Rusty on the RulesWild Tiled West rules refresher
Get back into Wild Tiled West in 12 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.
2023 · 2–5 players · 2 min 31 s in the feed
The rest of this one is for contributors
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- How to win
- Basic setup
- Core mechanics
- Gameplay example
Rules quiz
How much of Wild Tiled West do you still remember? Each question opens on its answer.
When using a river die, how much does it cost to claim jump along the river?
You pay 1 gold for each stack you skip, skipping empty stacks is free, and you still pay the cost of the tile you land on.
Instead of drafting a tile on your turn, what can you do?
You may build 1 or 2 free alleys from the supply, and if you build 2 they must be adjacent to each other.
What happens if you join an unwrangled pasture to a pasture that has already been wrangled?
You cannot wrangle the combined pasture.
Which things block a sheriff's line of fire?
Cows, hills, mines, and buildings block sheriffs, and a sheriff can never shoot through a hill.
How do aces score at the end of the game?
A set of 3 scores 6 and a set of 4 scores 12, in 2 kinds of sets, matching colors and all different colors, with each ace usable once in each kind and ace cards counting too.