<p>An eliminated player no longer contributes to distance.  If this were not the case, in a large game you could quite easily have situations where nobody could reach anybody else for many turns in a row.</p>

<p>From the <a href="http://www.dvgiochi.net/bang/bang_rules.pdf">rules</a>:</p>

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  <p>When a character is eliminated, he is no longer counted when evaluating the distance: some players will get "closer" when someone is eliminated.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>In Bang!, does the distance between characters decrease when a player is eliminated? Or, if a character is at a distance of 3 from you, will they always be a distance of 3 from you?</p>

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# Distance between characters

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-11)

In Bang!, does the distance between characters decrease when a player is eliminated? Or, if a character is at a distance of 3 from you, will they always be a distance of 3 from you?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-02-11. Score: 13 | Accepted answer

An eliminated player no longer contributes to distance. If this were not the case, in a large game you could quite easily have situations where nobody could reach anybody else for many turns in a row.

From the [rules](http://www.dvgiochi.net/bang/bang_rules.pdf):

> When a character is eliminated, he is no longer counted when evaluating the distance: some players will get "closer" when someone is eliminated.


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