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Gunslinger (board game) is a board game published by Avalon Hill in 1983 that is based on individual combat in the Old West.

Description
Gunslinger is a 2- to 7-player microgame set in fictional environments of the western United States in the 1800s. Gunslinger features 26 different gunfights and several hundred variations. Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and John Wesley Hardin are just a few of the real gunslingers of history who appear in re-creations of the gunfights that made them famous.

Components
The bookshelf box with cover art contains: 60 round (people), 112 medium square (objects), 96 small square (tactical), 9 large (horses)
 * Rules
 * 8x two-sided mapboards (16 map faces)
 * Result card deck (108)
 * Pad of personal history sheets
 * Countersheet
 * Action Cards (130)
 * 7x standard sets of 12 each
 * "Second Floor" player-aid cards x4

Gameplay
Each turn the players secretly play cards to define exactly what they will do during the next two seconds in the game. Then they step through these actions on the playing map, resolving each shot in the split-second when it takes place.

Victory conditions
Victory conditions vary per scenario, but generally are based on individual survival.

Other reviews and commentary

 * The General Vol. 20, #2