So, while I was scouring the internet for more information on Bang! The Wild West Show expansion, I ran into more information for Bang! The Game. I’m the crazy guy constantly updating the Bang! Wikipedia page about new information about the upcoming video game and new expansion pack.
I ran into some pictures of what the game play would look like and here’s the first set of character pictures: Calamity Jane, Willy the Kid, Vera Custer, and Jose Delgado.
I just found out last night that there will be a new Bang! expansion coming out in a few months called Bang! Wild West Show.
No laws in the whole Wild West can stop them! They are strong, terrible, greedy, and they are mad!
New ruthless gunslingers run about the Wild West at breakneck speed, panicking the other gunmen. Their talent is madness, and so are the cards you’ll find in this crazy expansion! Your chances are hanging by a thread – can you measure up against unfair duels and unpredictable moves?
Bang: Wild West Show – An expansion for Da Vinci Bang,The Bullet
… “a little double-faced expansion that contains eight VERY wild new characters, like one that draws cards from the other players hands instead of the deck, one with 9 life points who cannot use Missed! cards, [and] one that “draws” when it’s killed and stays alive if you do not draw Spades, ’cause you need a Spade to bury him….!, [plus] a set of cards that come in play when you play a Wells Fargo and change the rules of the game until they are discarded… [and] craaaaazy cards, like the Wild West Show that lets you play Missed! cards as BANG!s and vice versa, [and] one that lets you swap your position with another player at the table…”
Oh, how I love the card game, BANG! It’s just about one of the best games I have ever played. No matter who we teach it to, they always end up wanting to play again.
In this game you are randomly given a role which determines what your goal of the game is. There is a Sheriff, Outlaw, Deputy, and Renegade. The number of players determines how many Outlaws, Deputies and Renegades you have. The Sheriff’s role is to kill the Outlaw and the Renegade, the Outlaw’s role is to kill the Sheriff, the Deputy’s role is to keep the Sheriff alive and the Renegade is to be the last man alive. When playing with my regular gaming friends, I find that the easiest role is usually the Sheriff and the most difficult role is the Renegade. You may think that since the Sheriff is hard since they have the most enemies, but you must remember that the Outlaws usually do not want to give their identities away since the Sheriff has so many potential allies in the Deputy and Renegade.
Aside from your Role, you are assigned a special ability character. These are characters that are named after famous Wild West characters, Willy the Kid or Bart Cassidy. The special abilities can be great (Use any card as a Missed) or it can be weak (When a player dies draw 2 cards), but what sets them apart is the amount of lives you get. Most of the strong characters will have less lives than the weak characters. That definitely balances out the game.
While you play, you are able to draw cards to enhance your abilities or to perform an action. The game consists of a distance concept. Depending on how far you are sitting from someone determines how far away they are from you. So, in a game of 8 players, the person furthest from you is 4 distance away. In order to manipulate the distance you are from someone, you will need to close that distance by having a distance related character ability, using a gun or object that changes your distance, or kill the people next to you to bring you closer. The actions that you can perform are attacking, defending, gaining life, forcing other players to discard cards, drawing extra cards and a bunch of other crazy things. As you can tell, much of this game is the luck of the draw. That doesn’t mean that this game doesn’t require skill. Many times you will find that you need to fake people out, or get sympathy for having the weakest character.
Gameplay [rating:5.0] Replay Value [rating:4.5] Ease of Play [rating:4.5] [rating:overall] [amtap amazon:asin=B001037L8K]
We’ve been playing a new card game called Citadels. We purchased Citadels for Aron’s birthday along with a couple other games and expansions, Ticket to Ride: USA 1910 and MWAHAHAHA.
Gameplay
[rating:3.0]
The point of this game is to build a city that is worth more than your opponents city. To do this you need to take on various roles on every turn: Assassin, Thief, Magician, King, Bishop, Merchant, Architect, and Warlord. Each role has a special ability to gain an advantage in building the cities, raising Gold, or researching new Districts. In order to build the city, you need to collect Gold to purchase Districts.
Replayability
[rating:3.5]
The fact that you can switch roles every turn makes Citadel’s replayability very high, since the strategy will change every game. The fact that you will be trying to fake everyone out every turn makes this game pretty fun. Also, our set came with an expansion where you can switch new roles into the game. I’m not sure what they are but I remember there was an Emperor and a Queen.
Game Mechanic
[rating:3.5]
This game is all about faking people out, or guessing who will pick which role. At the same time, you have the luck of the draw when you are trying to “research” new districts to build. The game itself doesn’t take very long, it’s the guessing and faking that makes it longer.
Ease of Play
[rating:4.5]
It took us one manual read and a couple verification checks before we got used to the rules of the game. I would say that this game is pretty easy to pick up. The only complications are what the characters can do.
Overall Rating [rating:overall] [amtap amazon:asin=158994030X]