Cripple Creek 2024

In the year 1890, in the heart of Cripple Creek, Colorado, a discovery that would change the course of history was made. Robert Miller Womack, a man with a vision, struck gold. His discovery ignited the last great gold rush, drawing thousands of fortune seekers from all corners of the country. The once quiet town of Cripple Creek exploded, transforming into a bustling metropolis of opportunity. In this wild and lawless environment, only one can rise to power. Will it be you?

Cripple Creek is a strategic game played in a variable number of rounds. Each round is decomposed into 5 steps:

Turn order where players decide if they want to go first... or last Players position their frame in such a way that building tiles are framed. Players resolve the duels if any In turn order, each player resolves his/her actions which are activating a building tile, putting a card in play, resolving the power of a card, discarding a card to get its bonus, drawing a new card. The number of actions depends on the size of the frame.

5. Clean-up phase where players may buy new building tiles and place them on the modular board to offer new action in the next round. If there are still desert tiles a new round starts.

When all the desert tiles are covered, the end of game is triggered. Players score for their building tiles, their cards in play, their Cowboys put in play, various end of game objective. The player scoring the highest is declared the winner and the new governor of Cripple Creek.

—description from the designer