Is Deadlands the best Weird West RPG setting? | RPG Review

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[davidbaity]

As the creator of Weird Frontiers I'll say that production value is definitely hard to beat with Deadlands, but you might find some things you dig about Weird Frontiers if you gave it a look. Reach out if you'd ever like the material, and thanks for shining the light on a genre that is often overlooked❤

[TwojaStaraIFrytki]

I instanly fell in love with the whole idea of undead cowboys, magic and steampunk in big, shiny package

[NefariousKoel]

"Auto-Gyro" is basically their version of a small steampunk helicopter. Looks kinda like the one the guy has in Mad Max 2. 👍

[cybermerlyn]

Great video. Deadlands is somewhat dear to my heart. It and Shadowrun were two of our groups favorite settings to play in after we stopped playing D&D (we were burnt out on the setting more than the rules etc). With Western Movie reruns on TV all the time it was an easy setting to get into. The closeness of most of the tech and lore already established from watching movies like Outlaw Jose Wales and the Man with No Name series all we needed to do was add the horror. I started with the first edition, latter played in Reloaded and finally Savage Worlds. I am interested how other weird west settings/ttrpgs arrange the formula. I cannot wait to see the upcoming reviews. For me the Deadlands setting has a lot of nostalgia attached to it.

[JBRocky]

I played Deadlands back in the late 90's so nice to see you video and to see it's back.

Deadlands was siome of the most fun I had in TTRPG... The Setting feels just right... And the Wild West Tropes are at least as well known as the fantasy ones, so the description "Wild West, but with Monsters and Magic" is enough for most players to grasp how it works.

I actually lifted a few characters from "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." back in the day, as that is a bit less horror but just as weird :)

[Onionkid]

An amazing setting for an amazing system (Savage Worlds). Though I typically run it a bit more "subdued" than the gonzo setting as-is. Less steampunk and more horror creeping in. Like "Deadwood" or "Hell on Wheels" meets Call of Cthulhu.

[UHM_GoblinKing]

I have been running a Deadlands Noir game for about 2-3 years. My own scenarios/storyline, but love the system. Even updating slowly from SWB to SWADE has been relatively easy. Although we are using the OLD Lore, since the game STARTED with the OLD Lore.

[tine]

Wow, what a timing I was just researching SWADE and deadlands as an option from my new homebrew setting. There were quite a few videos on it, but not an overview like this so thank you very much for the immaculate timing! I'm still a bit unsure mostly due to how integral the benny system is to the game and there are a few classes that simply don't work. I wish there was a MY0 engine game for the weird west.

[jamesrickel]

Just throwing this out there there was also "Six Guns and Sorcery" bringing Castle Faulkenstein to the west.

[BBGunsPGH]

Run a few adventures. My group fell in love with the setting and swade rules.

[_mawburn]

Just a heads up, you were a seasoned character in the Test Drive not a Novice. The advances at the bottom culminate to a first level Seasoned character.

[scottmarsh]

I haven’t got these new materials, but I need to resume a campaign we’ve let languish. My players made great characters: Gentleman Jim seeks his fortune as a Huckster, and Tracker Sadie stays on the move, because the calvary unit into which she was conscripted disbanded without official authorization when the Civil War was winding down.

[Acmegamer]

Great in depth review. Definitely would love to see more reviews on the weird west genre of settings, mechanics etc.

[Robofussin]

Just started a deadlands game with gf, great timing. Love this setting. This and the Holler setting for Swade is really great.

[CharlesEtheridgeNunn]

I had a really fun time with the SWADE Deadlands and think I preferred it overall to the old versions. The updates to the world were well-considered, too. Horror at Headstone Hill gave us a massive campaign and I really recommend it if you want the TTRPG equivalent of Fallout or Skyrim as far as the use of locations and side quests (luckily the main quests are a bit more compelling than Skyrim’s).
As far as alternate Weird West systems, have you checked out Ghosts of El Paso? I’m preparing to run a campaign of it now and it’s been great fun to read so far.

[unclejayrazz]

I’ve been running Savage Worlds since RIFTS made the jump to this rule set. You coined a perfect phrase to describe one drawback of running the game, Edge-Stacking. I write out what each Edge does on a separate sheet of paper for the players (and myself) to help us remember what each one does. If you’re not using your Edges properly, then you’re missing about 75% of what makes Savage Worlds so unique.

[willmendoza]

One of my all time favorite settings. Played in multiple one shots, a couple short campaigns, and even ran my own adaptation for 5 years. So much lore, and a solid pulp horror feel

[ejsmith]

A big fan of this setting. I have never played the game itself but I borrow from it for nearly every character I have. Especially the huckster class.

[Bearclaw]

Had an amazing time running my first Deadlands campaign a few years ago (although we started off as a three-shot so we did the super fast advancement, and then continued as a campaign and I forgot to tone that down...oops). Just got Headstone Hill and can't wait to run Deadlands again! It's so thematic, and I love the weird west setting.