# Fliptown

Fliptown is a board game for 1–4 players. It plays in 30–45 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 1. It is rated 7.8 out of 10 by 24 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $25.15 (United States).

- **Players:** 1–4 (best with 1)
- **Playing time:** 30–45 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2023
- **Categories:** Print & Play, Card Game, American West
- **Mechanics:** Solo / Solitaire Game, Tech Trees / Tech Tracks, Track Movement, End Game Bonuses, Variable Player Powers, Paper-and-Pencil
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.8 out of 10, from 24 reviews
- **Owned by:** 77 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 315
- **Unique players:** 135

**Designers:** Steven Aramini

**Artists:** Naomi Ferrall

**Publishers:** Write Stuff Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 25.15 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/fliptown |
| Cardhaus Games | 34.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/fliptown/ |
| Rampi Games | 23.95 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/fliptown/ |
| Board Game Bliss | 42.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/fliptown |
| eFantasy | 31.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/359135-board-game-fliptown |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 22.91 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/15205-fliptown-8436578816576.html |
| Svet deskovych her | 579 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/13794/fliptown-cz |
| La Gameria | 24.5 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/fliptown-14079.html |
| Spielezar | 24.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/fliptown-de |
| Ludifolie | 26.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/17797-fliptown.html |
| Pelipeikko | 27.95 € | https://pelipeikko.fi/fi/lautapelit/2734-fliptown |
| Fantasiapelit | 28.9 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_235752 |
| World of Board Games | 369 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/fliptown |
| Alphaspel | 369 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/304915-fliptown-en |
| Milan Spiele | 40 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/fliptown-engl-p-35845.html |

## Expansions

- [Fliptown: The Outskirts – Mini-Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/fliptown-the-outskirts-mini-expansion)
- [Fliptown: The Lone Gun](https://www.ludoya.com/games/fliptown-the-lone-gun)
- [Fliptown: New Frontier](https://www.ludoya.com/games/fliptown-new-frontier)
- [Fliptown: The Specialists Mini-Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/fliptown-the-specialists-mini-expansion)

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## Rules questions

### When I flip the three cards for my turn, do I have to pick which is my suit, value and poker card right then, and can I change them later?

Each turn you choose which of the three lineup cards will be your suit, value and poker card and record the poker card on your map; players announce choices simultaneously (or arrange freely in solo). Once you circle a site it cannot be visited again (Town sites are the exception), though you may ignore suit/value to instead take a Cemetery action while still keeping the poker card (Rulebook p.5).

### How do poker hands resolve — what counts as a win and how do I get paid?

After five turns each player compares their five-card hand to the payout table on their map; any hand worse than a pair earns nothing while a pair or better wins according to the pay table, and Aces can be high or low (Rulebook p.6).

### If two players have the same poker hand (e.g., both have Two Pair), does each player get the payout?

Yes — each player independently compares their hand to the pay table and collects the listed payout for that hand; the poker phase is not a direct player-vs-player comparison (Rulebook p.6).

### If I bribe the Sheriff, do I remove Wanted or just avoid being arrested that round?

Paying 1 gold per circled Wanted guarantees you avoid arrest that round but does not remove or cross out any Wanted — bribing only avoids the Sheriff’s effect for that round (Rulebook p.8).

### On the Trail, can I skip sites to reach better rewards, and what happens to skipped rewards?

You may skip as many Trail sites as your value card allows, but any skipped site's reward is crossed out and lost forever; to gain a site's reward you must stop and circle it, and some stops also add Wanted (Rulebook p.9).

### If I attempt a Badlands robbery and fail, do I still circle the target and what do I receive?

You must circle the target whether you succeed or fail; on failure you still gain all the listed Wanted, half the stars and no cash, and then discard the robbery card (Rulebook p.10).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/fliptown)
- [Fliptown in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/fliptown)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/352418)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._