![]() I was drunk in the deadliest way, deep enough to be prickly but not deep enough to be numb and slow. I’d love to blame it on that quiet stranger, waiting for whatever wind he thought was going to blow, but that’s not even a near-truth. The night I met False Note, I got wound up and sent the game right off a cliff. Fans of his work can recognize his signature style and writing here, as the narrator and the rest of the losers meet the man who is about to change their lives, radically: His story has kung-fu, gunplay and steampunk goodness, nearly all of the elements of the Far West in one package. And of course, the Scott Lynch.Īdmittedly, Scott Lynch’s story is the anchor story for this collection. Ari Marmell’s story is so gonzo and different than much of the rest of the set that I found it irresistable. I am already pondering roleplaying characters in the same society as the main character. My favorites? I particularly liked Rosenberg’s story. Sharka has done a bang-up job getting the talent he has to contribute to the anthology, and there isn’t a weak story in the bunch. I did particularly like the variety of styles, from quasi-ghost story, to abbatoir story, to character portraits. There are very few links of any kind between the stories, but a couple of references here and there make it clear they all take place across the wide weird west of the Far West and there is certainly nothing that feels out of place along with the others. Much to my surprise and delight, the stories do work well together. Given the wide variety and the mashup nature of the Far West universe, I expected more parallax and narrative drift between the stories. “ Crippled Avengers” by Dave Gross: A group of unlikely castoffs seek revenge against the steam baron who ruined them. Blair: A bounty hunter tells the story of dealing with a famous bandit. Luikart: What are demons, really? An apprentice finds out. “ The Fury Pact” by Matt Forbeck: An inventor’s son tries to live up to the family name. “ Railroad Spikes” by Ari Marmell: The Cube meets T he Great Train Robbery. “ Errant Eagles” by Will Hindmarch: The ghosts of a gunslinger’s past catch up with him. “ In the Name of the Empire” by Eddy Webb: A murder mystery, with the sheriff as the prime suspect. “ Paper Lotus” by Tessa Gratton: A mystical story of a man and a girl’s strange request to carry a message. “ Purity of Purpose” by Gareth-Michael Skarka: Who seeks the secret of the Unsurpassed Weapons? “ Riding The Thunderbird” by Chuck Wendig: Thunderbirds (large flightless birds) and the surprising lesson they teach a young girl. “ In Stillness, Music” by Aaron Rosenberg: A musician-messenger is the only thing that stands between a cattle baron’s greed and an innocent village. “ He Built The Wall To Knock It Down” by Scott Lynch: A down and out loser in a dying town learns excellence at the hands of a master. Tales of the Far West includes the following stories: ![]() ![]() ![]() Tales of the Far West is an anthology of stories set in the universe of Far West. ![]() The kickstarter was wildly successful, successful enough that the creators decided to expand the universe of Far West beyond the scope of an RPG, to include other ways to engage the mashup universe described above than just a roleplaying game. Luckart (Disclaimer: I contributed to said kickstarter). Imagine a fantasy world that’s The Gunslinger meets Storm Riders meets Deadwood meets Afro Samurai meets The Wild Wild West (the series, not so much the movie) meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon meets Django meets Brisco County meets House of Flying Daggers and more.įar West started as a kickstarter for a roleplaying game to be developed as a roleplaying game by Gareth-Michael Sharka and T.S. ![]()
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