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BANG! The Duel

#4943BGG ↗

2015 · 2-2 players · 30min · weight 1.91 · 1,512 ratings

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Bayes
5.79
Users rated
1,512
Owned
3,993
Wishing
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At a glance — v4 wide

Controlled-vocabulary primitives + 8-axis MDA aesthetic vector. Vocab v1.

Core loop (micro)

Play action cards to attack opponent's front character; defeated characters flip to reveal the next in your lineup.

MDA aesthetic vector (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
2
Narrative
1
Challenge
2
Fellowship
0
Discovery
1
Expression
1
Submission
1
Mechanic-interaction primitives (3)
  • [3]hand_management_under_draw— “lawful player specializing in drawing cards and the outlaw player specializing in tricks
  • [2]variable_player_powers— “each player chooses a certain number of characters from a personal deck; lawful vs outlaw asymmetry
  • [2]attrition_clock— “whoever eliminates all of their opponent's characters first wins
discovery_score: -0.222

Sources (2)

Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.

Wikipedia0.70LLM memory0.10

BGG tags

Mechanisms (1)
Categories (2)
American WestCard Game