Cortina's Raid on Brownsville

On Sunday Phil, Andy, John, Ron, and Jamie gathered at Stately Counterpane Manor to play some What a Cowboy.

Our scenario was Cortina's Raid on Brownsville, the incident in 1859 Texas that would lead to a period of low-intensity conflict known as the Cortina War.

The game was typical What a Cowboy action with little in the way of sophisticated tactics but lots of shooting and dodging. With mobile phones to hand we were able to have a suitable soundtrack. First I played the Juan Nepomuceno Cortina Corrido before Phil treated us to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (or was it A Fistful of Dollars; I can never remember the difference).

Tomás Cabrera leads some Cortinistas
past the livery stable

Cortina and Robert Shears face off
across 14th Street

George Morris, the blacksmith, takes up a defensive
position outside the hotel

Cortinistas menace Adolphus Glaevecke

Inside the hotel there's a gunfight between 
Morris and one of the Vela brothers
while the dancing girls run for cover

"Hey, you in the jail!" Cortina and his men threaten to 
come in after the cowering Marshal Shears

By the time we reached a sensible finishing point, the Vela brothers had dealt with the hated jailer Robert Johnson, Adolphus Glaevecke had gone down in a hail of lead, and George Morris was out of action. Only Robert Shears remained of the men on the Cortinistas' list of enemies.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the game, which is the main thing, and the rules worked fine albeit I made a few errors in ruling around dodging. These were as follows:

1. The "You can't dodge towards the enemy unless you're a Gunslinger or better" rule is actually "You can't dodge towards the guy shooting at you unless...",
2. If you can dodge behind cover that doesn't block line of sight, you can still be shot at if the shooter pays an additional Spot die, and
3. If you can dodge behind cover that blocks line of sight you must do so; you can't dodge to a "peering around the corner" position. 

I don't think any of these mistakes had a significant impact on the outcome. I'll know better next time!