- Terra the Gunslinger
infobox RPG
title= Terra the Gunslinger
caption= "Terra the Gunslinger" cover
designer=Jun'ichi Inoue , F.E.A.R.
publisher=Enterbrain ,Game Field
date=2001
genre= western,steampunk
system= custom
footnotes=nihongo|"Terra the Gunslinger"|テラ:ザ・ガンスリンガー is a western/
steampunk role-playing game made in Japan.The setting is the fictitious continent "Terra", based on
North America during theAmerican Old West . Its theme is frontier spirit. The setting is fictitious, but actual historical Americans also appear asnon-player character s, includingThomas Alva Edison ,Nikola Tesla ,Jesse James andBelle Starr . There are guns,steampunk items representing lost technologies (for example,phlogiston generators oraether ic drives). Players face monsters called the "Dark".Player character s may be (automata ,bounty hunter s,gunslinger s,preacher s, saloon girls, steam-mages, U.S. marshals and otherarchetype s); they ride thetranscontinental railroad on their way to the far western frontier.As in the
Tokyo NOVA role-playing game (as well as the American game Castle Falkenstein),playing cards are used instead of dice. The suits of cards correspond to four abilities: Spade (♠) is spirit, heart (♥) is hope, club (♣) is cool, and diamond (♦) is desire. The card motif is meant to bring to mind a game ofpoker , as often seen in western movies.On a trip to Japan,
RuneQuest 's designerGreg Stafford noted that he liked the look of "Terra the Gunslinger".cite web|title=Greg's Japan Trip|url=http://www.glorantha.com/tribes/japan_trip.html]References
External links
* [http://www.tenra.net/terra/ "Terra the Gunslinger" Official Site]
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