Western Legends

BGG Rank: 280

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 6+, Best: 6+

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.85 / 5

Mechanisms: Action Points, Area Movement, Betting and Bluffing, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Dice Rolling, End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver, Take That, Variable Player Powers

Category: Adventure, American West, Miniatures

Family: Components: Miniatures, Crowdfunding: Kickstarter, Game: Western Legends

Designer: Hervé Lemaître

Artist: Roland MacDonald

Publisher: Kolossal Games, Board Game Box, Conclave Editora, Corax Games, Funiverse, Gém Klub Kft., Maldito Games, Matagot, MINDOK, MS Edizioni, Surfin' Meeple China, WoodCat

Category: Storytelling

Historic characters from the American Wild West face off and write new legends across the face of history! Gather your gun, your mount, and your grit as you forge your path into the history books. Western Legends is an open-world sandbox tabletop adventure for 2-6 players set in the American Wild West. Players assume the roles of historical figures of the era, earning their legendary status in a variety of ways: gamble, drive cattle, prospect for gold, rob the bank, fight bandits, pursue stories, become an outlaw, keep the peace. The possibilities are darn near endless. Each player's turn starts with drawing poker cards and/or gaining cash. Then they choose three actions. Possible actions include: move on the map (how far depends on whether they have a mount), doing a location-specific action (such as mine for gold if they are at a gold mine, gamble if they're in a saloon, etc.), fight other players at the same location (either duel them, rob them, or arrest them if they're wanted), play poker cards that have action abilities, etc. Legendary Points (LPs) are earned based on the outcomes of many of these actions, and the winner is whoever has the most LPs at the end of the game. Key Points - Award-winning gaming experience set in the American West! - Beautiful artwork, and presentation brings this highly thematic game to life. - Intuitive gameplay and choices lets you write your own legend every game! Note: The Russian edition of Western Legends contains two expansions packaged inside the box and thus has its own entry here: Ð›ÐµÐ³ÐµÐ½Ð´Ñ‹ Ð´Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾ Ð·Ð°Ð¿Ð°Ð´Ð° (Western Legends)

Average Playing Time	4-8 hours
Best Player Count	4 Best
Collection	Kevin
Difficulty	Standard
Played	Played
Recommended Player Count	3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 6, Best: 6

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.25 / 5

As the territories expand westward, untold fortune awaits those eager to write their name across the face of history. Some will become legends with a revolver in hand, while others will gamble their way to infamy. Ante Up is the first big box expansion to the award-winning, Western Legends. The Western Legends: Ante Up expansion raises the stakes with new features such as the mini-game Faro, a train that travels the boards for unlawful players to rob, and much more. Ante Up also adds new characters, items, Man in Black cards, and Poker cards to mix or replace content from the original game.

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: -, Best: -

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 0.00 / 5

Available during the Western Legends: Big Box Kickstarter campaign, either separately or with the Big Box.

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: -, Best: -

Playing Time: 0 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 0.00 / 5

The Western Legends: Prospecting Deck adds more variety to your wild west adventures! Determining when and where gold nuggets become available to be mined. It also introduces brand new mining events! Making each game feel fresh and unique. Nuggets spawn as players become legendary. Randomizes amount available at each mine. 16 card deck fits in the Western Legends: Mountain Range.

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.00 / 5

A set of 6 Man In Black and one rules reference cards for Western Legends. Available through the Dice Tower 2020 Kickstarter and as an add-on during the Western Legends: Blood Money Kickstarter campaign. Expands the Man in Black to be used with 3+ players. Card # P-03, P-04, P-05, P-06, P-07 & P-08

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.00 / 5

Available during the Promo Paradise Kickstarter campaign (2019) and as an add-on during the Western Legends: Blood Money Kickstarter campaign. Later available during the Game Boy Geek Season 10 Kickstarter campaign. Contains 1 new Man in Black card. Card # P-01

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.00 / 5

Available during the Dice Tower 2019 Kickstarter campaign and as an add-on during the Western Legends: Blood Money Kickstarter campaign. Contains 6 cards of this new weapon, the Carbine. Card # P-02

Players: 0 - 0, Recommended: -, Best: -

Playing Time: 0 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 0.00 / 5

The Western Legends Big Box is more than just a box, its also a complete wooden storage solution that holds every single item (except the playmat) from the Game: Western Legends series. Contents vary with version purchased. The Alllll In version includes all upgraded components, the hardcover rulebook, and stores all game boards as well! It also comes with unique never before seen character cards and a legendary item! The New In Town version has a softcover rulebook and does not include playmat and some of the component upgrades.

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.00 / 5

Black smoke rises as the locomotive draws near. Out there on the cloudless horizon, a town called Buzzard Gulch is calling to those with the will and the grit to make a name for themselves in the new western frontier. The Wild Bunch of Extras expansion includes all the unlocked stretch goal content unlocked during the 2019 Kickstarter for Western Legends: Ante Up. Complete with new variants, characters, deluxe components, and an expanded card pool to add even more options and variety to your games!

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.00 / 5

Historic characters from the American Wild West face off and write new legends across the face of history! Gather your gun, your mount, and your grit as you forge your path into the history books. The Good the Bad and the Handsome, features three new legends with their corresponding goal cards, Unique Legendary Items, and even more story cards to add to the award-winning Western Legends. Key Points - Small Box expansion to the award-winning, Western Legends! - Three new legends head west for players to choose from. - All new Legendary Items included with even more story cards!

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 5, Best: 4

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.75 / 5

Historic characters from the American Wild West face off and write new legends across the face of history! Gather your gun, your mount, and your grit as you forge your path into the history books. Fist Full of Extras is a Limited Quantity Expansion to the award-winning Western Legends. An open-world sandbox tabletop adventure for 2-6 players set in the American Wild West, this expansion contains all the unlocked stretch goal content from the 2018 Kickstarter and adds 6 new characters, new character minis, more items, story cards and more! Key Points: - Stretch goal expansion to the award-winning, Western Legends! - Six new legends head west for players to choose from. - New items and story cards increase the variety of options each game!

Players: 2 - 6, Recommended: 6, Best: 5

Playing Time: 90 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 3.17 / 5

To become a legend, it takes grit, cunning, and a little luck. Problem is, you ain't the only one looking to make a reputation for yourself. So you have to be willing to risk it all, every hard-earned dollar, every drop of blood, to write your name across the face of history. Blood Money is the second large expansion for Western Legends, introducing a number of modules to tailor every game. The risk module uses a die that improves a number of actions... at the risk of injury. The legendary story module incorporates the story track and high-reward adventures for players to pursue. Players may now purchase deeds to locations and legendary items from the traveling trader. And of course, there is a bevy of new characters and items to explore! —description from the publisher

JohnnySchmaser rated: N/A/10

Kickstarter project. Beware of biased reviews and ratings from backers.

el_crosso rated: N/A/10

Awesome setting, awesome publisher. The sandbox style, like M&M, is something not present yet in our collection.

Lord Silver rated: N/A/10

Have not played yet. Will review once played.

Alae rated: N/A/10

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kolossalgames/western-legends

asfhgwt rated: N/A/10

Looked good, then looked too complicated.

New_Zealand_Neil rated: N/A/10

[COLOR=#330066][B]My [I][U]fifty-third[/I][/U] Kickstarter boardgame purchase.[/B][/COLOR] [I]At Mom's house in Canada.[/I]

Jayzonus rated: N/A/10

rules only not for 2

UnkleTom rated: N/A/10

Kickstarter - Estimated deliver: August 2018

keschnell rated: N/A/10

Painted miniatures Custom foam terrain and extras

larienna rated: N/A/10

According to player comments: Some view this game as a set of mini games. Most of the time people remake the same minigames over and over. Requires multiple players to be interesting, but 6 players is too long because there is downtime which can last 3 hours. 2 players is not enough. Some stay there is optimal strategies you can follow (ex: mining should make you win all the time). It could be viewed as a pickup and deliver game. It's not a strategic game, it's more an experience game. Money is too easy to get and you can upgrade your character easily. If there were less money, there would be more reason to steal. There is a tight relationship with marshals and outlaw, and it's up to the players to keep the balance. Which can sometimes go off balance if all the characters are on one side.

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