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Bang! Howdy is by them same folks that dun made some Puzzle Pirate game. While we ain’t fans of no pirates, I dun expected these two fine products to be similar. I’d of bet the barn on it, but those purty folks over at Three Rings had an ace up their sleeve with this one. Bang! Howdy is one of them turn based strategy games that moves faster than a dog dipped in turpentine. It ain’t no mamsy pamsy puzzle game, dats fer sure.

Rather, Bang! Howdy is a fast action gun slingin’ square movement strategy game. The characters in the game are yourself, who you get to name some fancy gun slingin’ name (Mine is Danglin Bob). Yer Big-Shot, a special unit that comes into every fight with ya. He’s yer right Doc Holiday, trustworthy to a T. I selected the Tactition and gave ‘em the title Johnny Charmsly for his foreign accent that all the ladies love. I chose that greenhorn over the cavalry dame and the old codger, cuz I am one of them tactitional types myself.

Now there’s three game types currently as well. You’ve got Gold Rush, where ya try to pick up the nuggets of gold before your opponents, Cattle Rustling, where only yer bigshot can brand the cattle and claim ‘em as your own, and my personal favorite, Claim Jumpin’ where ya not only are collecting the gold nuggets but also stealing from your opponents.

You ain’t alone in these three games, in each game you’re also bringing three or four gun slingers into the fight. There’s a variety of different types, but ya start with four. Each slinger has a different set of things they do. Some are fast, some are strong, some shoot far, others gotta be right up on the horses back. These folks just sit round yer corral waitin for a fight, a real nasty bunch.

So what’s more wrong than that fast dog covered in turpentine being lit of fire? While Bang! Howdy is a great experience of a game, it ain’t got a grip on its community so far. After I have collected myself a dozen badges to show them greenhorns what a real man is made of I ain’t got no way to brag ‘bout it in the Saloon. Talkin’s more rare than a pretty lady who can out-wrangle Johnny Charmsley and Danglin Bob. Till those goody two shoes down at Three Rings get this sorted out we ain’t gonna see the Town Population rise above 200, which breaks my western heart seein’ as it’s a great place to live.

So I’m a riddin into the sunset. But don’t you fear, come on in to the Saloon and look for Danglin Bob. I’ll teach you the ropes the only way I know how, by givin’ you the greatest woopin of yer life.