There are three things you need to make BANG! The Dice Game work: - _At least_ six players - _At least_ three non-gamers - Alcohol If you're trying to play BANG! The Dice Game with your regular group of hardcore nerds, it'll likely be way too random, way too fast, and not nearly deep enough to keep your attention. If you break out BANG! The Dice Game at your kid's birthday party right at the point when the grown-ups are finishing their second or third beers, you may find it _far_ more enjoyable.

I like how he keeps rolling Dynamite, even when he went to explain the characters

Oh johnny boy, look how much your shows have improved. I'm so proud of you :)

This was a good explanation of a fun came and theme. I made a solo mode I'll share a video of in the future. I took the components and turned it into a fast-paced shootout between two characters or 2 players. So there's no party game hidden cards. It's the dice icons taking on new meanings.

A useful review. Thanks!

Hi John, this is one of the reasons I like your reviews. I can listen to your neutral and negative points and then: A) disagree, in which case I can get the game B) assess whether some house rules can resolve/reduce those negative or neutral points (if the game otherwise pools fun and interesting). I did this with your review of Alien Frontiers (we play with your suggested end-game condition, catan-like first to 10/9/8 points in a 2/3/4 player game respectively)... has worked excellently, thanks! In the same way, I think the 2 main issues you raise here can probably be resolved: 1) on a player's FIRST roll of their turn, they must only keep 1 dynamite, whatever number they roll. So they still get to make at least 1 decision in that turn (of course if they have 3 dynamite after their 2nd roll... tough luck, it was their choose to roll again or not. 2) Simply boost each players health eg by 3, at game start. When you heal, u can only heal maximum to the health on your character card (not an extra 3, that was just a t game setup). Although this rule may not be necessary, because other reviewers state the game can go on too long due to all the healing ppl do! Either way, thanks as always! Regards, Salman

This is my FAVORITE casual game. I think your group may be over thinking it, or are too competitive. I have played this with many people, and I've only had one person say that it wasn't better then the card game. I also like the random. It means that one person can't just railroad someone. I grew up on Yahtzee though.

I work with international groups and many of these kids can't read English. Can I play this without the characters' special powers, so that we don't have to read the cards?

I'm looking for party games that are simple, fun and purely visual. Zombie Dice was great. Any other tips? Thanks in advance!

do renegades need to kill the other renegade to win?

A good and informtive review Jon. Despite the negatives you give I've watched a few reviews now and I decided I'll love this game.(I like it being quick) But since me and my group are really casual gamers I'm not sure what should we buy first. We need a game we can play on parties, some quick games in the morning, a game to close the night whith whoever is still up , and such occasions. (seing it's a quick game we might need 2 for this one) We will be playing probably in group of 4-6 people. We also like dedution. The other game we are wondering on is King of Tokyo. I know both games are fun but the question is which one should we buy first? What would you recomend? Bang TDG or King of tokyo? The game should be suitable for introduction to table top gaming as there are people comming in and out of the group, we need something quick,easy,interesting. I'd be very thankful for recomendation, which is more suitale for us - Bang TDG or King of Tokyo? Thanks in advance. :)

Hi Jon When playing with a larger group (6-8) I have found the game does last longer. In my experience discussion between players happens as soon as the role cards are dealt and continues throughout the game. The random nature of the die is a bitch, but then that's the point of dice games no? The idea is that it is a quick game and I disagree with what you are saying here about it being over too quickly, some games last 20+ minutes with us, some are 15 or so. You make mention of the 15 minutes on the box and then moan that it doesn't last longer than that... huh? I think your group needs to give itself over to the more random nature of the game. It's a shame that I reckon and your expectations were just way too high on this, it's a game you play at the pub with mates or to end a game night when there are few people still kicking round. Perhaps use it as an intro game to those who aren't so keen on table top games? Keep up the hard work on your videos. Ryan

As explained, Jon, you got some important rules wrong about surviving players and endgame conditions. Also, I'm just assuming that you were playing this fun little dice game in a sober environment and a group full of gamers. I'm not sure that this game was made for these situations. Maybe you don't have to be intoxicated, but I can see that it would be hard to review this game in a playing environment where you're also reviewing more serious games as well.

Bro I play and this game goes on forever I rate this video 0/10 but I love this game

You’ve made some decent game review videos but this one isn’t one of them.

0:40 - The OUTLAWS win the game as soon as the sheriff dies, regardless of how many RENEGADES or DEPUTIES are left! They only need to kill the sheriff. For the Renegades to win, they must kill the Sheriff AFTER all the outlaws are dead; so it is in their interest to keep the Sheriff alive in the beginning. This adds an interesting dynamic as the Renegades may also be acting like a deputy by healing the Sheriff. Man, you're trying to explain the game and can't even get the base win conditions right! Such an awful video for that very reason.

Wow man so much hate, if you dont like it dont do a video, 15min of my Life in to da trash