Aces & 8s II

Withdraw

The optional withdrawal rules will not be used.

Why is it called: Aces & 8s?

In May Las Vegas came into being, the gamblers den.

The most famous gamblers hand of all consisted of the black aces and black eights. The pair of aces and eights, along with an unknown hole card.

Aces over 8s or the Dead Mans hand.

The hand held by Old West folk hero, lawman and gunfighter, Wild Bill Hickok when he was murdered while playing a game. 

The Reaper - The Horseman

The Scenarios

Gold Rush

Before rolling off to choose sides:

• Place 7 Loot Counters on the board. The Players take it in turns to place one Loot Counter each. Roll off to see who places the first Loot Counter.

• Loot Counters cannot be placed within 12" of each other or within 3" of Blocking Terrain.

Victory Points are awarded at the end of the game as follows:

• 1 Victory Point for each Loot Counter you control.

Kill Zone

Place 2 objective markers 12" from the table edge along the centre line. Each Score 1VP for controlling it

Kill zones are 24" from the table edge and the area between 6" and 12" from the centre line

Think of them as shrunken Middle Section Control Zones

Box within the Middle 24" section, 12" from centre line to 6" from Centre Line (ie a 6" rectangle just outside the middle Deployment Zone are the Kill Zones

One your side scores 2 Victory Points

One Opponents Side scores 3 Victory Points

Victory Points are awarded at the end of the game as follows:

• 1 Victory Point for each Objective Marker you Control

• 2 Victory Points for controlling the Kill zone on your side of the table

• 3 Victory Points for controlling the Kill zone on the opposite side of the table

Protect and Raze

After rolling off to choose sides, place one Objective Marker in the exact centre of the board. The players then place three more Objective markers 6" from the centre line on their opponent's half of the board, rolling off to see who places theirs first. Take it in turns until all the Objective Markers have been placed.

You cannot remove the Central Objective, or Objective Markers on your own side of the table.

VP can be accumulated from Round two onward and are as follows:

• 1 Victory Point for each Objective Marker you control on your opponent's half of the table at the end of your player Turn. Claimed Objective Markers on your opponent's half of the board are then removed from play.

• 1 Victory Point if you control the central Objective Marker at the end of the game.

• 1 Victory Point for controlling each of the objectives on your side of the table at the end of the game

See Balanced Scenarios for further info on the different balancing adjustments.

See Balanced Scenarios for further info on the different balancing adjustments.