Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-5
Age
14+
Playtime
40 min
Complexity
2/5
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Description
An expansion for the trick-taking game Panda Spin that adds zodiac animal Mandate cards granting special powers each round, such as recovering cards from tricks or stealing from opponents' hands. Designed by Carl Chudyk.
Panda Spin Family
(2 games)
Part of the Panda Spin family — see Panda Spin for the combined view.
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Meeple University Top 10 List at 15:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- expansion adds variety and rewatchability
- maintains accessible two-player energy
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- expansion adds new cards / abilities
- expansion for Panda Spin
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- new cards / abilities — expansion adds additional card abilities to Panda Spin
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- it's very tactile so I'm really excited to see this one come out
- the rules pretty simple and then there's some strategic thinking
- there are not that many games out there that take the three dimensional rotational aspect of things into account
- you are octopus with a cube like six-sided Cube
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Meeple University Playthrough at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Adds variety with 12 different animal powers
- Global effect for the entire round increases strategic options
- Maintains spin and card flipping mechanics
Cons
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Thematic elements
- Chinese zodiac animals granting round-wide powers
Comparison games
- Big Two
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Beating bid with mandating cards — Mandates can modify beating bids and influence round progression.
- Monkey power — Monkey ability to steal a card from an opponent for the duration of the round.
- Zodiac global powers — Adds 12 zodiac animal cards that flip up, granting a global effect for the current round.
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- Today we are going to play Panda Spin
- which is the first expansion
- Fun. Monkey around.
- It's a cliffhanger.
- I'm not salty at all right teran almost always beat me in this game but I still really enjoy it.
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kovray Rules Teach at 0:00
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Quotes (from this video)
- To play Panda Spin Mandate of Heaven expansion, you'll set up the game as normal and shuffle the 12 animal mandate cards.
- At the start of each round before playing, you'll reveal one of the animal mandate cards.
- The mandate displayed may be used by any player for the duration of the round.
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kovray Rules Teach at 0:31 sentiment: neutral
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- activate mandate on your turn — You may either play cards to the bid using one or more white-side-up cards featuring the current mandate animal, or draw a card and add it to your hand white-side up, then discard a single white-side-up card featuring the current mandate animal.
- Predictive Bid — Red: draw a card from the deck, put it in your hand white side up, and discard a card from your hand. Snake: draw a card and add it to your hand either side up. Rooster: immediately play again and out bid yourself. Rabbit: discard up to three cards in starting bid. Monkey: take a random card from the previous player's hand in beating bid. Dog: score two points; all other players score one (zero for those who passed or showed out). Pig: force all players starting with the next active player to draw a card white side up (only if there are cards left to draw). Goat (beating bid only): bid with one additional card. Tiger (single value beating bid): win the bid immediately. Horse: take a white-side-up card from the previous bid. Aux: bid with the exact same value as the previous player. Dragon (beating bid only): score three points and immediately pass.
- round end condition — A round ends when all but one players have shown out, leaving a single player with cards in hand.
- specific mandate abilities — Red: draw a card from the deck, put it in your hand white side up, and discard a card from your hand. Snake: draw a card and add it to your hand either side up. Rooster: immediately play again and out bid yourself. Rabbit: discard up to three cards in starting bid. Monkey: take a random card from the previous player's hand in beating bid. Dog: score two points; all other players score one (zero for those who passed or showed out). Pig: force all players starting with the next active player to draw a card white side up (only if there are cards left to draw). Goat (beating bid only): bid with one additional card. Tiger (single value beating bid): win the bid immediately. Horse: take a white-side-up card from the previous bid. Aux: bid with the exact same value as the previous player. Dragon (beating bid only): score three points and immediately pass.
- starting/beating bid for mandates — For each mandate, specific starting or beating bid interactions grant unique powers; each card describes starting or beating bid effects.
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Quotes (from this video)
- To play Panda Spin Mandate of Heaven expansion, you'll set up the game as normal and shuffle the 12 animal mandate cards.
- At the start of each round before playing, you'll reveal one of the animal mandate cards.
- The mandate displayed may be used by any player for the duration of the round.
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