A rich expansion for BANG! It's Gold Rush time! A cascade of gold nuggets will be the reward for the quickest gunslinger! Now you can gain new and extraordinary equipment to help you during a gunfight.

But watch out for the ghastly shadow-gunslingers... they have only one single aim: to blow you away! Can you gallop your way to the richest creek?

Components

• 24 equipment cards;
• 8 character cards;
• 1 "Shadow-Renagade" role card
• 30 gold nuggets;
• Instructions

Equipment Cards

At the beginning of the game, shuffle the equipment cards in a separate pile, and place it a bit distant from the playing deck. Draw the first three equipment cards and place them face up in a row.

Place the gold nuggets in a small heap in the middle of the table. You start the game with no equipment and no gold nuggets in your possession.

The game follows all of the rules from the normal BANG!, with the following changes:

Each time you cause another player to lose a life point by any means (by playing a BANG!, Indians!, Duel, etc)., take one gold nugget from the heap (if the heap runs out, use any suitable substitute).

If you cause more than one player to lose a life point with a single card, take one gold nugget for each wound you caused. Keep your gold nuggets in front of you, where everybody can see them.

During phase 2 of your turn, you now have three new possible actions:

1. Buy One or More Equipment Cards:

You can purchase any of the face-up equipment cards. Each card shows the number of nuggets you must spend to purchase that card (return them to the heap).

If you buy a brown-bordered card, apply its effect immediately and then discard it (to the bottom of the equipment deck, face-up). If you buy a black-bordered card, keep it face up in front of you.

2. Force another player to discard equipment cards:

You can force another player to discard an equipment card that he has face up in front of him by paying its normal cost plus one gold nugget.

The owner of the equipment cannot prevent this action. The card goes to the bottom of the equipment deck, face up.

3. Play one or more beer cards for gold nuggets:

You can play a Beer card from your hand to take one gold nugget from the heap. You can play any number of Beer cards in this way on your turn.

Obviously, in this case you do not get to regain a life point! You cannot play other cards with similar effects (such as Saloon) to get gold nuggets.

There is no limit to the number of equipment cards you can buy or discard during your turn, and you can have any type of black-bordered equipment cards in front of you.

But remember: you cannot have two cards with the same name face up in front of you-this rule applies to equipment cards just like blue-bordered cards. When an equipment card is purchased, it is immediately replaced with a new card from the equipment deck.

Gold nuggets spent (to buy or discard equipment) always return to the heap.

Equipment cards cannot be the target of Panic! or Cat Balou cards, or other cards from any expansion that have a similar effect, including all character special abilities. The only way to discard an equipment card is to pay its cost plus one gold nugget.

If you are eliminated from the game, all of your equipment cards are discarded. All discarded equipment cards are always placed face up at the bottom of the equipment deck.

Character abilities such as Vulture Sam cannot be used to collect equipment cards. If a face-up equipment card is revealed (when drawing equipment), re-shuffle the entire pile and create a new draw deck.

Game Variant: Shadow-gunslingers

With this game variant you're never really out of the game!

You may also use this game variant without Gold Rush, but keep in mind that the characters provided in this expansion are specifically balanced for play with shadow-gunslingers.

If you reach zero life points and are eliminated, you are only out of the game temporarily. All the rules for the elimination of a player still apply: you discard all of your cards in hand and in play (including all equipment), reveal your role card and check the victory conditions.

If you were an Outlaw, for instance, the player who eliminated you draws the 3 card reward, etc. But, you keep all of your gold nuggets if you have any.

During each of your following turns (that is, each time it would have been your turn if you were still in the game) you temporarily re-enter the game as a "shadow-gunslinger"- a "shadow-Deputy", "shadow-Outlaw", or "shadow-Renegade", respectively.

As a shadow-gunslinger, you have zero life points. You draw 2 cards, play your turn as normal, and then leave the game again. During your turn, you play as if you were still alive, with all your abilities.

But, you cannot gain or lose life points (you ignore the effects of any cards of this type). At the end of your turn, you exit the game again, and must discard all of your cards in hand and in play (including any equipment cards you bought that turn).

You keep your gold nuggets from turn to turn and can gather more when you are a shadow-gunslinger. During your turn, you may spend your nuggets to buy or discard equipment.

Note, however, that any black-bordered equipment cards you purchase are discarded at the end of your turn, just like your other cards.

The Shadow-renegade

There is a special rule that applies to the shadow-Renegade: On his turn, he sides with the weakest team.

Count the number of other face up roles (i.e., those of other eliminated players plus the Sheriff, but not his own): the shadow-Renegade sides with the team that has the most face up role cards.

In case of a tie, he sides with the Outlaws.

As soon as the Renegade is eliminated and becomes a shadow-Renegade, he takes the special "shadow-Renegade" role card and keeps it face up in front of him.

At the beginning of each of your turns, once you have determined which side you are on, turn your role card to the appropriate side (shadow- Deputy or shadow-Outlaw).

From now on, you win together with the team you currently belong to. Your role stays the same until the beginning of your next turn, even if the situation has changed. A shadow-Renegade never returns to his original Renegade role. The shadow-Renegade card is never included when determining which side he joins at the start of his turn.

Equipment Cards

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  Boots: Does not apply to the last life point you lose.

  
  
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  Bottle: Even though this card has the same effect, it is not considered a Panic!, a Beer, or a BANG!. The BANG! you can shoot with this card does not count towards your one BANG! per turn limit.

  
  
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  Calumet: This equipment has no effect during Duels.

  
  
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  Gold Pan: To keep track of the cards you draw using the Gold Pan, put the gold nuggets you pay on the Gold Pan card, then return them to the heap at the end of your turn.

  
  
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  Horseshoe: All "draw!" cards are discarded afterwards.

  
  
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  Lucky Charm: Does not apply to the last life point you lose. Always take the gold nugget from the heap, not from the player who wounded you!

  
  
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  Pardner: Even though this card has the same effect, it is not considered a General Store, a Duel, or a Cat Balou.

  
  
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  Rhum: Example: You "draw!" so you regain 3 life points. All "draw!" cards are discarded afterwards.

  
  
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  Rucksack: May be used out of turn, if you are losing your last life point.

  
  
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  Wanted: The 2 cards and the gold nugget are in addition to any other effect (e.g. if you eliminate an outlaw, you get 3 + 2 = 5 cards and 1 gold nugget-if the Sheriff kills a Wanted deputy, he draws before discarding his entire hand, but keeps his nuggets).

  
  

Characters

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