Game Info
Year
2013
Players
2-6
Age
10+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1/5
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Description
A fast, light card game in which each player starts with an identical hand of monster cards valued 1-5. Each round a card is revealed and players simultaneously play a card to try to win the more valuable monsters while managing limited card values.
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- don't worry these monsters don't eat humans but they do eat diamonds so go hide your diamonds
- The winner then takes the card They played and the card that they bid on and places them face up in front of thems in an area known as their monster collection
- The obvious question here is why not always play your highest monster
- Ichi always beats go the highest value monster
- if more than one player plays the same monster they cancel each other out and are not considered when comparing values
- anytime you don't win around you also take the monster you played back into your hand
- The challenge of the game is determining what you think other players at the table will bid for one of the face up monsters and then coming up with the perfect counter for that
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Pros
- The game is played over a series of rounds where you'll be trying to collect and place in front of you either three of the same type of monster or Monsters with a total of five diamonds.
- It's possible to play the game as a single match or when a player wins, they can take a gem and then all of the players reset the match and play again with players trying to gain a number of Cubes needed to win based on the number of players.
Cons
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Thematic elements
- Monsters that eat diamonds.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bidding — Players secretly choose and place a monster from their hand face down on the table as a bid for a face-up monster from the deck. The highest value monster wins the bid, unless specific cancellation rules apply.
- bluffing — Players must determine what they think other players will bid and try to counter it, with imperfect information about opponents' hands.
- hand management — Players manage monsters in their hand, deciding which to play for bids, which to keep, and drawing back up to five monsters if they have fewer at the end of a round.
- set collection — Players aim to collect either three of the same type of monster or monsters with a total of five diamonds to win.
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Quotes (from this video)
- don't worry these monsters don't eat humans but they do eat diamonds so go hide your diamonds
- The winner then takes the card They played and the card that they bid on and places them face up in front of thems in an area known as their monster collection
- The obvious question here is why not always play your highest monster
- Ichi always beats go the highest value monster
- if more than one player plays the same monster they cancel each other out and are not considered when comparing values
- anytime you don't win around you also take the monster you played back into your hand
- The challenge of the game is determining what you think other players at the table will bid for one of the face up monsters and then coming up with the perfect counter for that
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