Gunfight in Sapp's Hole

Gunfight in Sapp's Hole

Colorado Territory

1875

Wednesday night my brother Danny, my friend Mike and I got together to slap some leather in the fictional western town of Sapp's Hole in the Colorado Territory.  Young Daniel had found a set of rules on RPGNow.com called "Shootin Iron".  They are simple 2 page rules that were a lot of fun to play.  Dan must have had these rules for a bit because we used the 1st edition rules as opposed to the 2nd edition that are currently available on RPGNow.  We used 1st Edition because they looked more suited for a "campaign" as opposed to just a one-off gunfight.

Danny painted all the miniatures, they are from the Monday Knight Productions "Desperado" range.  They are true 25mm and full of life.  As a matter of fact, the 5 figures I used were based on the movie, "The Magnificent Seven".  He used Contrast paints and got them painted in a hurry.  Mike and I thought they looked outstanding!!

I did the buildings, the town buildings are from TT Combat, but looking at the TT Combat website I don't think they are available anymore. The barn, the shack and the outhouse are from days gone by.....

We played a simple game, we all just grabbed a 5 man posse and went at it.  Danny had 5 Mexican Banditos, Mike had 5 mixed Bandito / Cowboys and I had the Magnificent Five; Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughan, Charles Bronson and Brad Dexter.

The action was fast and the lead was flying.  The Banditos threw LOTS of 6s, Steve McQueen held off Mike's posse single-handedly for a number of turns and I did badly....below are a number of pictures in no particular order of the action.  We recommend the rules, they are great for a fun, fast game of old west movie shootout.

 

Sapp's Hole, Colorado Territory 1875

Things begin to happen as the 3 Posses get sight of one another....

Mike's posse moves in from between the town buildings

Charles Bronson takes the first shot at Danny's posse near the graveyard and the gunfire erupts!!

Red tokens means the figure has been hit, another and they are out of the fight!

Tough to wound someone who won't stop rolling 6s to save.....Bronson and Robert Vaughn threw up a wall of lead, but the Banditos refused to get hit...

Yul Brynner gets into a knife fight behind the outhouse

He gave a good showing (I think he got 2 of the Banditos) but a third sneaky "Bastardo" shot him in the back...

In the end, it was the Vultures that came out on top....