I've been thinking about how to add some color to a historical game.

I'm thinking about adding these stunts (these are very rough, at the moment):

Gunslinger. Either add +1 to Alertness at the very start of a conflict wherein you intend to use a pistol, or roll against everyone else with Gunslinger to determine initiative. This is a Guns stunt.

Ropin' the Wind. With a successful roll you can lasso a target one area away. With the right equipment, you can stop/trip a target your ize or smaller. The right equipment means a western saddle and a trained horse [effective against creatures up to the same size as the horse.] This can also be used with specially rigged vehicles, like a catch truck in Africa. This is a Weapons stunt.

Teamster. Similar to Driving, this applies to animal drawn vehicles, controlling and basic care. This is a Survival Trapping.

I'm thinking of using a sort of Louis L'Amour style setting.

There are wizards and monsters, but it would be like the modern Dresden Files. There probably wouldn't magical combat on the streets at high noon and there be the same reluctance to have the mundane folks get involved, but...

Most folks who encounter things would be willing to explain it away - this would be viable, I think, since this was also a time frame where there were more advances in technology, which folks could use to "explain" what had happened.

Of course, with the natives and Hispanics having lived in some of these areas for centuries, many of them know better.

Some of Louis L'Amour's stories edge into the western/occult fringes, too, so it might not be so odd.

I've also been contemplating a new Emissary of Power: River Guardians. There are thirteen of them, throughout the world, each with an Item of Power and they serve to protect the river of time. There will be folks who need major protection, and there will be those who simply need a little bit of assistance.

Just to let you know, the replacements arrived yesterday.

I would have posted then, but I was beat from a long day.

Went to my FLGS today and saw the only unspoken for copies they have, sitting on the counter (apparently they ordered them for several folks and they're all happy owners now.)

Message sent to Evil Hat.

I'm not worried about it, though. I've got the books and I'm reading.

with pages coming loose?

I just had pp. 39-42 come free of the binding, following a page turn.

Not even a complete page turn, either.

However, it's not a tragedy - just a minor annoyance (I've had entire books come apart through prolonged usage.)

Both volumes arrived this afternoon in Elk Grove, CA (a Sacramento suburb) and they look great.

Now I have to fit them into my work bag - luckily I have a little more room since I got the case for my Nook a couple of weeks ago!  

Got my notification this morning, and when I checked with UPS, it showed as being due today. Sometime this afternoon, before I left work, it arrived (I checked with UPS around 4PM and it showed delivered as the status.)