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Gunslinger (board game) is a board game published by Avalon Hill in 1983 that is based on individual combat in the Old West.

Description

Gunslinger is a 2- to 7-player microgame set in fictional environments of the western United States in the 1800s. Gunslinger features 26 different gunfights and several hundred variations. Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and John Wesley Hardin are just a few of the real gunslingers of history who appear in re-creations of the gunfights that made them famous.

Components

The bookshelf box with cover art contains:

• Rules
• 8x two-sided mapboards (16 map faces)
• Result card deck (108)
• Pad of personal history sheets
• Countersheet

60 round (people), 112 medium square (objects), 96 small square (tactical), 9 large (horses)

• Action Cards (130)
• 7x standard sets of 12 each
• "Second Floor" player-aid cards x4

Gameplay

Each turn the players secretly play cards to define exactly what they will do during the next two seconds in the game. Then they step through these actions on the playing map, resolving each shot in the split-second when it takes place.

Victory conditions

Victory conditions vary per scenario, but generally are based on individual survival.

Other reviews and commentary

• The General Vol. 20, #2

References

Category:Avalon Hill games Category:Board games introduced in 1979

External links

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