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Dodge City box art
1983 Ranked #21,038

Dodge City

An area-control game has players buy characters and connect every key space in a building to claim its dominance. Different figures score at different values, and reaching the target total makes one player ruler of the town.

American West Area Majority / Influence

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

2.33/5

Rating

5.59

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Directly from the rules: The board shows the western town Dodge City. The players fight for the dominance over the important buildings of Dodge City.

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Directly from the rules: The board shows the western town Dodge City. The players fight for the dominance over the important buildings of Dodge City. The players have stake and cards for this fight. They can purchase wooden pieces of a certain color in form of a Lady, Gunman, Sheriff, Bandit or Cowboy, which each player will place on the fields of the buildings. The Lady piece is the most expensive piece, the Cowboy the cheapest. Events and duels keep the fight open and fair for all players. A player able to connect all important fields of a building with his pieces will win the dominance over this building and gets points for that. The Lady pieces are worth the most points while the Cowboy pieces are worth the least points. A player having 6 points wins the dominance over Dodge City and thus the game.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.3/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Bernd Brunnhofer Karl-Heinz Schmiel

Publishers

1
Hans im Glück

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