Showdown

Showdown in Slingshot Canyon! In the midday heat, the players take on the role of crooks on nimble prairie dog paws on the prowl. And neither carriages nor the vaults guarded by the sheriff are safe from them. Which of the players will manage to scam the most money through cleverly planned moves, good card management and a little luck?

In Showdown players either use their turn to take a new card or play cards from their hand. A card always show 2 out of 5 possible actions. When playing cards players can play a number of cards of their choosing as long as all played cards share the same symbol and that symbol is visible at least 3 times on all cards played.
The active player then activate ALL symbols on the played cards, grouped and in order of their choosing.

The symbols have a variety of possible actions and let you move your bandit to the next spot or send the sherif off to guard the next vault of the bank in the middle of the board. Players can steal from a carrier or from other players by rolling dice and players can even save some of that well earned money so it can't be taken away from them ever again.

But the sheriff of Slingshot Canyon is always vigilant and once he reaches his lookout, players not in hiding or in disguise will lose some precious coins.
As the game progresses the path the sheriff takes gets shorter and shorter and players have to play their hands smart to not lose it all. The player who leaves the Showdown of Slingshot Canyon the richest, wins the game.

General

Number of players: 2-4
Duration: 15 min.
Age: 10+
Language: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian

Kind of game

Type/Theme: American West
Mechanism: Take That

Creators