Category: Base game
Dastardly bandits have stolen Mountain Valley’s gold. They’re escaping on the train to the city and have hidden the gold nuggets in the passengers’ luggage. You decide to ride to the rescue in your stagecoach and help your friend Sam, the Marshal’s son, get back the gold.
We're relying on you, kids. We've got to snatch the loot from the clutches of the bandits!
We've played this almost every night since it arrived — hunting for the hidden gold nuggets in the passengers' luggage is way more fun than I expected. The train-robbing theme got my 5-year-old fully invested, and the game moves fast enough that nobody gets bored.
My 7-year-old figured out the train-robbing mechanic on the first playthrough and now begs for "one more ride" every night. Turns out chasing bandits through the passenger cars and digging gold nuggets out of luggage keeps the whole table hooked, even the adults. Setup takes five minutes, which is a
The rulebook explains everything so clearly that I had us set up and chasing those bandits within ten minutes of opening the box. My kids love hiding the gold nuggets in the luggage and taking turns being the sneaky train robbers.
