Re: [DL] Greenhorn in the Weird West

["Stryfe Mac.com" <saintstryfe@mac.com>]

On Monday, December 3, 2001, at 03:43  AM, Nick Zachariasen wrote:

> Dude, it details each of the Hangin' Judges individually, not to mention
> giving several variants on Walkin' Dead and other undead beasties.  It 
> also
> details Living Houses and the truly nasty Gabriel Hounds.  How can you 
> NOT
> recommend it?

I know! I said I like it, I just don't think it's as needed as RVC I for 
a marshall on a shoestring.

> The reason they don't recommend using other methods is that they set the
> hexes up according to a certain probabiluty curve.  If you use something
> else, you're going to throw that curve off.  That's why, even if
> thematically you decide that your Huckster envisions, say, roulette, you
> should still use the poker hand mechanic instead of getting some kind of
> pocket roulette game.  The odds just aren't the same.

Well, sure, he can envision it, but ya can't play it physically.

-Stryfe
             ____
           /    *| Plattsburgh, NY - College
          /       |  Bobby Hansen
   ____/        |  http://student.plattsburgh.edu/hans5846
  / Albany + |  hans5846@mail.plattsburgh.edu
|_______      |  saintstryfe@mac.com
            \ *   | Ulster Park, NY - Home
             \___|___
              + \__\ New York, NY