Vaquero! is an Old West fast play skirmish ruleset for 2 to 8 players, ideal for convention play. In Vaquero! players create groups of characters, gangs, if you will, and shoot it out with other players controlling rival gangs in the dusty streets of 1880’s Western America. Vaquero! is designed to be played on tabletops with little painted figures. Miniature tumbleweeds and “Pow! Pow!” noises are strictly optional. The rules are short, and the mechanics are very simple, so simple that they can be explained to a new player in five minutes. Decks of standard playing cards are used for character creation, turn activation, and wounds. Combat is resolved using a standard d20. A typical 6 player game can be completed in an hour to an hour and a half. All tables needed to play fit nicely on a single page of paper. -From the author