Welcome to the land of the Sioux Union. We are a strong and proud group, who are tired of the goins on in the town of Gomorra. With the help of the Great Spirit, we intend to cure Gomorra and its people of the deadly plight that has befallen them.... Or we shall die tryin.... Below are a few of my favorite decks for this great faction.... enjoy!
Sioux Union
They come from a dozen different Indian tribes, scattered all across the
Weird West. They follow a vision of doom and redemption, prophesied by one man. Joseph Eyes-Like-Rain has seen the future of Gomorra...and he's come here to stop it. He's been joined by braves and shamans from the Pawnee to the Navajo. There somethin' hidin' in Doomtown's shadows, but Joseph and his crew know its there - and they aren't afraid of it.
Ghost Dancers
By Gerry Crowe, posted October 7th 1998 - Episode 6
This one won a tournament organised in the U.K. by SELWG
Dudes:
Benjamin Nightsinger
Wise Cloud
Singing Feather
Cassidy Greene
Charlie Landers
Joseph Eyes-Like-Rain
Walks-in Footprints
Eagle Rock x 2
Tioga Joe x 2
Wise Cloud
Deeds:
1st Bank of Gomorra x 2
Orphanage
Green Eye Saloon
Graveyard
Foales Folly
Waters Edge Strike
Top of the World Lode
Scrapyard
Pony Express
Wishing Well
Actions:
Run Outta Town x 4
Snake Eyes x 4
Warpaint x 3
Tattoo
Friends in Low Places
Hells Fury
Rumours
Events:
It was a Mountain Lion x 4
Spells:
Curse x 4
Medicine x 3
Strength of the Bear x 2
Speed of the Wolf x 1
First turn use the outfit ability to get a Medicine from your deck if you've not drawn one, just in case a Lion backfires. After that, unless you're short of rock, get Curses. The Lion kills your opponents high value dudes, the Run Outta Towns get the low value ones. Anybody that's left, reduce their influence with the Curses and drop a coupla Control Point deeds. Ideally, you can reduce their influence to 1 each and then drop the Bank, which is why there's 2 of them.
Although not ideally suited for shootouts, Benjamin with a Warpaint can usually draw a Full House, often non-cheatin'. Eagle Rock & Tioga are in there to defend against strong Shootout decks, and it's quite easy to harrow them with the Hells Fury. Course, they then become Lion food, but they're so cheap you can often afford it.
How to stop it. It cheats often enough that Run Outta Town is a big problem, particularly on the main dude...Wise Cloud. Kidnapping is also a big danger, because if you won lowball and Ben hasn't applied his Warpaint, its difficult to stop a shootout deck discarding your dudes. No Funny Stuff cheatin' decks murder it, so long as you've got ways of calling out dudes at home.
Crazy Injuns
By Matthew Hill, posted October 7th 1998 - Episode 6
Dudes:
Joseph Eyes-Like-Rain
Eagle Rock
Little Mountain
Wise Cloud
Tioga Joe
Feather-In-His-Hair
John Bloody Knife
Cassidy Greene
Little Running Bear
Benjamin Nightsinger
Deeds:
San Simeon Mine
St. Martin's Chapel
Old Moon Saloon
Thunder Gulch Strike
The Desert Rose Lode
Drop in the Ocean Strike
Exchange Office
The Tree
Fish Ridge Mine
The 1st Bank of Gomorra
The Lucky Dog Lode
Golden Mare Hotel
Schoolhouse
Red Hill Hotel
Actions:
Tattoo
Claim Jumper x 2
Snakebite x 3
Raid x 2
Pistol Whip x 4
Luck of the Draw x 2
Events:
The 1st Bank is Robbed x 2
A Coach Comes to Town x 2
Spells:
Speed of the Wolf x 3
Medicine x 4
Strength of the Bear x 3
The Starting Dudes make Ghost Rock a little hard to come
by, by a well timed Coach or Raid with Eagle Rock as the
shooter will deter most folks from shooting out with
you. The main stategy is to stay mobile with the
SotW and the Tree, pound the heck out of people in
shootouts (12 sevens and 19 queens), and drop some CP
with PLENTY of muscle to back them up. Most of the
spirits will work, especially on Joe and Wise Cloud, and
LRB with Strength of the Bear on him and Medicine on the
other two means that even if you lose a shootour to a
non-cheater, you shouldn't ever lose LRB. Collegium
decks give it fits sometimes, the deck is a little slow,
and it does take a little while to beat the 'Rats.
Overall a very fun group deck, and it is always great to
shout, "No pickum fight with Crazy Injun!!!"
Sioux
Never Die
By Ken Kurpiel, posted August 28th 1998 - Episode
5
Dudes:
Singing Feather
Sir Whitmore
Tioga Joe
Cassidy Greene
Joe Eye-Like-Rain
Crazy Quilt
John Bloody Knife
Walks in Footsteps
Little Running Bear
Moses Whateley
Wise Cloud
Red Crow
Saul Whateley
Spells:
Helpin' Hands x4
Curse x4
Medicine x4
Strength of the Bear x2
Goods:
Bow and Arrow x2
Deeds:
Clock Tower
Henry's Hole
Wishing Well
Thunder Gulch
Spirit of Kentucky
1st Bank
Lord Grimleys Manor
Red Hill Hotel
Actions:
Ignore 'em x2
Yellow Belly x1
Take You With Me x4
Get a Rope x2
Stray Lead x4
Snakebite x2
This deck has only been played a few times in polite
company. I think you can see why. Charlotte,
the spousal type won last week with a similar deck.
Hers has a few more little strikes, no bow and arrow, no
ignore 'em, she adds a few rumors too. This deck is
big, it's bad, it goes out and dies horribly, takes you
with them, and the stray lead gets you in trouble.
Then to add insult to injury it saves the little dude in
the shootout. Red crow becomes a real terror.
Nothing like Joseph plucking a Take You with Me from the
low-ball hand and then Red Crow has Blackjack running
away from him. I personally think this
design is broken, not only design wise, but it destroys
the spirit of the game.
The
Coyote and the Confederate
By Caleb Dorr, posted September 17th 1998 -
Episode 6
Dudes:
Joseph Eyes-Like-Rain
John bloody Knife
Tioga Joe
Little Moutain,
Eagle Rock
Walk-In-Footprints
Wise Clouds
Sheila Mirabella,
Charlie Landers
Austin Stoker
Spells:
Lighting Strike
Medicine
Strength of the Bear
Speed of the Wolf,
2xRain Dance
Goods:
New Hat
Roan
Mustang
4xSacred TomaHawk
Deeds:
Harlot's Haven Strike
Foale's Folly
Henry's Hole
Town Hall
Thunder Gulch Strike
Red Hill Hotel
Weapon Smith
Pony Express,
St. Martin's Chapel
Ignacio's Excoties
The First Bank of Gomorra,
Actions:
Tatto
Dead Man`s Hand
Lady Luck
Ace in the hole
2xWar Paint,
2xForclose
2xRun Outta Town
2xReservers
2x No Funny Stuff,
2x Luck of the Draw
Events:
2xEureka!
