All-You-Can-Eat Spaghetti Westerns

Another Nerd Night has come and gone, this one in spectacular fashion, with 14 people in attendance! The large crowd made for a somewhat chaotic evening, with the first 9 people to show trying to engage in a game that seems to be best with 5 or 6. Even with "too many players," though, Bang! kicks ass.

I'd had my eye on this game for months, and finally found one at a reasonable price on eBay (through this guy) before Xmas. It debuted at Nerd Night December, and within two rounds of play had become my favourite game. The gameplay reminds me a lot of Lunch Money, but despite the fact that Bang! has more complexity to it, the play is smoother and - dare I say? - far more entertaining that LM.

This was the first NN where I participated in very few games; I found myself called upon to explain Bang! to a group that arrived in the middle of the massive game (gangBang!?), then to supervise my sister's lesson of Mah-Jong for three newbies (Lesson learned: It's best to introduce one n00b at a time!), tried to follow the fortunes of the group fighting Zombies, and capped the evening with a half-asleep attempt at Fluxx. Next time I'm definitely aiming to play more games! 221B Baker Street, anyone? :)