tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post7010728821436331681..comments2024-03-26T15:22:25.095-06:00Comments on The Earliad: Elements of an Old West Computer Role Playing GameEarl J. Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-33611064244018576182017-01-06T18:13:29.816-07:002017-01-06T18:13:29.816-07:00All worthy components, to be sure! All worthy components, to be sure! Earl J. Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07963936256606285358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077773.post-79544938636179287612017-01-06T16:49:17.602-07:002017-01-06T16:49:17.602-07:00You left out silver spurs. But then, so did Westw...You left out silver spurs. But then, so did Westworld. You can rape someone, kill them inside out, and then reainimate their corpse for more sadistism, but so help you, you can't put little knives on the back of your boots to spur that person's horse. <br /><br />Also: boots, vests, ten gallon hats, Bowie knives, dynamite, and bleeding out slowly. Cattle drives, indian fighters, red sunsets, cacti, lynching, graveyards, undertakers, train conductors, Mexican silver, lost sisters, rattlesnakes, scorpions, wanted posters, whiskey, bandannas, broken arrows, mysterious piles of rock, stagecoaches, carriages, fistfights, buckskin, vernier rifle sight, Winchester repeater, the rare 8-shot Webley revolver for those who count shots, saddle oil, hand-made rope, gold tooth, sheriff star, federal marshal, Texas Ranger, glints on the horizon, coyote howls and owl hoots, blue shadows, sudden snowstorms, towns with inappropriately optimistic names. Fashions from Paree. Staircase bannisters that break. Lonely hotel rooms. Beans, campfire meat, covered wagons, the Holy Bible. Sand devils. Cold sores and wind burns. A canteen with a hole shot through it. A hat with a hole shot through it. A hangman's rope shot through. Buzzards. Harmonicas. Arroyos and buttes. Pince-nez glasses, perhaps coloured lenses. Cow shit. Pig Shit. Chicken shit. Royalists, secessionists, and congressmen. Chinese labourers. Gatling guns. Lead bullets with crosses sliced into them. Boilerplate armour. Wincing, limping, missing fingers. Cigars and cigarillos. Eagle feathers, wool blankets, hard tack. Bullwhips. Flash floods. Boiling water and rages as medicine. Destiny. <br /><br />Hot air ballons, I'm not so certain: those would have been much more popular out East at that time. Ballooning was an event and the aerostat (balloon) pilot expected payment. There wouldn't be many crowds, to watch a balloon go up, although I can see it from a steampunk point of view. <br /><br />Also, if I may be so self-serving as to add: Greek gods. Jeff Shylukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11915415377502782962noreply@blogger.com