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Welcome to the rebirth of the Fort Griffin Echo.
Originally published from 1879 to 1882, the Fort Griffin Echo was a fine
example of a frontier newspaper. Although it didn't stay in circulation
for a terribly long period of time, its demise had less to do with the
quality of its journalism, and more with the death of its hometown. We
here at Dog House Rules hope to continue the proud tradition of this
once great American newspaper. As with many of yesteryear's papers, the
Echo's publishing schedule will be irregular, determined by the events
of the day rather than an arbitrary daily or weekly deadline.
Contents
The Way it Was: The first of a series of
honest-to-goodness real news stories unearthed by the Echo
editors—stories that give a taste of the real life on the Frontier.
Black Hat/White Hat: Law and order is a mighty likely theme in
Western role playing, so Christopher S. Warner has rounded up a
fictional posse inspired by the real events from the “The Way it Was”
story.
Weapon Report: In a recurring column, DHR's resident scientist,
Bradley W. Hindman, offers optional rules for weapon misfires and a look
at some special weapons.
Council Fires: The Comanche: Geoff Spakes offers loads of
information about the masters of the plains, the Comanche, including the
first prestige classes explicitly designed for Sidewinder: Recoiled.
Cinema Styles: Eye-talian Style: T.L. Gregory and Mr. Hindman
serve up some knee-slapping “Eye-talian” style campaign flavor. Get
ready to bust a gut.
What reviewers are saying...
One of Sidewinder: Recoiled's few weak spots is a
lack of information about the tribal nations of the old west. The Fort
Griffin Echo addresses this lack with the next column, Council
Fires...I'm not aware of any other western RPG covering one tribe so
extensively."
"Overall, the Echo's writing is very good, and the
editing is excellent--well above the RPG industry standard."
Scott (ENWorld review)
"Overall, the writing in the FGE is clear and
easy to follow. The information provided begins to fill some gaps that
existed in the base Recoiled rules. Future information about Indian
tribes and weapons will be especially nice. I've given the FGE a 4/5, as
not all of the articles will be useful to everyone. Although all the
articles are well written and interesting to read some may not want
misfire rules, others may not be running a game in Texas and so the
Comanche information won't come into play in their game. However,
considering this initial issue is free it is a "must download" for
anyone playing Recoiled, or just interested in the Old West. "
Max (ENWorld review)
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