In Average Joe, you are trying to be just that – average! Play it safe, and try to always be right in the middle of this trivia game.
Game Mechanics:
- Dice Rolling
- Trivia
Game Specifications:
- 3 – 6 Players
- 30 – 45 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.00
Bristol 1350
The dreaded Black Death has descended upon the town of Bristol. You are racing down the streets in one of the three available apple carts, desperate to escape into the safety of the countryside. If your cart is the first to leave the town and it is full of only healthy villagers when you leave, you and your fellow cart-mates successfully escape and win the game!
However, some villagers on your cart may already have the plague! They are hiding their early symptoms from you so that they can enjoy their last few days in peace. If you leave town with a plagued villager on your cart, you will catch the plague. You must do whatever is necessary to make sure that doesn’t happen!
On the surface Bristol 1350 is part co-operative teamwork, part racing strategy, and part social deduction. In reality, it’s a selfish scramble to get yourself out of town as quickly as possible without the plague, by any means necessary.
The game comes in a magnetic book box and includes a rubber playmat, 9 wood pawns, 3 miniature carts, 6 rat/apple dice, a linen bag, and 64 cards. The deluxe version adds 6 coins, 6 cards, and 3 metal carts. This standalone game is Volume 4 in the “Dark Cities Series” by Facade Games following Salem 1692, Tortuga 1667, and Deadwood 1876.
Game Mechanics:
- Deduction
- Hidden Roles
- Player Elimination
- Race
- Semi-Cooperative Game
Game Specifications:
- 1 – 9 Players
- 20 – 40 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.67
Bohnanza
In the game, you plant, then harvest bean cards in order to earn coins. Each player starts with a hand of random bean cards, and each card has a number on it corresponding to the number of that type of beans in the deck. Unlike in most other card games, you can’t rearrange the order of cards in hand, so you must use them in the order that you’ve picked them up from the deck — unless you can trade them to other players, which is the heart of the game.
On a turn, you must plant the first one or two cards in your hand into the “fields” in front of you. Each field can hold only one type of bean, so if you must plant a type of bean that’s not in one of your fields, then you must harvest a field to make room for the new arrival. This usually isn’t good! Next, you reveal two cards from the deck, and you can then trade these cards as well as any card in your hand for cards from other players. You can even make future promises for cards received right now! After all the trading is complete — and all trades on a turn must involve the active player — then you end your turn by drawing cards from the deck and placing them at the back of your hand.
When you harvest beans, you receive coins based on the number of bean cards in that field and the “beanometer” for that particular type of bean. Flip over 1-4 cards from that field to transform them into coins, then place the remainder of the cards in the discard pile. When the deck runs out, shuffle the discards, playing through the deck two more times. At the end of the game, everyone can harvest their fields, then whoever has earned the most coins wins.
Game Mechanics:
- Hand Management
- Negotiation
- Set Collection
- Trading
Game Specifications:
- 2 – 7 Players
- ~45 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.67
Blockbuster
Blockbuster is a movie game for anyone who has seen a movie, and like all the best films it comes in two parts:
In the Movie Buzzer Battle, both teams are given a topic, such as “Movies with dogs”. You start the 15-second timer, yell out a relevant movie, then whack the buzzer to reset the time. The other team is now in the hot seat and has to do the same. Whoever runs out of time hands the advantage to the other team, which takes control of the next round: Triple Charades Jeopardy.
In this round, teams have to guess the movie, while you act it, use one word, or quote from it. There is all sorts of strategy and stealing, too.
Game Mechanics:
- Party Game
- Trivia
Game Specifications:
- 4 – 10 Players
- 30 – 60 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.05
BANG! The Dice Game
In the U.S. wild west, the eternal battle between the law and the outlaws keeps heating up. Suddenly, a rain of arrows darken the sky: It’s an Indian attack! Are you bold enough to keep up with the Indians? Do you have the courage to challenge your fate? Can you expose and defeat the ruthless gunmen around you?
BANG! The Dice Game keeps the core of the Bang! card game in place. At the start of the game, players each take a role card that secretly places them on a team: the Sheriff and deputies, outlaws, and renegades. The Sheriff and deputies need to kill the outlaws, the outlaws win by killing the Sheriff, and the renegades want to be the last players alive in the game.
Each player also receives a character card which grants him a special power in the game. The Sheriff reveals his role card and takes the first turn of the game. On a turn, a player can roll the five dice up to three times, using the results of the dice to shoot neighboring players, increase the range of his shots, heal his (or anyone else’s) life points, or put him in range of the Indians, which are represented by nine tokens in the center of the table. Each time a player rolls an arrow, he takes one of these tokens; when the final token is taken, each player loses one life point for each token he holds, then the tokens are returned to the center of the table.
If a player collects a trio of Gatling symbols on the dice, he fires one shot at everyone else and rids himself of Indian tokens. Who’ll get his shot off first? Play continues until one team meets its winning condition – and death won’t necessarily keep you from winning as long as your teammates pull through!
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Deduction
- Dice Rolling
- Hidden Roles
- Party Game
- Player Elimination
- Push Your Luck
- Team Based
Game Specifications:
- 3 – 8 Players
- ~15 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.28
BANG! The Card Game w/ Dynamite Box
“The Outlaws hunt the Sheriff. The Sheriff hunts the Outlaws. The Renegade plots secretly, ready to take one side or the other. Bullets fly. Who among the gunmen is a Deputy, ready to sacrifice himself for the Sheriff? And who is a merciless Outlaw, willing to kill him? If you want to find out, just draw (your cards)!” (From back of box)
The card game BANG! recreates an old-fashioned spaghetti western shoot-out, with each player randomly receiving a Character card to determine special abilities, and a secret Role card to determine their goal.
Four different Roles are available, each with a unique victory condition:
- Sheriff – Kill all Outlaws and the Renegade
- Deputy – Protect the Sheriff and kill any Outlaws
- Outlaw – Kill the Sheriff
- Renegade – Be the last person standing
A player’s Role is kept secret, except for the Sheriff. Character cards are placed face up on table, and also track strength (hand limit) in addition to special ability.
There are 22 different types of cards in the draw deck. Most common are the BANG! cards, which let you shoot at another player, assuming the target is within “range” of your current gun. The target player can play a “MISSED!” card to dodge the shot. Other cards can provide temporary boosts while in play (for example, different guns to improve your firing range) and special one-time effects to help you or hinder your opponents (such as Beer to restore health, or Barrels to hide behind during a shootout). A horse is useful for keeping your distance from unruly neighbors, while the Winchester can hit a target at range 5. The Gatling is a deadly exception where range doesn’t matter: it can only be used once, but targets all other players at the table!
Information on the cards is displayed using language-independent symbols, and 7 summary/reference cards are included.
Whether you’re a sheriff, a bandit or a brawler of the worst kind, in the Wild West you can only believe in two things: gunpowder and dynamite!
This explosive BANG! box includes 8 legendary expansions, for a disrupting gaming experience!
DYNAMITE BOX
What does this official BANG! collectors box contain?
BANG! (base game)
BANG! The Great Train Robbery – Expansion
BANG! Dodge City – Expansion
BANG! Gold Rush – Expansion
BANG! Armed & Dangerous – Expansion (including Bloody Mary)
BANG! Expansion Pack:
BANG! Wild West Show – Expansion
BANG! The Valley of Shadows – Expansion
BANG! High Noon + A fistful of cards – Expansion
The Stick of Dynamite – To be used in a game variant
34 Wooden Bullets
8 premium Dual Layer Boards
Extra Content Slot
Extra Cards: Annie Versary (from BANG! 10th Anniversary), Emiliano (from BANG! 20th Anniversary), and special characters and cards from BANG! The Bullet!: Uncle Will, Johnny Kisch, Claus “The Saint”, “New Identity”, and “Handcuffs”
A single book for the rules (40 pages, 12.5×18 cm two-sided full-colour glossy stapled)
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Deduction
- Hand Management
- Hidden Roles
- Player Elimination
- Take That
- Team Based
- Variable Player Powers
Game Specifications:
- 4 – 7 Players
- 20 – 40 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.63
Resistance: Avalon, the
The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of Good and Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred’s unscrupulous minions. These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur’s servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost.
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Deduction
- Hidden Roles
- Negotiation
- Party Game
- Team Based
Game Specifications:
- 5 – 10 Players
- ~30 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.76
Blood on the Clocktower
In the quiet village of Ravenswood Bluff, a demon walks amongst you…
During a hellish thunderstorm, on the stroke of midnight, there echoes a bone-chilling scream. The townsfolk rush to investigate and find the town storyteller murdered, their body impaled on the hands of the clocktower, blood dripping onto the cobblestones below. A Demon is on the loose, murdering by night and disguised in human form by day. Some have scraps of information. Others have abilities that fight the evil or protect the innocent. But the Demon and its evil minions are spreading lies to confuse and breed suspicion. Will the good townsfolk put the puzzle together in time to execute the true demon and save themselves? Or will evil overrun this once peaceful village?
Blood on the Clocktower is a bluffing game enjoyed by 5 to 20 players on opposing teams of Good and Evil, overseen by a Storyteller player who conducts the action and makes crucial decisions. The goal of the game is to successfully deduce and execute the demons before they outnumber the townfolk.
During a ‘day’ phase players socialize openly and whisper privately to trade knowledge or spread lies, culminating in a player’s execution if a majority suspects them of being Evil. Of a ‘night’ time, players close their eyes and are woken one at a time by the Storyteller to gather information, spread mischief, or kill.
The Storyteller uses the game’s intricate playing pieces to guide each game, leaving others free to play without a table or board. Players stay in the thick of the action to the very end even if their characters are killed, haunting Ravenswood Bluff as ghosts trying to win from beyond the grave.
If you arrive late to a game, you can enter after it’s started as a powerful Traveller character with unusual talents and questionable allegiances. Each character comes with their own special ability and no two players in a game are ever the same character.
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Deduction
- Hidden Roles
- Negotiation
- Team-Based Game
- Variable Player Powers
- Voting
Game Specifications:
- 6 – 21 Players
- 30 – 120 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 3.03
Ca$h ‘n Guns
In an abandoned warehouse a gangster band is splitting its loot, but they can’t agree on the split! It’s time to let the guns talk and soon everyone is aiming at everyone. The richest surviving gangster wins the game!
Ca$h ‘n Guns helps you relive the best scenes of your favorite gangster movies. The goal is to have more money than anyone else after eight rounds while still being alive.
Each round, one player is the Boss, and he controls the pace of play. First, loot cards are revealed on the table to show what’s up for grabs. Next, players load their guns by secretly selecting either a “Bang!” or a “Click! Click!” card from their hand. The Boss counts to three, and on “Three” each player points his foam gun at someone else; due to his status, the Boss can tell one player who’s pointing a gun at him that he needs to point it in another direction. After a pause to observe threats and measure the seriousness in an opponent’s eyes, the Boss counts to three again and anyone who doesn’t want to risk getting shot can chicken out and remove themselves from the round.
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Negotiation
- Take That
- Open Drafting
- Variable Player Powers
Game Specifications:
- 4 – 8 Players
- ~30 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.25
Balderdash
A clever repackaging of the parlor game Dictionary, Balderdash contains several cards with real words nobody has heard of. After one of those words has been read aloud, players try to come up with definitions that at least sound plausible, because points are later awarded for every opposing player who guessed that your definition was the correct one.
Versions of the game as a parlor game go back at least as far as 1970, although Balderdash itself was not published until 1984.
Game Mechanics:
- Bluffing
- Paper and Pencil
- Party Game
- Word Game
Game Specifications:
- 2 – 4 Players
- ~60 Minutes
- Difficulty Weight 1.40