How to play BANG!

Learn the rules to the card game BANG! quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.
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0:00 - Objective
0:15 - Setup
1:15 - Bullets
1:32 - Card Signs
2:11 - Distance
2:26 - Playing a Bang
2:45 - Border Colors
3:00 - Start & Turns
3:48 - Beer
4:10 - Eliminated
4:30 - End
4:45 - Special effects
6:06 - Recommended
RULES:
Each player has his own objective: The Sheriff and deputies must eliminate all the outlaws and renegade. The Outlaws must eliminate the Sheriff. The Renegade wants to be the last player left in the game
Shuffle the character cards and deal two to each player, who then picks one. The number of bullets on a card determines the max health that player can have. The text at the bottom determines their special ability. Place your character on the game mat and receive bullet tokens based on how many bullets your character has. This is your life. If your are the Sheriff, you have 1 additional bullet. When a player loses his last bullet he is eliminated from the game.
Shuffle the playing cards and give each player 1 for every bullet he has. Place the deck in the center of the table. At the end of each player’s turn, they cannot hold a number cards in their hand if it exceeds the number of bullets they have. They must discard the excess.
Bullets replenish health. If you see a card with a bullet on it you know it deal with life. An “X” with a bullet is called a BANG! and takes away life, a “+” adds life up to your maximum bullet limit. You do not gain life if it will exceed your character’s limit.
Whenever you are attacked with a bang card, you can play a miss card to cancel the effect of the Bang. The hand on a card means drawing a card. A card with an “X” through it means discard a card. A cowboy hat means choose a player, 3 cowboy hats means every other player. A scope with a hat in it means any player within reachable distance, and a scope with a number in it means any player within a distance of that number or less. All these symbols can be referenced during the game on a summary card.
Distance is how many seats away a player is. If a player is sitting next to you, they are 1 away. For each player in between you and that player, increase their distance by one. So a player who is the 3rd person away from you is seen at a distance of 3.
Each turn you are allowed to play 1 bang against anyone you choose who’s within your range. Everyone starts the game with the ability to hit only the players that are 1 away. To increase your range, you need to play a gun in front of you. The number on the gun tells you the range you can hit. Remember, a gun increases YOUR range, it doesn’t decrease their distance.
A brown-bordered card plays to the discard pile and is a one time use. A Blue-boarder card play in front of you and remain there until discarded, stolen, or replaced.
The sheriff starts the game and play proceeds clockwise. There are 3 phases in a turn. 1st is the draw phase where you draw 2 cards from the deck, if ever the deck is empty, shuffle the discard into a new draw deck.
In the 2nd phase you play cards from your hand, you can play as many cards as you like as long as they follow the limitations which are: you may only play 1 BANG card per turn. You may only have 1 copy of a card in front of you at a time, there is no limit to the cards that can be in front of you, however they just can’t share the same name. And, you may only have 1 weapon in play at a time. On your turn you don’t have to play any cards if you can’t or don’t want to.
The 3rd phase is when you discard excess cards. If your hand size is larger than the number of bullets your character currently has, then you must discard cards until your hand size matches your life.
If ever you lose your last bullet, you are eliminated from the game, unless you have a beer you can play. Normally a beer can only be played on your turn to regain a health. However, if you may play a beer during another player’s turn if you are about to be eliminated. The beer prevents elimination and keeps you at 1 bullet. When there are 2 players left, beer has no effect.
When you are eliminated from the game, discard all the cards in your hand and in play in front of you and reveal your identity card to everyone. If you were an outlaw, whoever eliminated you draws 3 cards. If you were a deputy and the sheriff eliminated you, then the...

[@morganfitzpp]

The only place I've ever heard the phrase, "When there are two players left, beer has no effect."

[@hatemalashkar3469]

It's right though

[@spaceman_256]

At our college board game club we had a very important house rule: whenever someone plays a general store card (2:05) all players throw their arms in the air and cheer excitedly, much to the dismay of other groups in the room playing other games

[@williamlucas1613]

We used to give the option of chugging a beer to stay in the game once

[@vojtechkubinek6650]

My family has similar house rules, like when someone plays the dynamite, we all cheer on the dynamite to explode. This also happens right before a player draws to see if he will explode and when he doesn't, we boo him. And we also make choo choo noises when we move the train in the new expansion.

[@eschsoapy2809]

how do we calculate emotional distance

[@TripleSGames]

With a Geiger counter

[@hikatana6249]

You do x times y then multiply the left number by 7 then you have to divide that by 2 and there’s your answer

[@yungeasytv.8270]

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[@Xandawesome]

@@TripleSGames Mine is in the shop

[@ProtoSquam]

You multiply the distance x how many bullets they have left compared to your bullets , divide that by 69 then use a sick burn to multiply that by 9001

[@tomleejones496]

"The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes"

[@THE_GREMLINZ_OFFICIAL]

*gunfights

[@pierre0227]

Thanks so much for this video as I can show my friends so I don’t have to explain it.

[@SkyScar7]

Thanks man,u're good at explaining the game. but I buy Bang the bullet which is the complete edition,and there's more card on it,still learning to play it.

[@atinyhorse1455]

Dynamite is the best card.

[@humanbard1699]

Boom stick

[@thewatcherinthecloud]

Was watching this on autoplay. Already knew the video was in que. Still got surprised with the "BANG" at 0:00.

[@LaytonWrigth]

Press 0 multiple times for a gatling gun.

[@laumickey3016]

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[@leinirose]

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[@filips7734]

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[@xtremeyoylecake]

Rewatching ur old videos bc ur awesome :)…I just realized you look a lot like Scott Pilgrim in ur old videos… that’s AWESOME 😎

[@dunnomynameso746]

0:00 AHH- * dies*

[@bluebanana2024]

Does this game still exists? I'm trying to download/buy it, but I can't find it anywhere and the website doesn't work properly...

[@ryangosling239]

are there green cards(which are single time used, you place them in front of you and can play only after the turn you placed them), or are they in DLCs to bang?

[@DeathJest]

I believe the Green Boarder cards are from the Dodge City expansion.

[@ryangosling239]

@@DeathJest hmm, maybe

[@miikka674]

@@ryangosling239 They aren't in the base game

[@ryangosling239]

@@miikka674 yeah, I understood it month later

[@gavindhailwal3432]

which version is this

[@johnnyi1337]

dat transition @4:10

[@jimmytorres2658]

same here

[@NervousDisordo]

Yeah, transitioned like Levine, boy.

[@tomstr39]

is there a limit for my blue cards?

[@Mizai]

i remember this its fun

[@BeatlesRoxx13579]

I got the bullet special edition thinking it was the dice game. It still looks fun. But why doesn't the special edition come with player cards?

[@spencershipley9577]

Lemon Gaming/Music you got an add on not the game

[@SridharN-sz6xt]

I like it!

[@miikka674]

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE LEFT SLOT IN THE BOARD????! cant find the answer anywhere

[@adrieljosiasdaniels8530]

Amazingly explained game 👍

[@n1qht719]

First question, how many cards do you start with, and two, if you can only have lets, say, 1 bang at a time, what use does Willy the Kid have or other things that can shoot multiple bangs at a time?

[@darthmaul5035]

You draw by the number of health you start with If you have Willy the Kid or vulcanic that rule doesnt count (i only played the base game)

[@skellingtron817]

a general rule that applies to all card games: card text overrides the base rules

[@telecaster9988]

Dude,could you explain the expansion game of bang! ?

[@rintanazamaludin]

I agree

[@Novica89]

So... in a game of 3 players, the first player next to you is distance of 1, but is the third player counted as the distance of 2 (sitting next to the player that is distance 1 from you), or is he also distance of 1 (since he is right by your side from the right?

[@toms75]

Also a distance of 1. Distance counts both sides, so you'll need 4 people to have someone at distance 2 from you (and 6 to have someone at distance 3).

[@tekkerssecondary7493]

And when you get character cards at the begining of the game, you can look at both or you have to choose randomly without flippint them?

[@CodyRoark]

Tekker 2004 you look and choose

[@tekkerssecondary7493]

@@CodyRoark much appreciated

[@CodyRoark]

Tekker 2004 no problem

[@Freeman4815]

Of course you can choose, why else you get two of them if you should stick to ,,fate" and choose randomly?

[@drrose1469]

If renegade kills both sheriff and the last outlaw at the same time does he win or not?

[@moonscience]

The killing goes clockwise. Say a gattling or indians is played, damage is resolved in turn order.

[@wirthynek]

Sherif's +1 life doesnt affect starting cards. It's in the written rules.

[@ryangosling239]

no? it says: "Shuffle the playing cards, and give each player as many cards, face down, as the bullets he has. Put the remaining playing cards face down in the middle of the table, as a draw pile. Leave room for the discard pile." Sheriff has +1 bullet so it affects on starting cards

[@wirthynek]

@@ryangosling239 Rulles in my bang box are sying that sheriffs +1 doesn't affect initial cards.

[@ryangosling239]

@@wirthynek that's odd

[@wirthynek]

@@ryangosling239 It is. In Czech translation, it's there. But in english, it's not. Interesting. But it's fine, as long as players agree on rulles. :)

[@ryangosling239]

@@wirthynek exactly

[@LyricalMVs]

A couple of questions: 1) If no multiple cards can be played during a turn, does this mean I cannot place multiple barrels or mustang cards down for play and have their effects added up? Or are you referring to playing the same action cards such as multiple emporio's in a turn? 2) For the barrel card - can I use this ability for other instances that I am shot at such as the Gatlin Gun? Or the Indian card?

[@matejpustejovsky2367]

1. it means you cant play 2 blue cards of the same name, you can play as many brown cards of the same name but you can play only one bang (if you have vulcanic or you are willy the kid you can play as many bang as you want) 2. you can use barrel for gatling but not for indians (a bang must be discarded) hope this helped :)

[@tammieknuth6020]

So this is what police etc are playing. Thank you. Explains a lot more!!

[@LuxisAlukard]

Great game! There's also dice version, I think that one is quicker =D

[@IWillSexU]

If 2 players are left ( sheriff and outlaw/renegade) can you still use jail as sheriff?

[@moonscience]

Yes. The only special rule about 2 players is beers don't do anything.

[@chris55kamakazy]

WOW! sounds like a complicated game to play, lol.

[@charkie2388]

Yoda's Spirit it is but it's way too fucking fun

[@ebreaks]

Lol the game sounds like the video board game they played on Community.

[@gaik1518]

I played it last Saturday for the 1st time, yes, it's quite complicated but very fun to play...

[@user-ev2vo8ts7s]

Is communication forbidden in this game

[@johansmg5026]

Can i play this game for 2 person only ?

[@TripleSGames]

You cannot

[@diegogionta7475]

Only with the Duel version of Bang

[@IamLastKings2049]

What happens when it comes down to 2 players

[@dominikdurkovsky8318]

u cant use beers

[@fakeage9586]

I bought the game, but received no bullet token?

[@nattk.1232]

Then someone ripoff you

[@fakeage9586]

Natt K. Instead they told me to use the character card. flip the other one over take the one I chose. on the back, there were 5 bullet. they told me to use that

[@MarioAtheonio]

@@nattk.1232 There are different editions and versions. The bullet tokens are a relatively new addition (which I personally dislike).

[@darinahegedusova5319]

Sherif must goth 4 cards bro

[@kristenkauai]

3:34

[@piitasimonOP]

Why didn't you tell us to have fun at the end of your video tho

[@Freeman4815]

Because you shouldn't have one

[@vendetta1306]

Why does he remind me of a kid actor I saw

[@IWillSexU]

the one playing on sixth sense I believe.

[@turkishundelightful5382]

The rules are the same as regular chess, except for these changes.

[@LeotheTiger1234]

If the sheriff kills a deputy, is he out of the game? Or is he just penalized by forfeiting all his cards?

[@moonscience]

They lose all the cards in front of them and in their hand. They are still in the game.

[@Eric-xk4ns]

if the roles are hidden wouldnt it be obvious who the renegades are by attacking the sheriff

[@LiLKnight135]

renegades are played to balanced the game. for them to win they need to keep the sheriff alive till the very end and also weakening the outlaws. so at the start they would seem to be played as a deputy

[@Eric-xk4ns]

Nhat Cao ohh that makes sense kk thanks!

[@tammieknuth6020]

Lose a turn is losing your constitutional rights in jail. Something they violated with false arrests and literally did to me!! Tamekka

[@switchcraft792]

so this is where jessie mcree came from

[@ZillaSupreme]

In the west, three things are cherished: Gold, Beer, and Ammunition.

[@molomosk123]

Instructions say only ONE character card per person. Video is incorrect.

[@Maxtropos]

1 Bang per turn, heh

[@tammieknuth6020]

Use this to catch inmates too. Their system

[@Andrew-Comi]

2:13 there's flies buzzing by and this dude just keeps on talking straight to the camera.

[@carissaphillips110]

Renegade renegade renegade renegade

[@nicolaszanon3337]

*"Wanna bang"*

[@wokeandroid]

you sound a bit like linus

[@fabiangonzalez5394]

Y’all couldn’t kill the fly

[@Viel_Glueck]

I feel like in a 4 player game the sheriff can't win.

[@420mralucard]

I think the thought process is the renegade will help out since he wants everyone dead and the two fugitives don't know who their partner is so they may shoot them instead of the renegade.

[@misterbrick4276]

Why do you sound like you’re talking faster than more recents

[@tammieknuth6020]

Birra

[@tammieknuth6020]

Cant share the same name..huh

[@3setsofdrums]

you gotta be an alcohollic to win this game don't you

[@lukeclarke1909]

Kid I don't wanna hear anymore

[@Jeroen_Ech]

Too many rules, i don't like this game

[@lastlayerskip8605]

that's how board games are 😱

[@nicthemasterclown1974]

school bang match when