My name is Carlo, I’m from Canada, and I’m in my twenties. I started developing rules and getting into RPGs during elementary. This was because I was too young to learn and fully understand the actual rules for games like Advanced Heroquest, so I’d just make them up instead. I eventually got in to D&D, as well as Battletech, Car Wars, Warhammer 40,000, Silent Death, etc. I’ve continued the hobby into adulthood, even if I have more rulesets than I’d ever play, and more figures than I could ever paint.
For a while I was starting to develop fairly realistic rulesets, at the cost of needless complexity. Then after playing a few mainstream board games, I decided to try my hand at a simpler game. Now I’m trying to merge the “easy to learn” element with the “boy, that was a great simulation!”, and have created Dinosaur Cowboys as a result. The game returns to my roots of fast paced combat, some fun dice rolling (my favorite of D12s), and customizable posses to allow players to skirmish head to head in under an hour.
The appeal of dinosaurs is fairly global, as numerous comic books and novels (and even the rare movie) has shown. The basic idea for the game came to me when I thought “Hey, a wild west story could be fun, but instead of horses everyone rides dinosaurs!” Inspired and always eager to craft more rules, I started brainstorming ideas. Eventually after much testing, editing, and reworks I finished the v1.0 release of the rules.
To get an idea of what is important or interesting to read on the blog, or to see inspirational movies, stories, and images concerning dinosaurs, check out the What to Read section. There are also Forums to post comments and session reports and meet other players. And if you’re having trouble designing a Posse with pen-and-paper be sure to check out The Saloon online posse designer.
I’m always interested to hear of battle reports using the rules, or any ideas, questions, or feedback!
Dinosaur Cowboys by Carlo G is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
December 4, 2009 at 8:17 AM
I love the idea of a Dinosaurs and Cowboys themed game. There’s just something about it that strikes a chord with any man with hair on his chest. Then you throw lasers into the mix and you know you have a good recipe! I salute you.
March 31, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Yes, this is a fantastic idea for a game! If I may be so bold as to suggest adding some cool visuals to your site–I think that would really create some interest for your game.
I’ll be following–ciao!
July 31, 2011 at 2:41 AM
Great setting and game idea, especially as toy dinos are so cheap. The rules look good. As my post apocalyptic game setting has dinos I will be giving these rules a go when time allows. I hope you mind but I put a link up to your rules on the Post Apocalyptic wargames forum as some of those guys may like your setting/rules. Also as I am the moderator over there, please feel free to post up any game reports or updates.
August 2, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Thanks for the compliment, I’m really happy with how the game is shaping up. Do you have a link to the forum you posted it on, maybe I can register there and chat with people. I appreciate the note though as I’m always happy to get more interest in Dinosaur Cowboys churned up!
October 4, 2011 at 10:34 PM
This sounds like an awesome idea for a game.
I’ll be reading through these rules shortly.
October 5, 2011 at 10:48 PM
Glad that you like it! Definitely give the rules a look and let me know what you think, as I’m always up for feedback.