How To Play

The game plays over 4 rounds and each round is divided into 4 phases. The game primarily scores through collecting or buying points as an action.

Phase 1 - Choose Characters

Choose Characters in passing order (random on first turn) and get the character bonus. This decides the new turn order based on the chosen character's number.

Phase 2 - Place Cowboys

Place your cowboys on actions in turn order until all players have passed, actions will be resolved in snake order. If you place on a spot with another player a duel will occur in the next phase.

Phase 3 - Resolve Actions

Resolve actions following the snake from 1-16; if two or more players are on the same spot a duel occurs.

Phase 4 - Clean Up

Building will move down the snake becoming cheaper and new ones added.

Duels

If several cowboys are on the same action or parcel of land a duel will occur, unless marked with an X through the Revolver icon.

The player with the highest strength will win.

Strength = Die Roll + Revolver Icons (on tokens, and characters) + Cowboys in your supply

Ties are broken by the person furthest left on the passing track.

Losing cowboys are merely injured instead of killed and returned to the players supply.

Actions

Eagle Valley Arms

Wages - Get $4 or buy a horse for $4. no duels.

Ammunition - Get 3 extra revolvers this round.

The Virginia & Truckee

Roads 1 - Get 3 road tokens.

Roads 2 - Get 1 road token. no duels.

Parcel Purchase

To buy a new parcel of land you place your cowboy in that square.

You may only buy parcels that no other players already own.

You may buy a parcel with a house or a mountain on it.

You must pay $1 plus $1 for each building, mountain or house in or adjacent to it.

George Alexander Construction

Building Purchase - Pay $ printed under the building and place the building on an empty property tile or save the building for later.

Deferred Placement - Place your saved buildings on empty property tiles

Nevada State Bank

Parcel Income - Get $2 per property tile you own.

Cowboy Income - Get $2 per revolver and cowboy in your personal supply.

Gambling Income - Roll 2 dice and get the result in $.

Building Income - Get $ from your buildings and resolve attacks on buildings.1

Town Council of Carson City

Parcel VP - Get 1 point for each pair of parcels.

Cowboy VP - Get 1 point for each pair of revolvers and cowboys in your personal supply.

Building VP - Get 1 point for each of your buildings placed on the board.

VP Purchase - Buy 1 point for either $5, $4, $3 or $2 each.

Round End

Spend money that is beyond your characters cash limit spending $10 each point.

Receive new cowboys.

Cowboys are not placed on 5, 7 or 11.

Buildings & Income

Some buildings give you more $ depending on what is adjacent to it and if you own other buildings. For each thing that raises the buildings income the token will turn clockwise so the black arrow points at it's income.

Adjacency is both orthogonal and diagonal!

End of Game

The game ends after action 16 in the last round. On top of the victory points acquired during the game, players receive additional victory points for the following items:

• Buy 1 point for $6 each.
• Get 2 points for each building, house, or mountain you own.