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We Deal in Lead

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Stride into perilous worlds and give 'em hell with lead and grit.

We Deal in Lead is an 88-page full-colour rulebook delivering genre-bending gunslinging in a post-apocalyptic weird west world. Designed by Colin Le Sueur and inspired by The Dark Tower and the Man With No Name, We Deal in Lead is a lightweight combat-focused TTRPG perfect for brutal one-shots, tense solo excursions, or epic campaigns.

This book contains everything you need to dive in, including:

  • Pulse-pounding gunslinger action, with legendary guns and lightning fast combat.
  • An introductory gunslinger expedition, perfect for teaching new players.
  • Options for solo play with a tarot-based oracle, freeing you from the curse of scheduling.
  • An excursion generator to create random weird west adventures, getting you into the action immediately.
  • Compatibility with Cairn; escape with your gunslingers into fantastical genres and deadly times.

Stand true, gunslinger!

  • Writer/Designer: Colin Le Sueur
  • Editor: Fiona Maeve Geist
  • Cover Illustration: Goran Gligović
  • Interior Illustrations: Kim Diaz Holm, Amita Sevellaraja, Perplexing Ruins, Felipe Faria, Colin Le Sueur, Evangeline Gallagher, Carlos Castilho

Soundtrack

Of Sleeping Bears - Watch & Warrant

Of Sleeping Bears has done an amazing job with Watch & Warrant, the companion 6 track EP for We Deal in Lead.

  1. High Moon
  2. The Ghost Town of Lud
  3. Ash & Brimstone
  4. Rest for the Wicked
  5. A New Frontier
  6. Broken Order

All 6 tracks are included with the PDF.

Album art by Kim Diaz Holm.

What People Are Saying

ModernModron (@modernmodron), artist and designer:

Absolutely dripping in flavor, We Deal in Lead feels ripe to create a dark fiction environment. I particularly like the rules for the order/ breaking the order and it sets up a great narrative arc leading out of a major loss, which is fantastic

byneonlight:

First come smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire. This has not only the mechanical prowess to accomplish its genre/setting emulation, but the soul. I cannot wait to assemble my ka-tet and ride!

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Zachary H April 10, 2025 11:11 pm UTC
Hi. Is there an option to get a hard copy? I thought I remembered the ad on Facebook including a book and dice.
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Sean R April 27, 2023 11:41 pm UTC
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Hey Colin, I just found you the other day looking for OSR/Mork Borg-like solo games, and purchasing was a no-brainer. So far, I'm loving Wardensaga and We Deal in Lead, but I was wondering if there's any sort of downloadable "Warden screen" full of the most important tables, mechanics, etc. As it stands right now, I'm constantly flipping around inthe PDFs to find everything making lists of which tables are where, but it would be really nice if you had something available.

If not, I can always make my own, but I'm no graphic designer, so I thought I'd ask you first.
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Colin L April 29, 2023 12:15 pm UTC
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Hi Sean, thanks for the kind words. I'm planning to make a Warden screen or easy reference sheet for both Runecairn and We Deal in Lead, but it'll be after I finish a few projects first. Keep an eye out!
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Gerard M September 05, 2022 7:23 pm UTC
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I've seen some places in the book so far that might need a title change, like Melee Weapons could better suited as Other Weapons due to the fact that the long bow and chakram are under that section as well.

As well, was it a choice to not add the Background section at all to give any kind of hint to what they could give you, cause it's somewhat lacking just to have the table.

Outside of that, the book seems good.
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Colin L September 07, 2022 7:33 am UTC
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Hey Gerard, thanks for the feedback. Good point about Melee Weapons, I'll update that.

The backgrounds are primarily meant to be a narrative spark and kernel for character backstory, so they can mean whatever makes the most sense for the characters at the table. The only minor impact they have on gameplay is some backgrounds get a bonus during wilderness exploration.
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