You can find it here at the Arcane Wonders site and most likely in your favorite board game store. In closing, Sheriff of Nottingham is a fantastic party game with top-notch mechanics, production value, and beautiful artwork that I believe is worth your time and dollars. Ken from introduced me to it and I believe he has his own review going up on Monday. I played one round and suddenly I had voices for my merchant (I was a cheese vendor) and for my turns as The Sheriff. If you are a roleplayer, the gameplay and atmosphere it creates lends itself to such exploits. I had the pleasure of playing this game for the first time last year at Board Game Geek Con and I instantly fell in love with it. However, if the Sheriff wrongly accuses a player and opens their bag, the Sheriff then pays fines, so you have to be careful. Players will form alliances, bribe the Sheriff to open specific player bags, and get grudgy to make sure their bags are safe. The Sheriff can ask any question and the players are encouraged to lie, bribe, and deflect suspicion by nearly any means necessary if they are carrying contraband. It is this phase of the game that really drives home the overall theme and fun for me. Once the players are ready, the Sheriff questions each merchant about their goods in an attempt to root out deception. This creates are real Press-Your-Luck atmosphere over the course of the game.Īs for the questioning, at the beginning of each round, one player assumes the role of the Sheriff while the other players select cards of goods and contraband from their hand and place them into the awesome little felt bags (with button snaps) to await the questioning of the Sheriff. If you get past questioning, you stand to earn major gold. If you are caught with contraband by the Sheriff, you pay fines. The art is well done and the cards and coins are sturdy. Depending on the story he is sometimes a physical nemesis worthy of the highwayman, but more often than not he’s a shrewd and conniving politician with eyes on the throne. The components for this game are really nice. In most Robin Hood tales the villain is the Sheriff of Nottingham, a ruthless noble that overtaxes the common people and enforces the crown’s laws without mercy or any shred of kindness. It plays quick, is easy to teach and very accessible. Most of the goods are simple items like bread, cheese, and chickens, however there are illicit contraband cards, like pepper and gouda cheese(?) that while worth much more gold, is illegal. Quick Review of Sheriff of Nottingham: Sheriff of Nottingham is fun bluffing game with a dash of negotiation and set collection. Players earn gold for the goods that make it into town. The basic premise is 3-5 players sit around a table playing as merchants attempting to get past the notoriously dickheaded Sheriff of Nottingham to sell their goods and illicit contraband (more on this in a moment) in town. Sheriff is a fantastic bluffing game from the folks over at Arcane Wonders. The banker keeps the rest of the Gold close at hand so he can make change during the game. The banker gives each player (including himself) 50 Gold. If you haven’t played Sherriff of Nottingham this strip may seem a little odd and if that is the case then allow me to give you the short pitch on why it is worth your time. Choose one player to act as the 'banker'.
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