A Fast-paced Wild West Card Game for Scoundrels, Backstabbers, and Thieves.
COMING LATE 2023...
How do you collaborate with people who are trying to see your friend hang — or worse?
You're at the table, on the jury, where the fate of your friend hangs in the balance.
Looking around, you know you have few allies. Everyone else has a grudge to settle, and they're going to be as ruthless as you'd be in their shoes.
But that's what the Sentencing is — in this Old West town of El Castigo, the Judge decided the jury would decide the punishment of the convicted. You are forced together, yourselves prisoners in the jail, to work out the convict's fate.
At least you know one thing for sure — at the end of the night, one of you will go free.
You pick up your cards, your mind set on being the one who gets out tonight, and you're not going to let anyone else stand in your way. If you can save your friend some pain, all the better.
Help me tell the true story of El Castigo.
The Sentencing is a game that recreates events from a long-lost Old West town. In the process, it connects the players to the internal struggles the town's residents went through out on the desperate edge of civilization.
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The residents of El Castigo's Downtown
The Downtown was built up around the original settlement. For a time, it was prosperous as silver and greed filled the town. The silver stopped coming from the hills, but the greed never stopped coming from the townies.
Miguel Cardenas
K
R.J. McDuffy
K
Dr. J.W. Harrison
K
Boss Ollie
K
Abuela Luisa
Q
Dotty McDuffy
Q
Esther D'Tester
Q
'Shiny' Penelope
Q
Rosa Cardenas
J
Luther Timms
J
Silas Peed
J
Frank Hutchens
J
The residents of El Castigo's River Bottoms
The river bottoms were at once the most lovely and the most dangerous area of the town. The folks that settled here resented the townie's greed and feared the wildness of the outlanders. Both were met with violence.
Graham Givens
K
Simon Crump
K
Pastor Elation
K
Hank the Stank
K
Emogene Givens
Q
Chuparosa
Q
Annie Ashbrook
Q
Hook-Eye Blanche
Q
Cassie Givens
J
Tom Buck
J
Guthrie
K
Eddie the Rat
J
The residents of El Castigo's Outlands
The wilderness around El Castigo is some of the harshest in the West, which makes those that choose to make it their home either some of the craziest or most lethal. Most folks couldn't tell which it was.
Ol' Clem Boxshoes
K
Grover McCairns​
K
Claws With Hands
K
'Belle' Nellie Rae
K
CiCi Boxshoes
Q
Ruth Winthrop
Q
Ballroom Jenny
Q
Cassius Hack
Q
Peyote Joe
J
Hugo Grimsley
J
Dark Hawk Flies
J
El Mercado
J
An easy-to-learn game that promises hours of bloodthirsty action and fun!
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Each game comes with three decks of customized poker cards, usable for any normal card game as well!
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Rules include a visual guide to get you started playing right away.
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Includes a full history of El Castigo, details on each Dirty Trick, and play suggestions!
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Game expansions planned for 2024 and 2025
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Pre-orders will be available by November 2023