Western Legends Review - with Tom Vasel

Soooooo beyond excited to play this.Probably my top anticipated game this year so far. Got a great demo at the KOLOSSAL booth at GENCON and I was even more excited to get this in. C'mon UPS! Get this to our house! I'm ready to start calling people daisies and huckleberries and all that jazz! Great review!

Rockstar could make a killing if they just slap red dead redemption on the cover

How's the expansion?

Gosh damn it - I skipped on this kickstarter and I love the Western genre!

Excited for my KS pledge to arrive! Such a great game to look forward to playing soon! Game of the year?

Between this, Carson City and Bang! (Both card and dice game), the western themed section of my collection can be considered complete.

Does the store hold sleeved cards?

Did you play with or without the expansions? Are they critical to purchase?

This or GWT?

The dude on the left of the cover box looks like Zee lmao

Can't wait to receive my copy!

just too pricey if you didn't back it

There is definitely room for a sandwich in that hat

Totally preordered this! Can't wait to get it 🙏🏻

One issue I’ve found with both Merchants and Marauders and Xia is that whilst the game says you can take any route to victory, almost always it seems you can’t win unless you turn Pirate/Raider etc. Basically if you just stick to buying and selling and doing odd jobs you don’t stand a chance.

This isn’t a moral problem with me, just that advertising them as Sand Box games never seems to ring true. They are more like worker placement where you will basically use every action option in the game at some point.

I’m concerned that this will be the same, if you don’t go outlaw at some point you’re not going to win. Particularly after Toms comment of several people claiming the outlaws “have it so much easier”.

This game borrows many elements from 'Spurs', another spaghetti western themed sandbox game from 2013. You gave Spurs an absolutely glowing review then. But as 'Western Legends' takes Spurs and steps it up a notch, has WL "fired" Spurs for you?
Personally, I'm keeping both because nothing can replace the dueling mechanic that Spurs uses (racing to be the first to draw two specific bullets from a bag). That, and how the drawing bullets mechanic is used for the rest of the game is enough of a reason to keep Spurs as well as WL. But given the way you manage your collection, I imagine you'll be letting one of them go. And I'm guessing it will be Spurs.

PHEW.
Massive sigh of relief that you like it a lot.
It’s been my most anticipated game of the year.

Is it coming to retail?

Magnificent hat!

So glad I backed this.

Tom said that they did a live play of this, but I can't find it, where is it?

Western Legends or Spurs? or Carson City?

Why is this better than Spurs?

Should have pointed out that the component quality is really cheap, along with the box. Mine is bowing out when there has been nothing put on top of it. It's basically a $40 dollar game with a $80 price.

The Wow Wow West!

Am I the only one who saw this on South Park and said, “Please let the be a real game!”

pretty intrigued

So a western version of Merchant & Marauders

I like the components overall but they really should have made the poker shaped tokens bigger. The text on the back is nigh unreadable

I want this just because I've never heard of a sandbox game.

My problem with new games is when I don't know how to play, it always helps best when you know at least one person who knows how to play

Interesting. BGG comments aren't very enthusiastic.

2-6 players...come one, just write the truth, this is a 4-6 player game, with 2-3 players it`s sooo boring. It`s like palying Bang: The dice game with 3...works, but not fun.

I heard that prospecting is OP

This game is western legen.. wait for it... ds! Western legends!! 😅

I just played this last night and I thought it was amazing. I try not to rate games too highly after one play but I feel like this 1 can shoot up very high on the lists

I wish there would be a Western Legends in the Star Wars Universe. Smuggling, hunting Bounties through the Galaxy. Visit planets that have iconic places , like Tattoine with the cantina and Jabbas Palace to get your Bounty. Smuggle for the Rebellion or do the dirty work for the Empire. Holo chess (Dejarik) instead of Poker. I know that there is Outer Rim but that's not what I have in my mind. If any one knows some one from Fantasy Flight Games let me know and send me a copy.

Did this video include all the Kickstarter stretch goals or is this the retail version?

How do I get the Dice tower promo cards for western legends?

Enjoyed the review! I was just wondering if there was any solitaire variant or solitaire rules for this game?

Hey Tom, what 2 out of 3 would you add on a shelf: WL, L&C, Robinson?

How does this play as a two player game? I've seen a lot of mixed feedback regarding lower player counts. While I appreciate your energy and enthusiasm when it comes to reviews I really don't think you're providing enough feedback from your own experiences. A good review shouldn't just tell people what you liked about a game but also what you didn't like and if it had any shortcomings, something which this review really lacks.

Wish it had a solo mode

Red Board Redemption

Great review, thank you Dice Tower. I'm going to get this for my friend for Christmas. This looks like it will get quite a bit of table time.

Sounds a lot like Spurs: Tales of the Old West.

No mention that Zee is on the cover?

thank youu