Boot Hill (role-playing Game)

Boot Hill (role-playing Game)

Boot Hill is a western-themed role-playing game designed by Brian Blume, Gary Gygax and Don Kaye (although Kaye unexpectedly died before the game was published). First published in 1975, Boot Hill was TSR's third role-playing game, appearing not long after Dungeons and Dragons and Empire of the Petal Throne. Taking its name from the popular Wild West term for "cemetery", Boot Hill was marketed to take advantage of America's love of the western genre. However, although Boot Hill did feature some new game mechanics, such as the use of percentile dice, its focus on gunfighting rather than role-playing, as well as the lethal nature of its combat system limited its appeal. Although Boot Hill was issued in three editions over 15 years, it never reached the same level of popularity as D&D and other fantasy-themed roleplaying games