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Revolver

Bank robbed in Repentance Springs

During a brutal bank robbery many citizens, among them Mayor and teacher, have been shot, and now one player, embodying Colonel Ned McReady is tasked with the job to bring the Jack Colty Gang, lead by the other player, to justice.

McReady wins when all members of the Colty Gang are eliminated; Colty and his gang win when Jack Colty catches the 3:15 Express from Rattlesnake or survives it  (he can derail this train!) or when all 12 markers have been removed from the “Mexican Border” card.

Each player holds his own deck; five cards are displayed for conflict areas and a timeline. Colty begins, then players have alternating turns. A turn comprises moving the round marker (for Colty), drawing two cards – there is no limit to cards in hand, playing cards and attack (for McReady). When you play cards you can place as many as you want on your own side of a conflict area, the cost for placing them is paid with other cards in hand onto your own open-faced discard pile. There are fire power cards, conflict blocking cards and one-hit cards. In case McReady does not eliminate a bandit in his turn you remove one marker from the “Mexican Border” card. In case of an attack by McReady both players sum their firing power and Colty adds his defense values; when Colty’s total is lower he takes damage and removes one of his bandits.

Revolver offers a card game that is very lavishly and painstakingly made – there are biographies for the bandits – and which uses value comparisons; the moment when you use your cards most effectively can decide the game. And on top of this it is fun, you really seem to be in the Wild West.

Players: 2

Age: 12+

Time: 45+

Designer: Mark Chaplin

Artist: Chechu Nieto

Price: ca. 20 Euro

Publisher: White Goblin Games 2011

Web: www.whitegoblingames.nl

Genre: Card game

Users: With friends

Special: 2 players

Version: en

Rules: en nl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Very beautifully done

Painstaking details

Good rules

Nice addition to the range of 2-player games

Compares to:

Bohnanza, San Juan for multiple purposes of cards; Bang for topic, and  all collectible card games for comparing cards

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0