New to Western and some Rule Questions

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Witigis

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Hello,
finally I found a forum discussing Askfagelns Western Game....:)
As I am not able to speak (or read) Swedish (my native language is German), I am using the currently available English material (and desperately waiting for more).
So far I am preparing my first sessions gamemastering Western (I am playing and mastering RPGs since the 1980s, but concerning Western RPGs I know so far only GURPS and Aces&Eights).
I do have some questions concerning the rules and hope to get some help here:

First, am I right, that the maximum number of actions you can have in one round is 6 (skill level 20 max plus twice the maximum attribute bonus of 5 equals 30, divided by 5)? But as the minimum Weapon Speed I found in the rules is 1 (not 0), no one will ever get these 6 actions?

Which skill level will be used for the calculation - the one actually USED in this combat or the best combat skill of the character.

The rules state, how far you may move in one round, but there is no hint, how this movement will be split between the available actions - so, how may I handle this?

Also, there are no movement values for animals, with the exception of riding animals. Or did I overlook something? I think, it might be important to know the movement rate of a bear or wolf (especially if it is coming right at you...).

These are the question which came to my mind, while reading the current English rules - I am sure, there will be more when actually playing the game. Otherwise, it really looks great and I have high hopes, that the English product line will be continued.

Greetings from Germany,

Thomas aka Witigis
 
If I am not out riding my bike in the swiss alps, 6 is the "maximum", but not the actual maximum since you substract the weapon speed, which never is zero , so the maximum is in fact 5. I hope that made sense and that I remember correctly. It´s been a while sinse I read Western.
 
Is there someone, who is currently playing Western IV (probably the Swedish version)? May be, they can help me? Do not hesitate to answer in Swedish - Google Translator isn´t that bad any more...
 
Beastslayer said:
If I am not out riding my bike in the swiss alps, 6 is the "maximum", but not the actual maximum since you substract the weapon speed, which never is zero , so the maximum is in fact 5. I hope that made sense and that I remember correctly. It´s been a while sinse I read Western.
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Okay, so that is exactly how I understood it as well. Unfortunately, this system seems not entirely reasonable to me. It doesn´t make sense, that simply holding a gun in hand will influence the number of actions I could use for non-combat actions... What about switching weapons in Mid-Action? And so on....
 
Witigis said:
Okay, so that is exactly how I understood it as well. Unfortunately, this system seems not entirely reasonable to me. It doesn´t make sense, that simply holding a gun in hand will influence the number of actions I could use for non-combat actions... What about switching weapons in Mid-Action? And so on....
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Quite heavily flawed system, yes, unfortunately.
I do not remember the rules part on a deep level so cannot help out with your other questions, somehow the part about actions and guns stuck however.
 
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