Six-Shooters & Wagons - Keoma (1976)

I'm devouring western media for inspiration for Six-Shooters & Wagons. I've decided to review those movies, books, and games and mention how elements of them could be used in game.

Synopsis: When a half-Native American gunfighter (Frank Nero of Django) returns to his hometown, he finds it has been taken over by former Confederate soldiers and affected by a plague. He must team up with his father and an ex-slave mentor, George, (Woody Strode of Spartacus) to take on his racist half-brothers and those that are holding his former home hostage.

The Good: This movie is bonkers in the right way. It's surreal, which feels like an odd way to describe a western. The shots are interesting. The terrain is beautiful, but also desperate at times. The shots are pretty interesting.

Keoma is a badass among badasses in his genre. He can shoot without looking, beat nearly any man in one on one hand to hand combat, recognizes how many shots a gun has, and intimidate the hell out of people in a saloon. George is an interesting character too and while his in-movie kill count isn't as impressive, he's a verified badass himself.

The Bad: While it adds to the surreal nature of the film that I enjoyed, the singing exposition of what's happening is distracting at times. Finally, I don't know if I fully understand the apparition/witch that Keoma keeps seeing. Who is she? Why is she there? Is she even real? Most of the time I don't think she is, but there are certain scenes I'm not sure.

The Ugly: The movie uses the N-word three or four times. It's mainly used by the degenerate ex-Confederate villains, but even Keoma says it at one point (trying to get George to snap out of his self-loathing and drunken haze).

In Your Game: For Six-Shooters & Wagons there isn't magical healing (although that may be added in with a  Weird West supplement). Because of that I'm going to include a healing system, similar to one introduced to me by this post on +Red Flanagan's blog. 

I really like the unnamed plague angle of the plot. It's a great rpg element you could include. In game terms, anyone affected by the cannot recover HP from resting or first aid attempts.