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Sierra West


40m - 60m

1 - 4 Players

Ages 14+
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  1. 7 out of 10

    Positives: - Decent and engaging game - Interesting theme - Replayability through four modules (unique), and advanced rules Negatives: - Multiplayer solitaire - Rulebook poorly written and confusing - Insert and organisation of components/modules is appalling (be sure to do this yourself before playing)

  2. 4 out of 10

    I've only played this once, so perhaps my rating is unfair, but it was sooooo long between turns, and soooooo solitaire-y!

  3. 6 out of 10

    Interesting use of cards, but when I think of multi-use cards it doesn't even get close to La Granja. Solid game still; maybe modules other than Apple Hill are better but I'm not curious enough to play more.

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In the late 1840s, thousands of pioneers headed out West to seek wealth and opportunity. Many of these brave souls traveled by wagon over the Sierra Nevada mountain range, into what would soon become the Golden State of California. In the game Sierra West, you are an expedition leader who must guide a party of rough-and-ready pioneers—employing a clever mix of strategy and tactics with each step.

Sierra West comes with four sets of special cards and parts, each of which can be combined with the game’s basic components to create a unique mode of play. During setup, the players choose a mode, then build a mountain of overlapping cards with the corresponding deck. Each mode adds new thematic content, alternate paths to victory, and interesting twists on the core mechanics.

The four included modules are:

Apple Hill
Gold Rush
Boats & Banjos
Outlaws & Outposts

Overview of Play
At the start of each turn, you will overlap and arrange three cards into your player board—exposing and concealing a selection of the action icons available on them. This will create two unique paths for your pioneers to follow. Next, you will move your pioneers across their paths from left to right, performing a series of small actions. Common actions include: claiming cards from the mountain, building cabins, gaining resources, and advancing your wagon. Additional actions are brought into the game by the chosen mode—such as: harvesting apples, mining for gold, fishing, and fighting outlaws. As your pioneers complete their paths, they will gain access to the action spaces on the upper portions of your cards. On these, you will be able to exchange resources for to advance on the wagon trail and homestead tracks, or activate other special abilities unique to the mode.

As the game continues—and more cards are removed from the mountain—new and exciting things are discovered! Each piece of the mountain is either a card that can be gained to improve your deck, or a special card that is added to a face-up row at the mountain’s base. As this row extends, more of the mode’s opportunities and challenges come into play. For example, in Boats & Banjos mode, the row is a river that offers more fishing and gold panning options as time goes on.

Sierra West can be set up and played in under an hour, often leaving people with the desire to play it again right away—especially to explore the other modes! It is a highly thematic Eurogame that offers a truly novel and satisfying spin on action-programming, worker-placement, and deck-building.

Includes solo mode by Dávid Turczi.

—Description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

40m – 60m
Designer

Jonny Pac Cantin
Mechanics

Action / Movement Programming, Deck / Pool Building, Hand Management, Modular Board, Set Collection, Worker Placement
Theme

American West, Card Game, Economic, Exploration
Publisher

Board&Dice, Schwerkraft-Verlag, Tcg Factory
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