

One of the most dangerous might just be running both this and the pearl, all but guaranteeing you can make one of your starting dudes into a stud turn one. That said I’d imagine there are a number of decks that could benefit from its use of uplifting a draw into a main shooter. To spell it out, this card gives you power at the cost of versatility. Further, they can no longer pay the cost of the Winchester itself, meaning while they are a big ol’ stud for one shootout, even if they show up again they’re not going to be a stud again, unlike the dudes wieldin’ pearl handles. Booting your dude is definitely a cost to this card, as it effectively means the dude involved is likely done for the turn. That said, the penalty does mean this isn’t for every deck. Put on a dude like Mongwau or The Fixer who already have a large chunk of bullets to their name and you’re now looking at one of the biggest stacks of card draw off one dude. So, if we compare it to the most direct analog, pearl-handled revolver, we’ve booted our dude for +2 bullets, which given that the dude is a stud is a big swing.


Then in a shootout you can boot your dude to stud them up and gain another bullet. For 1 rock you get a guaranteed bullet bonus. Now everyone knows Winchester made some fine guns back in the day, and this one’s no exception. This week we have a preview out of the next saddlebag, Frontier Justice: The Winchester Model 1873. Howdy there, Pard’ners, and welcome to another Doomtown Reloaded Preview!
