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2019 Ranked #3,686

Old West Empresario

This frontier settlement game has players develop granted land for new arrivals. Western expansion turns responsibility into an economic challenge.

American West City Building End Game Bonuses Open Drafting

Players

2-4

Play time

45-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.09/5

Rating

7.16

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.9/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The journey out west was daunting and fraught with peril, but you made it! And now you've been granted land to take responsibility for new settlers.

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The journey out west was daunting and fraught with peril, but you made it! And now you've been granted land to take responsibility for new settlers. In Old West Empresario, you take on the role of an empresario, building a prosperous town in newly settled western territories. Attract settlers through clever dice drafting and tile placement. Build the most valuable town with the most population to become the state capital!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Stan Kordonskiy

Artists

1
Sergi Marcet

Publishers

1
Tasty Minstrel Games

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