GURPS Classic: Old West

Introduction
	About the Authors
	About GURPS
	Page References
1. Life on the Frontier
	The Times
		Exploration and Trailblazing
		Zebulon Pike, Military Explorer
		The United States: 1800-1810
		The Fur Trade
		Westward, Ho!
		Gold Fever
		Fur Companies
		The United States: 1811-1822
		Around the Hornand Across Panama
		Cattle Drives
		The Waning of the West
		Life on the Cattle Trail
	Western Society
		Western Towns
		Women in the West
		The Unfortunate Donner Party
		The Quest for Statehood
		Disaster
		The United States: 1861-1900
		Status and Cost of Living
		Disease
		Boom and Bust
		Taxes
		Regional Accents
		The Law of the West
		Communication
		“Howdy, Pardner!”
		Excerpts from San Francisco 
Police Blotters
		Education
		Religion
		Entertainment
		Dangerous News
		The Mormons
		Revivals
		Army Posts
		Food
		Flora and Fauna
	The Land
		The Great Plains
		American Deserts and Plateaus
		The Pacific Coast
	Western Timeline
2. Characters
	Jacks of All Trades
	Character Types
	Advantages, Disadvantages,and Skills
		Advantages
		New Advantage
		Disadvantages
		Skills
	Money
		Silver, Gold and Paper
	Trading
	Bounties
	Clothing
	Price List
		Entertainment and Outdoor Life
		Everyday Necessities
		Homesteading
		Tools and 
Professional Equipment
		Transport, Travel, and 
Communications
	Job Table
3. Transportation
	Overland
		Mule Trains
		Major Overland Trails
		Overland Hazards
		Wagon Trains
		Stagecoaches
		Other Vehicles
	The Railroad
		Stagecoach Hazards
		Railroad Cars
	The Railroad Wars
		Internecine Warfare
		Railroad Buildings
		Railroad Speeds
		Major Railways: 1869-1890
		Indians and the Railroads
		Settlers and Railroads
		How to Rob a Train
		Railway Hazards
		The Iron Horse
		Sleeper/Parlor Car
		“Combine” Car
		Wells, Fargo & Co
		Private Car
	Waterways
		Braking
		The Erie Canal
		Barges
		Natural Hazards
		One Day on a Keelboat
		Steamboats
	Long-Distance Communication
		River Pirates
		Pony Bob Haslam
		Don’t Leave Home Without
4. Indians
	Indian Tribes and Their Territories
	The Plains Indians
		The Hunt
		United States Indian Policy
		Reservation Life
		Indian Clichés
		Plains Warfare
		Indian Weapons
		Counting Coup
		The Magic of Indian Names
		Scalping
		The Sioux
		Sample Indian Names
		Berdaches and Contraries
		The Comanche
		The Sioux Nation
		Typical Tipi Floorplan
		Entertainment
	The Southwestern Desert Tribes
		Yuman Tribes
		O’odham and Tohono O’odham
		Animals
		Warfare
		The Comanche Language
		“Snakes”
		Pueblo Indians
		Nomads of the Southwest
		The Pueblo“Place of Emergence”
		The Anasazi
		The Ghost Dance
	The Great Basin
		The Paiute
		The Ute
		Indian Trade
		Totem Poles
		The Shoshoni
	Indians of the Northwest
		The Plateau
		Mission Indians
		Eastern Indians in the West
		The Northwest Coastal Indians
		California Indians
	Eastern and Southern Tribes
		Indian Magic in the Campaign
		The Five Civilized Tribes
	Indian Magic
		The Vision Quest
		Coyote, the Trickster
		Returning the Medicine
		Sorcery
		The Sun Dance
		Guardian Spirits
		Bear
		Buffalo
		Eagle
		Thunder
		Medicine Bundles
		Wolf
		Wakan Tanka
	Herbalists, Dreamers, and Shamans
		Enchanted Items
		Learning the Trade
		Making Medicine
		Quick-and-Dirty Magical Items
		Magical Items
		Other Forms of Magic
	Ritual Magic
		Charms
		The Path of Dreams
		The Path of Health
		The Path of Luck
		The Path of Protection
		The Path of the Spirit
		Ritual Modifiers Table
5. Gunfighting
	Gunfighting in the 
Realistic Campaign
	Weapons
		Famous Shootouts
		Loading Black Powder Weapons
		Firearms in Melee
		Explosives
		Using Explosives
		Ammunition
		Mounted Combat
	Weapon Descriptions
		Muzzle-Loading Long Arms
		Breech-Loading Long Arms
		Magazine Rifles
		Shotguns
		Muzzle-Loading Pistols
		Revolvers
		Stingy Pistols
		Machine Guns
		Cannon
		Other Ranged Weapons
		Hand Weapons
	Weapon Table
		Guns
		Other Ranged Weapons
		Hand Weapons
		Reading the Weapon Table
6. The Wars
	The War of 1812
	The War Between Mexico and Texas
		The Mexican Army: 1835-48
		The Texas Navy
	The Mexican War
		The Texas Rangers
	The Civil War
		The United States: 1822-1854
		The U.S. Cavalry
		The Players
		The Playing Fields
		The Buffalo Soldiers
		“Bleeding Kansas” and Quantrill’s Raiders
		General SibleyTries for the West
		The Outcome
		Shades of Gray
	The Indian Wars
		The Northwest
		The Southwest
		The Nez Percé War
		Great Plains
		Navajo
		The Bureau of Indian Affairs
	Range Wars
		Rustling
		Cattlemen vs. Sheepmen
		County Seat Wars
		The Mounties
		The Fence Cutter War
7. Legends of the Old West
	Wild Bill Hickok
	John Wesley Hardin
	Hugh Glass,Man in the Wilderness
	Buffalo Bill
	Jesse James
	Calamity Jane
	Black Jack Ketchum
	Alfred G. Packer
	The Wild Bunch
	Kit Carson
	Belle Starr
	Black Bart, the Po-8
	General George 
Armstrong Custer
	San Francisco
	Dodge City
	The Comstock Lode
	Bodie
	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
	In Search of Golden Cities
	Legends of the White Stallion
	Judge Roy Bean, 
Law West of the Pecos
	The O.K. Corral,Tombstone, 1881
	Dick Merrick
	Yuma Penitentiary
	Billy the Kid
	Hanging Judge Parker
	The Lincoln County War
	The Johnson County War
8. Campaigning
	Backdrops and Adventure Seeds
		The Weird, Weird West
		Timeless Western Plots
		The Alamo
		Mountain Men and Explorers
		Territorial Wars
		Wagon Trains
		Campaign Crossovers
		’Twas a Miner
		Clash of Cultures
		Workin’ on the Railroad
		Riding the Range
		John Shepard, Town Marshal
		Outlaws
		Shootin’ Up the Town
		Bull Tyler, Ranch Hand
		Edward “Red” Cullen, Outlaw
	Designing Western Adventures
		Jade Song, Soiled Dove
		Soundtracks
9. Critters
	Key to the Bestiary
	Stampedes
Glossary
Bibliography
	Nonfiction
	Fiction
	Film
	TV Shows
Campaign Plan
Index