Colt Express

Recommended for Ages 10 & up
2-6 Players
30-40 minute playtime

Description:
On the 11th of July 1899 at 10 a.m. the Union Pacific Express has left Folsom New Mexico with 47 passengers on board. After a few minutes gunfire and hurrying footsteps on the roof can be heard. Heavily armed bandits have come to rob honest citizens of their wallets and jewels. Will they succeed in stealing the suitcase holding the Nice Valley Coal Companys weekly pay despite it having been placed under the supervision of Marshal Samuel Ford? Will these bandits be able to work together despite only the richest one of them coming out on top? In Colt Express you play a bandit robbing a train. Your goal is to become the richest outlaw of the Old West. The game consists of five rounds and each round has two phases: Phase 1: Programming Each player plays 2-5 action cards on a common pile face up or face down depending on the type of the round. Phase 2: Action The action cards are performed in the order they have been played. Then comes confusion as a players best laid plans may not pan out due to mistakes and oversights! The game takes place in a 3D train in which the bandits can move from one car to another run on the roof punch the other bandits shoot them rob the passengers or draw the Marshal out of position.

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Designer(s):
Christophe Raimbault

Artist(s):
Ian Parovel
Jordi Valbuena

Board Game Geek Category(s):
American West
Fighting
Trains

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Action Queue
Hand Management
Memory
Programmed Movement
Simultaneous Action Selection
Take That
Variable Player Powers