PONY EXPRESS
You’ve got your horse, your trusty gun and a brand new hat on your head – but above all you’ve got a pack of letters that need to reach Sacramento before all the other riders in the Pony Express!
The Game
From legendary author Bruno FAIDUTTI and new rising star Antoine BAUZA comes a crazy and new kind of racing game loaded with tons of fun that will have you using poker dice to race forward, play poker, take special actions and even physically shoot at your opponents!
Nothing will stop you on your quest for speed and victory, neither the Indians lying in wait, nor the pretty saloon girls who want to charm the gold from your pockets. You’re the best, the wildest, the quickest and the luckiest rider in the land… At least you think you are – but all the other riders feel the same, so watch your back and get moving! Be the first to grab gold from the mines, duel opponents in savage gunfights or beat them at the poker table, and use your brain, bluffing skills and equipment to clear the way to Sacramento and deliver your precious letters.
Whether you ride like the wind or eat dust on the trail, this game will be wild!
Pony Express is a rich yet simple and terribly fun game for all ages!
Game Components
Here is what you’ll find in the box:
♣ A Game board
♣ 5 poker dice
♣ One dice cup
♣ 5 “cow boys” meeples
♣ 3 “indians” meeples
♣ 5 character cards
♣ 20 item cards
♣ 30 gold nuggets
♣ One rulebook
Game Principle
In Pony Express your goal is to be the fastest rider from the West on the historical track going down from St Jospeh to Sacramento. It’s a race with dice but very very special dice with which you can bluff and even sometimes shoot at an opponent’s meeple…
The poker dice will allow you to define how many spaces you will move forward each turn, grab the gold from the mines, eventually escape from prison and even to physically shoot at your opponents in unavoidable duels!
Be the first one to reach Sacramento and hold on tight while distributing your letters there because the other riders will still try to reach you before the very end…
Awards
Pony Express has been elected “Jeu du Mois” (Game of the Month) into the November 2009 issue of the French magazine “Jeu Sur un Plateau” (JSP).
Mathieu Beaulieu has been awarded “Best board game Artist 09” in China for his work on Pony Express.
Pony Express is part of the Austrian “Wiener Spiele Mischung 2009“: the 99 games you should have played!
Pony Express got the “Fun Guaranteed” label from the Portuguese website dreamwithboardgames.
Quotes
“A totally hilarious light game with all the essential components to have fun in a group: wacky dice, dexterity and luck. Probably the best “party game” so far, easy to teach and play.”
Sami Ayvasik on BoardGameGeek.com 8/10.
“So far, every time I brought it out, people have had a blast playing it just because of really how over the top silly it was and I like having games like that in my collection!”
Tom Vassel on TheDiceTower.com.
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