Editing Weird Western (section)

=Spaghetti Westerns... with Mystery Meat!=
Probably the most ubiquitous form of the Weird Western, to the point it's also possible to describe this as the "Classic Weird Western", this subgenre basically takes "the real West" and adds the non-Western elements subtly, so as to avoid overtly disrupting the timeline. This works great for Horror and [[Low Fantasy]] mashups, which do tend to be the go-to for a Weird Western, which is probably why it's so common.

Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that the fantastical elements are rare or weak - there could be an entire [[Unknown Armies|occult underground]], but the big idea is that on the surface, this could pass for our real world Wild West.

/tg/ relevant examples of this type of Weird Western include:

[[Deadlands]]: Specifically, the Classic, Weird West and Noir gamelines. Whilst there is a definite [[Alternate History]] slant (at least outside of Weird West's controversial remakes), officially, the public are largely ignorant of the supernatural elements of their world, and so the fact that there are things like [[warlock|hucksters who gamble with devils for magic spells]] or the occasional [[zombie]] outbreak in the wilderness is covered up.

[[Call of Cthulhu]] has both a Wild West-based adventure in the form of "The Evil Gun" in the anthology "Blood Brothers 2", and a full-fledged 19th Century Western America sourcebook called ''Down Darker Trails''.

[[Dogs in the Vineyard]] is all about the party playing pseudo-[[paladin]] [[gunslinger]]s called "God's Watchdogs", who look after the physical and spiritual wellbeing of a society based on the Mormons during the founding years of Utah. Whilst how overtly magical things are is largely left up to the individual campaign, the efforts to avoid getting into trouble with the real Mormons means it has distinct "Parallel Universe" vibes to the setting.

'''Weird Frontiers''' is a setting for [[Dungeon Crawl Classics]] that can basically be described as [[Deadlands]] Classic meets [[Call of Cthulhu]], with players being mystically empowered by the Earth itself to fight back against the rising evil of the Elder Gods.

'''Werewolf: The Wild West''' is a [[Historical Fantasy]] spin-off/[[splatbook]] for [[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]] that looks at what the werewolves were doing in the Wild West.

'''Shadows Of Brimstone''' is a Western-based boardgame where various stock Western characters venture down into dangerous haunted mine shafts to battle mutants, the undead, demons, alien invaders and cosmic horrors. Notably, the locals have begun using a mysterious otherworldly mineral known as darkstone that has powerful-but-mutagenic properties, including opening portals to other worlds and times such as a dino-filled jungle swamp ruled by snake people, a fire and brimstone hell, or a dying alien world in the throes of a darkstone-powered century-long WW1 analog.

The [[All Flesh Must Be Eaten]] [[splatbook]] "Fistful o' Zombies" is literally about adding a zombie apocalypse to a Western setting.