Buckshots: For Whom the Bugle Blows

Lookin’ for a lead-slingin’, arrows-a-flyin’ adventure for your Wild West campaign? Don’t have time to write it yourself? Well, don’t fret none, this first Buckshots adventure will do the trick, whether you’re usin’ the Branded for Recoiled Fort Griffin setting or your own home-brewed milieu.

For Whom the Bugle Blows is a 36 page adventure, intended for 4-8 characters of 7th-10th level, set in the plains of North Central Texas.

Picture this:

While makin’ their way across the Texas plains, our intrepid heroes turn up traces of Comanche war parties. Hardly a happy finding, but durned intriguing. What’s more, they also hit upon hints of the U.S. Cavalry in the vicinity. ‘Pears as if the Cavalry and the Comanche are playin’ a game of cat and mouse—and the heroes have wandered into a powerfully volatile situation.

Now, the Dog House Gang always strives for flexibility, so For Whom the Bugle Blows is designed to allow the Judge to set this adventure anywhere his or her pointy-head desires. Iffin’ the Texas plains ain’t right for your game, we offer the trusty DHR “Forks in the Road” to help you blaze a different trail, includin’ ways to change the scope of the adventure, adapt it to fit with ornery PCs, or expand it with follow-up scenarios.

For Whom the Bugle Blows contains:

• A four-part Prelude and four full-scale adventure Scenes.
• An Adventure Synopsis to get the Judge saddled up real quick-like.
• Six major Personalities and some additional scattergun-fodder mooks.
• A trusty DHR “Fork in the Road” with ideas for scalin’ the adventure to handle different numbers of characters at various levels.
• Two full-color maps in a separate PDF, with black and white maps embedded in the adventure text.
• NPC character sheets and ready-to-use combat blocks to help the Judge move them gunfights along.
 

"As I noted in my review of Sidewinder: Recoiled, I’m not a big fan of westerns or Old West role-playing, but Dog House Rules is doing their level best to change my mind. For Whom the Bugle Blows is both wonderful to look at and a joy to read. The artwork is attractive, the information is well-organized, and the adventure itself should prove to be pretty exciting and captivating."

John Grigsby at d20 Magazine Rack review

"In conclusion, Buckshots: For Whom the Bugle Blows is an adventure I can’t recommend highly enough. It can be used as a side trek, as a beginning, as an interlude, or as an end to a campaign, containing all the necessary elements the Judge needs to run it without time-wasting alterations. I rate it five stars out of five."

Antonius at Gaming Report review