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Bugs

Exterminator contra wasps

You want to rid of the insects, represented by your hand of cards, as fast as possible. The game comprises 45 insect cards of numbered 1 to 9 and present in quantities reciprocal to their value, 2 cards Outbreak, and actions cards, 3 x Net, 3 x Repellent and 1 x Exterminator.

All cards are distributed among the players as evenly as possible. The first player puts down one or more cards of one kind and announces the total value, Outbreak is a joker that can replace any insect card. The next player now can add one or more cards of the same kind and announce the new swarm value or play an action card: Net hands the turn to the next player, Repellent reverses direction of play and Exterminator reduced the swarm value to 0. You cannot play an action card as the first card and you stack them in a separate discard pile. If you cannot play one or more cards or do not want to do so you must pick up the current swarm, add it to your hand and start a new one. The cards in the discard pile only come into play again in the next round. If the swarm you picked up only holds cards of one kind you cannot play it again immediately unless you can enhance it by at least one card.. If you must lead and own all cards of a certain kind of insect you show them, set them aside and lead again. If you are out of cards you end the round and each player scores one point for each card in his hand. After 6 rounds you win with the lowest score. Bugs is a nice version of Karrierepoker or Dalmuti, a successful mix of standard mechanisms wit clever details like card frequency and setting aside of complete swarms.

Spieler         : 3-6

Alter            : ages 10 and up

Dauer           : ca. 30 min

Autor           : Keith Meyers

Grafik          : Patrick Lamontagne

Titel            : ident

Preis            : ca. 9,00 Euro

Verlag          : Valley Games

Genre                    : Card discarding game

Zielgruppe             : For families

Mechanismen         : Enhance or outbid groups of cards

Kommentar:

Standard mechanisms with clever details

Topic and mechanisms fit well together

Multilingual rules

Very attractive art

Vergleichbar:

Dalmuti, Karrierepoker and others

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Taktik                  2

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