Pony Express
Wild West, including Pony Express is an arms race with obstacles. 3-5 courageous Post - Cowboys to identify letters and need for Sun to take a few tests in order to let her supporters behind him.
Main input to the movement is to play poker, but not with the cards but with poker dice. must be the usual diced poker pictures of the pair to flush, additionally as a pure cube variant of "Yahtzee", or 5 identical symbols.
To determine the winner of a poker game, are now not simply results are compared, also a set of money is not needed, but with the individual active würfelnde player simply says loudly, throwing what he keeps under his dice cup. The other players can believe him or accuse him of bluffing. After the dissolution of the round the player who had the right to move his rider, and do according to the value of the throw by more or less fields.
On the way to the destination city can pass a lot and although real action. Land the player on a field of action, this can cause any of the dice according to the large wooden figures, such as: Cowboys need to make enemy in battle or raiding Indians targeted by a snap. But in the corners of the board corresponding firing ranges are provided. For successful results, it is gold - nuggets as a reward.
Speaking of gold nuggets: they can and should use it to influence his poker throws. By payment of gold, it is possible to throw some dice again, but you have to then view a portion of the cube open, making it easy for the enemy to see through the bluff.
This, for the bluff may well mean that the cowboy is declared the bandits and in prison. This delayed the journey enormously, but who can have enough gold to buy themselves free. All others must dice dictate a good poker hand to continue their journey must.
In addition to the cube - Poker and the snip - shooting there for Gold Fields mines, railway stations and Saloon, which influence each, as are the event fields and maps, the gold reserve or move on. In the event cards, there are those that can be retained and others who have run away.
At some point one of the Cowboys reached the destination city of Sacramento. There he must wait a maximum of 3 rounds to win the sole winner of the game. Should be reached within that time, more players, the goal, it comes to poker-final duels, the winner is also the overall winner of the game.
Pony Express is a racing game that is enhanced by very different elements. The poker is reminiscent of the good old Yahtzee, while the prison and the event cards to make more loans to Monopoly. And especially nice to see as a unique selling point is the snip - mechanism. This is fun and requires absolutely manual dexterity. There is also a plus point for the funny comic Western - Graphics and equipment of the game.
| Game Designer: | Bruno Faidutti Antoine Bauza |
| Illustration: | Mathieu Beaulieu |
| Publisher: | FunForge |
| Number of Players: | 3-5 |
| Duration: | about 45 minutes |
| Age information: | 10 years |
| This Rezesion is in similar form in published: | Ludoversum |
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