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2021 Ranked #21,225

Marshals

A western pursuit game has marshals travel through terrain, survive ambushes, find clues, and arrest a gang of outlaws. Capturing fugitives brings bounty money, while secret corruption or survival can change who wins.

Adventure Card Game Action/Event Alliances

Players

2-4

Play time

20-40 min

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.08

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Players turned into brave Marshals will have to capture a gang of 4 dangerous outlaws in a manhunt set in the Wild West. They will travel across mountains, forests, plains, and deserts.

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Players turned into brave Marshals will have to capture a gang of 4 dangerous outlaws in a manhunt set in the Wild West. They will travel across mountains, forests, plains, and deserts. The Marshals will have to survive ambushes, find clues that will lead them to the fugitives, arrest them, and enforce the law while taking the occasional break. Whoever captures them first will receive a generous bounty and the honor of becoming the Marshal who put an end to their mischief. You choose how to go down in history: as the best Marshal ever, or maybe as the richest... OBJECTIVE: The goal of the game is to capture the 4 Outlaws, members of a dangerous gang of criminals, who are hidden among the cards of the Far West deck. At the end of the game, the winner will be the Marshal who meets one of the following victory conditions, in this order: If you are the only player left in the game after eliminating the other Marshals. If you are the Corrupt Marshal and 1 Outlaw manages to get away indefinitely. If you are the Marshal (corrupt or not) with the most money earned, unless another player has captured 3 or more Outlaws. END OF THE GAME: The end of the game is triggered when one of the following conditions is met: When all the Outlaws have been captured. If the last Outlaw has managed to get away indefinitely. In this case, the winner is the Corrupt Marshal When there is only 1 Marshal left in the game. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
3–4
Play time
20–40 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Matias Cazorla

Artists

1
Matias Cazorla

Publishers

1
Eclipse Editorial

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