This post is meant to summarize different points of interest inside the blog so that new readers can skip to the best parts without having to browse post by post and month by month.
Here is the list of recommended posts, ordered newest to oldest:
- v1.0 Release – The Halloween celebration for the finalized release of v1.0 of Dinosaur Cowboys.
- Category: Game Sessions – Any of the battle reports under this category are great for giving you an idea of how the game plays. Some use older rules (since I was recording playtests), but there are plenty of pictures and descriptions of an action-by-action look at different Posses fighting.
- Category: Posse – Various Posses created in a step by step manner, including background material and pictures of each member. Handy to read if creating a Posse is a stumbling block for you, or if you just want some imaginative ideas of different combinations and compositions. Also has some fan made Posses which really showcase different styles and looks.
- Category: Fiction – Various works of fiction written for Dinosaur Cowboys. Mostly created during the National Novel Writing Month initiative.
- Dinosaur Gallery – This shows my collection of toy dinosaurs as of September 2011, and should help give an idea of how they look on their own. All the toys are highly detailed and from the company Papo.
- Decision to Rewrite as Skirmish – Older post from 2010 wherein I decided to move the game to a 90/10 skirmish/rpg ratio instead of a 50/50 split.
- Original 2009 Brainstorm – My first draft of the rules after a big brainstorm of mechanics. I like how the core combat system hasn’t truly changed since then, which is a good sign to me.
Speaking of reading (or viewing) here is a bunch of media related to Dinosaurs and Cowboys in some form or another:
- The Valley of Gwangi movie about cowboys capturing a dinosaur for a circus.
- Xenozoic Tales comic eventually made into the TV show Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
- “Flesh” 2000AD comic about cowboys harvesting dinosaurs for meat.
- Turok comic about a hunter trapped in a dinosaur filled valley.
- Bone Sharps comic that may be vaguely related.
- The Lost World book by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Journey to the Center of the Earth book by Jules Verne.
- Bone Wars and Two Tiny Claws books by Brett Davis.
- The Fallen Cloud Saga books about Indians taming dinosaurs.
- Dinotopia artwork book about Victorian era humans and dinosaurs on a lost island.
- Rex Riders book for youth.
- Broncosaurus Rex D20 RPG with great black-and-white artwork in their rulebook.
- GURPS Dinosaurs is a thick tome containing a huge number of detailed stat blocks for various dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures. Great for brainstorming for enemies in campaigns.
- Dinosaur Kingdom tourist attraction in Virginia about dinosaurs in the Civil War era.
- Aztec Rex movie (low budget) about Aztecs with a dinosaur defending against Cortez.
- Paraworld video game involving RTS elements and dinosaurs. Not technically reading material, but still in this genre!
- Dinosaur Toys Collectors Guide is a great site with info on the various brands of dinosaur toys available. Good place to start when looking to build a collection for your posses.
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