PRESENTATION OUTLINE
RULES
You start with 500 cattle. You're about to pick a skill. You'll come across 5 obstacles in the game. If one of you has the skill needed to pass the obstacle, you're good. If no one has the needed skill, you lose 100 cattle. Either way, you go to the next obstacle.
PICK A SKILL
Ridin': Not even the Comanche can beat you on horseback.
Shootin': You once shot a fly from twenty feet away.
Talkin': You're a leader. Everyone likes you and wants to be around you.
Herdin': You put the 'cow' in cowboy (or cowgirl). You'll keep the cattle on the right path.
Healin': Someone's arm got blown off? They'll be fine. You're the best doctor in the West.
Cookin': Nothing keeps people happy like good food, and good food is what you provide.
CATTLE RUSTLERS
You're fast asleep when you wake up to the sound of footsteps. You see a group of three cattle rustlers stealing dozens of your longhorns. They're herding them off back towards the direction you came. You stand up and sneak towards them.
SKILL: Shootin'
THUNDER STORM
It started out as fog. Then rain. Then it poured. Dark clouds consume the prairie and the sheets of rain are so thick you can't see five feet in front of you. The cows are nervous. They scatter in different directions to find shelter. This is bad.
SKILLS: Herdin'
COMANCHE
Arrows whirl by your head. A band of five comanche warriors yell and scream as they speed towards you on horseback. The chief has a six shooter. They ride in a zig zag motion so you can't shoot them without getting close. You'll have to outride the comanche. They want your cattle... and your scalps...
SKILL: Ridin'
STAMPEDE
Something spooked the longhorns. Probably something stupid, like a snake or a possum. Either way, one cow starts running. Then ten. Then a hundred. Soon they're all running, and if you don't stop them, they're going to run away.
SKILL: Herdin'
COWBOY ARGUMENT
It's late and you're about to go to bed when two of the cowboys start to argue. Something about a card game, something about cheating. One of the cowboys goes for his repeater and starts to yell. Someone needs to calm this guy down before he does something stupid.
SKILL: Talkin'
KICKED BY A HORSE
Ouch! It's early morning, and one of you got kicked by your own horse. It always was cranky in the morning. Well, your ribs are broken. Can anyone fix you up or are we going to have to go to the nearest town to find you a doctor?
SKILL: Healin'
Questionable FOOD
Oh dear... That last batch of beans didn't quite agree with you, and now you've got a serious case of diarrhea. If only you had a toilet. Or toilet paper. Some of the food has clearly gone bad, and you'll need to find it and throw it out.
SKILL: Cookin' or Healin'
BARBED WIRE FENCING
One of these homesteaders has fenced off his entire land with barbed wire. You can either lead everyone off the trail to go around it, or cut the darn thing and continue on your way.
SKILLS: ridin' or herdin'
Death of a Cowboy
We all loved Johnny Johnson. He was a great cowboy, but now he's dead. He fell off his horse and broke his brain. This is depressing. Maybe a good meal would cheer the rest of us up. A toast to Johnny!
Skill: Cookin'
HOMESTEADERS
You and the cattle are trampling through someone's property without a care in the world. You're stomping through the corn and the cattle are drinking all the water. The property owner comes outside. He looks angry. He has a shotgun. Maybe you can talk some sense it to him. Or maybe not.
SKILLS: Talkin' OR Shootin'
HOW'D YOU DO?
500 longhorns: $20,000
400 longhorns: $16,000
300 longhorns: $12,000
200 longhorns: $8,000
100 longhorns: $4,000
0 longhorns: You're a terrible cowboy.
