Wild West war games?

[Zeus]

Can anyone recommend, or even think of, a strategy war game set in the Wild West?

I'm thinking something like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but with Cowboys instead of Cao Caos.

 

[Ulminati]

Can anyone recommend, or even think of, a strategy war game set in the Wild West?

I'm thinking something like Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but with Cowboys instead of Cao Caos.

Hmmm... There was that western commando's spin-off. Desperados: Wanted dead or alive or something like that. Not sure if it was a wargame or just a strategy puzzler.

I think the closest you're gonna get is american civil war games. Sid Meier's Gettysburg or Scourge of War perhaps?

 

[Commissar Draco]

Age of Riffles? It has Kwan-Mexican war, Civil war in the west, and Kwan-Spanish war.... Speaking of which they should make kickstarter of it.... from 1713 to 1870 or so... Russian-Japanese war scenararios just didn't have the feel of earlier war... Machine guns and barbed wire need another engine INMHO.

 

[Morkar Left]

Can't say anything about the game, I only knew there was a Wild West rts once released in the 90's because I remembered a screenshot:

America

 

[Trash]

Don't remember the name but there was a Wild West game in the same vein as Cohort II and Rorke's drift in which you managed an outpost and had to defeat bandits and an indian uprising. Probably from the same devs as the graphical style is the exact same.

There was also a game including several minigames in which you had to start a farm and had to deal with indians, bandits and competing farmers. Replayed it about a decade ago and while archaic it was still fun.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Six-Gun Shootout is the only one that I'm aware of. It's a skirmish wargame.

 

[20 Eyes]

Give me a couple of years, I'll see what I can do.

 

[Morkar Left]

I made a Wild West Choose Your Own Adventure book as a kid...

 

[spectre]

Hmmm... There was that western commando's spin-off. Desperados: Wanted dead or alive or something like that. Not sure if it was a wargame or just a strategy puzzler.

You could call it a tactical game with strong puzzler elements. It's not as anal as Commandos about keeping a low profile at all times.

Tough call though.
There are mods for Mount and Blade. To call it a strategy game is a stretch, but it's definitely possible to apply a strategic approach to an extent. "1866" is probably the best and most polished, but lacks a sense of directionm I think there are at least two, but their quality may vary (one is called old frontier or somesuch, never gotten around to playing it).

 

[KoolNoodles]

You could try the demo for Six Gun Saga. It's a card-driven "strategy" game, though probably not what you're looking for. The theme fits though and it's kinda fun(though limited). http://www.crypticcomet.com/games/SGS/Six_Gun_Saga.html

Same guy who did Armageddon Empires and Solium Infernum, both really great TBS games.

 

[JarlFrank]

There was an Age of Empires clone called No Man's Land.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

Oh wait a strategic level wargame set in the wild west. How would it work?

 

[JarlFrank]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9WTHUgA9nc

 

[Burning Bridges]

Defintely try out Wars in America

There are some very interesting scenarios in it, like Pontiacs War, or French Indian War. Large parts of the map is wild, impassable terrain, and it's fun to find solutions, like transporting units with canoes over the Great Lakes. But you will lose a lot of men through attrition.

 

[Secretninja]

Not really a war game but Far West was pretty fun. You had to fight cattle rustlers and such