade swinging a Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:56:14 GMT Olivier Perronny http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4568 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4568 Hi, I don't really agree on the 'pike rule' for the rifle+bayonet. As Steve Burt said, A rifle with a fixed bayonet is too short to really support a model Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:54:46 GMT Steve http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4567 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4567 In LotRSG anyone can use a a spear... in LotOW they are a specialised Tong weapon. As discussed, can't imagine pikes being used in LotOW Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:11:33 GMT foureyedtroll1986 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4566 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4566 The only reason for using the pikes rule would be if you had units with pikes as part of an American War of Independence game using the Old west rules, or Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:38 GMT Gav Ford http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4565 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4565 ... Good to hear the rules will appear somewhere. I was still holding out some hope at that book would appear someday. -- Gav Ford gav@... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:48:08 GMT Steve Burt http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4564 http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTOldWest/message/4564 ... If it's in the UK, about 15 miles east of Cambridge. if it's the one in the US, it's in New Hampshire.