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For experienced card-floppers looking for something immensely creative, though, it doesn't get any better than Doomtown. The benefits of an active, aggressive play style aren't immediately obvious to those unfamiliar with Doomtown's mechanics. One caveat with Doomtown is that it tends to overwhelm new players, who in turn spend most of the game turtling on their home deed and drawing the game out to a slow anticlimax. While playing Doomtoon, I've been known to twiddle my moustache, evilly.

The ultra-cool Deadlands theme doesn't hurt, either! Speaking of the theme, Doomtown has to be one of the most thematic card games ever you truly do feel like you're controlling a band of Wild West misfits as they vie for control of a toxic town in the middle of a wasteland. 'An excellent game with a solid mix of creative combat mechanics, strategic character movement, and resource management. The western with supernatural theme is also well-executed and the game is a blast to play or even watch.' There are also plenty of ways to win which leads to lots of interesting choices during play. The combination of the poker hands made with the cards for shootouts and the need to balance good poker values with good actions, good deeds, and good dudes makes it a very satisfying game for deck-building. 'Without a doubt, this is the best CCG I've ever played. In short: I found Carson City utterly engaging and atmospheric, with lots of room for surprise and tension in player dueling, and makes for a welcome breath of fresh air overall. Kudos to QWG for making another game that makes you really WANT to play with those pieces!ДЄs a highly involved strategy game, Carson City is demanding-especially on the first play-but it is worth it! Although the rules are sometimes ambiguous and in a few cases difficult to follow, the notes on BGG offer welcome clarifications. There is also a genuine pleasure in watching Carson City grow from a tiny house into a full-fledged Western town. The artwork is evocative and the pieces are all extremely durable, functional, and thematically charged. QWG's production values-always top notch-are yet again first rate. Players have very tough choices before them: do I place my cowboy on a promising parcel of land so that I can build on it? Do I buy a saloon for a cheap price, hoping no other players duel me for it, or do I pay a little more to make sure it remains uncontested? Do I pick the Sheriff this turn and secure my actions from being taken in a duel, or increase my firepower with the Mercenary? Do I risk fighting another player for the right to build a certain building? Do I dare roll the dice and gamble for extra income? So many choices, so much fun. Players select a role each turn (Sheriff, Grocer, Settler, Mercenery, etc.) and then alternate turns in placing their cowboys on the board (cowboy meeples!). 'Carson City combines city building, role selection, worker placement, and tightly-themed player interaction (cowboy dueling) and comes out a big winner. I really wasn't expecting a cowboy western themed game to rate as a 10 for me (thought that only a Fantasy or Scifi theme such as War of the Ring or Galactic Emperor could do that (haven't had a chance to play either yet), but it did.' This game caught me off gaurd, because I was expecting it to rate as a high 8 to a low 9. Theme, Thinking, Excitement, Fun and Interaction are all here. I can't find ANYTHING wrong with this game. I've played 4 times now (3 & 4 players), and my rating stands.

'Well, what's there to say? This game has it ALL. I find that these lists sometimes are helpful for others seeking similar games and the more rich the discussion for more useful the list.ДЇor a complete listing of my Top 10 lists, see- MetaList: Nap's Top 10 Lists.ДЄs always, thanks for reading and participating! FYI - I am a sucker for comments and discussion and usually most if not all of them. If I missed one that you feel is essential or I am 'insane for not listing' (trust me, it has been said before), then by all means let the comments fly.

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Feel free to this list (to draw attention and more comments) or any pleasing, interesting or thought provoking entries. That said this is a list of the BEST! As always, your mileage may vary and some entries may be 'controversial.' As such, please feel free to comment, debate, or just express your own point of view. These are games that meet substantially all of the following criteria: (1) focuses on the American West (2) has some, if not several, of the following elements: cowboys, indians, gun-fights or shoot-outs, horses, bank robberies, high stakes poker, land grabs or stake jumpers, the 'Noon' train, and other 'Western' things as a featured aspect of the game (or at least does an excellent job of capturing the Western 'feel' of one or more of these elements) (3) compelling 'theme' (not too abstract) and (4) fun to play. Below is my Top 10 list of games covering aspects of the Old West.

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