Bang! Dodge City, first released in 2004 then later packaged with the Bang! High Noon mini-expansion, is back on its own with the original content and rules in a smaller box. High Noon, released in 2003 in the wake of Bang!'s success, is now packaged with Bang! A Fistful of Cards in the unsurprisingly titled Bang! High Noon/A Fistful of Cards. These latter two titles consist of 13-15 cards that reveal a new event each round that affects life in the city, with players drawing more or fewer cards, not being able to drink beer to heal, and even coming back from the dead to fire at those rascals whut put them underground.
Europe gets Dodge City in June 2014 and HN/AFOC in July, while the U.S. should see both expansions by the end of August 2014. In a press release announcing the release, dV Ciochi's Barbara Rol writes, "The goal of these changes is make it simpler and more intuitive for new players to experience the Bang! product line and make all of the Bang! cards easily available."
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