Gun law with James Arness
1950s or 1960s
Bell Toys and Games
 
First produced
1950s or 1960s
Players
2 to 4
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1 x playing plan
1 x spinner
10 x cowboy playing pegs, 5 blue and 5 green
12 x rustler playing pegs, 6 red and 6 yellow
4 x 3D cardboard stockades
1 x rules sheet

Yellow Tree ranch cowboys are attacked by rustlers. They need help from Marshal Matt Dillon and his deputies in Dodge city but must cross the Badlands first, where the only safe havens are outpost stockades.

Cowboys win by capturing all the rustlers or by reaching Dodge. The rustlers win by capturing all the cowboys or by reaching the ranch with 6 men.

A cowboy is captured when 2 rustlers are in neighbouring spaces. Rustlers are removed when the opponent spins a scout whilst a rustler is outside base camp.

2 player game; cowboys vs rustlers.
3 player game, rustlers vs blue cowboys and green cowboys.
4 player game; red rustlers and yellow rustlers vs blue cowboys and green cowboys.

Like other games by Bell Toys and Games, team work is required to win when there are more than 2 players.
Based on the ITV series starring James Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon. The programme ran from 1955 to 1966 in black and white, then in colour until 1975. Named Gunsmoke in the US.

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