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2000 Ranked #6,673

Old Town

This historical puzzle game has players reconstruct a ghost town by collecting clues about its nineteenth-century buildings. Unreliable memories complicate the evidence, so careful deduction is needed to place every site correctly.

Strategy Games American West Deduction Hand Management Tile Placement

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.26/5

Rating

6.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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?

In Old Town, the players are trying to recreate an old ghost town as it looked in the late 19th Century. Remnants of the town are still visible, but where exactly had the Saloon been located?

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In Old Town, the players are trying to recreate an old ghost town as it looked in the late 19th Century. Remnants of the town are still visible, but where exactly had the Saloon been located? The players must try to collect all available information about the 19 building sites and see whether they can complete the puzzle. A few surviving gold diggers are around to contribute information, but their memories aren't always reliable! This was, originally a desk top published game designed by Stephan Riedel. If you like problem solving games then this game could be for you.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Stephan Riedel

Artists

2
Christian Opperer Stephan Riedel

Publishers

1
Clicker Spiele