These are completely alternate rules for the Oregon Trail card game which significantly improve its playability. With these rules it is a competitive, rather than a cooperative, game and involves a little more strategy, though there is still a fair amount of chance in the gameplay. This new set of rules works with the supplies in the original game.
Each player is driving their own separate wagon on their own trail to Oregon. Each player starts with 4 virtual people in their wagon. If all your people die, you are out of the game. The first player to successfully navigate their wagon to Oregon wins.
See the rules for complete explanation. The basics are that you are each separately driving a wagon to Oregon with 4
people in the wagon. Each turn you take an action for each of your wagon members and the first person to Oregon wins.
River cards must be forded by you, but calamity trail cards allow you to play calamities on other players.
Actions:
- Draw a trail card
- Play a trail card or finish fording a river
- Play supply cards to mend a calamity
- Move one step backwards or forwards again along your already forged trail
- Use the action of a fort or town that you are at or have in your hand (by placing it).
In general, each player plays like they are conducting their own private game of the original cooperative game, executing one "round" of play on each turn. But the original rules leave some holes and some parts need to be adapted, so do refer to the full rules for more details.
Pull requests are welcomed! Help me refine these rules by play testing them and if you want to suggest changes to the rules, please submit PRs for what you would change, or put it in an issue. If you have questions about the rules as written, submit an issue against this repo and I will try to clarify what is unclear. Ideas for changes, including ideas for rule changes or just work that is needed are listed on the Projects page.