Wild West Compendium

The Western genre is defined as "various arts which tell stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, often centering on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse." But as we writers know, anything is possible, and the magnificent aura of the "Old West" can be carried on into just about any setting.

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Who can join?
ANY western-themed characters from ANY timeline.
Have an original character created from scratch? It can join!
Made a profile for a canon character like Red Dead's John Marston or Overwatch's McCree? It can join!

Have a realistic historical character?

A sci-fi cyborg cowpoke?

A modern farmhand?

A centaur rancher?

They can all join!

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Rules
Be excellent to each other.

• Don't demand RP from anyone
• Don't talk down about players or their characters
• Communicate with each other; comfort levels, absences, want to start or end RP
• Addendum: disagreements should be discussed in private
• ^ Be considerate of what is communicated to you! ^
• No graphic sexual content in the forums. Images will be erased with a warning, RPs should be taken to PMs.

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Forums

Poster Board
The networking zone. Here's where you post your ads for RP, whether you're looking for something specific or just want to showcase your character. Tell us about plot hooks, character goals, or seek advice on how to develop these. Publicize your own western groups be they here on RPR or some other forum, such as another site, online game, even chats like Discord.

Roleplay
Not concerned about spectators? Prefer the forum format? Feel free to make RP threads in here.

Chatter
Anything and everything western! Have a question, comment, or complaint about the genre? Want to share media such as themed art, movies, music? That goes here!