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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...

 few months ago i came across a wild west game called Ruthless from Mark Fastoso. if interested here is the link: www.fireballforward.com/ruthless there is a free download pdf for the two page rules to play this game. i have to admit this game is kinda fun, definitely not what i am used to with skirmish games. there is some actual book keeping that goes along with this game, like keeping track of ammo and wounds. layout of the table. with this beginner's game i made it simple. an abandoned wagon in the middle of a small town to fight over. at the end of turn one every one advance forward but a lot of shots miss their targets. the cast of characters i used for this small gunfight. but an example of the book keeping that is needed for the game, which in turn does make the game more interesting in some ways. end of turn two had a lawman take some cover to get himself together, a gunslinger take a serious wound and another lawman also taking cover to get himself together. the one thing...