Cangaceiros is a strategic competitive game for 2-5 players in which each player plays a gang that tries to survive in the hostile desert territories, hunted by the Volantes, the state police trained to kill them.

Each band will have a chief to choose from the 20 available, each with its own unique abilities and characteristics. Collect resources, place bandits to guard a region, attack the Volantes, assault the prison of the city of Recife, convert accumulated resources into fame, trainyour leader, and recruit new members for the gang.