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In the trick-taking game Chaos in Gotham City, each player becomes a villain and attempts to cause mayhem while avoiding encounters with Batman.
You play as many rounds as the number of players. Each round, deal players 6-10 cards depending on the player count. The deck consists of 40 cards in four suits numbered 1-10, with some cards depicting either Batman or Bruce Wayne. At the start of each trick, reveal one of the fifteen location cards; the winner of the trick claims this card. Reveal the top card of the undealt cards to determine trump. Each player receives one of eight villain cards, each with a special power.
The first player in a round leads a card, and all players must follow suit, if possible. Whoever played the highest trump wins the trick and collects the location and played cards; if no one played trump, whoever played the highest card in the suit led wins. The winner leads to the next trick.
After all tricks have been played, players sum the Batman points on the cards and locations they collected. Whoever has the most Batman points (or is tied for the most) doesn't score the chaos points they collected this round. Shuffle all cards to set up for the next round.
Whoever has the most chaos points after 2-6 rounds wins.
- Strong thematic tie-ins with Batman and villain powers; engaging trick-taking twist
- DC-inspired trick-taking with villain powers
- Gotham City with Batman as backdrop; villains competing to cause Mayhem
- story-light, trick-taking mechanics with location cards and chaos
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Point system — collect chaos points and Batman points; Batman points determine scores
- Trick-Taking — deck of 40 cards in four suits numbered 1-10 with location cards revealed each trick
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Tales of Arthurian Nights by wizkids which is the re-implementation of the classic Tales of Arabian Nights from z-man games meaning that the title is a pun which I personally respect
- the deck contains 40 cards in four suits numbered one to ten with some cards depicting either Batman or Bruce Wayne
- it's a deep sea City new Eden is being built with the main Dome standing on a white smoker
- the balance between progress and destruction we are told that only those who keep an eye on the balance between progress and destruction can collect points in the final scoring
- you'll do this by drawing Mission cards then discussing your plan of action