It’s the wild west, and dice slowly are blowing through the streets of your town like tumbleweeds. Can you build up the best dice town possible in this engine building game?

Pros

• Game looks easy to teach
• Solo play
• Good price point
• Light engine builder

Cons

• They kickstarted Dreams of Tomorrow which I don’t like
• Aesthetic is just okay
• Graphic design is just okay

Thoughts on the Page

They do a solid job of laying out the campaign and giving you a rules overview. The page isn’t as polished as some and that’s mainly because of the graphic design, but in terms of information presented, it looks good and interesting. The one thing I will knock them on is having “reviews”, a lot of those are previews, not reviews, and reviews don’t matter on a Kickstarter page because you are only going to post good reviews anyways.

Thoughts on the Game

But I really like the theme of the game, the old west is fun, and there are definitely some fun things you can do with dice manipulation and engine building. However, how massive does this differentiate itself from Old West Empresario, an old west dice rolling and town building game? I know this relies more on the dice, but is it going to be better than Old West Empresario which it’ll be fighting against for market space. For me, that would be a tough sell because Old West Empresario is already out and available for purchase and from a company that I trust more to put out a good game.

Back or Brick

For me, this is a Brick. Not just because I have limited funds, I’d say something’s a back even if I don’t back it, but because Old West Empresario already exists. Do we really need another dice based old west game? Probably there is room in the market for both, but Dreams of Tomorrow was such a miss for me that seeing this Kickstarter it’s making me more likely to get Old West Empresario now than back this game. Now, it’s very possible that this might be a game for you. I think that if you’ve enjoyed their other games, the price point and shipping are great.

Would you back or is this a brick?

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