Vegas Showdown Fan Site

Rating:	6.7 Good
Popularity:	9
Difficulty:	Easy
Year:	2005
Players:	3-5 players
Playing time:	75 minutes
Age:	12+

Created by: Henry Stern, David Hudnut, Scott Okumura, Peter Whitley

Published by: Avalon Hill (Hasbro), Wizards of the Coast

Description:

You are a Multimillionaire. Having nothing better to do, you and your multimillionaire friends got together and decided to wager on who could design the most prestigious hotel-casino on the Vegas Strip.

And so you began your grand design, starting with nothing but your brains, an empty shell of a building, and your fortune. All players compete to build the most famous hotel/casino.

You soon discovered that wasn't enough. Local construction resources are limited, and you now find yourself bidding against your friends to get those resources.

Room tiles representing slot machines, lounges, restaurants, and other casino-related places appear on a central board and the players hold auctions to win the rights to have those rooms in their building, garnering them income, population, or fame.

Bidding wars escalate, values fluctuate, and designers renovate until finally the hotel/casinos are put to the test to determine whose garners the most fame.

The competition is fierce and the stakes are high. In fact, the stakes are the very hotel-casinos you're building. The winner takes them all!

Prices:

Retail Price:	$41
Amazon:	$32
Ebay:	$49

Awards:

Games Magazine Game of the Year Winner 2007
Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2006

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Vegas Showdown Game Rules

The game is played in turns. Each turn, each player chooses an action to take, most often bidding for and purchasing a tile.

Tiles represent various rooms, locations, and gaming stations that you can put in your hotel-casino. They add to your Population, Revenue, and/or Fame total. Population and Revenue help you collect more income each turn, and Fame adds to your victory points.

You can earn additional Fame at the end of the game by carefully placing the tiles on your hotel-casino sheet when you acquire them, such as by connecting your hotel entrance to your casino entrance or creating diamond patterns at tile intersections. â€¦