Dan Hash wins Jury Prize!
Showdowns & Shootouts 2nd prize awarded
May 6, 2012

Hawgleg Publishing is proud as punch to finally announce the winner of the Jury Prize for it's Showdowns & Shootouts contest. The winner is none other than Dan Hash for his outstanding adventure, "Hurrahin' the Sky Pilot!"

The Jury Prize is the second place prize in the contest and it was awarded by the public through one-month of voting. Dan's adventure was the fourth of the 12 that were selected to be published in a multi-year contest for finding and printing high-quality Wild West adventures for use with the company's flagship game, Gutshot. Dan won by three votes (28 to 25).

"His victory didn't surprise us too much, as he got an early start, but other folks started to, and then actually caught up, and surpassed him for a while. To be honest, in the end we weren't sure who was gonna stay in the lead. It all came down to the last three days of voting," said Gutshot co-creator Mike Mitchell.

Dan's adventure set up a simple story of how the town's preacher and the ladies of the Temperance Society provided the Gutshot Posse (the game's development team) to include some exciting new rules in this particular adventure. These rules include things like using non-lethal rock salt ammo in shotguns, as well as rules for lawmen to arrest characters, structural damage (including a quick system that would allow a building to actually collapse from an overly violent bar fight), expanded rules on women using frying pans and rolling pins, and a new Specialty: Fight to the Death. These rules are all beta versions of material that will find its way into the second edition of Gutshot -- at some point. Right now there's nothing in the works for a further editions of the core rules.

"I feel mighty humbled to have the opportunity to receive this reward. Thanks to the crew at Hawgleg for the opportunity. I give credit for my victory to living in a place where I hear horse-drawn buggies on the street, see hitchin' posts, and smell and dodge horse-biscuits in the street. Really I want to thank all the loyal Gut-Shot fans that read the scenarios and voted for me, as well as my relatives and friends who took time out to see what I'd gotten myself into and cast a vote," Dan said.

As the second-place winner, Dan will receive the following prizes.

Jury's Choice Prize (valued at about $125)
	$40 Gift Certificate to Scale Creep Miniatures Arnica, Montana Hotel resin building ($25 value) Whitewash City Starter CD ($15 value) One item from the Gutshot General Store (approx. $20 value) One copy of the collected S&S paperback book (approx. $20 value) Gutshot miniature: ($5 value)

"We are very happy that Dan won the second prize," said Hawgleg partner Paul Mauer. "This was a really good adventure. It has a lot of stuff going for it and it was even on the list when we considered the Grand Prize."

The Showdowns & Shootouts adventures are available for free download from the Hawgleg Website.

Arnica Spring Mini-Reopening
April 13, 2012 -- Houston, Texas

Howdy from Arnica!

We just wanted to let you know that we’ve opened the shop for a few days to clear out some inventory (we made some buildings for a convention that we wound up canceling), so some pieces are ready to ship. The goal is to raise some money to move the inventory at hand so we can buy some more rubber to cast some new molds.

"Our plan is to duplicate the existing molds and ship them to Murphy so he and I can share the workload and, thus get more buildings out there. Plus, if he’s filling orders then I can focus on getting new stuff ready. This process is long overdue," said Arnica Real Estate co-owner Mike Mitchell.

The shop is open right now to accept orders. Every available item has a “Add to Cart” button in front of it.

"We will accept orders through the weekend, and probably a few days into next week," Mitchell said. "We don't have a specifc closing time in mind right now. We want to give people a chance to place orders and get some buildings, but at the same time we don't want to take so many orders that we're overwhelmed."

So, if there's something you've been wanting to add to your collection, now is a great time to do it!

To find out what's available, and for sale status, please visit www.arnicarealestate.com.

Get Gutshot at MagCon
Gutshot Posse Hits the Trail for NW Houston Area
April 12, 2012 -- New Caney, Texas

Howdy trail pals! We just wanted to give you a quick notice that we're hitting the road this weekend to make a quick trip up north to join our good buddies at MagCon. MagCon is a great little convention up in New Kaney (that's a few miles up north of Houston via Hwy 59). The convention will be April 14-15, 2012 at Keefer Crossing Middle School in New Caney, TX.  The school is conveniently located 1 block west US Hwy 59 at: 20350 FM 1485, New Caney, TX 77357.

We were there last year and had a great time connecting with old friends and new! Gutshot co-creator Mike Mitchell will be running a variation of the popular "Last Man Standing" game at this year's con.

"This time, the restless dead have risen and declared war on the living," Mitchell said, describing the undead carnage that will ensue in the game, "Last THING Standing!"

Mitchell ran the first draft of this game -- based on the upcoming rules for Gutshot: Night of the Living Deadwood -- at OwlCon 2012.

"That game was a huge hit and I'm looking forward to running it again," Mitchell said.

Last THING Standing will be run at 8 pm, Saturday, April 14. The game is scheduled to last for about 4 hours. For a full list of available games, please check here: http://www.magcon.org/schedule-of-events.html