It's 1899 and the Union Pacific Express is headed north to deliver its payroll and forty-seven passengers. Suddenly the train is attacked by a host of thieving bandits!

Colt Express invites you and your friends to become outlaws in the chaotic process of robbing a detailed, three-dimensional train. Each turn, players plan ahead and play Action cards to steal loot, shoot their opponents, move around the train, and elude the marshal's bullets. Will the outlaws keep their cool or will the marshal save the day and prevent the robbery? The only thing that matters is which outlaw is the richest when the train pulls into the station.

A game goes in 5 rounds.

Each round, there are 2 steps:

• programming the next actions by placing card on the top of the common pile
• performing those actions played during the first step.

One Event card is drawn at the beginning of each round. It shows the number of turns there will be during the first step as well as the way the cards are to be played.

The possible actions are:

• Moving (from a car to the next one inside the train or up to 3 cars on the roof)
• Going up/down
• Robbing (taking the loot from the passengers)
• Shooting (giving one of your bullet to an opponent, who stands in the next car inside the train, or within line of sight on the roof )
• Punching (making an opponent move from your car to a next one and making him loose a loot)
• Moving the Marshal. When he meets a bandit, the latter flees to the roof and receives a shot (bullet from the Marshall).

The bullets

When a bandit is shot by another one or by the Marshal, his player gets a Bullet card. He adds this Bullet card to his Action cards deck. These cards are useless; they set you back.

At the end of the game,

each player counts his loot. The outlaw who shot the most becomes the gunslinger and wins $1,000. The richest outlaw wins the game.

Contents:

• Six train cars and one locomotive
• Ten terrain elements
• Loot tokens
• Seventeen Round cards
• Seven pawns
• 115 cards

Awards:

• 2015 Tric Trac de Bronze Winner
• 2015 Spiel des Jahres Winner
• 2015 Lys Grand Public Winner
• 2015 Lys Grand Public Finalist
• 2015 Hungarian Board Game Award Winner
• 2015 Gouden Ludo Winner
• 2015 Gioco dell’Anno Winner
• 2015 As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Winner