2022 · Children's Game

Cactus Town

Players take on asymmetric Western roles—Sheriff, bandits, bounty hunter or Can Can dancer—each with distinct objectives and special actions. Turns use action programming: players choose 3 of 4 action cards, but actions resolve alternating between players and in reverse program order, creating prediction and timing challenges. Characters move across a randomly arranged 5x5 grid of face-down building cards, with an advanced mode that adds building effects and several variants to alter play. Sessions run roughly 10–15 minutes per player, supporting high interaction, pursuit, evasion and role-specific goals.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 4

schedulePlaying time

20–60 min

cakeAge

8+

psychologyComplexity

1.9 / 5