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since showing Rita the game of Ruthless, i never cleared the game table. and we had some time off together once again so we had some fun with a late night game. and since there was the wild west terrain still out, i told her to set up a little town and we ended playing some Fistful of Lead: Reloaded. simple game of law versus outlaw. i played as some bank robbing criminals who were looking for a way out of town, and Rita played as the long arm of the law. we haven't played Fistful of Lead in such a long time i figured it would have been nice to dust off the rulebook and give it a go. the table set-up Rita made. trying to get out of Dodge! my poor girl with a rifle and i kept rolling 1's which is out of ammo and turning around and sacrificing a turn to reload. this happened to me three times with this particular character. after Rita quietly positioned a lawman up on a rooftop, i did the same equally quieter. but in the end i would lose him to a rifle shot. in the Reloaded rules...

back in January when i was supposed to get some of my MotU miniatures painted for a painting challenge i got a little distracted and came across a game that was simple and yet fun even for solo play. i went through the rulebook and counted all the AI characters for all the scenarios and made a list. i would have used my D&D figures for the priests and the paladins but i did not have any normal civilians as villagers for the game. so i go myself a box of Frostgrave cultists and soldiers and did a little kit bashing. after doing that i figured might as well do the rest so at least all the AI heroes would look somewhat uniformed and in scale with one another. rangers. the rangers are made out of the soldier sprue. priests. the priests are made out of the wizard sprue. the priests are equipped with hand items and wands. paladins. these heroes are straight out of the knights box. wizards. i gave the wizards staves or small hand items. wanted to separate the priests and the wizards apart...

few years back i came across a tabletop game called Ruthless, a wild west skirmish game with literally 2 pages worth of rules, to me that sounds great. a simple game with simple rules with lots of potential fun to be had. over the two years since i found Ruthless i've been distracted with other games, pile of shame to be dealt with, and the Dungeons and Dragons group. on a rare occasion Rita and myself were able to spend a few days off from work together and i took the opportunity to show her Ruthless and in the end we had a fun time. to make it simple we both had four figures equally armed. two had revolvers, one person had a shotgun, and another with a repeating rifle. Rita played the group of characters i made for my ongoing Perilous (western) Tales campaign. i played as a group of outlaws looking to take out her leader and rob the local bank or attempt to. a fellow sneaking along the general store front, while a confrontation is at hand in the alley. my sharpshooter lady trying...