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Carson City is a strategic worker placement game set in the Wild West where players buy land, build buildings and roads, and protect their income. It blends traditional worker placement with unique interactive elements like duels and tile-based city building.

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The Verdict

based on 11 reviews

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Strong, well-integrated Wild West theme
Tense, interactive worker placement with lots of strategy
High-quality components
Solid, fast city-building engine
Dueling and dice can swing results
Weak rulebook and unclear tile iconography
Some bookkeeping required
One critic finds mechanics disjointed and theme disconnected
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Purge Reviews, Purge ReviewsVideo

“This is a fantastic game. This is a game if you've never played Carson City, go ahead and buy this edition of the game, you will be happy.”(2:48)

90
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Topping the Table, Jamie HopkinsArticle

If you love worker placement with a side of high-noon drama, Carson City is worth a spot on your shelf.

90
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Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the BoardVideo

“All in all this is such a well-rounded very polished and refined Euro Style game one that stood the test of time and is still held in very high regard by a great designer as well”(11:44)

90
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BoardGameCo, BoardGameCoVideoBig Box

“Overall to me I adore this game, it's a 4.5 out of 5. The one aspect that pulls away from it is the fact that at the end of the day it's a tableau work replacement Euro game that can absolutely come down to just messed up bad dice rules at the very end.”(19:20)

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The Dice Tower, The Dice TowerVideo

“The component is of very high quality, this is one of the best games that come out last year, a great theme, a theme that matches, very interactive, uh, lots of strategy. Carson City, get it.”(8:09)

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Rahdo Runs Through, Rahdo Runs ThroughVideo

“Even if you ignore all the fighting it's still a really rock solid worker placement game mixed with a uh territory expansion city building engine building game it's it it works really really nicely very very enjoyable very flavor and also very fast”(1:15)

80
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The Broken Meeple, The Broken MeepleVideoBig Box

“I really enjoy it and definitely recommend that if you are a fan of worker placement games, you should give this one a look.”(24:55)

80
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Boardgame Opinions, Boardgame OpinionsVideo

“I really enjoy, as [Abbomb] says, the theme really gets me and it does come through very well.”(4:26)

80
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Man vs Meeple, Man vs MeepleVideo

“Overall this game, um, it plays extremely well. It is in its heart, in essence, a, uh, a worker placement game, but one that I would highly suggest. I like all the components, um, I think they're very durable, they're well thought out. Overall it's a really good game.”(4:53)

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Legends of Nerdvana, Legends of NerdvanaVideoBig Box

“I'm gonna give it an eight. I think it's a pretty solid game. I think that it, I could even give it a higher score once I understand it better, but like Randy, it's a good puzzle and I love a good puzzle.”(13:53)

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BoardGameBollocks, BoardGameBollocksVideo

“So we are going to say probably not, right? This is an ugly yet challenging euro game that seems to disconnect itself from the theme with some really stiff mechanics, right? Personalities almost managed to salvage this game from a mess of disjointed mechanics.”(10:43)

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