Re: [DL] dime novels

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

 >I don't think I understand your question.  It's similar to the old dime
 >novels in that the adventure doesn't have a huge effect on the main 
deadlands
 >plot (you don't kill stone or any presidents).  It can be slipped into any
 >game, it takes place along the mississippi.  Since the conversion rules are
 >in the back you can convert stats over easily enough.  This is coming from
 >someone who doesn't really like the GURPS system (at least compared to the
 >deadlands system which is so right for the game).
 >The adventure as a whole I think would be unchanged in the deadlands 
system.
 >The only thing I would change, and it's real minor, is that in the dime 
novel
 >it seems that every common joe knows what a huckster is, along with other
 >arcane stuff that your common person wouldn't know.  (Spoiler and I'll
 >explain a little)

Thank you.  That is exactly what I wanted to know.










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 >Theres a scene in the novel where 5-6 guys are playing poker in a bar.  One
 >of the guys is a huckster, and he's using hexes to cheat.  Eventually he 
gets
 >backlash, and a little tornado blows across the table destroying the game.
 >One of the other players stands up, calls him a huckster cheat and shoots 
him
 >dead.  No questions are asked and everyone in the bar knows what a huckster
 >is.  Like I said, this is a really minor complaint as the story was very
 >good, and I love having the novel there as it helps alot when running the
 >game.
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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com
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