Deadwood

Deadwood is a Wild West brawl for two to five players, with South Dakota gangs fighting over a boomtown as the railroad rolls in. Your outlaws come in three types: greenhorns, gunslingers and trail bosses. You send them into town to annex buildings, and when two gangs end up in the same place, the shootout begins. It is worker placement with a faster and more violent edge, and the town grows as new buildings are built. The board is modular, dice decide the shootouts, and a game takes about an hour. Think of it as a short, rowdy cousin of the worker placement games on your shelf.