Bang! Howdy is an online strategy game with a "Wild West" theme. It is made by Three Rings Design, the makers of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. Public beta testing ended on December 1, 2006 and the game is now "live". There is no cost to download the game (or to play it in-browser) and start playing. Three Rings Design's website tallies the total number of "pardners", or players, at 500,000.
The setting mixes elements from a variety of related genres, s...
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Bang! Howdy is an online strategy game with a "Wild West" theme. It is made by Three Rings Design, the makers of Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates. Public beta testing ended on December 1, 2006 and the game is now "live". There is no cost to download the game (or to play it in-browser) and start playing. Three Rings Design's website tallies the total number of "pardners", or players, at 500,000.
The setting mixes elements from a variety of related genres, such as steampunk or Native American myth. Several of the players' available units are entirely mechanical, including artillery and a "steam gunman", a robot boasting large wagon wheels for movement while wearing a cowboy hat. Other, more conventional units include cavalry and gunslingers. At the 2006 Game Developer's Conference, Three Rings described the formula as "Chess + Mario Kart + Real Time/ Turn-Based + Steampunk Westerns + Secret Sauce" .
Gameplay most resembles a turn-based tactics game with minor real-time strategy elements added;...
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