Bang! is a Spaghetti Western-themed social deduction card game designed by Emiliano Sciarra and released by Italian publisher DV Giochi in 2002. In 2004, Bang! won the Origins Award for Best Traditional Card Game of 2003 and Best Graphic Design of a Card Game or Expansion. The game is known worldwide as Bang!, except in France, where it was known as Wanted! until September 2009. Overview The game is played by four to seven players (four to eight players with variants and expansions). Each player takes one of the following roles: Sheriff (always 1) Deputy (min. 0, max. 2) Outlaw (min. 2, max. 3) Renegade (min. 1, max. 2 with expansions) Each player also receives a unique character card with special abilities and a certain number of 'bullets' (i.e. life-points). The objective 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 player in play. The Renegade(s) must kill all the players with the sheriff being the last one dead. Game Setup Each player is randomly dealt a Character card and a Role card: there is always a Sheriff, two Outlaws and a Renegade. Roles depend on the number of players (for example, with 7 players there will be 1 Sheriff, 2 Deputies, 3 Outlaws and 1 Renegade). The Role cards are given face down to each player. The Sheriff shows his card. With the expansion, it is possible to play with only three players using a Deputy, an Outlaw and a Renegade. Gameplay The game is played in turns, in clockwise order, with the Sheriff beginning. Each player's turn is divided into three phases: Draw The active player draws the top two cards from the draw pile. Each player is required to do this at the beginning of his turn. If the draw pile runs out of card, shuffle the discard pile to create a new draw pile. Some characters have abilities that vary the number of cards drawn per turn. Play The player may choose to heal or buff himself, attack other players in an attempt to eliminate them, or choose to play no cards at all. Any number of cards may be played in a player's turn, but there are two limitations on which card can be played: Only one Bang! card may