Published card games
Bang!
Four sides with opposing goals around the same table: the sheriff wants law and order, the outlaws want the sheriff dead, and the renegade wants to be the last one standing against them.
- players
- 4–7
- minutes
- 30
You’ll need the game box. Marquoir sums up the rules and keeps score.
Setup
- Four to seven players. One sheriff, one or two deputies, two or three outlaws, one renegade, depending on the number of players.
- Only the sheriff reveals their role. Each player receives a character, with its ability and life points.
- The sheriff gets one extra life point, and each player is dealt as many cards as they have life points.
How to play
- On your turn, draw two cards, play as many as you like, then discard down to your number of life points.
- One Bang! card per turn, unless a weapon or character says otherwise, and only against a player within range.
- Range depends on the distance around the table, modified by weapons, the Mustang and the Scope.
- A player at zero life points is eliminated and reveals their role.
Scoring
- No points: the game is won by a side.
- The sheriff and deputies win if all outlaws and the renegade are eliminated.
- The outlaws win as soon as the sheriff dies.
- The renegade only wins by being the last one alive, with the sheriff eliminated last.
End of the game
- The round ends when the sheriff dies, or when only one side is left standing.
- Enter 1 for each player on the winning side, 0 for the others.
House rules and pitfalls
- A sheriff who kills their own deputy loses all their cards on the spot: it is the harshest penalty in the game, and the most common.
- Eliminating an outlaw gives three cards to whoever shot them: that is what makes the hunt worthwhile.
Frequently asked questions
How many outlaws for each number of players?
With four players: one sheriff, two outlaws, one renegade. With five, add a deputy. With six, a third outlaw. With seven, a second deputy.
The box
- Released
- 2002
- Age
- Ages 8+
- Designer
- Emiliano Sciarra
- Artwork
- Stefano de Fazi, Alessandro Pierangelini
- Publisher
- Asmodee
- Mechanics
- Gestion de mainRôles cachésPatate chaudeCoup de grâceÉlimination
- Expansions
- BANG! Dodge City · 2009
- Wanted! High Noon / A Fistful of Cards · 2005
- BANG! Wild West Show
- BANG! Gold Rush · 2012
- BANG! The Valley of Shadows · 2014
Rules on video
Videos in French, hosted on YouTube.
Where to find it
Specialist French shops. Marquoir earns nothing from these links.