Tales of the Old West play-test: Steaming Rock

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Meet the people of Steaming Rock: William Moyer is the black man that owns The Homestead saloon, and employs Bartholomew Wallace there. Father Brayton Carmody is the local preacher, Thomas Vaughn a landowner with a shady past. They are joined occasionally at the Homestead by two outsiders, a native American known as Eric, and Floyd Higgins, who turned his back on his wealthy family to live the life of an outdoorsman.

Its Higgins who becomes the centre of attention, when local bigwig Ellis Rocliffe comes looking for him...

The maps discussed in this episode are published here.

Content warning: An NPC makes a racist comment. A young woman is in danger.

As is the nature of the beast, the rules are ever changing and the current iteration (available exclusively to Stationary and Privileged Patrons) has a number of differences from what you hear in this episode.

In something new for this feed, we share one of our playlists for Tales of the Old West, the game we are creating. As is the nature of the beast, the rules are ever changing and the current iteration (available exclusively to Stationary and Privileged Patrons) has a number of differences from what you hear in this episode. Would you like to hear more of their adventures?

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