Wyatt Earp (card Game) - Sheriff Cards

Sheriff Cards

There are also 29 sheriff cards, which combine with the outlaw cards to form the 78-card deck used in the game. A bit more than half of the sheriff cards increase the capture points and rewards associated with an outlaw:

• Four "Bank Robbery" cards add two capture points and $1000 to the reward for an outlaw;
• Two "Stagecoach Robbery" cards add one capture point and $3000 to a reward;
• Three "Fastest Gun" cards establish an outlaw in that role (replacing any previous holder) and add three capture points and $1000 to the outlaw's reward; and
• Seven "Photo" cards, one for each outlaw, add four capture points and $1000 to their reward.

The remaining sheriff cards play other roles in the game:

• Three are "Most Wanted" cards, which let a player take a card from another player;
• Three are "Hideout" cards, used to block the capture point value of a meld of another player; and
• Seven are "Wyatt Earp" cards, which are used to add to or exchange cards in a player's hand, or to remove a hideout.

A player is allowed but not required to use only one sheriff card per turn.

Based on card type, players are sometimes required to draw, or given the option of drawing, a card in order to successfully use a sheriff card. Such a draw is considered to be an attempt to "shoot" the outlaw. If a player draws an outlaw card (which are marked with a bullet hole for this purpose), the shot is successful, and the sheriff card is played. If another sheriff card is drawn, the shot failed, and the original sheriff card has no effect. Those cards for which attempting a shot is optional have greater value when the shot is attempted and successful than the value it has when no attempt is made.