You're on vacation in Miami when you accidentally step on someone's foot because you were looking at a model on the beach. Next thing you know, you and your friends are being attacked by a gang! You see an ice cream stand and use it for cover. You're lucky the ice cream stand was a cover-up for criminals - there are many weapons in it!
After KO-ing the ice cream stand operator you work together with your friends, the other players, to survive. Divide your weapons well and balance your ammo. Watch out for the 3 mean bosses!
Gameplay
Setup
Everyone starts with HP 10.
1 Shuffle the pile. Take the pile and hold it face-up so you can see the cards. Keep taking cards until you have 5 non-Event and non-Gang cards.
2 If you encounter an Event or Gang card, shuffle once and draw again (if you use another method to setup it'll take more time because most cards are Event or Gang cards).
3 Now the next player does this until everyone has 5 non-Event non-Gang cards.
Counters
It's easiest to:
Put counters (dices) on weapons to track your ammo. Use counters (dices) to track the attackers' health and a piece of paper to track the players' health.
Rounds
0 (round 1 only): During any part of round 1, shuffle Event cards back in the pile.
1 Each player takes a card. If it's an Event card, whatever it says happens immediately, but other players can still draw their cards before the event takes place. If it's a Gang card, place it in the middle of the table in a way so you can see who took which card. Event and Gang cards don't count towards your 1 Action 1 Thing limit. Else put the card in your hand.
2 Players are free to play 1 Action and 1 Thing whenever they want. For example you can play an Action, someone else does something and then you play a Thing. You can discuss who attacks who. It's possible to attack attackers attacking other players :)
3 When everyone's done with their turn, if a Gang card is still on the table, whatever it says happens to the player that drew that card. The value on the top right of Gang cards is their Attack/HP.
Repeat these steps.
When the pile is empty you've killed the entire gang and win!
Special rules
You can use an Action or a Thing to give a Thing/ammo from your hand or inventory to another player's inventory (not hand). This is crucial to winning so don't forget it!
When you get a weapon, it's already loaded. The x/y value in the top right corner is the 'damage/max ammo that fits in the weapon'.
When a player is dead, she puts all her Things in her inventory. For 1 Action, others can take Things from her. Shuffle the Actions back in the pile.
Where you place cards is your 'inventory'.
Variations
You can't mix turns.
If you don't like that sometimes you get some weapons near the end of the game, use 2 piles: 1 with the Friends cards and 1 with the remaining cards. In this case, draw a card from each pile each round. You'll be attacked more, so you may want to use the rule: each round, 1 player can play 1 extra Action.
Difficulty levels
To make it easier:
Start with HP 15.
Each round, 1 player can play 1 extra turn (much easier).
To increase the difficulty:
Start with 4 cards.
Don't use the Events - Nothing cards. This are Event cards that have no effect.
Cards
Gang
Gang - Thugs
Thing - Gang
A thug punches you in the face 5 times. It hurts as much as 1 good punch. For each bullet you put into this thug, her attack goes +1. Getting shot makes her angry.
Grrr
Thing - Gang
A thug kicks you in the nuts.
Hey! You missed!
Thing - Gang
A thug with diseases bites you. After each of her successful attacks, her Attack goes +1.
You taste odd... now
Thing - Gang
A thug hits you with a baseball bat.
Strike!
Thing - Gang
A thug hits you with a metal bar.
Clunk!
Thing - Gang
A thug slashes you with a katana.
I don't need a gun!
Thing - Gang
A thug cuts you with a knife.
You're number 17
Thing - Gang
A thug shoots you with a gun.
It's not really her fault, she takes her examples from celebrities
Thing - Gang
A thug shoots you with a water gun, except there's acid in it.
Hands up!
Thing - Gang
A thug doesn't have a weapon, so she throws rocks at you.
That's resourceful of you
Thing - Gang
A thug runs you over with a motorbike.
I hope someone's filming this
Thing - Gang
A thug uses kung fu on you.
Watch out you, I've seen 5 kung fu movies!
Thing - Gang
A thug uses kung fu on you.
I'm a blue belt!
Thing - Gang
A thug throws bottles at you.
Want a drink?
Thing - "Gang"
An actress sees the whole thing and remembers she's going to audition for a gang movie. She wants to get a good feel for the part so she joins the gang! She throws make-up at you from her seemingly endless supply in her purse.
What was my line again?
Thing - Gang
An undercover cop can't afford to be unmasked, so she shoots at you too.
Die! @#%$!
Thing - Gang
Someone with diplomatic immunity joins the fight, just for fun. If she survives a round and she was attacked that round, she calls 1 bodyguard for every person who attacked her. Her attack goes + 2 for each bodyguard.
I can do whatever I want!
Thing - Gang
A thug hits you with something so fast, you can't see what you've been hit with.
What's the matter? Too fast?
Thing - Gang
A thug throws stolen MP4 players at you.
Ouch! Damn 40 GB hard disks!
Thing - Gang
A fat thug climbs in a palm tree to attack you, but slips and falls on you.
Aaaah!
Thing - Gang
A thug throws stolen DVD's at everyone.
Clueless? I've already seen that movie!
Thing - Gang
A high status thug attacks you. You can only attack this thug when other non-boss thugs are KO or dead, because they protect her.
You can't touch me! I'm untouchable!
Thing - Gang
The gang gets in a fight with one of their own friends and they throw her at you. Damage = 1 + the number of other thugs.
You're lucky she's not fat
Thing - Gang
A thug shoots you with a shotgun. If you kill this enemy, whoever has the shotgun gets it fully reloaded.
You're in trouble now!
Thing - Gang
A thug takes a shot at each of you with a riot shotgun, doing 3 damage to everyone.
Don't move, these bullets are expensive!
Thing - Gang
Drive-by! Thugs drive by in their pink convertible and shoot at you, doing 2 damage to everyone.
Who am I supposed to shoot?
Thing - Gang
A dumb thug shoots with a gun held backwards, doing 4 damage to herself.
I've killed 5 people today, so you'd better run!
Thing - Gang
This thug's on cocaine, jumping around all the time and conveniently avoiding your attacks. Throw a dice when attacking: even is miss. If you already have to throw a dice to use a weapon, what you throw then counts here as well.
I thought it was powder sugar!
Thing - Gang
Fly-by! Thugs fly by in a heli and shoot at you, doing 2 damage to everyone. You can only attack Heli with fire arms.
Too bad we don't have enough money to buy missiles
Thing - Gang
A thug steals a random weapon from a random player and fires/uses it on YOU 1 time each turn, using the ammo in the weapon. If it's a fire weapon without ammo, this thug punches you with 1 damage. If it's flare gun, you don't get damage the next rounds. You get the stolen weapon when you kill this thug.
Mind if I borrow that?
Gang - Bosses
Thing - Boss - Gang
Miss X does 6 damage to every male player with her scissors. When you attack Miss X, throw a dice for every individual shot/attack. Even: you miss. If you already have to throw a dice to use a weapon, what you throw then counts here as well.
This is what all you men deserve!
Thing - Boss - Gang
Miss Y does 1 damage to every player. When you attack Miss Y, throw a dice for every individual shot/attack. Even: you miss. If you already have to throw a dice to use a weapon, what you throw then counts here as well. If you haven't killed Miss X yet, shuffle this card back in the pile. It's optional for each player to draw a card until Miss Y is dead or KO.
Have a taste of my chain gun!
Thing - Boss - Gang
Miss Z does 2 damage to everyone. When you attack Miss Z, throw a dice for every individual shot/attack. Even: you miss. If you already have to throw a dice to use a weapon, what you throw then counts here as well. If you haven't killed Miss Y yet, shuffle this card back in the pile. It's optional for each player to draw a card until Miss Z is dead or KO.
I don't understand, why don't you run away in fear?
Friends
Friends - Weapons
Kung Fu Handbook
Thing - Weapon
Action: Attack. Throw a dice - 3 or 5: do 5 damage, else do 2 damage to an attacker.
You do some quick reading. It's in Japanese, but luckily this book has pictures... Japanese pictures! Can you figure them out in time?
Aluminum baseball bat
Thing - Weapon
Action: KO an attacker, who wakes up the next round. You can't attack KO'd people. After 2 KOs, this bat becomes more flexible and does 2 damage instead. Always does 2 damage to bosses and vehicles instead of KO.
Take this!
Thing - Weapon
Action: Attack. Throw a dice: this is how much damage you do. Flaming stick disappears into flames when used.
Thing - Weapon
Action: You throw a knife and a dice: 2 and 4 is miss and destroy Knife. If you hit an enemy, but don't kill her: throw a dice: 1-2: she throws the knife back and you get hit and get the knife back. Else she throws the knife back to you but misses and you get the knife back. If you hit an enemy and kill her, you get the knife back after the next round.
Thing - Weapon
Action: You fire up to 2 times (choose) at 1 attacker. If there are other people attacking you: throw a dice for each shot, if it's 1 or 5: the bullet hits these attackers too. Uses gun ammo.
Thing - Weapon
Action: You fire up to 2 times (choose) at 1 attacker. If you attack a vehicle, throw a dice. 1-2: the vehicle explodes. Uses Desert Eagle ammo.
Now this is a real gun.
Thing - Weapon
Action: You fire a flare, which flares up in the attacker's body. Attackers who are hit won't attack this round and keep getting 3 damage each round after their attack. Uses Flares as ammo. Flare gun uses 2 Universal Ammo to reload.
Yeah! Take that!
Thing - Weapon
Action: Fire. Action: melee attack - throw a dice, odds: KO an attacker, who wakes up the next round. This does 3 damage to bosses instead. You can't attack KO'd people. Uses shotgun ammo.
Thing - Weapon
Action: Fire up to 4 times total at 1 or 2 attackers. Action: Cover fire. Fire 4 bullets (miss) so your friends can play 2 extra Actions (not each). Uses Sub-Machine Gun ammo.
Thing - Weapon
Action: Fire up to 3 times total at 1 or 2 attackers. Action: melee attack - throw a dice, if odds: KO an attacker, who wakes up the next round. You can't attack KO'd people. Uses Assault rifle ammo.
Action/Thing - Weapon
Action: Grenade does 4 damage to 3 random attackers. You can play Grenade directly as an Action. Grenade explodes after use!
Thing - Weapon
Action: Fire at 1 attacker and do 10 damage. If there are more people attacking you, they get 3 damage. Throw a dice: 2: you held the bazooka backwards and missed. Bazooka uses 4 Universal Ammo to reload (think: maybe you'd better reload something else?).
Friends - Ammo
Action/Thing
6 Gun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
6 Gun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
3 Desert Eagle ammo. If you reload and get damage this round, you get half the damage. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
3 Desert Eagle ammo. If you reload and get damage this round, you get half the damage. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
3 Shotgun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
3 Shotgun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
10 Assault Rifle ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
5 Assault Rifle ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
10 Sub-Machine Gun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
5 Sub-Machine Gun ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
4 Universal Ammo. You can use this ammo for any weapon that uses ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Action/Thing
4 Universal Ammo. You can use this ammo for any weapon that uses ammo. If you reload more than your weapon's capacity, put counters on this card to display how much ammo is left and play it as a Thing (doesn't count towards the 1 Thing limit). Action: reload. Destroy when no ammo is left.
Friends - Actions
Spotlight
Action
You put yourself in the spotlight, distracting the attackers so combined your friends can play 2 extra Actions and/or Things this round. This round you get HP-1 and all other damage.
Snowball
Action
You throw a snowball in an attacker's face, who misses her next attack. If you hit a boss, she only attacks half the players, rounded down, chosen randomly.
Wait, that isn't snow, that is...
Ice Cream Stand
Thing
Any time, anyone can hide behind the Ice Cream Stand so it takes damage for them. HP 5.
Yum! Wow they have coconut flavor too!
Cover Fire
Action
You shoot at your enemy a lot, so your friends have time to perform 1 extra Action this round.
Jump
Action
Choose one: (A) You jump in front of a player, taking the damage she gets this round. (B) You jump behind a player, who gets all the damage you otherwise would. (C) You push a player in front of another player, who gets all the damage the latter otherwise would. Whatever you choose, this turn you get 1 additional Action to attack or reload.
Coconut
Action
You or another player gets HP+3.
Evade
Action
You avoid damage from 2 attackers at the end of the round.
CSI Miami
Action
The crime scene investigators have arrived too early and take all the damage this round. Hint: save this for bosses.
Events
Events - Something
Thing - Event - Crocodile
A crocodile bites everyone, including the thugs! The crocodile attacks at the end of the round.
Lost Count
Event
Because of the stress, everyone lost count of their ammo. Of each weapon except Flare Gun, the ammo goes –1.
Secret
Event
You find a secret compartment in the ice cream stand with lots of ammo! Every weapons of every player gets ammo +2. You don't need the card Ice Cream Stand for this to take effect.
Event
A SWAT team shoots an attacker you point out with 4 damage, then is called to a more important scene - some celebrity is shopping and people are taking pictures.
Hey! What are you pointing at me for?!
Jam
Thing - Event
Put this card on a random weapon of a random player. It's jammed, you can't fire it. Action: Unjam the weapon. Destroy this card.
Time-out!
Event
Britney Spears walks by, so the gang starts shooting at her. Time-out for you! Players can (A) reload as much they want OR (B) 1 player can play 1 extra action.
The News
Event
A news crew keeps asking you questions for their news program. You want to be on TV so you don't play any Actions or Things this round.
Hey I'm on TV!
Sand
Event
A thug throws sand in your eyes, you can't see anything. You use your weakest weapon and attack a random player with it 1 time.
Another Thief
Event
A thug steals your lightest weapon and fires/uses it on you once (using the ammo in the weapon). She then drops the weapon and you pick it up, but she's out of sight already. If you have no weapon, this thug punches you with 2 damage. If it's a fire weapon without ammo, you don't get damage. If it's flare gun, you don't get damage the next rounds.
New Thug
Event
A new gang member doesn't know who's on who's side and shoots 3 random people of his gang with 2 damage. Then her own gang shoots at her 417 times with 65% accuracy.
Hey don't shoot, I'm on your side!
Sneak attack
Event
It's a sneak attack! All players keep drawing cards until in total 3 more gang cards that attack them are drawn. Shuffle other cards you draw back in the pile.
Surprise!
No!
Event
A thug shoots one of your weapons. Decide whose and which weapon is destroyed. Any ammo for this weapon is now useless, so you may as well discard it.
Hey! Not fair!
Events - Nothing
Chase
Event
A cat chases a dog.
Crazy directions
Event
A crazy person asks for directions.
Take 3 lefts, then a right and turn 180.
Bird
Event
A bird flies in the sky, swoops down and picks up a monkey.
She Spies
Event
She Spies is on TV.
Sun
Event
The sun is shining!
Yay!
Nest
Event
A bird is building a nest in a palm tree.
10:45
Event
It's 10:45. You're usually having a smoothie now. You'll have ice cream.
Wow
Event
A straight woman sees a beautiful woman and turns straight into her arms.
SALE
Event
You notice there's a sale in the mall - you want to go there after this.