Description

A card game based on the western expansion of North America during the period between the War of 1812 and the American Civil War.

Players share a common deck comprising 8 suits of between 15 and 23 cards: Warfare, Government, Population, Transport, Economics, Motivation, Land, Discouragement. To start each player is dealt 7 cards.

Players take turns with each turn comprising 4 phases:

1. Draw Phase
   • Draw 3 cards from the Deck and put them in your hand.
2. Action Phase
   • Discard 1 card to gain the benefit according to its type:
     • Warfare (Gain 2 Victory Points).
     • Government (Steal 1 Random card from an opponent’s hand).
     • Population (Draw 3 cards then discard any 2 cards from your hand).
     • Transport (Look at next 5 cards in deck and put 1 in your hand).
     • Economics (Look at an opponent’s hand. Take 1 card and give him 1 card).
     • Motivation (Draw 2 cards).
     • Land (Draw 1 card and gain 1 Victory Point).
     • Discouragement (Opponent must discard 1 random card from his hand).
3. Meld Phase
   • You may make 1 or more melds or super melds this turn.
   • A meld has 3 or more cards of a single type: a meld of 3 cards earns 5 Victory Points (VP), a meld of 4 cards earns 10 VP, a meld of 5 cards earns 15 VP and so on.
   • A Super meld has 5 or more cards of all different types: a super meld of 5 cards earns 15 VP, a super meld of 6 cards earns 20 VP, a super meld of 7 cards earns 25 VP.
   • Every time you make a meld draw 2 replacement cards.
   • Immediately discard all melded cards.
   • Discouragement cards cannot be used in any type of meld.
4. End Phase
   • Max hand size is 10 cards. Discard excess cards.

The game ends after each player has had 10 turns. The player with the most Victory Points wins.