Westward: a Steampunk RPG-Review part 2
Next let's look at the meat and potatoes (yum-o!) of the book, or the actual rules. Westward uses a variation of the OpenD6 system, called Cineme6. It was developed by the guys at Wicked North Games as another flavor of the OpenD6 system. which was popularized by West End Games in their popular game based on the Star Wars movie franchise. Cinema 6 is a method for players to immerse themselves in the action and adventure like they see on movies and TV. a Maker making things I am going to start with the Character section. First you have to think about your character's trade which boils down to their job on Westward. Each one comes with it's own description of what the trade entails. I found myself looking at these and thinking that maybe one or two of them could be combined to reduce the size of the list. For example: Evangelist and Silk could be merged into one trade since they do close to the same thing. You then have to look at the different f
