This article is about the Bang! card game. For more uses of the word 'Bang, please see Bang .
Bang! is a wild west-themed card game similar to a spaghetti western designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Mayfair Games. In 2004, Bang! won the Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game of 2003 and Best Graphic Design of a Card Game.
Overview
The game is played by four to seven players (two to eight players with variants and expansions). Each player takes one of the following roles:
Sheriff (x1)
Deputy Sheriff (x2)
Outlaw (x3)
Renegade (x1)
Each player also receives a unique character card with special abilities and a certain amount of 'bullets' (i.e. life-points).The object of the game is different for every role:
the Outlaws must kill the Sheriff;
the Sheriff and his Deputies must kill the Outlaws and the Renegade(s);
each Renegade's objective is to be the last character in play. The Renegade(s) must kill all the characters with the sheriff being the last one de