Hosting Effective Doomtown Demos
by David Orange An effective demo BRIEFLY introduces a new player to a game. Demos should last no more than 15-20 minutes. What follows is a sample script for introducing Doomtown. This script uses the Learn to Play decks found at:...
Around the Deadlands: Doomtown Story in 2020
As we previously presented Pine Box Entertainment’s plans for 2019, we’d like to now take the time to discuss the plans for Doomtown fiction in 2020. If you haven’t read it yet, head on over the Gomorra Dispatch and check out the standalone tale, “The Temptation of...
Doomtown Update: COVID 19
Greetings Doomtown Players, In the wake of everything going on in the world, we just wanted to say be safe. We’re very connected to our player base, and we’re here for you if you need anything. Regarding upcoming organized play with the Savage Lands Series, we will...
Hell’s Comin’ With Me’s Homebrew Heroines
by David Hogg I’ve got a couple of cards from Hell’s Coming With Me! to spoil in this article, but first I’d like to go into the history behind them. I discovered the Deadlands RPG while studying at the University of York in the early 2000s. The gaming society there...
Lacy O’Malley – A Newsworthy Legend
by David Avery with an introduction by David Lapp Lacy O’Malley was born in Ireland and subsequently raised in New York. He joined the Tombstone Epitaph in 1875, writing stories on the supernatural occurrences of the Weird West. Lacy is a prominent figure in the...
Hell’s Comin’ With Me – Texas Rangers Join the Fight Against the Darkness
by Daniel Lundsby with an introduction by David Lapp One of the most famous Texas Rangers in the Deadlands Universe is Hank “One-Eye” Ketchum. Hank was a pivotal hero against the Reckoners and other strange events that plagued the Weird West. He got his nickname from...
Hell’s Comin’ With Me: Andrew Lane
by David Hogg Hell’s Comin’ With Me introduces three new Legend cards, joining Doc Holliday in representing heroes of the Weird West. Andrew Lane, a.k.a. The Ghost is a powerful Harrowed who has worked for The Agency and Union Blue Railroad, and bears more than a...
How to Design a Legend…or Three
Introduction to the Legends of the Weird West by David Lapp In August 2017, the Pine Box Entertainment playtest team analyzed the four Servitors in the following write-ups: Grimme, Raven, Stone, and Hellstromme. These cards were introduced as a brand new card type,...
Tombstone Destination Event: Player Report
by Aaron “Dr. Cthulhu” Schnabel The fading sunlight stretched across empty Arizona sky. Shadows settled down over the town of Tombstone and the residents of the Town Too Tough to Die were all tucked safely away in their homes or watering holes, as...
Introduction to Doomtown’s Starter Decks
by Rich Carter, Lead Designer – Doomtown Doomtown, the customizable card game set in the Weird West Deadlands universe, features players assembling a gang of dudes to represent a faction, and attempt to gain control of the town. The game features a combination...