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	W:A replay: An example of a BnG game with Auto, KRD, Leske and Unique; taken from Worm Olympics
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Bazooka and Grenades (BnG) is a scheme in which players must make use of their artillery skills to defeat their opponents, as the only weapons provided are the Bazooka and the Grenade, along with some transport and digging tools.

Description

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The scheme is usually played on randomly-generated maps, of a bulky, single-island format. For tournament games, maps that have been artificially edited to be symmetrical are sometimes used to ensure a fairer contest. The original-style Forest terrain is a particularly popular choice.

The game begins with players each placing their sole worm on the map, which more experienced players will often choose very carefully. Artillery mode is switched on, so worms cannot move unless they use one of the few available tools. Terrain can often restrict the shots that can be made, so precise location is important.

The vast majority of the game is then spent exchanging bazooka shells and grenades. Players must compensate for the wind - or use it to their advantage - when firing bazookas; a skill that can be quickly picked up by new players. The ability to predict a grenade's bounce and accurately judge its fuse time is also an important skill. Experienced players can use these weapons with exceptional aptitude, and it is often said that BnG is the best scheme for honing skills with these two weapons.

A few other weapons and tools are usually available. A few Girders are supplied, and most often used not for protection but for platforms on which grenades can be bounced. The Blowtorch and Pneumatic Drill allow worms to move a small distance, while Teleports are available for longer moves. Unlimited Low Gravity allows for low-gravity shots.

Rules

Most players agree to a set of rules which make the game more challenging by prohibiting shots that are seen as cheap or not in the spirit of the scheme. They are sometimes hard to enforce as they do not have strict definitions. BnG may be played with any number of rules, including none. The following is a list of known community rules.

• No straight bazookas - Players must not fire bazookas directly at a player, instead attempting to curl the bazooka using the wind.
• No sitters - Players must attempt to time their grenades so that they do not come to a rest on the terrain. Throwing a 5-second grenade into a pit and letting it sit next to the target is considered a cheap shot.
• Reaim before every shot - Players must not repeat the previous shot without reaiming first.
• No darksiding - Darksiding is not allowed. Darksiding is hiding your worm - usually by digging - in a position where it's impossible for enemy worms to hit your worm with a grenade and at the same time impossible for your worm to hit enemy worms with a grenade.
• Kill The Leader (KTL) - Players must target whichever opponent has the most health. Injuring another team is forbidden unless the healthiest player is also injured in the same attack.
• All But Last (ABL) - As an alternative to Kill The Leader, players may attack any player except for whichever has the least health. The unhealthiest player may only be attacked if other players are also injured in the same attack.

Variations

Sheep BnG

	W:A replay: An example of a Sheep BnG game with DarkOne and MoM; taken from Worm Olympics
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A Sheep BnG follows similar rules, with the exception that a weapon crate drops every turn, and the 'all crates contain Sheep' cheat/WormPot mode is activated. Crates may be collected by teleporting onto them, but no sheep weapons may be used. The reason for the crates is that when a sheep-containing crate is destroyed, a sheep jumps out and blows up on contact with the landscape, making blowing up crates very deadly.

History

There's an archive snapshot from Bloopy's website dating 17th August 2003 explaining about Sheep BnG, so the scheme exists before this date.

A thread about Sheep BnG can be accessed here.

Jetpack BnG

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	W:A replay: An example of a Jetpack BnG match: NickyNick Vs smokez; taken from Worm Olympics
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This variation has an important additional rule:

Attack From Jetpack (AFJ) - Players must always have the jetpack engaged when attacking.

The scheme was created by ConZ and TheKomodo (a.k.a. Komito) in some time between 2004 and 2009. In 2008 it was featured in WO.

Worms 2 BnG

BnG is played in a different way in Worms 2 comparing to WA. The maps are more ploppy, being compared to Holy War maps (blank maps) by some players. On this archive page, there is information about it and some other Worms 2 schemes.

Black Hole BnG

Main Article: Black Hole BnG

This variation uses RubberWorm (or 3.8's ESO) features to make the gravity act at the center of the map, so the maps are usually a big circle at its center.

Plopper

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	W:A replay: An example of a Plopper game with Tita and seBa; taken from Worm Olympics
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Plopper is a BnG variant scheme, in which the map is just like BnG, but divided in two parts and is played like Fort scheme: each player has a side and cannot cross the line of air on the middle of the map. The objective of the game is to Drown enemy worms, since God Worms (unlimited health worms) is turned on (so it is similar to Plop War too). The scheme also has some additional limited-supply weapons (like Banana Bomb, Petrol and Mortar), bringing flood when Sudden Death starts.

It was featured in Worm Olympics in the years 2010 and 2013.

History

The concept of Bazooka and Grenades dates back to the original Worms, where gameplay with only those two weapons was seen as a more pure form of the game requiring advanced skill. For this reason, some missions limited the arsenal to just these two weapons.

Bazooka and Grenades was popularized in Worms 2 by Archmage under the name B&G. It then appeared as BnG in Worms Armageddon, including in the official #BnGLeague channel, although Team17's scheme had a number of differences compared to the one preferred by players.

Competitive events

The scheme has featured consistently in competitions, featuring in every year of the Worm Olympics from when it started in 2006 to when it ended in 2016, and in cups since 2010 and tournaments since 2012 hosted on The Ultimate Site.

External links

• Bazookas & Grenades on Nanacide
• BnG for dummies and BnG lesson on WoRmS.oRg.Ua

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