Cash 'n Guns

Nice to see there are so many other reading addicts out there!

Had fun gaming last night with Jeff and the guys, and ended up playing two games for the first time: Gloria Mundi and Cash 'n Guns.



Above: John ponders during his turn in El Grande.

Gloria Mundi is a game set during the fall of Rome. As the Visigoth moves toward Rome, destroying land along the way (unless you can bribe him), you're fleeing while also attempting to build your career as a Roman statesman at the same time.

Amazing how scary a tiny piece of red plastic (the Goth) can look. I ended up winning the game, woohoo!



My favourite game of the evening, though, was Cash 'n Guns. The premise: you're a gangster about to split your loot with your fellow criminals, and Things Turn Bad.

Each player is given 8 "bullet" cards which consist of five "click click click" cards (e.g. you don't shoot), 2 "BANG!" cards (you shoot someone), and 1 "BANG! BANG! BANG!" card (you start shooting first). Each turn, on the count of three, everyone points their gun at someone else with one of their cards face-down in front of them.

For some reason, my friend Andy and I kept pointing our guns at each other. I guess we both have unresolved issues leftover from our university days. :-)

After the guns are pointed, you have the option to duck (can't be shot at). If you duck, however, you have to take a Shame Card, which is deducted from loot at the end. After players are given the opportunity to duck, everyone turns over their card to indicate whether their guns were firing bullets or not.

Surviving/remaining gangsters divvy up the loot after each round, if the loot can be divvied. If you're shot three times, you're out of the game. The surviving gangster with the most loot wins.



Anyway, I ended up winning this game too! Andy and I had a spectacular final shootout after each having being shot twice before. I won because I started shooting first (using my one "BANG!BANG!BANG!" card while Andy only used a "BANG!" card). Jeff would have won, except I shot him the previous round. Heh.

If you're looking for a quick, fun party game and don't mind the concept, then I recommend this game.




Photo above: Walter and Vartan play Armor while Scott tries out a remote-controlled mini-helicopter.

Any photos with me in them were taken by Walter.



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[Will Moran]

Hi, great write up of the game! I'm doing a review of it soon for my blog and was wondering if it would be okay for me to use the photo of everyone pointing the guns at each other. Cheers!

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