G W M
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
Why is it that '90% fat free' sounds so much better than '10% fat'?
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I can't actually remember why I bought Wyatt Earp. I am not a big Western man and I hadn't played it with anyone before from what I can remember. Basically this game just showed up in my collection one day, rode in from a distant town, you get the drill...
I decided to write a brief review of Wyatt Earp as I have recently found myself pulling this one out as the game for times when you need to play a game with non gamers.
Example - I recently had my good mate James 'Big Guy' King visit from the UK with his partner Jenny, and this struck me as a great game for the three of us to play during their visit as Jenny is a non-gamer but loves card games. I am pleased to say this one didn't disappoint.
At its heart, Wyatt Earp is a set collection game. You are collecting set of several different wild west outlaws, and then either improving their value or trying to lock away cards that your opponents have of the same outlaw. Technically I think this is called a 'mystery rummy' type game but I will leave that to the more serious ones amongst us....
This one is easy to teach, as the only thing that takes any effort to learn is the special cards and the scoring which only takes one round to learn. Bascially if an outlaw has 8 points in play, you score him/her and majority gets all the money if they have a 5 point majority, else the money on the outlaw is split - first one to make $25,000 wins.
This one often ends up being a lot of fun, especially if [a] your dinner guests have even half a sense of humour and/or [b] if you are inclined to have a drink or two while playing.
Most notably here is that several cards to be successful require you to make a 'successful shot' which means drawing a card and hoping it has a bullet hole in it. I never get tired of the lines and sound effects that accompany a shot attempt!
Not a lot more needs to be said than that. Every game collection needs a game like Wyatt Earp, to be called upon when The Settlers of Catan is not available, or more likely when one of your guests says "well I know how to play Rummy" - cue your line: "Well, if you know how to play rummy, then have I got a game for you partner!"
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Andy Andersen
United States
Newark
Delaware
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Thanks for the review.
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Why is it that '90% fat free' sounds so much better than '10% fat'?
