Vegas Showdown
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| Players | 3 to 5 |
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| Age range | 12 and up |
| Setup time | < 5 minutes |
| Playing time | 1 hour+ |
| Random chance | Medium |
Vegas Showdown is a board game for players aged 12 and above.
From the publisher: Build your own hotel/casino by bidding against the other players to acquire tiles that represent slot machines, lounges, restaurants, and other casino-related places. Put those tiles on your player board, which represents your own customized casino. The tiles will allow you to increase your revenue, services, and fame. Build buzz for your casino through publicity events like hosting a Biz Markie concert or staging a food fight. The player who builds the most famous hotel/casino wins the game. The game was Games Magazine's 'Game of the Year' for 2007.
Online Play: Online Play Gametableonline hosts Vegas Showdown and it is regularly played online. There have emerged two waring factions, the Sith and the Jedi. The Sith follow the rule of two as in the Star Wars Universe. A player by the name of FreshPrince is the Dark Lord and his apprentice is Darth Hitman. On the opposite side the Jedi have two Masters, several Knights, and a few apprentices. The requirements to become a Knight include good moral character and a history of beating the Grand Master Ugly in game many times or beating the Sith in game many times. To become an apprentice one only needs to have good moral character, skill comes later.
External links
- Vegas Showdown official site
- Licensed online game at GameTable Online
- Vegas Showdown at BoardGameGeek
- Review of the game at Age of Boards