Desperados

Players take the roles of Wild West outlaws seeking enough money to live comfortably, while one player serves as marshal and attempts to stop them. Banks, card games, and stagecoaches provide targets for robbery, with sheriffs placed across the frontier to guard them. Over five turns, players secretly program five movement cards, then reveal and resolve them in sequence. Outlaws announce planned robberies to the marshal, while the marshal moves the stagecoach and patrols. An outlaw can carry out an action when more outlaws than sheriffs occupy the location, but being caught by the marshal results in jail and the loss of a movement card. The outlaws win by collecting enough money per outlaw; otherwise, the marshal wins.

Players: 3–6 best 5
Playing time: 90 min
Age: 12+
Complexity: 2.3 / 5