People, Plots and Places of the Wild West: Cattle Drive by Nathanael Christen is a role playing game supplement published by Pinnacle Entertainment via the Savage Worlds Adventurer’s Guild for use with Savage Worlds.
The supplement is available as a six-page PDF from DriveThruRPG for $0.50 but was purchased at a reduced price as part of a bundle.
The opening paragraphs give an overview of cattle drives.
The Roundup gives some more details and details on brands.
The Trail explains how a typical cattle drive works.
Position of Riders has a chart showing the hierarchy of cowhands on the drive.
A Typical Day on a Cattle Drive gives an overview of such.
Playing Out the Challenges has Savage Worlds details for the mechanics, with a sidebar covering stampedes.
The Payoff explains what happens when the drive is successful.
Example of Play has an example of a cattle drive.
Plot Hooks has various adventure hooks to get the characters involved. A sidebar has details for cowboys and cowgirls.
The final page has a worksheet for running the drive.
People, Plots and Places of the WIld West: Cattle Drive in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and, though short, has enough different sections that these would have been useful. Navigation is okay. The text is primarily a two-column format though occasionally single column and appeared to be free of errors. There are a couple of stock black and white illustrations and a map. Presentation is okay.
In some ways, this is an unusual kind of adventure, though in others not dissimilar to the old fantasy adventure trope of caravan guards, and it could also be used in such a way, especially to give characters a reason to go somewhere new. It could also, with some tweaks, be used for a Weird West setting. People, Plots and Places of the Wild West: Cattle Drive can be found by clicking here.
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